[Yarawg] FYI: Re: Invitation for Youth Panel at Oxfam Novib event

[pia at aseed.net]

hi babes, setting up some things for the campaign development if youre 
interested. No need to read, just if you're curios, will also update you 
on thursday!


-- 
Pia(she/her)
Campaign Coordinator
ASEED Europe
https://aseed.net
Working days: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Invitation for Youth Panel at Oxfam Novib event
Date: 2026-05-25 14:22
 From: pia at aseed.net
To: Rachel Colbourne <rachel.colbourne at oxfamnovib.nl>
Copy: Eline Achterberg <eline.achterberg at oxfamnovib.nl>



Hi Eline and Rachel!

Yes we met online Rachel, I think even twice. I joined also an online
session together with Ida, where you had people from all over the world!
SO great to here you might be able to join the FAF!

And, I would really like to prioritise meeting in person while you are
both here! It is definetely busy with the festival but we are a big team
too and it's always good to keep thinking beyond the FAF (however hard
that is). In order of preference for me these dates would be possible:
thursday the 4th of June quite flexibly, Monday the 8th of June in the
afternoon and Tuesday the 9th before lunch I could find time! Let me
know if any of these match your schedules too.

Many greetings

Pia

PS: Eline, about the other amazing points in your email about our
campaign I will get in touch with you tomorrow! I need a bit more time
to make a more concrete action plan for this campaign renewal process
and it has been tricky to find the time.

-- 
Pia(she/her)
Campaign Coordinator
ASEED Europe
https://aseed.net
Working days: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

On 2026-05-19 16:49, Rachel Colbourne wrote:

