Networking event PIE – RVO
7 July 2025
PIE organises a networking event in cooperation with ‘Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland’ RVO on 7 July 2025 13:30-17:00 hrs the Green Village of TU Delft.
The programme consists of presentations by RVO and 2 rounds of discussion with pitches of successful project financed by RVO and executed by PIE members.
The networking event will be concluded with drinks and snacks.
13:30 Welcome
13:40 RVO Jolie Franke: International business opportunities for knowledge institutes
13.50 RVO Carmen Kurvers: private sector development in the Global South
14:00 RVO Froukje Verreijt is programmacoördinator Impact Clusters, PSD Toolkit: working with International Organisations (IFIs, UN)
14:20 First round of group discussions / exchange of experiences (3 parallel groups)
- Challenges in dealing with international organisations – when and how do they mobilize knowledge institutes, how to become visible and partner with them, …
Dr Johan van Dijk, business director IHE Delft: working with Asian Development Bank
- Cooperation with Dutch private sector – when and how to connect, practical implications for cooperation, …
Lindsey Schwidder, Project Manager Water – Innovation & Impact Centre at Delft University of Technology: ACHI project: Horticulture in Ghana for a brighter future
- Cooperation in support of private sector development in the Global South – what role to play, how to identify the right ideas / issues to be involved in, how to get involved, ….
Richard Yeboah, Managing Director MDF Global BV: Ghana Innovation Hub (initially linked to Orange Corners) & Boosting the circular economy in Mombasa Kenya
14:50 Break
15:10 Second round of group discussions / exchange of experiences (3 parallel groups)
15:40 Take aways in plenary session
16:00 Networking with drinks & snacks
Register with: m.vanderkooij@pieonline.nl