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Announcement
Pieter Stemerding, director of Adessium Foundation, and Nynke Weinreich, program manager, were late August involved in a serious car accident while on a fact-finding mission. -
First Persecuted Scholars Find Protection in the Netherlands
Four scholars who have been threatened with persecution in their own countries have arrived in the past six months to take on temporary positions at Dutch universities. -
Dinand Webbink appointed as endowed Professor on Policy Evaluation.
As of 15 June 2010, Dr. Dinand Webbink is appointed as endowed Professor Policy Evaluation, with specific focus on Strategic Philanthropy, Health and Education. Professor Webbink has taken up his appointment at the Erasmus School of Economics of Erasmus University Rotterdam through the vereniging Trustfonds EUR. -
“Opportunity for nuclear disarmament now greater than ever”
The opportunity to drastically reduce the number of nuclear weapons is currently greater than was believed possible for many years. The Netherlands wants to assume the role of a “disarmament broker” and thus contribute to the reduction of nuclear arsenals in Europe and the world. -
Jordanians to enjoy Kids News soon
In the near future Jordanian children will be able to hear and see televised news geared to them . Early February the Dutch organization Free Voice signed a Memorandum of Understanding to introduce the internationally known Kids News program to Jordanian kids with the Jordanian Community Media Network. -
Start certification tropical forest
A very important step has been taken in Indonesia towards the certification of 600,000 hectares of tropical forest in accordance with the FSC label.