The Foundation was legally set up on 11 December 2006 as a Stichting under Dutch law (registered under no27294663 with the Chamber of Commerce in The Hague).

Its first Board consists of Cees Flinterman (Director of SIM, member of CEDAW), Sharon Rusu (information specialist, founder of Reliefweb); Jan de Koning (lawyer specialised in media law); Leo Hannewijk (director of the film festival ‘Film by the Sea’ and programmer for Movies that Matter) and Hans Thoolen (former UNHCR staff and founder of sveral NGOs including the MEA).

A group of Dutch personalities will act as Advisors, namely:
-Dr. R.F.M. Lubbers, former Prime Minster and former UNHCR
-Drs. H. d’Ancona, former minister for Emancipation and former minister of Health
-Dr. M. van der Stoel, former minister of Foreign Affairs and former High Commissioner for Minorities.
-Mr. Paul van Tongeren, Secretary General Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict.
-In a later phase personalities from other parts of the world will be added.

Nadja Houben, based in The Hague, is the Coordinator.
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