The world changes rapidly, and in many respects so does development cooperation. It is difficult to fully grasp the changes, let alone to make well-informed choices in an environment with many uncertainties. 

In this episode together with Bart Romijn we are going to talk about development cooperation. We will evaluate if development cooperation has been a success, what global biggest challenges are at the moment, what role development cooperation should play in it, four mind shifts development professionals need to go through and how we need to harness new opportunities. 

Bart Romijn is the Director of the Dutch Development Cooperation Association Partos. Partos brings together a membership of more than 100 Dutch development NGOs. Through defending the interests of its members, Partos enables them to work successfully towards a just and sustainable world for everyone. Before joining Partos, Bart was the founder and director the non-for-profit consultancy AidEnvironment, Director of Warner Strategy & Fundraising and worked at the European parlement and Greanpeace.