Over the past 20 years, water quality in Indonesia has deteriorated due to an increase of water pollution. Research and analysis is needed to identify pollution sources and assess contamination in Indonesian water resources. Water quality management is not yet sufficiently integrated in river basin management …

This chapter presents a conversation with Henk Ovink, first Dutch special envoy for international water affairs. Ovink works with governments, knowledge institutions, organizations such as the World Bank and the UN, the global business community as well as the civil society representatives. 'Building' …

2007, the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning took the initiative to issue the social building blocks: real estate for facilities. This has been the first attempt to deal with social real estate professionally as an asset. In 2008 the professorship of public real estate started with its first Barometer …

Vanaf 2015 is de zorg voor langdurig kwetsbare mensen overgedragen van de overheid naar de gemeente. Het doel hierachter was dat mensen meer hulp binnen hun netwerk zouden moeten vinden, om zo de kosten van de hulpverlening in het land te limiteren. Professionele hulp zou alleen in worden gezet wanneer …

Emerging during the negotiations for the unratified Constitutional Treaty and officially launched with the Treaty of Lisbon, the European Citizens' Initiative allows citizens to invite the European Commission to propose legislation to the European Parliament and the Council based on an idea which gathers …

After the Yugoslav civil war, the European Union tried to establish a period of peace and stability within the Western Balkan area. With the help of the European Union many Western Balkan countries were able to develop themselves and join the European Union. Nevertheless, Kosovo1 remained unstable and …

In aanloop naar de transformatie van de jeugdhulp heeft de ‘pedagogische civil society’ – de gezamenlijke inzet van burgers voor het grootbrengen van jeugdigen – in toenemende mate aandacht gekregen. Veel gemeenten hebben de ‘pedagogische civil society’ omarmd en vertaald in beleidsplannen en praktijkinitiatieven. …

Hoofdstuk 3 in Verandering begeleiden Praktijkvoorbeeld: het gezin in een krachtenveld 3.1 Sociaal werkers in gezinnen 3.2 gezinnen in hun omgeving 3.3 Perspectieven voor verandering binnen gezinnen 3.4 De pedagogische civil society 3.5 De competenties van de sociaal werker In hoofdstuk 3 gaat …

Examining the voluntary deployment of people without a disability on behalf of people with disabilities: “Verwenzorg” (“LC”) as an example In the Netherlands, a transformation is taking place from the traditional welfare state to a civil society with active citizens. The aim of this study is to give …

This publication addresses the practical research of the Sustainable Cooperative Entrepeneurship (SCE) research group at Hanze University of Applied Science (UAS) Groningen. The SCE research group links market, education and public administration in their commitment to improve local and regional resillience …