4.2.5 Institutional donors

SOS Expert Network

Bart Jan van Genderen

Former CEO CMI Holding, Member of the DPA Supervisory Board and Board Member of the Bart Foundation Tineke de Groot

Former TV presenter and documentary maker Tex Gunning

CEO LeasePlan

Teun de Nooijer

Principal Consultant Mc. Demott & Bull Europe and Business coach & inspirational speaker Florentine Ouborg

Commercial Director at Princess Traveller B.V. Nikki Ouborg

Founder and commercial director of Bourgini Michael Koutstaal

Chief Transformation Officer at Save the Children International

Patrick Ruys

Managing Partner EY VODW

SOS Expert Network Members of the SOS Expert Network apply their knowledge, network and time to actively provide support in implementing the new strategy and achieving our goals. The members are linked to individuals responsible in the organisation based on their area of expertise. We extend our thanks to Ton Dietz, former director of the African Studies Centre and emeritus professor at Leiden University, for his many years’ commitment to SOS Children’s Villages within the SOS Expert Network.

Committee of Recommendation Hans Eenhoorn (former chair of the Supervisory Board and former Senior Vice President Unilever) and the late Kees van Lede (former chair of VNO NCW and AkzoNobel) linked their names, as members of the Committee of Recommendation to SOS Children’s Villages The Netherlands and promoted our message in their network. Where possible they established contact between our organisation and their network.

4.2.5 INSTITUTIONAL DONORS

SOS Children’s Villages leads and is part of a number of major programmes financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Commission. We thank them for their trust in our organisation.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

We work closely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in diverse innovative programmes related to the themes of strengthening families, youth employment, and humanitarian response and emergency aid. In 2020, we were active partners in several areas. Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA) An alliance of 14 Dutch aid organisations that are able to respond quickly and effectively to major international crises due to the structure of the DRA. The activities can be better coordinated and achieve a greater impact as a result of the collaboration in humanitarian interventions. The alliance also serves as a knowledge platform.

The following organisations are members: CARE Nederland, Cordaid, Dorcas, Oxfam Novib, Plan International Nederland, Help a Child, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages The Netherlands, Stichting Vluchteling, Tearfund Nederland, Terre des Hommes, War Child, World Vision and ZOA.

You can read more about our activities in the DRA programmes in Chapter 3.3 Humanitarian response and emergency aid, page 30.

LEAD In the context of the LEAD (Local Employment in Africa for Development) funding mechanism of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, four consortia of development organisations implement programmes related to youth employment. SOS Children’s Villages The Netherlands, in its capacity as coordinator, implements the successful youth employment programme the Next Economy (running since 2016 - duration of second phase up to 2023). More information about this programme is provided on page 28.

Generation Unlimited SOS Children’s Villages International is a (global board) member in Generation Unlimited initiative. This is a high level, worldwide initiative by UNICEF to make it possible for young people to become productive and engaged members of the community, so they can reach their full potential. We do this with them: we support young people to become co-creators and to develop their own innovative solutions for the challenges in their lives. www.generationunlimited.org

Youth at Heart Millions of young people do not develop the skills they need to be able to escape poverty. In order to address this problem the Dutch government organised the virtual forum Youth at Heart, with Generation Unlimited, with the aim of bringing together international actors and young people and to discuss greater investments in the future of young people. During a round-table discussion, managing director Arian Buurman called on businesses to participate in inclusive youth development by considering young people as potential employees and their employees as valuable mentors. In addition, our programme director Stefan van der Swaluw and Malou van Nieuwkoop from our partner Crosswise Works talked about the innovative youth employment programme The Next Economy and there was a live link with former participant Deborah. (See also page 28) Following the Y@H forum, SOS Children’s Villages the Netherlands was approached by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to reflect on a subsequent event, based on the Youth@ heart principles of the virtual forum.

European Union

The European Union (EU) has financed SOS Children’s Villages programmes since 2006. In 2020, as the implementing party of the UN Capital Development Fund and in association with SNV, we entered into a four-year partnership with a value of €20 million, funded by the European Union Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF). A partnership to promote youth employment in the regions of Ashanti and the Western Region in Ghana. Including the large-scale, innovative GrEEn project. The EU also financed the youth employment

In Memoriam

foto: RuudPosPhotograpy We have been deeply affected by the death of Kees van Lede, member of the Committee of Recommendation and former chair of the Advisory Board of SOS Children’s Villages The Netherlands. Managing director Arian Buurman:

“Mr Van Lede always demonstrated tremendous dedication to the children and families in our programmes and continued to support the mission and vision of SOS Children’s Villages. We are extremely grateful to him for all the time and knowledge he invested in our good cause. We wish his family and loved ones great strength with this terrible loss.”