ruth vermeulen

senior expert in team dutch agreement on

About

The track record of Ruth Vermeulen shows over 15 years’ experience in international cooperation in different positions: from researcher to lobbyist & campaigner, strategic policy adviser and promoter of sustainable business practices. She works like a spider in a web, interconnecting people, organizations and business for a common goal by building strategic alliances and partnerships in the field of sustainable global supply chain management and international program work. She thinks, acts and communicates strategic towards getting results, linking content with creative forms. With quick insight into issues, (power) relations and people, she is able to act and react quick, flexible and effective, with team spirit and a long-term perspective. In doing so, she shows the capacity to communicate inter-culturally and deal with complex conflicts of interest of stakeholders in a national and international environment. Key words: driver of change, strategic communicator, negotiatior, mediator, committed, focused, effective

Country

netherlands

City

amsterdam

Industry

international affairs

Skill

policy, politics, human rights, nonprofits, international development, policy analysis, capacity building, ngos, program management, corporate social responsibility, government, public policy, nonprofit organizations, political campaigns, sustainable development, european union, foreign policy, diplomacy, analysis, international relations, research, organizational development, strategic communications, english, public speaking, change management, gender, government relations, non profits, writing, event management, public relations, strategic planning, negotiation, german, social media, media relations, networking, strategy, strategic partnerships, due diligence

Experience

senior expert in team dutch agreement on

researcher

somo

2001-1 - 2001-1 · 1 mo

Issues: CSR, company profiles, development cooperation

campaign officer

clean clothes campaign

1995-1 - 1997-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

intern

komitee indonesie

1994-1 - 1994-1 · 1 mo

advisory consultant social investment policy

fmo - dutch development bank

2000-1 - 2000-1 · 1 mo

Development and operationalisation of social investment policy, criteria and procedures for FMO investments in finance and business in developing countries

senior specialist team dutch agreement on sustainable garments and textile

ser: sociaal-economische raad / social economic council

2016-11 - Present · 9 yrs 11 mos

Sr Advisor in the team to run the secretariat of the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile

policy advisor development cooperation

fnv mondiaal

1999-1 - 2000-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Lobby and advocacy on business and human rights Management of partner cooperation programs Asia.

project coordinator 'wear something else for a change'

dutch national youth council

1998-1 - 1999-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Educational project for schools and students MBO textiles, fashion and clothing. On sustainable production: care for people & the environment

strategic lobbyist and campaigner, manager of indonesia and adb programs on advocacy and capacity building

fnv

2001-6 - 2013-12 · 12 yrs 7 mos

* Strategic Lobby & Campaigns FNV Mondiaal, towards (international) governments, business and (international) (financial) institutions on: CSR/international labour rights/trade & investment * Asia/Indonesia: Engineering the FNV Asia and Indonesia trade union capacity building program, with local & international partners * India: Driving the research & lobby program with global and Indian union federations on social standards in Asian Development Bank funded projects Issues: CSR, human rights, labour rights, gender, child labour, sustainable trade, global supply chains, international financial institutions, social investment criteria, union capacity building programs, sustainable private sector development, donor coordination See media below on Ruth's activities: -Research, advocacy & media on labour rights in ADB funded projects in India -Editor & promotor of documentary Working Class Heroes (countering inequality in upcoming economies Indonesia & Colombia) -Initiator successful mobilizing and empowering Facebook campaign Indonesia -Speeching in front of 10,000 audience

senior international verfication coordinator and manager social compliance program turkey

fair wear foundation

2013-12 - 2016-12 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Education

christelijk college nassau veluwe

1985-1 - 1991-1 · 6 yrs 1 mo

york university

1995-1 - 1995-1 · 1 mo

Working classes and close cooperation with Professor Robert W. Cox (former ILO) and Professor Leo Panitch, both renowned political economists

university politehnica of bucharest

politics

1993-1 - 1993-1 · 1 mo

Participation in interdisciplinary study program of the European Commission monitoring and analysing the transformation process of Romania after the fall of the dictatorial regime.