Brussels Metropolitan Area
EXPERIENCE 1) GOVERNEMENT Ministry of Homeland Security (SPF Intérieur) since 2011. Services fédéraux du Gouverneur du Brabant wallon. Member of the federal "Team D5" Crisis Communicators Task Force. 2) #COVID-19 PANDEMIC D4 - Logistic expertise : PMO (Postes Médicaux d'Orientation) / SIS (Structure Intermédiaire de Soins) / Testing Centers / Vaccination centers (Braine l'Alleud, Court Saint Etienne PAM Expo, Perwez, Tubize, Wavre) / Miscellaneous logistic missions D5 - Analyst / #TeamD5 #BeAlert #ICMS 3) RISK MANAGEMENT Officially labelled "Security Advisor" by the belgian Ministery of Homeland Security (SPF Intérieur). Conception and lead of the "Railwail Safety and Security on the Frontline" program, for the belgian Federal Ministery of Transports and Mobility. Coaching in "Leadership in unconventional contexts and crisis" with Pr. Patrick Lagadec. Crisis consultant for the belgian public service television and radio RTBF. 4) MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION Event designer and producer at Any Performance, The Eventerprise (owner), Profirst International and A2 (owner). Concept and production of more than 1.500 events in Europe, since 1990. 5) INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION Spin Doctor, coach and advisor for several ministers an parlementaries in Belgium since 1999. Poll strategies & elections organization. Political strategy and technologies. French institutional copywriting. 6) ACADEMIC Maître de conférence à l'université de Liège - ULiège - (depuis 2024). Expert at HCFRN (Haut Comité Français pour la Résilience Nationale - Bureau de Paris). Expert at Crisis Response (London). External teacher at IHECS (Crisis Management, Political technologies, Event design...). 7) HOBBIES - Pianist and composer https://www.marclerchs.com - Writer / Last book published :Aventures et mésaventures d'un secouriste-ambulancier / "Sauve qui peut... Chroniques acides d'un secouriste ambulancier" Editions La Boîte à Pandore - 2014 / Reedition 2020 https://www.amazon.com/Aventures-mésaventures-dun-secouriste-ambulancier-ebook/dp/B0888492GJ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Sauve+qui+peut+marc+lerchs&qid=1616088223&sr=8-1 - Photographer - Radioamateur #HamRadio / Callsign ON3 IBZ 8) SUMMARY #CrisisTechnologies #Analyst #SMEM #MSGU #IBZ #TeamD5 #EventDesigner&Producer #Music #Photography
Consultant Senior en Planification d'urgence, Gestion de crise, Communication de crise, Analyse de risques, Open Source Intelligence...
Event design and production: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09p7rsVd6GE Risk management: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2bZi_qsa8Y Creative input: http://www.marclerchs.net
A2 - Spin doctor: political strategies (member the belgian PS campain-staff for federal elections 18 may 2003), political technologies (member of the blegian PS campain-staff for national elections 2003, regional poll 2004, and regional poll 2009. Crisis manager (Leadership in unconventional contextes and crisis), speakers training...
Risk advisor / Graduated Crisis manager. Conception and lead of the "Railwail Safety and Security on the Frontline" program, for the belgian Federal Ministery of Transports and Mobility (started in April 2011). Consultant for the Brabant wallon's Governor (Crisis centrum). Consultant for the belgian radio and television company RTBF http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2bZi_qsa8Y
Since 1990 until today: concept & organization of more than 1.200 institutional events for several customers: PS (belgian Labour - Parti Socialiste), UNMS (Union Nationale des Mutualités Socialistes), Labour Party, Internationale socialiste, Région wallonne, P&V (Launch of P&V name / Solidarsong symphonic concerts with Goran Bregovic and Roger Hogdson), SPE (spectacles d'inauguration centrales électrique Seraing, Ham et Ring Vaart), FGTB-ABVV (Congrès de passation André Mordant-Xavier Verboven-Rudy De Leeuw-Anne Demelenne), Setca, Parlement Européen, CEE, FEB/VBO (European Business Summit 2000), Minister of Finance (Launch of the Euro currency for Mostra agency), Telenet, Belgacom, Ville de Bruxelles, Stad Gent (SPE closing show "Euro of Neuro ? " for the Keizer Karel Year), Stad Kortrijk ("Guldenspoorensplash" show for SPE), Ville de Charleroi, Ville de Liège, Ville de Mons (Festival Film d'Amour depuis 2005), Ethias Trophy (depuis 2005) and many others...
Event organization agency, leader in the belgian market during the nineties.