Over dit event
On Thursday afternoon, 12 February, Wilde Ganzen and Vice Versa are organising an inspiring World Café for funders, policymakers, civil society organisations and critical thinkers, moderated by Kido Koenig.
The World Café takes place at a pivotal moment, as the Netherlands faces key decisions about the future of localisation and locally led development. While localisation has become more visible in policy and practice, the question remains how promised power shifts can be translated into real change.
During the afternoon, lessons from five years of Giving for Change—a programme in which funders and partners experimented with more equitable collaboration and power sharing—will serve as a starting point for the conversation, informed by the programme’s evaluation.
In an open and interactive setting, we will engage in a dialogue around questions that matter:
- Where is power shifting actually working well, and where does it still stall?
- Which beliefs, structures and routines continue to sustain inequality?
- What does this concretely require from funders, organisations and government—now and in the years to come?
Programme at a glance
We will start with a sharp opening by Marc Broere (Vice Versa), on power, localisation and responsibility, and on the tension between what we say we want and what we do in practice. This will be followed by the Independent Research Consultant of Giving for Change, Sadaf Shallwani, who will share the key lessons from five years of experimenting with more equal collaboration. This sets the stage for a panel discussion in which perspectives from government, civil society practice and academia come together. Sandra Cats (RVO / Reversing the Flow), Edwin Visser (ZOA), Margit van Wessel (WUR), and Dennis Arends (Porticus) will reflect on the evaluation and draw on their own day-to-day work with localisation. Together, they will explore what works in practice, where friction arises, and where ambitions around power sharing continue to get stuck in existing systems, structures and routines. Subsequently, Rael Lomoti (Desert Roses, Kenya) will bring the conversation back to the everyday reality of local leadership in a region heavily affected by climate change.
https://viceversaonline.nl/2026/01/14/wereld-cafe-macht-delen-is-een-werkwoord/