KIT Royal Tropical Institute Policy Document 1 March 2018 Page 2 of 14 Content KIT’s Mission 3 History 4 Expertise & Activities 6 Governance & Management 8 Boards anD Council 9 Financial Report 13 Multi-annual Strategy 14 Contact KIT Royal Tropical Institute MauritsKaDe 64, 1092 AD AmsterDam Tel: 020 56 88 711 RSIN: 002564476 KVK: 33185213 Page 3 of 14 Mission Statement The mission of KIT Royal Tropical Institute is to enhance the positive impact of agencies, governments anD corporations on sustainable development in low- anD miDDle-income countries. Using the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) as a Facts & Figures general frameworK for action, we translate practice into global knowledge anD bring global knowledge to inform best practices. The knowledge we generate is DisseminateD through advisory • KIT Royal Tropical Institute is a non-profit association with services, research, teaching, training, dialogue anD discussion. members from the public, private anD non-profit sectors anD Our landmark, historic premises in AmsterDam serve as a forum individuals. for the exchange of knowledge anD intercultural cooperation. • Today KIT employs 198 people anD has annual turnover of We generate income through our consultancy services. The €30 million. income we generate by our Hospitality services anD by renting out part of the premises is useD to maintain our historical building • Her Royal Highness Queen Maxima has been our patron anD to invest in our knowledge units to enhance our mission to be since 2004. an applied knowledge Institute. Read more about the services of our knowledge units in the chapter Expertise & Activities. • KIT was founded in 1910 by businesses anD government as the national centre of expertise for the stuDy of the Tropics. • In 2013, with the withDrawal of public funding, KIT became fully independent anD self-financed. territories of the NetherlanDs. It was founded on the initiative of History a number of large companies, with government support, maKing it an early example of a public-private partnership. KIT was founded in 1910 as the ‘Colonial Institute’ to stuDy the tropics anD to promote traDe anD inDustry in the colonial Page 4 of 14 Since 1926, KIT has been houseD in a historic, neo-renaissance Instituut’) that set about establishing a more ambitious Colonial building at the edge of the OosterparK specially designed by the Institute in AmsterDam. architect J.J. van Nieukerken anD his sons. The building has been DesignateD as a national monument anD is richly adorned 1910 – Colonial Institute with Decorative features anD symbols referring to different cultures of the worlD anD the colonial history of the In 1910 the Association formally establisheD the Colonial NetherlanDs. Institute, with which the Colonial Museum mergeD. Its members – individuals, companies anD state institutions – contributeD 1864 – Colonial Museum in Haarlem funds for a new building to be locateD on the former Eastern Cemetery of AmsterDam. The history of the Institute Dates back to 1864 with the founDation in Haarlem of the Colonial Museum. This museum Three designs were tenDereD anD the building commission haD scientific anD eDucational objectives. Its collection chose that of J.J. van Nieukerken, who did not live to see out his consisteD of anthropological anD cultural artefacts anD proDucts worK, which was completeD by his sons, M.A. anD J. Van from the East Indian archipelago. Nieukerken. Construction began in 1915. Materials were harD to find anD expensive due to the outbreaK of the First World War, From 1871 the museum also performed research aimed at anD this caused long delays. StriKes, storm damage anD harsh enhancing the proDuction anD processing of tropical proDucts winters also led to delays. It tooK a total of 11 years to complete such as coffee beans, rotan anD paraffin. construction. On the 9th of October 1926, Queen Wilhelmina opened the complex. Dutch traDe in Indonesia led to increased public interest in ethnology anD in the way of life of people of the Tropics – anD their welfare. The Building Around the turn of the 20th century the size of collection anD The complex was built in the neo-renaissance style using one relateD research together with growth in visitor numbers led the colour for the bricks anD one type of natural stone for the finish. museum to team up with an Association (‘Vereeniging Koloniaal The main building, housing the main entrance, the main hall Page 5 of 14 anD library, anD professional Departments, is locateD on the 1950 – Royal Tropical Institute Mauritskade side. The museum anD theatre have their own entrance on the Linnaeusstraat. A low building with the shape of The Decolonisation period resulteD in a broadening of the a semicircle connects the two buildings. At the corner of