Programme Team

Hivos is the initiator of the programme and is responsible for the overall management. The programme team currently consists of:

Josine Stremmelaar - Coordinator of the Knowledge Programme

Remko Berkenhout – Knowledge Officer Civil Society Building

Ute Seela – Knowledge Officer Promoting Pluralism

Kawa Hasan- Knowledge Officer Civil Society in West Asia

Marieke Hobbes - Knowledge Officer Small Producers Agency in the Globalized Market

Each thematic programme has a specific programme team including members from the academic partner and Hivos.

Civil Society Building

Remko Berkenhout – Knowledge Officer Hivos

Dr Kees Biekart – Researcher ISS

Ria Brouwers – Researcher ISS

Dr Jeff Handemakers – Researcher ISS

Dr Rosalba Icarez – Researcher ISS

Yvette Evers – Research Coordinator ISS

Promoting Pluralism

Ute Seela – Knowledge Officer Hivos

Prof. Henk Manschot - Director Kosmopolis

Dr. Caroline Suransky – Researcher Kosmopolis

Prof. Sitharamam Kakarala - Director Centre for the Study of Culture & Society, India

Civil Society in West Asia

Kawa Hassan– Knowledge Officer Hivos

Prof. Gerd Junne – Researcher UvA

Paul Aarts –Researcher UvA

Juliette Verhoeven-General Coordinator uvA

Ashana Heera – Junior Researcher UvA