Reply To: Introduce yourself

[quirine-hakkaart]

Hi all,

So nice to meet you all virtually!

I’m Quirine Hakkaart and I live on the beautiful island of Saba, Dutch Caribbean. I’ve been living here for almost 6 years and I’ve had many roles on the island.

I’m a biologist and an educator, and currently, I’m working at the local government, the Public Entity Saba as a policy advisor, working as an account holder for our local NGO, and also working on topics like waste management, green education, implementation of environmental legislation and fisheries. In addition to this, I’m on the board of our local secondary school, which takes up quite some time too, as the school is in bad weather.

I wanted to join this course because we’re initiating change in nature subsidies we give out, and also we feel like there is a bigger need to organize what we do – nature wise. This includes funding and finances we receive from for example the Dutch ministries.

I hope to learn innovative ways to structure our nature policies, finances and subsidies we give out, and of course connect with all the participants of the course!

In my free time, I like to go running, cycling, hiking and spend time with my family.

I hope to get in touch with all of you soon!

Kind regards,

Quirine