Who we are

MetaMeta is a social enterprise that operates through three specialized companies in the Netherlands: MetaMeta Research, MetaMeta Management, and MetaMeta Communications.

MetaMeta has registered country offices in Ethiopia, Kenya, Turkey, and Nepal.

The Water Channel, The SMART Centre Group, the Flood Based Livelihood Network and the Green Roads for Water Alliance are supported by us.

Through stakeholder mobilization, practical research, program development, implementation support, training, guideline and policy development, MetaMeta promotes better land and water management. MetaMeta has adopted eight themes – water management, landscape rehabilitation, green roads for water, flood-based livelihoods, regenerative agriculture, groundwater management, urban water resilience and smart centres. In all these themes the aim is to bring practical improvement at scale.

MetaMeta is a recent two times winner of environmental awards.

MetaMeta organizes meetings, webinar, master classes, to explore new developments in land and water management.

We are in the process of establishing MetaMeta-owned companies with the purpose of taking activities incubated in our group further forward.

We invite you to be in touch with our dedicated team of more than 35 practitioners-experts or to contact us at info@metameta.nl. A lot has happened since we started in 2004 but so much more is to happen still.

Who we are

MetaMeta is a recent two times winner of environmental awards.

Photo: Abdulilah Al-Moalemi
Abdulilah Al-Moalemi

Capacity Building Specialist

Photo: Abduljabar Al-Mundheri
Abduljabar Al-Mundheri

Field Coordinator

jobalmundheri@metameta.nl

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Ahmed Almasaody

Project Secretary and Logistics

aalmasaody@metameta.nl

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Anastasia Deligianni

Program Manager Green Roads for Water

adeligianni@metameta.nl

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Anushree Mitra

Junior Project Officer

amitra@metameta.nl

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Arpan Mondal

Junior Project Officer

amondal@metameta.nl

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Assefa Kumssa

Program Manager Urban Water Management

akumssa@metameta.nl

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Dr. Abraham Mehari Haile

Program Manager Flood Based Livelihoods

ameharihaile@metameta.nl

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Belal Al-Shuja'a

Finance Expert Yemen

balshujaa@metameta.nl

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Dr. Frank van Steenbergen

Director

fvansteenbergen@metameta.nl

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David Mornout

Program Assistant

dmornout@metameta.nl

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Esmee Mulder

Program Manager Water Management Specialist

emulder@metameta.nl

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Faith Muchemi

RS/GIS Specialist

fmuchemi@metameta.nl

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Femke van Woesik

Program Manager Micro Climate

fvanwoesik@metameta.nl

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Francesco Sambalino

Program Manager Landscape Rehabilitation

fsambalino@metameta.nl

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Girma Senbeta

Senior Water Resources Management

girma@metameta.nl

Photo: Girma Senbete
Guta Eshata Gemmechu

Agronomy Specialist

geshatu@metameta.nl

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Getanew Tesfaw

Junior Expert Natural Resource Management

gtesfaw@metameta.nl

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Holda Al-Mansoob

Gender and Reporting Officer

halmansoob@metameta.nl

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Khaled Sharaf Adin

Capacity Building Assistant

ksharafadin@metameta.nl

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Linda Navis

Human Resources & Administration

lnavis@metameta.nl

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Long Hoang

Program Manager Communications

lhoang@metameta.nl

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Luwieke Bosma

Program Manager Regenerative Agriculture

lbosma@metameta.nl

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Madiha Al-Junaid

Design and GIS

maljunaid@metameta.nl

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Marijn van der Meer

Program Assistant

mvandermeer@metameta.nl

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Meghna Mukherjee

Natural Resources Management Specialist

mmukherjee@metameta.nl

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Mohammed Al-Qassim Abbas

Team Leader Assistant UNOPS project

malqassim@metameta.nl

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Mulu Kinfe

Office Support

 

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Nancy Kadenyi

Natural Resource Management specialist

nkadenyi@metameta.nl

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Nardos Masresha

Community Engagement Specialist

nardos@metameta.nl

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Osama Al-Jailani

Coordinator Water Management Projects

oaljailani@metameta.nl

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Pratik Ranjan

Junior Project Officer

pranjan@metameta.nl

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Rahma Mohammed

Finance and Administration

rmohammed@metameta.nl

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Redeat Daneil

Junior Expert Natural Resource Management

rdaneil@metameta.nl

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Reinier Veldman

Program Manager SMART Centres

rveldman@metameta.nl

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Rojeena Djohu

Junior Project Officer

rdhoju@metameta.nl

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Roy Hovens

Manager Finance

rhovens@metameta.nl

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Rwnag Mohammed

Water Resources Management Specialist

raimohammed@metameta.nl

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Saroj Yakami

Country Manager Nepal

syakami@metameta.nl

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Shubham Jain

Junior Project Officer

sjain@metameta.nl

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Simon Chevalking

Operations Manager

schevalking@metameta.nl

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Sukru Esin

Country Manager Turkey

sukruesin@metameta.nl

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Taha Al-Washali

Country Manager Yemen

talwashali@metameta.nl

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Theophilus Kioko

Country Manager Kenya

tkioko@metameta.nl

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Yoseph Cherinet

Water Resources Management Specialist

ycherinet@metameta.nl

MetaMeta Associates

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Allah Bakhsh

Flood Based Livelihoods Systems

kaisarani@gmail.com

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Karim Nawaz

Flood Based Livelihood Network

knawaz99@yahoo.com

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Henk Holtslag

Advisor SMART Centre Group

henkholtslag49@gmail.com

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Dr Cecilia Borgia

Water Management and Regenerative Agriculture Specialist

borgia@gmail.com

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Dr Jan Teun Visscher

Water Management and Environmental Sanitation

jtvisscher@metameta.nl