Steven Collet

@BergMarten @NLinIndia What a wonderful and colorful team!

Just a few more days in 🇮🇳. My wonderful Delhi team gave me a fantastic farewell party. Very warm, very colourful, very Indian. Was really great working with them for 5 years. Will never forget. Thank you @NLinIndia !🙏🙏

At #UNGA on the situation in the temporarily occupied areas of #Ukraine, I just stressed need and considerable Dutch efforts for #accountability for Russian crimes and need for #Russia to return to the Black Sea Grain Initiative for global food security #BSGI @DutchMFA @NLatUN

En zoek je zakenpartners in Afrika? @lionessesA - een netwerk van sterke Afrikaanse vrouwelijke ondernemers - opent dinsdag haar Europese hoofdkantoor in NL, in partnerschap met @ministerBHOS.

To ensure fair prices & a transparent market in Côte d’Ivoire’s 🇨🇮 cocoa sector, @Cargill, @MTNCotedIvoire, & IFC are digitizing the value chain. #WorldChocolateDay

Happy #WorldChocolateDay! 🍫 Did you know Europe is the world's largest chocolate manufacturer and exporter market? To learn more about exporting cocoa to Europe, read our market information with trends, tips and product studies ➡ lnkd.in/eJgMFxB5

Proud that @InvestIntl is one of the first institutions worldwide to combine development cooperation & trade finance! Today's event marks a new step in creating impact and forging successful partnerships together, for a better future for all of us.

Instructive discussions with @OECDdev members in the context of NL peer review today. Proud that we are viewed as an effective, self-reflective and innovative donor. Review will be finalized and released by OECD/DAC in September.

Vandaag herdenken we de slachtoffers van de ramp in #RanaPlaza, 10 jaar geleden. Met Jos Huber, voormalig specialist internationale omstandigheden bij @MinBZ, blikken we terug op de afgelopen tien jaar. Wat is er veranderd en wat staat ons nog te doen? rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/mi…

New partnership with new PUM: Dutch seniors volunteer to support SMEs in developing countries at their request, plus support to sociale dialogues between employers, trade unions and government on sustainability transitions to our partner countries in Africa and the Mena region.

@marjankamstra Walk the talk: our embassy in Doha worked with its suppliers for responsible business conduct, including living wages. Proud!

On behalf of team Doha I received our Ministry’s Best Practice Award for our pioneering work on Responsible Business Conduct. I am proud of our team and our embassy partners for their commitment to ‘walking the talk’ 🇳🇱 - 🇶🇦 - 🏆 #Ambconf2023 #WeZijnEr

De letters FBB, gemaakt door vrouwelijke chocolatiers in Ivoorkust, om ons tijdens de ambassadeursconferentie te herinneren aan het belang van inclusie van vrouwen voor duurzame waardeketens en tal van andere oplossingen voor wereldwijde uitdagingen #feministischbuitenlandbeleid

"Integrating gender equality in the international water sector is not only a matter of basis human rights, but also an essential condition for achieving the SDGs." said @henkovink during the #CSW67 side event organized by @WECF_INT and @simaviNL about gender inclusion in water!💧

"Just 5.37% of the $50 billion that donors have put into climate funds administered by the World Bank have gone to the 10 most climate-vulnerable nations, including Niger and Chad." 🌤️ Check out @CGDev's #climatefinance research featured in @devex 📘: devex.com/news/devex-inv…

👎 The bad news: #GenderParity is still far off. 👍 The good news: More women than ever hold political decision-making posts worldwide. @IPUparliament's and @UN_Women's latest data shows: we have our work cut out for us. 👉 buff.ly/3YSL73U #INTGenderChampions

From 20th-24th Feb, @StevenCollet, Dir. & Ambassador for Business & Development @DutchMFA undertook a working visit to 🇬🇭 and 🇨🇮 to discuss Dutch policies centered on Cocoa and Horticulture in both countries. Click bit.ly/3l0C2Ix to watch highlights from the visit.

Inspiring presentation by Prof @jasonhickel - leading figure in the emerging degrowth movement & author of 📚 ‘Less is More, Why Degrowth Will Save the World’. Thanks to @commonsnetwork for organizing. jasonhickel.org/about @DutchMFA @StevenCollet @SandraPellegrom 🧵1/3

Positive discussions with President of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers @IngridThijssen. We spoke about challenges and opportunities in supply chains and the platform economy, as well as productivity, and the assistance needed to establish living wages.

Hi guys, wanna dance? Take one step back, then step aside and step up for women economic empowerment. Women can add $15bln to e-commerce in Africa. Let them in. Happy #IWD2023! @etradeforwomen @IFC_org

Useful visit to CCC and cocoa coops in 🇨🇮. Progress with sector-wide traceability -should not add to cost of farming. Women saving schemes help towards living income and diversification, needed to curb child labor and deforestation. Merci @FairtradeNL @100WKS @CAYATcoop @IDHTrade

Good conversation on deepening our partnership for decent work, jobs and income, as part of sustainable trade.