The common thread running through my career is contribution to a more just world. I have over 20 years of experience in many different countries and contexts with various aspects of the functioning of civil society organisations in their complex social environments. From my academic background in anthropology and communication, I gained the power of observing patterns as well as creating knowledge together.
In all facilitation – individually, organisationally and systemically – I strive for a combination of critical reflection and applied learning-in-action. While doing this, I inspire people to think, act and change. My strength lies in developing inspiring training courses on participatory narrative research and facilitating complex change processes. As a facilitator of complex processes, I like to work with MIT’s Theory U, transformative scenario planning, and appreciative inquiry. I love courageous collaboration, a form of collaboration that is also confrontational when necessary, because change and innovation rarely go without resistance. That is why I love to work with dialogue-oriented methods, like the Lewis Deep Democracy.
I consider my work and life as one whole unit, I learn everywhere and try to live for what I think is important wherever I go. My family, my colleagues and the individuals and organisations I work with are great places of learning for me. Everyone contributes to my growth because they lovingly allow me the space to create together, make mistakes and practice compassion.
As of March 1, 2021, I am also working part-time as a senior lecturer at the HAN University of Applied Sciences for the Master’s degree Management and Innovation in Social Organisations.
Expertise
- Deep Democracy
- Art of Facilitation
- Women
- Development & Migration
Examples of what I do
Citizens’ Council Maastricht
Perspectivity in collaboration with EMMA designed and facilitated the first citizens’ council in the city of Maastricht.
Transformative Futures for Water Security initiative
Water security is key to our collective future, yet many places in the world experience severe water insecurity. We have to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all (SDG 6). Perspectivity facilitated this initiative for the Global South on the future of water security in the lead-up to the UN 2023 Water Conference.
Evaluation of Winrock International’s John D. Rockefeller 3RD program
An outcome study of six research projects implemented in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Our Stories of Change Website is now live
Publishing the stories written during the writeshop workshop in Lebanon in 2021
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.
Our Stories of Change – Writeshop Workshop in Lebanon
We partnered with the Knowledge Workshop, a lebanese feminist organisation, to facilitate a writeshop workshop in Lebanon for women and transpeople.
The intention of the writeshop was to amplify the role of women and transpeople in shaping personal and collective changes.
KW and Perspectivity in collaboration with the participants will be working together to publish the stories written in the near future.
ACT Academy strengthens youth leadership in Turkey
Human rights in Turkey are under pressure, while space for civic involvement is shrinking. The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked Perspectivity to design and execute a program for how the Dutch embassy could sustainably support civil society’s leadership to strengthen their position. This program, called the ACT Academy, is a ground-breaking pilot of a sustainable leadership program set up together by Perspectivity and the embassy in Ankara.
Evaluation: learning from youth programme in Tunisia and the Netherlands
The NGO Human Security Collective (HSC) implemented two youth leadership programmes in Tunisia and the Netherlands. The goal is to strengthen the capacities of youth leaders to contribute to resilience and human security in their communities. HSC asked Perspectivity to design and conduct the monitoring and evaluation of the programmes’ progress and outcomes.