Political advisers support the national board at the political level by contributing ideas on political issues, such as sustainability, economy or inclusion & diversity.
They follow the news, listen to debates and give advice (solicited and unsolicited) to the board on topical issues. They also co-write opinion pieces, brainstorm on manifestos and help with political statements on social media.
Themes
Political advisers are elected by the Congress on a theme-by-theme basis. In total, there are 11 themes that the political advisers work on.
- Economy
- Energy, Sustainability & Mobility
- Inclusion, Emancipation & Diversity
- International
- Arts, Culture & Media
- Nature, space & environment
- Education
- Privacy & Technology
- Law & Democracy
- Living
- Care & Wellness
Contact
The board member in charge is Rick Baerends, who can be reached at rick@dwars.org.
Current political advisers
The current political advisers were elected at the 2023 Winter Congress. Their term lasts for one year. All political advisers have one or more themes they are working on.
- Bart Sebastiaan Gabriel - International
- Baukje Harmsma - International
- Bram Rasing - Inclusion, Emancipation & Diversity
- Doetje van Engelen - Privacy & Technology
- Efraim Duman - Energy, Sustainability & Mobility
- Felix Ooteman - Law & Democracy
- Floris Olthuis - Economics
- Job van Hussen - Economy; Nature, space & environment
- Lara Verdam - Arts, Culture & Media
- Laura van de Scheur - Nature, space & environment
- Laurens Pardede - Energy, Sustainability & Mobility
- Liv van der Horst - Law & Democracy
- Liva Francken - Care & Wellness
- Maren Bootsma - Education
- Meike Wind - Law & Democracy
- Merel Buizer - Education
- Niels ter Meer - Energy, Sustainability & Mobility; Privacy & Technology
- Ollie Charlton - Living
- Sander Hoefsloot - International
- Simon Osnabrugge - Care & Wellness
- Safaa Lamira - Inclusion, Emancipation & Diversity
- Srishagon Abraham - Inclusion, Emancipation & Diversity
- Thomas Bax - Care & Wellness
- Tobias Jansen - Art, culture & media
- Quinten Coret - Privacy & Technology
More information
If you want to become a political adviser, you have to be elected at the winter congress. This congress takes place every year in or around November. Applications open before then. For this, keep the vacancies page in mind.
Do you have any further questions? Then send an e-mail to the board member responsible! The board will be happy to help you further.