Experience

Cultural Emergency Response

• Netherlands
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  Cultural Emergency Response (CER) coordinates and supports locally-led protection of heritage under threat. Cultural Emergency Response (CER) is a global organisation providing first aid to cultural heritage threatened or damaged by conflict or disaster, always doing so in direct cooperation with local actors in the affected communities. CER acts as a ‘cultural ambulance’: it provides quick and flexible financial support and expertise to assist heritage actors and communities as they assess risks and damages, implement stabilisation, and conduct early recovery measures. Emergency actions aim to prevent the loss of endangered cultural heritage, facilitate cultural continuity, and build resilience in times of crisis. CER also works with heritage communities to prepare for crises and mitigate potential risks to cultural heritage. Beyond emergency response, CER’s wider purpose is to make global heritage protection more inclusive, sustainable and locally-led, notably by training heritage experts, sharing expertise and experience, and advocating the recognition of cultural heritage rescue as a crucial aspect of humanitarian relief, recovery, development and peacebuilding. Show less



Prince Claus Fund

• Netherlands
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Cultural Emergency Response (CER)

  • Dec 2020 - Jul 2022

  The Cultural Emergency Response (CER) programme of the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development supports and coordinates first aid initiatives for cultural heritage affected by conflict or disaster in direct collaboration with local partners in the affected communities, mainly in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Caribbean. We strive to make the field of heritage rescue more representative and to strengthen local response capacities through relief projects, regional Hubs, training and networking initiatives. CER aims to create a world in which all communities affected by disaster or conflict can rescue and safeguard the heritage which is important to them. In 2021-2022 the Cultural Emergency Response programme is transitioning into being an independent organisation. Show less

• Interim Programme Coordinator - Cultural Emergency Response (CER)

  • Apr 2020 - Nov 2020

• Researcher & Staff Member - Cultural Emergency Response (CER)

  • Nov 2019 - Apr 2020

• Researcher - Cultural Emergency Response (CER)

  • Nov 2017 - Nov 2019



University of Amsterdam

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Assistant

  • Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

  Student Assistant at the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM) Student Assistant at the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM)



Prince Claus Fund

• Netherlands
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trainee Cultural Emergency Response

  • Feb 2017 - Sep 2017



Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken

• Netherlands
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trainee Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to UNESCO

  • Jan 2016 - May 2016

  Trainee at the Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to UNESCO Trainee at the Permanent Delegation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to UNESCO