This gold can be found in the added value of the platforms in contributing to closing the gaps between knowledge and policy.

This February, The Broker kicked off the month with a new project called ‘New Waves of Civic Power’. In cooperation with The Spindle, the innovation platform of Partos, and CIVICUS, our team will investigate innovative civil initiatives that aim to curb the ‘shrinking civic space’.

Over the past year, The Broker has had the privilege to work with a number of inspiring and forward thinking organizations, policy-makers and experts. We want to wish them and our readers a happy and prosperous 2017.

The Broker wil haar bestuur vernieuwen.

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Is criminalizing smuggling in the Sahel the right way to stem the huge migration flow from Africa to Europe? This is the central question in a recent publication by our Sahel Watch programme leader, Karlijn Muiderman, in Internationale Spectator, the specialist journal on international relations from the Clingendael thinktank in The Netherlands.