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Jo RENARD •  71 years •  Origin: Belgium •  Home: Liège, Belgium •  Professional Electronics

Engineer

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Nina SCHAEFFER

TEAM MEMBERS

Marc DIEDRICH

José DA COSTA

Ilja THEUWISSEN

GSE TEAM 1630 MUTUAL EXCHANGE

GSE TEAM 1630 THE MONARCHY

KING ALBERT II GRAND DUKE HENRI

GSE TEAM 1630 DISTRICT 1630

Brugge Gent

Namur Charleroi

Antwerpen

Hasselt

Liège

Arlon Luxembourg

Mons

Bruxelles

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GSE TEAM 1630 EUROPEAN UNION

FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE EU

1. Belgium 2. Luxembourg 3. France 4. West Germany 5. Italy 6. The Netherlands

TODAY:

27 COUNTRIES 500 million PEOPLE

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EUROZONE

Launched in 01/2002 in 12 countries.

Today 17 countries use it.

GSE TEAM 1630 BELGIUM & LUXEMBOURG

GNP 2008: 325 Billion € or 37,300 € per capita

INFLATION RATE 2008 Belgium: 4,5 % Luxemburg: 1,1 %

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Belgium: 7,3 % Luxembourg: 4,7 %

WORLD BIGGEST EXPORTERS

GSE TEAM 1630 BELGIUM & LUXEMBOURG

DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIAL SPECTRUM

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ANTWERPEN PORT

ZEEBRUGE PORT

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BANKS IN LUXEMBOURG

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Nina SCHAEFFER

TEAM MEMBERS

Marc DIEDRICH

José DA COSTA

Ilja THEUWISSEN

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Marc DIEDRICH •  37 years •  Origin: Luxembourg •  Married, 2 children •  Mechanical Engineer •  Project Manager

TEAM MEMBERS

GSE TEAM 1630 MY WIFE & CHILDREN

GSE TEAM 1630 MY HOBBIES

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Hasselt

Liège

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Luxembourg

MY SPONSORING CLUB

CLUB PRESIDENT Georges Wirtgen

LUXEMBOURG HORIZON

•  FOUNDED IN 1980 •  5th CLUB in Luxembourg •  89 MEMBERS

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Established: June 1976 Employees: 650 Surface area of buildings: 27.000 m²

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Thermostats Typical applications include washing machines, dish washers, dryers,

microwave ovens, coffee machines, gas boilers.

Temperature sensors Mainly used in dish washers, washing machines and cloth dryers.

ELECTRODOMESTIC APPLICATIONS

Temperature sensors For oil ,cooling water applications.

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS

ELECTRODOMESTIC APPLICATIONS

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS

ELECTRODOMESTIC APPLICATIONS

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Diesel Fuel Heaters For stand alone applincations or integrated in filter cartridge.

FURTHER AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS

Windscreen washer bottles. The bottles are supplied with the pumps, level sensors, caps and hoses.

Oil level sensors These combine level and temperature sensing in the oil sump.

GSE TEAM 1630 LUXEMBOURG

Luxembourg

Diekirch

Grevenmacher

Esch Bascharage

FRANCE

BELGIUM

GERMANY TOTAL AREA: 2.586 km² (about 1/150 of Japan)

TERRITORIAL DIMENSIONS: North – South: 82 km East – West: 57 km

BORDERLINES: Belgium: 148 km Germany: 135 km France: 73 km

GSE TEAM 1630 LUXEMBOURG CITY

GSE TEAM 1630 EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE

GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS

EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

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Luxembourg

Vianden

Schengen Differdange

LUXEMBOURG COUNTRYSIDE

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Nina SCHAEFFER •  25 years •  Origin: France •  Lives in Luxembourg •  Expatriate Relocator •  Company: Global LT

TEAM MEMBERS

GSE TEAM 1630 MY PARENTS & BOYFRIEND

GSE TEAM 1630 MY DOG TONY

GSE TEAM 1630 MY DONKEYS: BRUNO & MARIO

GSE TEAM 1630 MY HOBBY: TRAVEL

GSE TEAM 1630 MY COMPANY

GLOBAL LT FOUNDED IN 1979 IN TROY, MICHIGAN

Global LT’s mission is to provide the highest quality language training, cultural training, translation solutions, and expatriate relocation services to global companies and their employees around the world.

