Danielle Hirsch worked for three years in Mexico, Paraguay and Kenya during and after her studies in Economics. In 1995 she started working as an international consultant and at the same time became a volunteer at Both ENDS in 1995, where in 2003 she became policy advisor on water management. She was elected director of the organisation in 2008. Over the years she has been working in many of Both ENDS’ projects, mainly in the field of international financial flows, water and climate. Although she’s often still involved with projects, she now focuses primarily on developing the organization as a whole.

Danielle is a fellow of the Donella Meadows Leadership Fellows Program since 2008. She is also a member of the board of the Netherlands Water Partnership.

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ALMI and DJA, the academies of young scientists of Indonesia and The Netherlands, are serious about the climate change crisis. What can they do now and for the future. Both emphasize the urgency of public communication and education with a positive tone. Two representatives from practitioner NGO’s will react to their presentations.