Anne Schuurmans

Policy Advisor - Business Unit Europe, Asia & Latin America

Research MSc. in International Development with a double major (Environmental Policy and Development Sociology) at Wageningen University and a MSc. in Global Business & Sustainability at Erasmus University, Rotterdam. A total of over 5 years of (inter-)national government experience, at the Dutch ministries of Economic Affairs & Climate, Infrastructure & Water Management and the ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Brussels). Worked on a wide variety of topics, ranging from international aviation regulations to local waste management. Is  working on CIB and UCLG and advising municipalities on the topic of international cooperation.


Global challenges are felt and largely dealt with on a local level. Local actors therefore have indispensible knowledge and ideas on how to tackle them. So, it is our mission to bring these voices to the international stage.