The Hague marked 60 years of JCI ’s-Gravenhage with an evening of interactive dialogue on local and global issues.
On 19 October 2019, Global Peace, in partnership with Junior Chamber International ’s-Gravenhage, hosted an Inter-Generational Dialogue (IGD) in The Hague, Netherlands, at the Migratie Museum.
The dialogue took place on the 60th anniversary of JCI ’s-Gravenhage and brought together an extensive line-up of experts from the private and public sectors for an evening encounter to discuss current local and global issues in interactive sessions with the audience in attendance.
The event was organised by Arinka Van Ommen, Game Leader: Human Rights Dialogues and chaired by Anna Heijker, who has many years of experience in training entrepreneurs and professionals to achieve business goals within their organisations.
The Dialogue was premised on stimulating connections between people from different cultures in The Hague, which has become known around the world as the most multicultural city in the Netherlands. Building connections among people was shown to be the key to better integration within society, beyond differences and traditional norms. Speakers included Cemil Yilmaz, Chairman on behalf of NIDA, a political party inspired by Islam within the municipality of Rotterdam, and Amin Michel, Founder of Inclusion4diversity. The panel was also quite diverse, representing a variety of professional disciplines: Jolanda Van Schaik, Director: Inclusion & Diversity at KPMG Netherlands; Behnam Taebi, Co-Initiator: Hestia – Impuls for Refugees; Tariq Alhasan, Migration and Human Rights Officer: Justice & Peace – Samen Hier; Eke Kronieger, Project Officer: Colombia PUM and Simon Jacobus, Publisher: Indomedia.
Key topics also discussed included employment and education. These have become a growing concern internationally, especially for young people, given rising job losses worldwide and difficulties in education ranging from student funding to access.
A special thanks to the JCI ’s-Gravenhage team for convening the IGD and for engaging this diverse group of speakers and panellists towards working together in finding solutions to these local and global issues.
