{"id":900,"date":"2025-10-02T03:59:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/zomer-hans\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:59:47","slug":"zomer-hans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/zomer-hans\/","title":{"rendered":"Zomer Hans"},"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\tHans Zomer<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=\"Zomer Hans\">\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\/zomer-hans\/172616-1-eng-gb\/zomer-hans_author.jpg\" alt=\"Zomer Hans\">\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\tDochas<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWebsite:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">www.dochas.ie<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Hans Zomer is Director of D\u00f3chas, the Irish national platform of Development NGOs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">He has worked as a Development Consultant in Pakistan and as Coordinator for EIRENE-Tchad, an international organisation running Human Rights and rural development programmes in Chad. More recently, Mr. Zomer worked with Concern Worldwide, one of the largest Irish NGOs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Mr. Zomer has wide-ranging experience in NGO policy and advocacy work, having worked for several Brussels-based NGO networks, such as the Liaison Committee (CONCORD\u2019s pre-decessor) and APRODEV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Mr. Zomer is a political scientist by training, having studied in Amsterdam and Copenhagen, and speaks 5 European languages. He is married with three children.<\/p>\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\/busan-high-level-forum\/people-power-for-aid-effectiveness\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/people-power-for-aid-effectiveness\/172679-2-eng-gb\/people-power-for-aid-effectiveness_column.jpg\" alt=\"People power for aid effectiveness\"><\/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\/busan-high-level-forum\/people-power-for-aid-effectiveness\/\">People power for aid effectiveness<\/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\/zomer-hans\/\">Hans Zomer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t16 October 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tEffective aid work means enabling NGOs to bring about real, lasting change for poor people.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/themes\/global-development-strategies\/\" title=\"Global Development Strategies\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/themes\/global-development-strategies\/88488-14-eng-gb\/global-development-strategies_tiny_icon.png\" alt=\"Global Development Strategies\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/people-power-for-aid-effectiveness\/\">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>Hans Zomer Organisation: Dochas Website: www.dochas.ie Hans Zomer is [&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-900","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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