Explorer
Civil Military Coordination (CIMIC) independent contractor.
Born in The Netherlands, son of a “Military father” and “Red Cross mother” I probably was destined to be civil-military passionate. With a Business Administration degree I have experience of 30 years as a senior manager in corporate financial services and coaching/consultancy. Parallel I have been serving as a reserve officer in the Royal Netherlands Army for 30 years.
Cooperation in a crisis response environment
In the role of CIMIC advisor, speaker, Observer-Trainer-Evaluator, operator & staff officer I have been supporting international organizations in a multicultural setting for 15 years now. Below you will find my references.
With a vast experience in crisis response mission settings as a field officer, trainer or advisor in Afghanistan, Asia and on the African continent I contribute to many CIMIC related activities. From Abstraction To Action and how to learn from this to prepare military, IO and NGO personnel for cooperation in missions.
The way out of the woods in these cooperation’s is “the art of dialogue”. A more constructive way than discussion, to get people from different cultures and organizations working together.
Check out my book “on dialogue”: Flip the Elephant!
My company motto is:
“The difference between vision and illusion is the amount of people who believe in it”.
References
International Security
Marshall Centre Garmish Parten Kirchen www.marshallcenter.org/en
University of Belgrade bg.ac.rs/en/
United Nations Int. School of Amsterdam (UNISCA) www.unisca.org
IAI (Instutioni Affari Internationali for gender) www.iai.it/en
Leadership Centre of Excellence Royal Netherlands Military Academy www.ecld.nl
NATO Joint Support Enabling Command ULM https://jsec.nato.int
Headquarters EUROcorps Strassbourgh www.eurocorps.org
NATO HQ Brunssum www.jfcbs.nato.int
Civil Military Coordination
CIMIC Centre of Excellence The Hague www.cimic-coe.org
USAFRICOM www.africom.mil
HQ Royal Netherlands Army https://english.defensie.nl/organisation/army/units/headquarters
Netherlands Army Civil Military Interaction C&E Corps www.defensie.nl/organisatie/landmacht/eenheden/oocl/cmi-commando
Government of Canada www.canada.ca/en.html
CALIAN www.calian.com/en/
Multinational CIMIC group North www.cimicgroup.org
Netherlands MoD Integrated Development of Entrepreneurial Activities (IDEA network) www.idea-listen.nl/
Canadian Peace Support Training Centre www.peacesupport.ca
Serbian Peace Keeping Operations Centre www.vs.rs/en/units/serbian-armed-forces/general-staff/operations-department-j3/peacekeeping-operations-centre
Indonesian Peace Keeping Operations Centre Bogor www.asiaone.com/asia/se-asias-biggest-peacekeeping-anti-terror-training-camp-opens
Canadian Military Training and Cooperation Ottawa www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/programs/military-training-cooperation-program.html