Stories of Purpose - The Hague & Partners

In this episode, Tom speaks to Nickolas Eburne and Karin Arana Chacón - two of the current cohort of Judicial Fellows at the International Court of Justice. 2026 is a double anniversary year for the ICJ. It is 80 years since the first hearing held by the Court - but it is also 25 years since the founding of the Judicial Fellowship programme. In that time, more than 250 top legal students have been...

Lilian Knippenberg has been Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Municipality of The Hague since July 2025, and it is her job to ensure its citizens are kept safe from digital threats. CISO is a role that didn't really exist a decade ago, but as the threat levels increase, it has become a critical part of the City's IT framework. In this episode, Tom talks to Lilian about the challeng...

On Stories of Purpose, we share the latest news from the international City of Peace and Justice. In this episode, Tom is joined by Maarten Roelfs, a Dutch tech entrepreneur who is co-Founder of Office EU .  Many European organizations are currently over-reliant on workspaces and software office suites provided by massive US firms like Microsoft and Google. This means they cannot protect their dat...

On Stories of Purpose, we share the latest news from the international City of Peace and Justice. In this episode, Tom chats to Jonas Brøg - co-Founder of Firestarters Foundation, a new programme to support disadvantaged young people in The Hague. There are currently more than 14,000 kids in city who don't regularly attend school, and Jonas and his team run sessions at Hart Beach in Scheveningen t...

On Stories of Purpose, we share the latest news from the international city of peace and justice. In this episode, Tom visits the Humanity Hub in the city to speak to Naomi Hija. Naomi is the co-Founder of a unique app called EviSafe, which is designed to help victims of domestic violence. Only one in ten victims of domestic or sexual violence reports an incident, largely due to stigma and a fear...

On Stories of Purpose, we share the latest news from the international city of peace and justice. In this episode, Tom visits speaks to Max Koffi from the Equal Trade Alliance (ETA). ETA is a non-profit organization based in The Hague which was established to promote equal redistribution of wealth along the value chains of African raw materials and natural resources.  One of its current campaigns...

On Stories of Purpose, we share the latest news from the international city of peace and justice. In this episode, Tom visits the famous Museon-Omniversum Dome, which is in the middle of a successful run of performances by the U2 tribute band U2Two. The show replicates U2's residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, giving fans from the Netherlands the chance to witness the same visual extravaganza at...

On Stories of Purpose, we share the latest news from the international city of peace and justice. In this episode, Tom is in The Hague to meet Hugues Derème from the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP).  This year marks the centenary of The Hague System - which is an international collaboration to help organizations protect their designs in countries all over the world. From Heineken's...

On Stories of Purpose, we share the latest news from the international city of peace and justice. In this episode, we are talking to Pablo Briggs from DMEC. DMEC is based in The Hague and specialises in offshore renewable energy solutions such as wind, wave and offshore solar power. But with mounting political and budget challenges, the pressure is on to drive public awareness around the Blue Econ...

On Stories of Purpose, we share the latest news from the international city of peace and justice. In this episode, we are talking to Aris Molenaar from the European Seaweed Association. Seaweed has an extraordinary number of applications across diverse industries and sectors. From hybrid meat and fish products to packaging, textiles, paint, wood - even crop protection - seaweed has the potential t...

On Stories of Purpose, we share the latest news from the international city of peace and justice. In this episode, we are talking to Carine van Bentum from the Seabed Security Experimentation Centre (SeaSEC). SeaSEC was founded in 2023 by the six countries that make up the Northern Naval Capability Cooperation - that is Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands - and is a respo...

On Stories of Purpose, we share the latest news from the international city of peace and justice. In this episode, we are talking to Sajad Sepehri and Hani Mojta from The Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities (ISSH), also known as Iran Academia. Established in 2012, and based in the Netherlands, Iran Academia is an alternative university that aims to encourage critical thinking and provide...

On Stories of Purpose, we share the latest news from the international city of peace and justice. In this episode, we are talking to Nara Moripen, one of the co-founders of PAL - a unique app designed to support families caring for loved ones with life limiting illnesses.  Nara shares her own experiences of navigating the challenges of caring for a terminally ill relative, and explains how the Net...