{"id":472,"date":"2025-10-02T03:46:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/koch-dirk-jan\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:46:37","slug":"koch-dirk-jan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/koch-dirk-jan\/","title":{"rendered":"Koch Dirk Jan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"middle content\">\n<div class=\"column left\" id=\"columnleft\">\n<section class=\"block article author\">\n<div class=\"headline\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDirk-Jan Koch<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-content\">\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOrganisation:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWebsite:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPersonal profile at the CIDIN (Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Dirk Jan Koch is &nbsp;regional director for Central and West Africa at Search for Common Ground. Koch holds a Master\u2019s degree in Development Management from the London School of Economics (merit) and a PhD from the Radboud University in Development Studies (distinction). He was a diplomat from 2004 until 2011. He published the book \u2018De Congo Codes\u2019 in 2014.The book was highly praised in the Dutch media, given a four\u2013star rating by Het Parool, a three-star rating by the NRC Handelsblad, and labelled a \u2018must-read\u2019&nbsp; by Trouw.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"content column wide left author content view\" id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"Koch Dirk-Jan\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"children\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/from-a-3d-approach-to-a-3ft-approach\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/from-a-3d-approach-to-a-3ft-approach\/769001-1-eng-gb\/from-a-3d-approach-to-a-3ft-approach_column.jpg\" alt=\"From a 3D approach to a 3FT approach\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/from-a-3d-approach-to-a-3ft-approach\/\">From a 3D approach to a 3FT approach<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/koch-dirk-jan\/\">Dirk-Jan Koch<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t25 July 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe importance of moving beyond Defence, Diplomacy and Development towards Fair Trade, Financial Transparency and a Firearms Treaty to achieve human security in fragile states.&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/from-a-3d-approach-to-a-3ft-approach\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/minder-pretentie-meer-ambitie\/minder-pretentie-meer-ambitie\/dirk-jan-koch-cijfermateriaal-wrr-te-pretentieus\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Dirk Jan Koch: Cijfermateriaal WRR te pretentieus\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/minder-pretentie-meer-ambitie\/minder-pretentie-meer-ambitie\/dirk-jan-koch-cijfermateriaal-wrr-te-pretentieus\/\">Dirk Jan Koch: Cijfermateriaal WRR te pretentieus<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/koch-dirk-jan\/\">Dirk-Jan Koch<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t03 March 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIn bad, in bed en op het balkon; het rapport van de WRR leest enorm lekker weg. Bovendien zaten er voor mij een aantal eye-openers in die ons verder kunnen helpen om de Nederlandse hulp op een hoger plan te gaan tillen (om maar een paar voorbeelde&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/minder-pretentie-meer-ambitie\/minder-pretentie-meer-ambitie\/dirk-jan-koch-cijfermateriaal-wrr-te-pretentieus\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/uncharted-territories\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/images\/broker-3\/uncharted_poster\/726271-1-eng-gb\/uncharted_poster_column.jpg\" alt=\"Uncharted territories\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/uncharted-territories\/\">Uncharted territories<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/koch-dirk-jan\/\">Dirk-Jan Koch<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJuly 25, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tNon-governmental development organizations are expected to focus on countries with poor governance. New evidence shows that they do not. While they do tend to focus more than bilateral donors on poor countries, they make some curious geographical&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/uncharted-territories\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"navigator\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dirk-Jan Koch Organisation: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Website: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_3.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-472","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Koch Dirk-Jan \/ Authors - The Broker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dirk-Jan Koch is &amp;nbsp;regional director for Central and West Africa at Search for Common Ground\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/koch-dirk-jan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Koch Dirk-Jan \/ Authors - The Broker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dirk-Jan Koch is &amp;nbsp;regional director for Central and West Africa at Search for Common Ground\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/koch-dirk-jan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Homepage - Broker Online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Koch Dirk-Jan \/ Authors - The Broker","description":"Dirk-Jan Koch is &amp;nbsp;regional director for Central and West Africa at Search for Common Ground","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/koch-dirk-jan\/","og_type":"article","og_title":"Koch Dirk-Jan \/ Authors - The Broker","og_description":"Dirk-Jan Koch is &amp;nbsp;regional director for Central and West Africa at Search for Common Ground","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/koch-dirk-jan\/","og_site_name":"Homepage - Broker Online","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}