2023

annual
report

2023

annual
report

TNI envisages an equitable, democratic and peaceful world in which all life may flourish.

Fiona Dove

Message from the director

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Message from the Supervisory Board chair

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OUR MISSION

TNI’s mission is to serve as a knowledge resource for progressive social movements.

OUR GOALS

TNI’s external goals for 2021–2025 are:

Construct:Well-researched proposals meaningfully contribute to an elaboration of viable pathways to transformative change. Catalyse:Strong, united and intersectional social movements constitute a growing counter-power advocating for transformative pathways. Communicate:Narratives popularising proposals for transformative change prove high impact.

Our internal goals are to remain:

an effective, sustainable and caring organisation. a relevant and effective think tank for progressive social movements.

OUR GOALS

TNI’s external goals
for 2021–2025 are:

Construct:

Well-researched proposals meaningfully contribute to an elaboration of viable pathways to transformative change.

Communicate:

Narratives popularising proposals for transformative change prove high impact.

Catalyse:

Strong, united and intersectional social movements constitute a growing counter-power advocating for transformative pathways.

Our internal goals
are to remain:

a relevant and effective think tank for progressive social movements.

an effective, sustainable and caring organisation.

TNI’S 2023 IN NUMBERS

Publications
TNI launched

104

publications, long reads and articles, with publications in 11 languages
Podcasts
TNI released

7

podcasts, listened to 6,355 times.
Videos
TNI published

10

videos viewed

28,083

times
Web
TNI’s web pages were viewed

921,694

times
Newsletter
Subscriptions to TNI’s e-newsletters grew to

32,105

subscribers in 2023
Press
TNI was mentioned in

89

media stories, reaching a conservatively estimated audience of

223.2 million

in 2023

Press TNI was mentioned in 89 media stories, reaching a conservatively estimated audience of 223.2 million in 2023. This included stories in: Financial Times, Manilla Bulletin, Guardian (Nigeria), BBC World, La Jornada, Folha de S Paulo, Al Jazeera, The Economist, The Telegraph, El Tiempo, La Vanguardia, La Repubblica, Der Spiegel, Die Welt, Politico, The Guardian (UK), Le Monde, Il Manifesto, Jacobin, El Salto, The Daily Maverick, Grist, The Syllabus, Arte TV, and The New Internationalist.

Social media
TNI’s ideas reached

3 million

people on social media in 2023.
Academic Citations
TNI associates and staff were cited

6,698

times in academic publications
Events
TNI co-organised

59 events

attended by

4,531

people
Dialogue with policy makers
TNI was in dialogue with policy makers from

32

countries and

11

international organisations

ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2023

TNI achieved important progress in 2023 toward the equitable, democratic and peaceful world we envision. At the policy level, we celebrated more nails driven into the coffin of one of the biggest barriers to climate action – the Energy Charter Treaty and its investor protections; and put a critique of green colonialism squarely on the public agenda. At the same time, we played a key role in uniting organisations around a shared vision of energy democracy, and provided persuasive arguments for why only public power pathways can really effect the change we need. We continued to publish cutting-edge analyses to challenge the growing menace of digital capitalism, and advocated for ending the moratorium on taxation of transnational e-commerce. In response to the juggernaut of militarism, with a particular focus on the endless war in Ukraine and the Israeli decimation of Palestine, we offered vitally important counter-narratives helping to shift public opinion more in favour of peace. We drew the connections between securitisation and a number of key issues, from drug policy to migration to climate change, and proposed more just and equitable approaches. With our proposals and counter-narratives, we reached impressive audiences around the world.

How we work

For 50 years, TNI’s mission has been to serve emancipatory social movements world-wide. The Institute serves as an activist think tank – providing well-researched analysis, supporting public education, and the development of popular advocacy campaigns.

TNI worked directly with

213 organisations in 49 countries,

as well as through 49 global and 39 regional networks.

