This year we had several LVE Educator Workshops. There was one in April and another in May for teachers at a secondary school. In May and June, Neil Hawkes did values education workshop with BZN in Antwerpen, Belgium. Ten teachers from Holland, from both primary and secondary schools attended. In June, there was an LVE Educator Workshop for teachers at a primary school at the Hague.
On July 10, the information LVE association became formally incorporated as the Foundation of Living Values Education.
In August, Marlies van Loon attended the general Assembly of ALIVE at Crêt Bérard, Switzerland, and assumed the position of LVE Coordinator/Focal Point for LVE in the Netherlands.
In November, a new group of LVE trainers held their first LVEP workshop for teachers of nursery schools and primary schools in the Netherlands
On December 13, there was a formal launching of the Living Values Activities books in Dutch in cooperation with BZN in Belgium. On December 14, there was a formal launching of the books in the Netherlands, at the Vrijzinnig Christelijk Lyceum (a secondary school) in the Hague. Dr. Neil Hawks gave a “beautiful and convincing presentation about Living Values Education. He made teachers and pupils laugh about themselves, he let them love themselves, he showed how to take students seriously without losing authority; it was simply great!”
In 2005, there was a search for a translator and editor for the process of translating the Living Values Education series of five books into Dutch. A meeting was held between Marlies van Loon and Marleen de Jonckheere with BZN (Bond Zonder Naam) in Antwerpen Belgium. They made a decision to cooperate closely. Marleen found funds for the translation of the LVEP books into Flemish/Dutch.
From 2000 to 2004, the LVE working group met at the Hague three or four times a year under the leadership of then LVE Coordinator Karen Derks, with Marie-Lisette Derks, Nanette with the Design Academy Eindhoven, Marlies van Loon and people from a variety of faith groups interested in values education.