> Thanks Eline.
> 
> I think we actually met online before Pia when you told us about the
> Aseed campaign on Yara? It will be great to meet in person too.
> 
> Looking forward to it.
> 
> Best,
> Rachel
> 
> Rachel Colbourne
> 
> Global Campaign and Project Lead - Ending Agrotoxins
> 
> FAIR - Private Sector and Value Chains Unit | Oxfam Novib (based in
> South Africa)
> 
> Working days: Mon-Thur | mobile: +27 71 209 9047
> 
> www.oxfamnovib.nl [1]
> 
> My working days are Monday - Thursday | At Oxfam we work flexibly - so
> whilst it suits me to email now, I do not expect a response or action
> outside of your own working hours.
> 
> I work in various countries around the world and would like to pay my
> respect and acknowledge the traditional custodians of those lands and
> to their elders - past, present and emerging.
> 
> From: Eline Achterberg <eline.achterberg at oxfamnovib.nl>
> Sent: Tuesday, 19 May 2026 15:29
> To: pia at aseed.net; Rachel Colbourne <rachel.colbourne at oxfamnovib.nl>
> Subject: RE: Invitation for Youth Panel at Oxfam Novib event
> 
> Hi Pia,
> 
> Sorry to hear about the rough funding situation! That's tough. It's
> been worrying all around...
> 
> We feel very lucky to at least have funding for this pesticides work
> going forward. The project set-up has been a bit slow on our end (we
> are more bureaucrats than terrorists at times I fear...), but we are
> hoping to start more concrete project planning next month. In that
> line I'd like to introduce you to my colleague @Rachel Colbourne who
> will be the international coordinator of the project and campaign.
> Rachel is based in South Africa but will be visiting NL early-mid
> June.
> 
> Rachel and I are definitely planning to join the Food Autonomy
> Festival! We would also love to meet up separately to discuss more
> in-depth but not sure if that's feasible for you since you're probably
> very busy around the festival. We still need to confirm dates but
> Rachel will be in NL around ~3-16 June, and we would be happy to come
> to Amsterdam to meet. Any dates that would work for you? If not, we
> will in any case see you at the festival (and also the XR demo on the
> pesticides Omnibus on 5 June in case you're planning to be there as
> well?) and plan another meeting when you have more breathing space.
> 
> We could use that meeting to discuss the pesticides campaign, your
> plans and where we can join forces. Concretely for the pesticides
> project, but we can also explore more broadly if and how we could
> support, including on fundraising. In that same line, we would be
> happy to support your strategy process in summer. Of course it would
> be great to understand from you what you would need, but here's some
> first ideas/ tentative offers:
> 
> * Nout and/or myself can support from a policy & advocacy
> perspective on private sector & agroecology
> * I can also ask for support from our campaigner who will lead the
> Dutch pesticides campaign and has a lot of experience on climate
> justice and private sector campaigning. Perhaps for a campaign
> strategy session?
> * I could ask a fundraising / project developer colleague to explore
> strategies on fundraising
> * If you need a space as well, I can explore if we can use our brand
> new Activist Lab. It's right next to the Haagse Bos so it's quite
> nice.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Eline
> 
> From: pia at aseed.net <pia at aseed.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2026 4:57 PM
> To: Eline Achterberg <eline.achterberg at oxfamnovib.nl>
> Subject: Re: Invitation for Youth Panel at Oxfam Novib event
> 
> Hi Eline,
> 
> how is the setting up going of this new project in your terrorist
> organisation:)?
> 
> For the FAF we are not doing to badly funding-wise, we are still
> waiting for some replies and hopefully it will work out! More in
> general though we are wondering how our financial situation will be
> the rest of the year because a grant we have been counting on for 4
> years is suddenly changing completely and we are a bit worried. So if
> we can have a rough idea of when you would be deciding on your
> partners and projects that would be great to know:)  And I am so
> curious if you will be able to come to the FAF this year!
> 
> And another thing I would like to share: this summer we want to decide
> on a new campaign topic (move on from fossil fertilizers) and start to
> create a plan! I wonder if we in any way also could integrate input
> and insights from you amazing people at Oxfam in the brainstorming
> (still beginning phase of thinking how to structure it all). So let me
> know if this is something you could imagine!
> 
> Many greetings,
> 
> Pia
> 
> --
> 
> Pia(she/her)
> Campaign Coordinator
> ASEED Europe
> https://aseed.net [2]
> Working days: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
> 
> On 2026-03-16 18:08, Eline Achterberg wrote:
> 
> Hi Pia,
> 
> Yay so nice! Unfortunately I didn't make it to the Reclaim the Seeds
> this weekend because of some family commitments, but my colleague Nout
> was there so maybe you ran into him? Hope it all went well!
> 
> Those plans for the festival sounds great. The official start date of
> the National Postcode Lottery grant will probably be 1 May, but the
> first few months will be mostly contracting, planning, setting up a
> team and getting our house in order so I expect the real work will
> only start after summer. But that said, if there's anything we can
> already do to support the festival this year, please let me know. I've
> noted both dates down in my agenda and hopefully this time I can
> finally join!!
> 
> Sounds great, do let me know if someone is joining on the 31st of
> March but no worries if not. I just heard that the National Postcode
> Lottery will join the event as well and give us the big check for the
> pesticides campaign then, so we are also turning it a bit into an
> (anti)pesticides party. It's becoming a controversial party anyway,
> given that zionist parliamentarian Markuszower has submitted
> parliamentary questions about the Queen visiting 'a terrorist
> organization', fun fun!
> 
> Cheers,
> Eline
> 
> From: pia at aseed.net <pia at aseed.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 5:27 PM
> To: Eline Achterberg <eline.achterberg at oxfamnovib.nl>
> Subject: Re: Invitation for Youth Panel at Oxfam Novib event
> 
> Hi Eline,
> 
> it's so great to hear from you, especially with this news!! Very
> exciting that your application got approved. I do remember you being
> unsure about the likelihood of that, so that is extra amazing:) And
> I'm good. The new team since september has really found its groove and
> we have so many things coming up our head is spinning! If you are
> curious or want to join something, instagram is the best overview of
> what is coming up I think! How about you? Maybe I will also see you at
> Reclaim the Seeds this weekend?
> 
> We are definetely very happy to work together still. For the festival
> we are starting to get into the more serious planning phase and have
> even narrowed down the dates just yesterday actually. It will happen
> either 6-7th of June for opening celebration and then decentralised
> activities by other collectives; or a closing celebration (instead of
> the opening) on 13-14th of June.
> 
> As for the birthday celebration with the Queen: I forwarded the
> invitation to our team! It sounds pretty special. We do have a lot of
> things planned for the next month, so if you don't hear back from me
> about that, it's because of time scarcity sadly... Thanks a lot for
> including us though!!
> 
> Many greetings,
> 
> ____
> 
> Pia(she/her)
> 
> Campaign Coordinator
> ASEED Europe
> https://aseed.net [2]
> Working days: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
> 
> On 2026-03-05 16:55, Eline Achterberg wrote:
> 
> Hi Pia,
> 
> How are you? It's been a while since we last caught up. We recently
> got the good news that we got approved funding from the National
> Postcode Lottery for our pesticides campaigning work! We were in touch
> about that back in August and put ASEED in as a potential partner
> under a flexible fund. Hopefully I can soon reach out again with some
> more details and explore if we can still connect in those ideas around
> the Yara campaign and the Food Autonomy Festival 😊
> 
> But for now, I'm emailing you about something totally different,
> please see below this invite for Oxfam Novib's birthday party that
> will be attended by a.o. the Queen and the Minister of Trade and
> Development Cooperation Sjoerd Sjoerdsma. We want to also open up the
> space for youth activists, so I had proposed you (or someone else at
> ASEED). Would be great if you can let us know if you'd be interested!
> 
> Dear Pia,
> 
> Oxfam Novib is pleased to invite you to our event "Generations of
> Changemakers - the fight for equality continues" marking 70 years of
> Oxfam Novib on Tuesday, 31 March 2026 in The Hague. This moment of
> reflection and looking towards the future includes the festive opening
> of our new office, attended by Queen Máxima.
> 
> The world is at a turning point. Inequality is deepening, crises are
> multiplying, but so is our determination. For 70 years, we have fought
> for equality, together with courageous partners around the world. We
> stand on the shoulders of generations of changemakers and are
> committed to passing this legacy on. Innovation, activism and
> (political) impact are in our DNA, guiding us as we face a world that
> calls for solidarity and collective action.
> 
> The programme includes a brief reflection on our history through the
> Generations of Changemakers history walls, followed by the panel Youth
> for Change: Why Our Voices Matter, a dialogue between youth activists
> on the future of international cooperation. Her Royal Highness will
> then unveil a sculpture to mark the official opening of the new
> office.
> 
> Practical information
> 
> * Date: Tuesday, 31 March 2026
> * Time: 10:30 - 12:00
> * Location: Oxfam Novib, The Queens House, Bezuidenhoutseweg 78, The
> Hague
> * Entry: between 09:30 and 10:15
> 
> * Please note: entry after 10:15 is not possible, as the Queen
> arrives at 10:30.
> 
> We look forward to welcoming you as we honour 70 years of fighting for
> equality and as we continue, together, to face the challenges ahead
> with courage and conviction.
> 
> Please confirm your participation by replying to this email and
> including Wouter Blankestijn (project leader, in cc). Please also let
> us know if you intend to attend the lunch and if you have any
> allergies.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Eline Achterberg (she/her)
> 
> Policy Lead Business and Human Rights
> 
> Fair Value Chains and Food Systems | Oxfam Novib
> 
> Working days: Mon - Fri | +31 (0) 6 55 98 92 96
> 
> www.oxfamnovib.nl [1]


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