Egbert leads networks and communities, supports organisational development, and oversees the organisation’s research initiatives.

Egbert has been active in the field of international development in Indonesia for over 12 years, specialising in training design and facilitation, community empowerment, and strengthening the capacities of local organisations.

He has successfully managed a large 3.5-year project (Creative Communities) aimed at increasing the quality of representation at the village level for PNPM (Indonesia’s National Community Development Program), steering and training a team of over 50 facilitators, regional coordinators, and researchers in eight different provinces of Indonesia.

Recently, he has been designing and facilitating various training programs and doing consultancies for EngageMedia (video for change and impact measurement), the Dutch Water Authorities (sanitation and health), Butterfly Works (human-centred design), OXFAM (youth empowerment), and Kindernothilfe (impact-orientated project planning and monitoring).