Huib Riethof

Current

Owner at E-Urban European City Advisers
Editor at Huibs EUROBLOGS
Editor at E-Urban vzw

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Past

Owner at Postquam CV/SA European Urban Consultants
Urban Regeneration Project Manager at Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken, Local Authorities, Ethnic Minorities
Member of City Council; Alderman at City of Amsterdam

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Education

Universiteit van Amsterdam

Connections

39 connections

Industry

Think Tanks

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Huib Riethof’s Summary

Chercheur scientifique, conseiller, designer et gérant de projets transversaux urbains de développement durable. Expérience locale, nationale et internationale.
Participait en tant qu'élu à la mise sur pied du développement social des quartiers à difficultés d'Amsterdam. Initiait et gérait le premier programme de développement social urbain national néerlandais en tant que chef de projet auprès du gouvernement à La Haye. Figurait parmi les initiateurs du premier réseau européen urbain de développement social Quartiers en Crise. S'impliquait dans des projets en Allemagne, en France (Communauté urbaine de Lille) et en Grande Bretagne. Exportait la méthode dans les Caraïbes (Bonaire, île des Antilles néerlandaises).
Ambition: Mettre mon expérience à la disposition des autorités locales qui souhaitent s'impliquer dans un vrai processus d'émancipation.

Huib Riethof’s Specialties:

Construction de projets transversaux; priorité sur la création d'un emploi local; impliquant formation professionnelle, introduction de méthodes de réveil culturel, et, ce qui s'avère toujours nécessaire: gestion de conflits.

Huib Riethof’s Experience

Owner

E-Urban European City Advisers

(Research industry)

February 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

Strategic Consulting, including project planning and design & evaluation and monitoring strategy development in urban (territorial and categorical) regeneration projects.
Editor

Huibs EUROBLOGS

(Research industry)

September 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

Disgusted by the rise of easy euroscepticism, I created "At Home in Europe", then "In Europa Thuis", "L'Europe Chez Soi" and, finally, "In Europa Zu Hause". The blogs favour a radically realistic appreciation of the ongoing European unification.
As of February 15, 2009, each of these blogs is hosted at http://athomeineurope.blogactiv.eu
at Euractiv daily European news.
Editor

E-Urban vzw

(Management Consulting industry)

April 2004 — Present (5 years 9 months)

E-Urban is an independent professional Think Tank Website, that supports, links and organizes local authorities, their staff, academic researchers and grassroots workers in difficult urban areas all over Europe. It is published in 4 languages: English, French, German and Dutch.
Owner

Postquam CV/SA European Urban Consultants

(Public Policy industry)

July 1992 — December 2001 (9 years 6 months)

Private Cie in Brussels. Consulting, project-management and research/evaluation with: governments, local authorities and ONGs from the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain and other countries. Focus: (re)development of urban areas in difficulties. Networking with other independent colleagues from Germany, France and GB. Continuing in E-Urban vzw.
Urban Regeneration Project Manager

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken, Local Authorities, Ethnic Minorities

(Government Administration industry)

April 1982 — June 1992 (10 years 3 months)

Generated new development strategy that focuses on empowering inhabitants of marginalised urban neighbourhoods to embark on a sustainable redevelopment course, including analysis of problems and opportunities (hidden skills) and development of diagnostic, self-evaluation and project-monitoring in 16 Dutch cities.
Member of City Council; Alderman

City of Amsterdam

(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

September 1970 — March 1975 (4 years 7 months)

Elected to the Council in 1970, reelected in 1974 and nominated alderman responsible for personnel, arts and traffic/public transport. Co-authored a social approach to city renovation.

Huib Riethof’s Education

Universiteit van Amsterdam

Lic. , Social and Economic History of Modern Europe , 1959 — 1969

Researcher at International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Amsterdam City Councillor and Alderman, Manager of Services Development Company in new town Bijlmermeer.

Activities and Societies:

Sociaal-Historische Studiekring