Netherlands

The majority of people in our collective and community are based in the Netherlands. We love to help organisations, institutes and communities in our own country navigate complexity. Examples of our work in the Netherlands can be found below.
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Citizens’ Council Maastricht

Citizens’ Council Maastricht

Perspectivity in collaboration with EMMA designed and facilitated the first citizens’ council in the city of Maastricht.

Collecting perspectives in dialogue

Collecting perspectives in dialogue

How Deep Democracy can help remove dividing lines between roles and functions to get to the in-depth discussions about underlying beliefs and dilemmas.

Reading and Writing Foundation harvests effects

Reading and Writing Foundation harvests effects

The Reading and Writing Foundation wants to better understand how its support to municipalities contributes to better policy and implementation. So that people with low literacy can be helped even better. The foundation already reports annually on the activities carried out but want to gain more insight into what all those efforts achieve. Using Outcome Harvesting as a methodology.

Book tip: Now it’s up to us, call for real democracy

Book tip: Now it’s up to us, call for real democracy

Book tip by Petra de Boer: It is up to citizens to solve the greatest challenges of our time. That is the appeal of Eva Rovers to the Netherlands with her booklet 'Now it's up to us, call for real democracy'. Booklet? Yes, it is literally a small handy little book....

Maastricht city dialogue forecast of a new democracy?

Maastricht city dialogue forecast of a new democracy?

How do we live, learn, work and enjoy together in Maastricht 2040?
The Municipality of Maastricht had asked us to facilitate a broad city dialogue about the future of Maastricht. Before the summer, many wishes had already been collected from residents and other stakeholders. Now it was time to delve deeper into the most important themes and to jointly investigate dilemmas, opportunities and potential solutions.

Bibi van Ginkel

Bibi van Ginkel

Meet Bibi our newest co-worker. She is working with us at our Nutshuis office.

Deep Democracy (Level 1)

Deep Democracy (Level 1)

Facilitate a dialogue and uncover the wisdom of the group.
Deep Democracy is a practical facilitation method to start dialogue and discussion where we actively search for the wisdom of the minority.

We are particularly qualified in working with the following themes and methods