FOUNDERS: Hortensia & Robert NEELY

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GLOBAL LT: ACTIVITIES

SERVICES PROVIDER:

•  Expatriate relocation services •  Language training •  Translations

WORKS WITH GLOBAL COMPANIES IN ORDER TO HELP THEIR EMPLOYEES ADAPT TO NEW COUNTRIES

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GLOBAL LT: STRUCTURE

HEADQUARTER: TROY, MICHIGAN

REGIONAL OFFICES AROUND THE WORLD

EMPLOYEES RECEIVE WORKING ASSIGNMENTS FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONAL OFFICE

LUXEMBOURG IS MANAGED BY LONDON OFFICE

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GLOBAL LT: MY WORK

CLIENT COMPANY: VODAFONE LUXEMBOURG

TWO DIFFERENT TASKS:

1. Assist expatriates at their arrival - Administrative procedures (residency, legal forms) - Information about children’s schools - Assistance with insurance, banking procedures

2. Provide French lessons - To employees and their partners

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Hasselt

Liège

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Luxembourg

MY SPONSORING CLUB

CLUB PRESIDENT Nico HOFFELD

ESCH/ALZETTE

•  FOUNDED IN 1960 •  74 MEMBERS •  Humanitarian programs in Mali & Laos

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EVOLUTION UNTIL 2007

Until World War I (’14 – ’18): -  Agriculture is the main activity sector

Early 1900’s – 1970: -  Steel industry is the main economic sector -  30% of added value in 1970 -  only 1,9 % in 2001

Since the 1980’s: -  The Service sector creates 80% of added value in 2007 -  The Financial sector is the first major economic sector today

THE ECONOMY OF LUXEMBOURG

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MAIN ACTIVITY SECTORS IN 2008:

Measured in % of added value

JAPAN LUXEMBOURG

THE ECONOMY OF LUXEMBOURG

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2008

COUNTRY SIZE 2.586,4 km² 377.835 km²

POPULATION 483.000 127.400.000

GDP / CAPITA (I.M.F) 103.125 USD 34.296 USD

TRADE BALANCE (millions USD) 21.916 83.502

INFLATION RATE 2008 1,1% 1,0%

THE ECONOMY OF LUXEMBOURG

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THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 2008

> Bank sector is in difficult position

> Financial markets fell sharply

> No economical growth

> Rising unemployment

> Public balance falling from +2,3 % to – 0,25%

THE ECONOMY OF LUXEMBOURG

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GENERAL PROSPECTS

Strenghts

-  Healthy public balance

-  Public investment capacities

-  Ongoing economical diversification

-  Flexibility of economic policies

Weaknesses

- Important short-term dependency on the evolution of the financial sector

THE ECONOMY OF LUXEMBOURG

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José DA COSTA •  36 years •  Origin: Portugal •  Married, 2 dogs •  Loterie Nationale of

Luxembourg •  Marketing Manager

TEAM MEMBERS

GSE TEAM 1630 MY PARENTS

GSE TEAM 1630 MY WIFE & DOGS

GSE TEAM 1630 MY HOBBIES: GOOD FOOD

GSE TEAM 1630 MY HOBBIES: ARCHITECTURE

GSE TEAM 1630 MY HOBBIES: ARCHITECTURE

GSE TEAM 1630 MY HOBBIES: ART

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Hasselt

Liège

D 1630

Luxembourg

MY SPONSORING CLUB

CLUB PRESIDENT Fernand ZANEN

KORDALL BASCHARAGE

•  FOUNDED IN 1998 •  Celebrated 10 Years in 2008 •  9th CLUB in Luxembourg •  42 MEMBERS

GSE TEAM 1630 MY JOB

MY COMPANY

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OUR MISSION:

TO SELL LOTTERY PRODUCTS FOR OUR BENEFICIARIES ACCORDING TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INTEGRITY, CREDIBILITY, AND SECURITY.

