An introduction in placemaking: cities in green Migrant influx in Africa and the Middle East will be increasing within a decade. As a form of European border security, placemaking can be an approach to protect Europe from large influx of migrants. Imagine 2050, according to the UN 50-200 million people will be fleeing from drought,..
Capacity building on consultancy Strengthening governance in Africa Rwanda has firmly turned its back on its past. Considering the number of requests for assistance coming from several African countries, Rwanda has become an inspiring example for other Africans to also take their future into their own hands. Stillare suggested to the CEO of the Rwandan..
Weg van polarisatie De aanslag in Parijs van januari 2015 deed Agnes Dinkelman besluiten om een groep mediatiors te vragen om te verkennen hoe verder te gaan na Parijs en Kopenhagen. De initiatiefnemers hebben mensen uit het eigen netwerk uitgenodigd om deel te nemen. De groep kwam bij elkaar in Theater aan het Spui in..
Gender Based Violence in rural communities Prof. dr. M van Reisen from Tilburg University asked Stillare to work with the women of Zimbabwe. The goal was to work towards more community security by empowerment of women leadership. This work was input to the Second Colloquium on Women’s Empowerment, Leadership, Development, Peace and Security held in..
Negotiation on infrastructure, oil, gas and land dispute How to prepare and execute a session for infrastructure, oil, gas and land dispute negotiations within the Ministry of Finance; that was the challenge for this programme. Next to communication and negotiation skills Stillare worked with the ministry on role view, transparency, deadlocks and pitfalls and personal..
Max van der Sleen is partnering Stillare in the Placemaking: Cities in Green programme.
Max is educated in the Netherlands and the UK as a macro-economist, sociologist and development economist. He calls himself an institutional economist and is specialised in public policy analysis. He worked on this in a diversity of countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. The Cooperation between the European Union and the Neighbourhood countries has been a main field of work during his professional career spanning 35 years. As head of Ecorys research and consulting and as evaluation specialist he has worked on key issues like Fortress Europe, Maastricht, the Stability and Growth Pact, Lisbon, EU enlargement and the Neighbourhood policy.
Tammo Oegema is partnering Stillare in the Placemaking: Cities in Green programme.
Tammo Oegema is a system analyst and social engineer. He studied quantative modelling (econometrics) and welfare economics. Learning from the system analysis behind the scenario’s of ‘Limits to Growth'(1972) he recognizes that long term developments of population, state of ecology, resources, food supply and the western focus on GNP as sole measure for welfare will lead to tensions on all regional levels of scale. Finding solutions for multi-faceted problems and implementing them was key during his work at sustainability think-tank IMSA.
Jeroen de Jonge is partnering Stillare in the Placemaking: Cities in Green programme.
Jeroen de Jonge is a former naval officer of the Royal Netherlands Navy. During the last ten years he was involved in policymaking and planning at the Ministry of Defence. He was responsible for the naval input into the Future Policy Survey into the Netherlands Ministry of Defence Ambition Level, on Tasks and Requirements.
Stef Schreuder is partnering Stillare in the Placemaking: Cities in Green programme.
Stef Schreuder is a horticultural engineer and entrepreneur who is involved in large scale agricultural and sustainable projects in Europa, Africa and Asia. He also worked as researcher at Wageningen University and is member of the Advisory Board of companies active in project development in Africa. His company, Livingstone Ventures, designs roadmaps and business plans for energy and water saving technologies in agriculture especially in challenging countries. He supports and advices organisations on sustainable business development and is mediator for private investors and investment funds.
Piet Kommers is partnering Stillare in the Placemaking: Cities in Green programme and in the Slum Architecture programme.
Piet Kommers is an early pioneer in media for cognitive- and social support. His doctoral research explored methods for hypertext and concept mapping in learning. Since 1982 he developed educational technology as an engineering approach for learning and teaching. His main thesis is that technology is catalytic for human ambition and awareness. His main function is associate professor in the University in Twente, The Netherlands and adjunct/visiting professor in various countries. He taught more than fifteen bachelor-, master- and PhD courses and supervised more than 30 PhD students.