Nederland vraagt om daadkracht en realistische oplossingen

Posted on 27th juli 2025 by Jack P. Kruf

Acht maatschappelijke opgaven in aanloop naar de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 2025

Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau | juli 2025

[Citaat] “In deze notitie voor de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen op 29 oktober 2025, gaat het Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau (SCP) vanuit sociaal-maatschappelijke kennis en expertise in op acht urgente maatschappelijke opgaven1 die vragen om politiek handelen. Het SCP roept politieke partijen op om deze opgaven te adresseren in hun verkiezingsprogramma’s, tijdens de komende verkiezingen en de regeerperiode die daarop volgt. Om vanuit een heldere visie keuzes te maken en deze duidelijk aan burgers te communiceren.

In vergelijking met veel andere landen is de kwaliteit van leven van veel Nederlanders hoog (Vermeij et al. 2024). Tegelijkertijd staat de samenleving voor grote uitdagingen, onder andere vanwege vergrijzing, arbeidsmarktkrapte, klimaatverandering, de energietransitie, migratie en kunstmatige intelligentie. Nederlanders zijn negatief gestemd over de politiek en de richting die het met de samenleving op gaat.

Mensen maken zich zorgen over uiteenlopende thema’s als samenleven, immigratie, betaalbare en beschikbare woonruimte, stijgende prijzen en de werking van de politiek zelf (Miltenburg et al. 2025). Vanwege geopolitieke spanningen wordt er extra geïnvesteerd in veiligheid en defensie, wat de begrotingsruimte voor de aanpak van andere maatschappelijke vraagstukken verder beperkt.

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UN Global Risk Report

Posted on 9th juli 2025 by Jack P. Kruf

United Nations | July 2025

The first-ever United Nations Global Risk Report 2024 has been released, offering insights from over 1,100 experts and stakeholders on the most pressing global risks and the world’s preparedness to address them. The report, based on a global survey conducted in 2024, assesses the perceptions of these risks across societal, technological, economic, environmental, and political categories. It highlights the interconnectedness of these risks and emphasizes the need for a more united and multilateral approach to strengthen the world’s capacity to anticipate, adapt, and respond to future challenges, according to the report.

António Guterres: “We are at a defining moment for humanity. In a year marked by converging global crises, the international community faces mounting pressure to strengthen our collective capacity to anticipate and respond to shared risks.

This report, drawing on data collected in 2024, offers a valuable snapshot of how stakeholders around the world—governments, the private sector, academia, and civil society—perceive global risks and assess the multilateral system’s readiness to address them.

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Chronic Risks Analysis

Posted on 9th juli 2025 by Jack P. Kruf

Cabinet Office and Government Office for Science, United Kingdom | | 8 July 2025

The Chronic Risks Analysis (CRA) is the UK Government’s first bespoke risk assessment for medium to long term risks. It complements the National Risk Register (NRR), which focuses on the UK’s most serious acute risks. The 26 chronic risks identified by the UK Government cover seven themes, spanning across Security, Technology and Cybersecurity, Geopolitical, Environmental, Societal, Biosecurity and Economic issues.

The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: “The world order is shifting at breakneck speed. A once-in-a-generation pandemic, war on the continent of Europe, a cost of living crisis, fluctuations in global energy and financial markets – all within the past decade. But in this period of upheaval, the first duty of any Government remains the same: keeping the public safe.

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PRIMO Kaleidoscope

Posted on 16th juni 2025 by Jack P. Kruf

Education for good public governance*

PRIMO | April 2012

Introduction

Kaleidoscope is an internationally developed educational program that provides a holistic, dialogue-oriented approach to public risk. Discussing relevant themes such as cybersecurity, social cohesion, city management, adaptation to climate change, proper water management, and added-value through partnership, and getting familiar with the best concepts, methods, and techniques to manage risk, and learning from authoritative scientists and practitioners.

The program provides insight into how public values and risks intersect, as well as how to design effective governance mechanisms. The education program consists of three main perspectives and is offered in a modular format with capita selecta:

Craftsmanship of risk management (general overview of risks, drivers, frameworks, techniques).
Establishment and governance of specific values (i.e., topic-related approach of risk, resilience, scenarios, from the organisation and client perspective).
Personal skills (how to act, interact, communicate, learn, and develop yourself).

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Risicoverkenning in Vlaanderen

Posted on 14th juni 2025 by Jack P. Kruf

Ronde tafel in raadszaal Temse

Tom Baele, Luc Verhulst en Tom Wustenberghs | april 2013

De bijeenkomst in de raadszaal van de gemeente Temse biedt een uitgebreide kijk op risicomanagement binnen publieke organisaties. De vraag staat centraal hoe het beheer van risico’s in het publieke domein in te richten, Daarbij staat het creëren van publieke waarde centraal. Er worden diverse concepten en benaderingen die overheden tegenkomen bij het realiseren van hun doelen, besproken. Luc Verhulst, gemeentesecretaris van Temse, is gastheer. Tom Wustenberghs, voorzitter van PRIMO Vlaanderen is dagvoorzitter. Een verslag.

Inleiding

De presentatie door Jack Kruf, president van PRIMO Europe begint met een inleiding die erop gericht is om inzicht en overzicht te bieden met betrekking tot het (nieuwe) vakgebied publiek risicomanagement. De toon wordt gezet door te wijzen op de noodzaak van een holistische benadering van steden en hun geschiedenis. Dit wordt gelinkt aan de bredere context van risicomanagement, dat in feite ondersteunend en vooral dienend is aan de versterking van goed rentmeesterschap door de gemeentesecretaris en zijn managementteam.

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Think Tank ‘From Global to Local’ 2014

Posted on 9th juni 2025 by Jack P. Kruf

Gérard Combe and Jack Kruf, board members of the international PRIMO Europe association, proposed the idea at their May 2013 meeting in Brussels to bring global developments to local governments through a think tank model.

Union des Dirigeants Territoriaux de l’Europe (UDITE), the foremost professional network for Chief Executives and senior managers in the public sector in Europe and Public Risk Management Organisation (PRIMO), the leading international network for the development of products and the dissemination of knowledge and strategic information for the public sector in Europe, joined forces to launch the Think Tank ‘From Global to Local’. It is considered a formal joint project between the two organisations. It was elaborated and applied in the first Think Tank, held in Amsterdam.

The first Think Tank in March 2014 was organised by Jack Kruf, in close cooperation with Eric Frank (director of PRIMO Nederland), and Ronny Frederickx (member of the Executive Committee of UDITE). He was accompanied by Marie Dequae (University of Gent), Ed Mallens (ISO 31000 expert and risk manager), and John O’Dea (president of PRIMO Malta).

It was agreed that it would be a formal collaboration where content meets craftsmanship, and that global risks should be discussed from the perspective of local and regional governance.

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