Ellen van Selm

Ellen van Selm is Mayor of Opsterland, a rural municipality in the north of the Netherlands (Friesland), with 30.000 inhabitants, spread over sixteen villages. She is currently also a board member of both the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) and the Netherlands Society of Mayors. She is experienced with the implementation of sustainable participatory approaches, management and leadership, multicultural society and citizenship and employability at the local level. A priority area for Mayor Van Selm is for the inclusion of rural areas in policy development for the benefit of sustainable solutions to challenges in climate change and energy transition.