{"id":789,"date":"2025-10-02T03:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/van-den-berge-jerry\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:55:10","slug":"van-den-berge-jerry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-den-berge-jerry\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Den Berge Jerry"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left normal content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<header class=\"contents\">\n<h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJerry van den Berge<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"author_addthis\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n    <!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style\" addthis:title=\"van den Berge  Jerry\">\n    <a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_like\" fb:like:layout=\"button_count\"><\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"addthis_button_tweet\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_pinit\"><\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_pill_style\"><\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n    <!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"object-left\">\n<div class=\"img border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/authors\/van-den-berge-jerry\/333402-1-eng-gb\/van-den-berge-jerry_author.jpg\" alt=\"van den Berge  Jerry\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOrganisation:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tEuropean Citizens\u2019 Initiative \u2019Water is a human right!&#8217;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Jerry van den Berge (1966, the Netherlands) obtained his MSc. in Tropical Land and Water Use in 1990 at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He has been a policy officer in the European federation of Public Services Unions (EPSU), based in Brussels, since 2010. He deals with EU policy and advocacy with a focus on water and waste industries, corporate policies and European Works Councils (EWCs). At the moment he is coordinating the European Citizens\u2019 Initiative \u2019<a href=\"http:\/\/www.right2water.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Water is a human right<\/a>!\u2019 He is an expert in Sustainable Development. He has been involved in the international trade union movement on climate change and on access to water and sanitation services. He is a member of the Global Union Researchers Network (GURN) and of the Just\u00edcia H\u00eddrica (Water Justice) network. &nbsp;He joined the Dutch public services trade union Abvakabo FNV in 2001, first as a policy officer for social services, later as a policy officer for utilities (energy, water, waste). Working for the poor and marginalized marks his career. He gained his experience in the water sector in Saint Lucia (Caribbean), Brazil, and Nicaragua. In these countries he worked and did research on water management for local and national authorities in order to improve the living conditions of the rural poor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/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<div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/prioritising-water\/right-to-water-and-sanitation\/\"><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\/prioritising-water\/right-to-water-and-sanitation\/333433-1-eng-gb\/right-to-water-and-sanitation_column.jpg\" alt=\"Right to water and sanitation\"><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\/prioritising-water\/right-to-water-and-sanitation\/\">Right to water and sanitation<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-den-berge-jerry\/\">Jerry van den Berge <\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t20 February 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tWater is a public good, not a commodity. The ultimate goal after 2015 for water and sanitation is making it accessible to all citizens.&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/prioritising-water\/right-to-water-and-sanitation\/\">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>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry van den Berge Organisation: European Citizens\u2019 Initiative \u2019Water [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_4.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-789","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>van den Berge Jerry \/ Authors - The Broker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jerry van den Berge is coordinator of&amp;nbsp;the European Citizens\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Initiative \u00e2\u20ac\u2122Water is a human right!\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\" \/>\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\/van-den-berge-jerry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"van den Berge Jerry \/ Authors - The Broker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jerry van den Berge is coordinator of&amp;nbsp;the European Citizens\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Initiative \u00e2\u20ac\u2122Water is a human right!\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-den-berge-jerry\/\" \/>\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":"van den Berge Jerry \/ Authors - The Broker","description":"Jerry van den Berge is coordinator of&amp;nbsp;the European Citizens\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Initiative \u00e2\u20ac\u2122Water is a human right!\u00e2\u20ac\u2122","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\/van-den-berge-jerry\/","og_type":"article","og_title":"van den Berge Jerry \/ Authors - The Broker","og_description":"Jerry van den Berge is coordinator of&amp;nbsp;the European Citizens\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Initiative \u00e2\u20ac\u2122Water is a human right!\u00e2\u20ac\u2122","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-den-berge-jerry\/","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\/789","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=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}