For a comprehensive overview, all active Knowledge Platforms in the Netherlands are gathered on this website. Each platform aligns its thematic focus with one of the priorities set forth in Dutch international policies. Collectively, these platforms play a pivotal role in knowledge building for Dutch international development cooperation and foreign trade policies and practices, contributing to a more cohesive and impactful approach to global challenges.

INCLUDE

is a Dutch-African platform that promotes evidence-based policymaking on inclusive development in Africa through research, knowledge sharing and policy dialogue.

Knowledge Platform Security and Rule of Law

aims to jointly explore innovative approaches to emerging challenges in the field of security and rule of law in fragile and conflict affected contexts.

KUNO

is the Platform for Humanitarian Knowledge Exchange in the Netherlands. Tis space facilitates knowledge sharing and reflection. In this way, KUNO helps the Dutch humanitarian sector to innovate and jointly meet challenges of the future.

Netherlands Food Partnership

is the successor of the Food & Business Knowledge Platform. NFP connects people and supports agri-food initiatives to make food systems more economically, socially and environmentally viable.

Share-net Netherlands

is one of the country hubs of Share-Net International. The platform aims to strengthen linkages between actors and fields through sharing, generating, and promoting the use of knowledge in Sexual Health and Reproductive Rights policies and practices.

Recent News from the Platforms

Community‐based father education intervention on breastfeeding practice—Results of a quasi‐experimental study

Although the benefits of breastfeeding are well‐documented, little is known about how best to encourage fathers to[…]

Food insecurity linked with intimate partner violence in Nepal

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Security Council Adopts Resolution Calling upon Belligerents Worldwide to Adopt Concrete Commitments on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict

Members Pass Resolution 2467 (2019) by 13 Votes in Favour, None against, as China, Russian Federation Abstain[…]

Adopting a gender transformative approach in sexual and reproductive health and rights, and genderbased violence programmes – Rutgers Toolkit

During the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in Kigali, Rwanda, today, Rutgers launches its toolkit on[…]

From ‘consent football’ to ‘pin the organ on the body’: sex education around the world

Adults have long been squeamish over talking to children about sex. We have a history of complicated[…]

Maternal health in underserved tribal India

Maternal mortality has declined in many countries across the world over the decades, including in India, but[…]

Will Joyce Browne be the 2019 Science Talent?

New Scientist, the international magazine on science and technology, is organising the annual election of the Science[…]

Call for Action: the Paris Climate Change Agreement

As we mark Earth Day this week, EngenderHealth, FHI360, Guttmacher Institute, Ipas, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Marie[…]

Women’s empowerment in Egypt: the reliability of a complex construct

Women’s empowerment, defined as the process where women acquire enabling resources that enhance their agency, is a[…]

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