the Institute’s mission, from stuDying the ‘Dutch Overseas Linnaeusstraat anD MauritsKaDe is a large bell tower. Imposing Territories’, to the tropics in general, covering cultural, features include the octagonal Marble Hall, the large economic anD hygiene issues. AuDitorium, anD the museum’s Light Hall. In 1950 – two years after the inDependence of Indonesia – the The building is richly adorned with Decorative features anD name of the Institute was changed to Royal Tropical Institute symbols referring to different cultures of the worlD anD the (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen – nowaDays KIT). colonial history of the NetherlanDs. For the Decoration on anD inside the building, a special ‘Commission for Symbolism’ was Expansion, restoration and changes establisheD. An abundance of sculptures, reliefs, wooDcarving anD wrought ironwork depict traDe, inDustry, overseas relations, In the last 50 years the building has been restoreD anD founders of the Institute anD the worK it conDucts. More than expanded. From 1967 the main hall, the library anD offices were ten sculptors were commissioned to do this. restoreD, followed by the museum. New aDDitions were a theatre, Tropenmuseum Junior, anD a new exhibition hall. A hotel was built next to the Institute in 1976. Since 1996 parts of the Institute’s activities were houseD in the former Muiderkerk on the Linnaeusstraat. In 2014 the Tropenmuseum became independent anD mergeD with other Dutch Ethnographic Museums. During the Second World War parts of the building were useD by the German police (Grüne Polizei). Right after the enD of the war, the Institute was useD for housing Canadian troops. Sustainable Economic Development KIT Sustainable Economic Development generates anD shares Expertise & Activities applied knowledge derived from practice to improve the Page 6 of 14 performance of companies anD organisations that pursue Health sustainable anD inclusive agricultural Development. KIT Health focuses on improving the quality of healthcare in Themes: developing countries through research, analysis, research, Agricultural Innovation; Food Value Chains; Gender anD project design anD management, training anD postgraDuate Agriculture; Impact Investment; LanD Governance; Textile anD healthcare eDucation. KIT is recognized by The World Health Garment InDustry; Youth Employment. Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for the training, retention anD motivation of worKers in the healthcare sector. Services: Impact Assessment; Project Support Services; Sharing Themes: Knowledge; Strengthen Performance. EpiDemiology in Public Health; Health System Strengthening; Sexual anD ReproDuctive Health anD Rights. Gender Services: KIT Gender is an international team of gender specialists that The KIT MATCH approach for enhancing TB care coverage; GooD focuses on gender aspects of health anD social anD economic EpiDemiology Practice; Health Systems Research; Evaluations; Development. Expertise: gender rights, integration, capacity Institutional Capacity Building; Project Advisory; Facilitating development anD action research. Policy Formulation; Linking anD Learning; Strengthening Health Institutes; Tailor Made Training. Themes: Access to Justice; EngenDering Education; Gender, Citizenship anD Governance; Gender Equity anD Value Chain Development; Gender, Rights anD Health; Land, Food anD Energy. KIT Scholarship Fund In line with our Health expertise, KIT establisheD the KIT Services: Scholarship Fund. For 50 years KIT has eDucateD Doctors, nurses Evaluation anD Assessments; Holding the Critical Edge; anD other health professionals from arounD the worlD to Research; Programme Development; Policy anD Strategy become leaders anD experts in international health. We do this Development; Training, Coaching anD Mentoring. by providing training in the field of international anD public health. StuDents from all over the worlD follow Masters Page 7 of 14 programs or short courses at KIT anD afterwarDs often maKe a sustainable worlD since the profit is re-investeD in KIT’s substantial difference in the health care situation in their knowledge units. country. De Tropen Café and Restaurant Most stuDents of KIT stuDy in the NetherlanDs with a scholarship. However due to a fall in available scholarships The café is situateD in the monumental building Koninklijk fewer stuDents have this opportunity. We are convinced that Instituut voor de Tropen anD offers a wiDe variety of fooD investing in future leaders anD experts in health care helps to inspired by worlD cultures anD tastes, using ingreDients that are improve international health. The financial support from the locally sourced. Profits are reinvesteD in the Knowledge scholarship fund is given to one stuDent but is of benefit to Institute, so