Who We Work With

Movements

TNI works in support of, and as part of, progressive social movements in developing a relevant and useful research and advocacy agenda. We work with a broad range of organizations including trade unions, organizations of small-scale farmers and fishers, environmental and feminist networks, and numerous issue-specific advocacy groups – both directly and within intersectional coalitions. We help to make links wherever possible and, in so doing, contribute to building powerful transnationally-connected movements for change.

Activist-Scholars

TNI strives to be a useful think tank for social movements. We work with activist-scholars to provide movements with the tools necessary to understand and take on the forces of wealth, power and control; analyses of developments that help movements stay one step ahead; and evidence-based argumentation. Activist-scholars can also serve as influential and visionary public intellectuals, and provide persuasive expertise in engagements with policy-makers and in the media. TNI also sees merit in building new generations of critical and radical intellectuals dedicated to serving the public good, providing a strong body of knowledge on which they can draw and build, and seeing knowledge production itself as a site of struggle.

Policy Makers

From local to international levels, and across the political spectrum, TNI provides civil servants and elected representatives with information and analysis on a wide-range of themes. We do this, for example, through co-convening informal policy dialogues, presentations to parliamentary committees, or side events at UN meetings. Wherever possible we work with allies. We want to ensure a seat at the table for those being advocated for.

Media

TNI works with media to amplify the struggles of movements, to give visibility to progressive innovations, and to provide a critical perspective on the issues of the moment. This includes press outreach, active social media engagement as well as partnerships with progressive media platforms.

BOARD REPORT

FINANCES

TNI is committed to the principles of independence, transparency, and accountability. TNI’s financial reporting was rated 5 stars for ‘excellence’ by the Transparify initiative.

What

we spent our grant income on

CorporateAccountability5% War & Pacification3% Just Trade &Investment12% Agrarian & Environmental Justice 16% Public Sector Alternatives8% Drugs & Democracy8% Fiscal Sponsorship projects 13% Just Peace Myanmar35%

How

we spent operationally

Administration and Fundraising7% Office and Communications4% Building3% Programmes 86%

Where

we get our money

For a full breakdown of expenditures per donor see FUNDING AGREEMENTS ACTIVE IN 2023 below.

Own means 3% Other governments14% Dutch government38% Foundations43% European Union2%

Income

over the last 5 years

2022 € 5,215,640 2023 € 7,068,505 2019 € 4,472,327 2020 € 4,389,601 2021 € 4,248,219

Financial result

The result in 2023 was Euro € 211,328 derived from interest, foreign exchange gains, donations, consultancies, and administration fees on fiscally sponsored projects. The 2023 result is added to TNI’s reserves, which therefore, now stands at Euro € 1,603,476. This constitutes 70% of the goal set by the Board of one year’s fixed operational costs or a survival rate of 255.5 days, representing 6% progress on the previous year. The formula used in the Reserves Policy is: liquid reserves/fixed operational costs x 365 days. Liquid reserves are approximately 95% of the amount listed as reserves in our annual accounts, with the remaining 5% requiring the Institute to sell its building. The ratio of current assets to short-term liabilities remains healthy at 165%.

Financial statements

Source: TNI Audited Financial Accounts 2023

TNI TEAM

MANAGEMENT TEAM
Fiona Dove (Executive Director)
Pietje Vervest (Programmes)
Denis Burke (Communications)
John Kerseboom (Personnel)

COMMUNICATIONS
Ana Maria Ocampo (Trainee)
Denis Burke (Coordinator)
Hilde van der Pas (Communications Officer/Dutch press liaison/social media)
Jorrit Stoker (Web Officer)
Marysia Derejko (Trainee)
Melissa Koutouzis (Communications Officer)
Mercedes Camps (Spanish translator, USA)
Shaun Matsheza (Communications Officer/Podcasts)

COMMUNITY-BUILDER
Niels Jongerius (Dutch movements)

FUNDRAISING
Jess Graham (Individual giving)
Twyla Jenner (Fundraising Coordinator)

