US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE1397

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 THE HAGUE 001397 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SECSTATE FOR ECA/PE/V/R/E - STEVE TAYLOR; INFO 
EUR/PPD - BRIAN GUSS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO, OEXC, SCUL, NL 
SUBJECT: FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate 
Ms. Delphine R.R. Pronk 
 
 
1. Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Delphine R.R. Pronk as 
an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding 
international travel benefits. 
 
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POST-EMAIL: dankelmanE@state.gov 
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POST-PROJ-ID: 165 
ECA-PROJ-NO: 
PROJ-NAME: Pronk, Delphine R.R. 
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PROJ-TYPE: Individual 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2005 
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NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 0 
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PROJ-TYPE-ID: IND 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 4276 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321 
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ORIGINATOR: P 
SUBJ-DISC: Foreign Policy 
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PREFIX: Ms. 
F-NAME: Delphine 
M-NAME: Reny Renate 
L-NAME: Pronk 
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POSITION-CODE: 0 
PRINCIPAL?: No 
M-ADDR1: Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
M-ADDR2: P.O. Box 20061 
M-ADDR3: 
M-CITY: 2500 EB The Hague 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Netherlands 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: 31-70-348-6486 
M-FAX: 
M-EMAIL: delphine.pronk@minbuza.nl 
M-CNTRY-ID: NL 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 03/31/1976 
MAR-STAT: S 
BIRTH-CITY: 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Netherlands 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Netherlands 
RES-CNTRY: Netherlands 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Sr Policy Advisor to the Director-General for European 
Cooperation responsible for European cooperation and 
coordination of Dutch position in EU negotiations 
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START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
 
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START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
2002  Royal Netherlands Embassy, Harare, Zimbabwe 
Internship at the political section, research on (regional) 
AIDS policy 
2001 - 2003  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, the 
Netherlands 
Policy officer, European Integration Department, Internal 
Affairs Division/ Justice and Home Affairs Team. 
Main responsibilities: EU Asylum and Immigration policy, 
Schengen/ Free movement of persons, JHA External Relations 
2001 European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium 
Parliamentary assistant to MEP. 
Main responsibilities: preparation of policy concerning 
Citizens' Freedoms/ Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, policy 
research, writing articles 
1999 - 2000  Dutch Ministry of Interior Affairs, The Hague, 
the Netherlands 
Internship for thesis research, Secretary General's office, 
strategic knowledge management 
2000  Consejo Nacional de Rehabilitacion y Educacin 
Especial, San Jos, Costa Rica 
a 
Regional co-ordinator small business for disabled persons 
1995 - 1999  Shell (Europe Oil Products), Rotterdam, The 
Netherlands 
Database Administrator/ software & supply chain manager for 
Oil Europe Retail Procurement, (part-time), Software 
Trainer, Year 2000 Focal Point 
 
 
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START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
6-week summer course at Berkeley 
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START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
Europe, Costa Rica, Puerto Rica 
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START MEMO EDUCATION: 
2001  Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, 
The Netherlands 
Diplomatic training ('klasje') by Rijksopleidingsinstituut 
(ROI) and University of Groningen 
1996 -   2000  Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The 
Netherlands 
Master of Science Program in Public Administration 
(Doctoraal Bestuurskunde); 
Classes included: Policy and Management, Public Sector 
Organization and Management, Public Management in 
International Context, Public Management and Co-operation, 
Business & Politics, Thesis: Strategic Knowledge Management 
1999  University of California, Berkeley, USA Summer 
sessions, Haas School of Business, Classes: Social & 
Political Environment  of Business (A), Technology, Culture 
& Politics (B) 
1994 - 2000  Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 
Master of Science Program in Business Administration; 
Classes included: European Business & Institutions, Business 
Plan, Social-Behavioral Sciences 
Training / Workshops / Courses: 
2003  Effective negotiation, training by Schouten Nelissen 
2002  French, language course by Elsevier Talen, 
intermediate level 
2002  'JHA Agenda for South East Europe', Wilton Park, 
United Kingdom2001  'EU and the Netherlands', participant & 
organiser, training by Clingendael and ROI 
2000  'Enfoque Actual de la disCapacidad', Heredia, Costa 
RicaTraining on how to work with disabled people, by 
National Council 
2000  'Shell Leadership Challenge', Shell International 
2000  Knowledge Management, workshop by Andersen Consulting 
2000  Mergers &  Aquisitions, workshop by Rabobank, 
1999  Strategy Consulting, workshop by OC&C Strategy 
Consultants 
1999  Scenario planning, workshop by Shell Nederland, 
1999  Software training to local engineers, Shell 
Caribbean&Central America, Puerto Rico 
1995 - 1999  Software training, Shell Nederland B.V., 
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Access, 
specialised software training, Internet HTML, MS Front Page, 
Adobe 
1997  Spanish, language course in Mlaga, Spain, Curso 
Lengua y Cultural Espaol, intermediate level, facilitated 
by the Council of Europe 
1992 - 1997  Political training by political youth 
organization, courses included: negotiating, conflict 
management, eloquence, discussion techniques 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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FIRST-LANG: Dutch 
ENGL-READ: 4 
ENGL-SPEAK: 4 
ENGL-COMP: 4 
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OTHER-LANG: Spanish 
OTHER-LANG-ID: QB 
READ: 4 
SPEAK: 4 
COMP: 4 
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OTHER-LANG: French 
OTHER-LANG-ID: FR 
READ: 3 
SPEAK: 3 
COMP: 3 
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OTHER-LANG: German 
OTHER-LANG-ID: GM 
READ: 3 
SPEAK: 3 
COMP: 3 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Kami Witmer 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Delphine is one of our key interlocutors on EU policies. 
She will be playing an important role in shaping opinions 
during the Dutch EU Presidency and beyond.  She is a 
talented, young Dutch diplomat, open to the U.S. but her 
background is solely on EU issues.  A visit to the U.S. 
would deepen her understanding of our foreign policy and her 
affinity for the transatlantic relationship.  Goal is to 
invest in someone likely to rise to senior levels of the 
Dutch MFA.  Fits our long-range mission of building a cadre 
of transatlantic supporters among younger Dutch 
policymakers, who, by age and training, are more disposed 
towards EU than NATO. 
 
 
 
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NOTIFY-EMB: Yes 
MEDIA?: No 
HOME-STAY: No 
HOME-HOSP?: Yes 
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PERSON-ID: 286 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: NL 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: NL 
RES-CNTRY-ID: NL 
FIRST-LANG-ID: DU 
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NOM-POST-ID: 4276 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321 
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