Netherlands

Urban Cosmopolitans has made a concept for the development of a transnational and multidisciplinary platform for the arts, the main goal of which is to stimulate artistic excellence through long-term structural exchange for the occasion of 2010 (Istanbul Cultural Capital of Europe) extending into and beyond 2012 (for the 400 years of trade relations between Turkey and the Netherlands).
Urban Cosmopolitans is the culture of artists who are rooted in the European city, where they have grown up together as migrant children from elsewhere and contributed to the city's diversity. But they are also connected to places and cultures further away. For them, moving to and forth between their two cultures is often also a movement between Europe and non-Europe or rather Europe as a wider, globalized continent. Our current focus is on Istanbul, Amsterdam and Antwerp and is meant to explore two of such connections between urban cosmopolitans in Europe and a particular city of origin: the link between Amsterdam and Antwerp on the one hand an istanbul on the other; and also the link between Amsterdam and Antwerp as two major European cities of migration.

To support the social and cultural initiatives at SEKEM by publishing and funding in Holland. We are enthusiast about SEKEM’s sustainable approach of comprehensive social, economic and cultural development, which illustrates how mankind can find its way back to fundamentals, in balance with nature, via a technology which serves rather than exploits.

To help bring individuals into a perspective of wholeness through awareness practices such as mindfullness and music.
When there is a perspective of wholeness  and contentment in oneself then we are truley ready to bring change into the world.

Waag Society develops creative technology for social innovation. The foundation researches, develops concepts, pilots and prototypes and acts as an intermediate between the arts, science and the media. Waag Society cooperates with cultural, public and private parties.
Waag Society is housed in two historic monuments in Amsterdam, de Waag and Pakhuis de Zwijger.
Waag Society was founded in 1996 by Caroline Nevejan and Marleen Stikker. Stikker initiated the Digital City, the first internet community in The Netherlands. It has developed into a interdisciplinary medialab, where besides research and development there is room for experiment with new technology, art and culture. Waag Society divides its activities in five social domains: Healthcare, Culture, Society (public domain), Education and Sustainability.
Waag Society is one of the founders of Creative Commons Netherlands, the altenative licensing system that enables authors, artists, scientists and teachers to handle their copyright in a flexible way.
Waag Society has a strong focus to to let user groups participate in internet, new media and technology that otherwise have limited access. Examples are The Storytable, a multimedia table for elderly people to share stories and BoardMessenger, a tool for mentally impaired people to communicate.
In 2003, Waag Products was established to market the ideas and concepts developed by Waag Society. In 2006, the new cultural hotspot Pakhuis de Zwijger was opened, a renovated warehouse in the former Amsterdam Dock area that houses Media Guild, an incubator for creative start-ups, the Creative Learning Lab and Waag Society's Fablab. Many of the projects of Waag Society found national and internal acclaim and were awarded over the years.

War Trauma Foundation (WTF) is a Netherlands based NGO (1997) dedicated to ‘the realization of hope, peace of mind, and the full potential of individuals and communities impacted by individual and collective trauma in low and middle income countries’..
WTF is partner in Arq Psychotrauma Expert Group, consisting of eight Dutch organisations in the field of psychological trauma. We work together with (I)NGOs, academic institutions and civil society organisations in post-conflict regions and strengthen the psychosocial skills and knowledge of staff of humanitarian agencies through training and supervision.
We aim to develop and disseminate innovative knowledge in MHPSS, best practices and lessons learned in order to enable the development and implementation of good quality MHPSS programmes through local civil society organisations.
As an active member of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC ) Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), we promote the IASC MHPSS guidelines in all of our programmes.

Wavemakers United is a community of students, young professionals, and athletes with a passion for water. As a youth organization we focus on local challenges while having a global reach. Our aim is to contribute to the UN SDGs and involve as many youngsters as possible.

The Wereldmuseum Rotterdam wants to contribute to an intercultural society based on mutual respect. To this end, the museum attempts to introduce as many people as possible to the worldwide cultural spectrum. The museum relates its knowledge of cultures of other continents to developments in Europe and the experience and perceptions of its visitors. The Wereldmuseum Rotterdam wishes to be a place for encounters and focuses on cultural exchanges, both in the past and now. The Wereldmuseum Rotterdam realizes its goals by working in cooperation with experts and institutions both within the country and abroad.

World Opera Lab creates opera-performances that reflect the diversity of European society today. It aims to create opera that transcends cultures and borders. An intercultural form of opera could function as a tool for dialogue between cultures, and celebrate diversity. As a foundation for this work, artistic director Miranda Lakerveld studies traditional music drama in Mexico, Guatemala, India, Iran, Japan, the Tibetan community in exile, and music and rituals from the MENA-region. She is developing a unique work method based on her findings, through which artists from different traditions can have a dialogue. In the present year we aim to adress religious conflicts thorugh our work, about perspectives on veiling and beauty in 'Dance of the seven veils', and a new interreligious ceremony about sacrifice around the story of Abraham & Isaac/Ibrahim & Ishmael.   
Our goals are: 
• To explore new ways of working, and create new artistic forms to address social issues with opera, specifically those that result from migration and living in diaspora.
• To explore and apply traditional methods to support communities from rituals like Zar and music-drama’s like Ta’ziye, to opera. 
• To create a dialogue between artists, community-members, social institutions and academics.
• Find collaborating partners to exchange visions on opera in an intercultural context.
• To examine and test social applications of opera.
• To develop the work-method of intercultural opera in which heritage and oral traditions are equally important as the opera-repertoire.

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