OFFICE & ADMINISTRATION
Albi Janssen (ICT)
Abby Taylor (Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning)
John Kerseboom (Personnel Officer/Building Manager)
Katja Gertman (Bookkeeping)
Misrak Alayu (Front Office)
Rin Stellingwerf (ICT)
Susana Sanz (ICT)

OVERALL PROGRAMMES COORDINATOR
Pietje Vervest

PROGRAMME COORDINATORS
Ernestien Jensema/Tom Kramer (Myanmar)
Katie Sandwell (Real Utopias)
Niamh Ni Bhriain/Martin Jelsma (War & Pacification)
Nick Buxton (Knowledge Hub)
Sol Trumbo Vila (Frontiers of Capital)

PROGRAMME TEAM
Tom Blickman
Bettina Müller
Brid Brennan
Carsten Pederson
Dania Putri
Daniel Chavez
Gonzalo Berrón
Hamza Hamouchene
Jenny Franco
Josephine Valeske
Juliana Rodrigues de Senna
Lavinia Steinfort
Lucía Barcéna
Luciana Ghiotto
Ouafa Haddioui
Pien Metaal
Rachmi Hertanti
Rowan Mataram
Sara Murawski
Sofia Scassera
Sylvia Kay

INTERNS
Eugene Sien
Juliana Montenegro
Simone Catalano

VOLUNTEERS
Fons Broersen (Handyman)
Gemma Rameckers (Gardener)
Nicholas Santiago Martinez Rivera (Programme support)
Rachma Lutfiny Putri (Programme support)
Sara Caminero (Programme support)
Susan Medeiros (Front Office)

Our Associates & Research Fellows

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Achin Vanaik

Associate

Adam Hanieh

Research Fellow

Agnes Gagyi

Associate

Aleksandar Matković

Research Fellow

Anita Gurumurthy

Associate

Anuradha Chenoy

Associate

Arun Kundnani

Associate

Claire Provost

Associate

Ben Hayes

Associate

Boris Kagarlitsky

Associate

Cecilia Olivet

Associate

Chenchen Zhang

Research Fellow

David Bewley-Taylor

Research Fellow

David Sogge

Associate

Donna Andrews

Associate

Edgardo Lander

Associate

Firoze Manji

Associate

Francesco Martone

Associate

Gisela Dütting

Associate

Harris Gleckman

Associate

Helen Lackner

Associate

Hilary Wainwright

Associate

Howard Wachtel

Associate

Javier Echaide

Research Fellow

Jerome Roos

Associate

Joel Rocamora

Associate

John Cavanagh

Associate

Julie de los Reyes

Associate

Jun Borras

Associate

Kali Akuno

Associate

Khury Petersen-Smith

Associate

Laura Flanders

Associate

Lyda Fernanda Forero

Associate

Mads Barbesgaard

Associate

Manoela Carneiro Roland

Research Fellow

Manuel Pérez-Rocha

Associate

Miriyam Aouragh

Associate

Muzan Alneel

Research Fellow

Myriam vander Stichele

Associate

Ndongo Samba Sylla

Research Fellow

Phyllis Bennis

Associate

Pauline Tiffen

Associate

Raphael Hoetmer

Associate

Roger Van Zwanenberg

Associate

Susan George

President

Tchenna Maso

Associate

Thea Riofrancos

Research Fellow

Thomas Marois

Research Fellow

Todd Miller

Research Fellow

Tom Reifer

Associate

Vedran Horvat

Associate

Walden Bello

Associate

Yvonne Yen Liu

Research Fellow

President & Supervisory Board

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Susan George

President

Imad Sabi

Chair of the Board

Ruth Kronenburg

Treasurer/Audit Committee

Frenk van Enckevort

Secretary

Ferrial Adam

Board Member

zohra moosa

Board Member

TNI COLLABORATIONS IN 2023

TNI gratefully acknowledges the time, labour and expertise of everyone who helped make our 2023 such an effective one – whether that was writing, speaking, editing, illustrating, designing, translating, interpreting, organising, strategising and/or advising. Apologies in advance to anyone who was inadvertently omitted. Some have been deliberately omitted for security reasons, but you know who you are and we thank you.