GSE TEAM 1630 OUR PRODUCTS

GSE TEAM 1630 OUR PRODUCTS

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POPULATION 2008:

LUXEMBOURG 483.000 People 244.200 Women (50,56%) 238.800 Men (49,44%)

JAPAN 127.400.000 People 65.230.000 Women (51,20%) 62.170.000 Men (48,80%)

LUXEMBOURG‘S POPULATION

Luxembourg

Diekirch

Grevenmacher

Esch Bascharage

FRANCE

BELGIUM

GERMANY

GSE TEAM 1630 LUXEMBOURG‘S POPULATION

POPULATION 2008: 483.000 People

FOREIGNERS 205.900 People (42,6%)

76.600 Portuguese (15,9%) 26.600 French (5,5%) 19.100 Italians (3,9%) 16.500 Belgians (3,4%) 11.600 Germans (2,4%)

GSE TEAM 1630 LUXEMBOURG‘S POPULATION

68.600 FRENCH (50,7%)

31.700 GERMANS

(23,5%)

35.000 BELGIANS

(25,8%)

LUXEMBOURG

FRANCE

BELGIUM GERMANY

Every day, 135.300 « Frontaliers » come to Luxembourg for work.

GSE TEAM 1630 LUXEMBOURG‘S POPULATION

LUXEMBOURG

FRANCE

BELGIUM GERMANY

Over 10.000 Luxembourgers are « Frontaliers »!

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Ilja THEUWISSEN •  25 years •  Origin: Belgium •  Hasselt, Prov. Limburg •  Project Consultant •  Entrepreneur

TEAM MEMBERS

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Andrea WUYTJENS •  57 years •  Photographer •  Currently works at my

brother‘s company

MY MOTHER

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Hasselt

Liège

D 1630

Luxembourg

MY SPONSORING CLUB

CLUB PRESIDENT Jos PEETERS

BERINGEN

•  FOUNDED IN 1975 •  45 MEMBERS

GSE TEAM 1630 MY SPONSORING ROTARY CLUB

BERINGEN

BERINGEN « MIJNKATHEDRAAL »

COAL MINES

GSE TEAM 1630 MY HOBBY: BALLET

CARMINA BURANA SHAKESPEARE: « A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM »

GSE TEAM 1630 MY JOB: PROJECT CONSULTANT

WIM DE WAELE GENERAL DIRECTOR

Dr. VAN DER WELDE DIR. BUS. DEVELOPMENT

GSE TEAM 1630 MY JOB: PROJECT CONSULTANT

DEMAND-DRIVEN & USER-CENTRIC RESEARCH

GSE TEAM 1630 MY JOB: PROJECT CONSULTANT

GAMING HOME SERVICES

DEMAND-DRIVEN & USER-CENTRIC RESEARCH

GSE TEAM 1630 MY JOB: ENTREPRENEUR

GSE TEAM 1630 MY JOB: ENTREPRENEUR

« IJSMANNEKE » IS COMING

GSE TEAM 1630 MY COUNTRY: BELGIUM

BELGIUM •  3 REGIONS, 3 LANGUAGES

FLANDERS: DUTCH (59%) WALLONIA: FRENCH (31%) EAST-WALLONIA: GERMAN (10%)

•  BRUSSELS: BILINGUAL

•  BELGIAN COMPROMISE

GSE TEAM 1630 BELGIUM: GOVERNMENT

KING ALBERT II PRIME MINISTER

HERMAN VAN ROMPUY

GSE TEAM 1630 BRUSSELS: SIGHTS

GRANDE PLACE « GROTE MARKT »

MANNEKEN PIS

GSE TEAM 1630 BRUSSELS: SIGHTS

ATOMIUM BERLAYMONT BUILDING

GSE TEAM 1630 BELGIUM: CITY OF ANTWERP

CENTRAL STATION « CATHEDRAL »

ANTWERP SKYLINE

GSE TEAM 1630 BELGIUM: CITY OF LIEGE

MONTAGNE DE BUEREN PALAIS DES PRINCES-EVEQUES

GSE TEAM 1630 BELGIUM: BEER

115 BREWERIES WITH OVER 1.000 KINDS OF BEER

GSE TEAM 1630 BELGIUM: CHOCOLATE

SPECIALIZED CHOCOLATE SHOPS

MANY USES FOR CHOCOLATE

GSE TEAM 1630 PENNONS

GSE TEAM 1630 CONCLUSION

Jean-Marie EVERS D1630 GSE CHAIRMAN

Dony CALMES D1630 GOVERNOR