YEP

The main goal of the Young Expert Programmes (YEP), consisting of YEP Water & YEP Agrofood, is to offer young Dutch and local professionals the opportunity to take their first steps in an international environment. They are employed through Dutch organisations in a number of eligible countries. The programmes aim to rejuvenate the Water & Agrofood sectors and ensure the continued availability of expertise for these sectors.

The YEP Programmes are carried out jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) and the Food & Business Knowledge Platform.

NEWS

Wanted: new YEP candidates for YEP positions!

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Introduction video YEP

YEP in a nutshell: the new introduction video about YEP Programmes is now online.
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YEP Effect 5: result of YEP Phase I

The fifth edition of YEP Effect has been released! In this magazine, we reflect on 16 batches of Young Experts in YEP Phase I, and the new Tailor-made programme. Download here!
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Preparatory training course

Training of the 17th batch starts on 16 September
Training of the 18th batch starts on 25 November
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Every year we subsidise the placement of 72 young professionals
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Our Young Experts


Suzanne van Huijgevoort - YEP Agrofood at ICCO Cooperation in Cambodia
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Click here for an overview of all YEP projects at Akvo RSR

Tamojit Dey

Where is he now? Senior Manager at YES Bank, India
History

Young Expert at Larive International - India


YEP period 2017 - 2018, batch 12

YEP Role

  • Training farmers in Karnataka (India) about the benefits of greenhouse farming
  • Organising consortium member meetings and understand their aspirations from the project
  • Create pool of retailers, aggregators and buyers for the greenhouse produce
  • Build an investment model to approach the financial institutions to extend financial support to the potential farmers for setting up polyhouse farming on their lands in Karnataka (Southern India) 
  • Liaise with water, soil, agriculture and horticulture departments of the state and the central government of Karnataka and India, respectively
  • Promote FoodTechIndia and Dutch agriculture technologies in India

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Skills

  • Data collection & data analysis
  • Report writing (word and powerpoint)
  • Stakeholder management
  • Team management
  • Business expansion

Background

Nationality: Indian
Education: MBA (International Business & Marketing)

 

Experience before YEP

7 years 4 months

YEP Agrofood

Contact

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