Africa

Algeria

  • Iman Boukhatem

Egypt

  • Amr Khairy
  • Mohamed Gad
  • Mohamed Ramadan
  • Osama Diab

Kenya

  • Andre Standing
  • James Ketta
  • Nana Darkoa Sekiyamah

Uganda

  • Herbert Kafeero
  • Jane Nalunga
  • Judith Nabimanya
  • Peninnah Mbabazi

Tanzania

  • Ezekiel Kereri
  • Olivia Costa

Ghana

  • Daniel Oberko

Mali

  • Mamadou Goïta

Morocco

  • Abdelatif Adebibe
  • Ali Amouzai
  • Ali Aznague
  • Chaimae El Yacoubi
  • Jawad Moustakbal
  • Meriam Mabrouk

Nigeria

  • Baba Aye

South Africa

  • Adrian Murray
  • Boaventure Monjane
  • Brian Ashley
  • David Fig
  • Dominic Brown
  • Greek Zweni
  • Leela Baer
  • Mercia Andrews
  • Mfanekiso Bonke
  • Myrtle Clarke
  • Naseegh Jaffer
  • Philasande Mahlakata
  • Patrick Bond
  • Ruth Hall
  • Samantha Hargreaves
  • Simon Sperring

Sudan

  • Mohamed Salah Abdelrahman
  • Razaz H Basheir

Tunisia

  • Ahlem Selmi
  • Chafik Ben Rouine
  • Hafawa Rehbi
  • Houcine Rhilli
  • Ilyes Ben Ammar
  • Maha Ben Gadha
  • Mustapha Jouili
  • Saber Ammar

Western Sahara

  • Hamza Lakhal

Asia-Oceania

India

  • Amod Shah
  • Ashish Kothari
  • Benny Kuruvilla
  • Deepti Barthur
  • Madhuresh Kumar
  • Nandini Chami
  • Madhuresh Kumar
  • Vandana Shiva
  • Wilfred D’costa

Bangladesh

  • Abul Kalam Azad

Indonesia

  • Alhafiz Atsari
  • Arie Kurniawaty
  • Marthin Hadiwinata
  • Olisias Gultom

Japan

  • Shuji Hisano

Malaysia

  • David McCoy
  • Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Philippines

  • Jaybee Garganera
  • Joseph Purugganan
  • Josua Mata
  • Mary Ann Manahan
  • Mitzi Jonelle-Tan
  • Tina Ebro

Thailand

  • Shalmali Guttal

Americas

Argentina

  • Alejandro Gambina
  • Graciela Touze
  • Karina Pedace
  • Lucia Vicente
  • Maria Fernanda Pampin
  • Marcela Alemandi
  • Pablo Cymmerman
  • Tobías J. Schleider
  • Tomás Balmaceda

Bolivia

  • Adriana Forondo
  • Aldo Orellana López
  • Alison Spedding
  • Marcela Olivera
  • Maria Lohman
  • Oscar Machaca
  • Sdenka Silva

Brazil

  • Anthony Henman
  • Camilla Croso
  • Giovanna Modé Magalhães
  • Marcos Arruda
  • Yukari Sekine

Canada

  • Cory Doctorow
  • Harsha Walia
  • Kean Birch
  • Naureen Shameem
  • Shannon Bell

Chile

  • Daniel Jadue
  • Esteban Maturana
  • Javiera Martinez

Colombia

  • Alirio Uribe
  • Cindy Forero Rivera
  • Danilo Urrea
  • Hernán Morantes
  • Javier Márquez
  • Jenny Rodríguez Junco
  • Juan Camilo Sarmiento
  • Juana Castro
  • Lala Peñaranda
  • Laura Ramírez
  • Mayerly López
  • Misael Socarras Ipuana
  • Pedro Arenas Garcia
  • Ricardo Vargas Mesa
  • Samuel Arregoces
  • Sandra Bermudez
  • Tatiana Roa Avendano

Costa Rica

  • Karen Gonzalez

Ecuador

  • Jorge Paladines
  • Pablo Fajardo

Mexico

  • Alejandra Lozano
  • Carlos Zamudio
  • Edme Domínguez
  • Jen Moore
  • Jorge Hernandez
  • María Atilano
  • Mónica Montalvo
  • Paz Ahumada Berríos
  • Santiago Narváez

Peru

  • Ana Romero
  • Hugo Cabieses Cubas
  • Ricardo Soberón Garrido

United States

  • Antonia Juhasz
  • Cara Daggett
  • Chris Byrnes
  • Christine Labuski
  • Cody Swift
  • Deborah James
  • Evan Clayburg
  • Irene HongPing
  • Jason Gelbort
  • John Feffer
  • John Walsh
  • Julia Choucair Vizoso
  • Karen Rignall
  • Ladan Mehranvar
  • Laura Bingham
  • Leonardo Figueroa Helland
  • Mahmoud Lemaadel
  • Meena Jagganath
  • Melanie Foley
  • Melinda St. Louis
  • Mizue Aizeki
  • Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
  • Peter Ramand
  • Peter Weiss
  • Petra Molnar
  • Philip McMichael
  • Roberto J. González
  • Sean Sweeney
  • Shayda Naficy
  • Ted Howard
  • Tobita Chow
  • Tom Kruse
  • Victor Menotti
  • Winnie Poster

Uruguay

  • Guillermo Garat
  • Karina Batthyány
  • Martin Drago
  • Martín Sanguinetti
  • Pablo Messina
  • Sebastián Torres

West Asia

Iran

  • Laleh Khalili

Jordan

  • Asmaa Mohammad Amin

Lebanon

  • Fourate Chahal El Rekaby
  • Rima Majed

Palestine

  • Bisan Samamreh
  • Doa Ali
  • Manal Shqair

Syria

  • Thaer Ali Deeb

Tunisia

  • Chafik Ben Rouine
  • Othman Selmi

Turkey

  • Joris Leverink

Europe

Austria

  • Katerina Anastasiou
  • Leo Gabriel
  • Theresa Kofler

Belgium

  • Axel Ruppert
  • Diego Marin
  • Dirk Holemans
  • Eric Vanhaute
  • Laëtitia Sédou
  • Lora Verheecke
  • Lukas Shaugg
  • Martin Pigeon
  • Maximilian Jung
  • Nessim Achouche
  • Olivier Hoedeman
  • Pascoe Sabido
  • Paul de Clerck
  • Robin Roels
  • Roberto Stefani
  • Sara Nicoletti
  • Wai Chu Starry Chung

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Nidžara Ahmetašević

Croatia

  • Ivan Klisurić
  • Mladen Domazet

Denmark

  • Felix Mallin
  • Julie Uldam
  • Kenneth Haar

Estonia

  • Ralf Brandenstein

Finland

  • Barry Gills
  • Bodo Steiner

France

  • Clémence Dubois
  • Daria Cibrario
  • Deborah Eade
  • Flavie Roche
  • Mathilde Dupré
  • Maxime Combes
  • Olivier Petitjean
  • Rana Adib
  • Sophie-Anne Bisiaux

Germany

  • Audrey Changoe
  • Cornelia Maarfield
  • Dieter Plehwe
  • Fabian Flues
  • Jochen Hippler
  • Hermann von Hatzfeldt
  • Katrin Geyer
  • Michael Janoshka
  • Michelle Benzing
  • Moritz Neujeffski
  • Nadine Reis
  • Sean Conner
  • Saker El Nour
  • Sofía Monsalve Suárez
  • Vera Weghmann

Georgia

  • Sopiko Japaridze

Ireland

  • Lawrence Cox
  • Leah Sullivan

Italy

  • Alice Mattoni
  • Claudia Padovani
  • Nicoletta Dentico
  • Raffaella Bolini
  • Stefano Prato

Macedonia

  • Manja Petrovska

Netherlands

  • Aafe Steenhuis
  • Bart-Jaap Verbeek
  • Bas Coenegracht
  • Bethaney Copsey
  • Christian Henderson
  • Darko Lagunas
  • Fatten Aggad
  • Guido Jelsma
  • Guus Geurts
  • Hanny van Geel
  • Jan Joost Theunissen
  • Jilles Mast
  • Jochem Rinsma
  • John Burrant
  • Joyeeta Gupta
  • Juan Lovera
  • Karen Paalman
  • Kei Otsuki
  • Laura Basu
  • Letty de Keizer
  • Maggi Leung
  • Marija Bartl
  • Mark Akkerman
  • Mariana Gkliati
  • Maxigas Dunajcsik
  • Nené Moné
  • Paige Shipman
  • Rodrigo Fernandez
  • Romain Descottes
  • Sadet Karabulut
  • Siobhan Airey
  • Sophie Bloemen
  • Tijmen Grooten
  • Wendela De Vries
  • Wouter van de Klippe
  • Zoe Brent

Norway

  • Natalia Mamonova

Portugal

  • Michelle Tylicki
  • Rui da Silva

Russia

  • Ksenia Kagarlitsky
  • Mikhail Lobanov
  • Oleg Zhuravlev

Serbia

  • Anđela Janković
  • Predrag Momčilović
  • Zoran Svilar

Slovenia

  • Ajda Pistotnik

Spain

  • Alejandra Chávez Tristancho
  • Alfons Pérez
  • Andrea Vides de Dios
  • Arnau Quinquillà
  • Benjamin Cunningham
  • Bertie Russel
  • Clemente Rojas Giacobbe
  • Daniel Díaz Fuentes
  • Dick Nichols
  • Ekaitz Cancela
  • Erick Gonzalo Palomares Rodríguez
  • Francesca Ricciardi
  • Iolanda Bianchi
  • Jordi Calvo Rufanges
  • Judith Clifton
  • Júlia Martí Comas
  • Mariano Aguirre
  • Miguel Urbán Crespo
  • Mónica Vargas Collazos
  • Nuria del Viso
  • Pere Brunet

Sweden

  • Anne Kaun
  • Brian Kuns
  • Tina Askanius

Switzerland

  • Helionor De Anzizu
  • Juan Tortosa
  • Lorenz Naegeli
  • Louisa Valentin

Ukraine

  • Natalia Mamonova
  • Olena Borodina
  • Volodymyr Ischchenko

United Kingdom

  • Adam Burke
  • Adam Novak
  • Ahmed Hafezi
  • Alex Callinicos
  • Anastasia Kavada
  • Andrew Cumbers
  • Andrew Feinstein
  • Andrew Metheven
  • Ann Fordham
  • Anthony Barnett
  • Bridget Anderson
  • Chris Jones
  • Deborah Burton
  • Dottie Guerrero
  • Eujung Lee
  • Hannah Hasenberger
  • Ho-Chih Lin
  • Ian Scoones
  • James Angel
  • Jean Baylock
  • Jane Kilpatrick
  • Jon Cracknel
  • Joanna Allan
  • Kamil Mahdi
  • Keval Bharadia
  • Khem Rogaly
  • Laura Bannister
  • Laura Stegemann
  • Mariya Ivancheva
  • Martha Myers
  • Martin Smith
  • Milford Bateman
  • Mohga Kamal-Yanni
  • Mohammed Elnaiem
  • Nils Peters
  • Nimer Sultany
  • Patrick Bigger
  • Pratap Chatterjee
  • Sarah Finch
  • Shahd Hammouri
  • Siraj Ali
  • Stuart Parkinson