Rob van Hout

Head of Skills, Jobs and Income
Rob van Hout, MSc

Rob van Hout co-heads the Sustainable Jobs and Income team at Helvetas and brings 15 years of multi-country experience in international cooperation. After completing a Masters in International Development and Environment, he worked as policy and project manager for Fair Trade, as researcher on food systems in Bangladesh, and as knowledge manager on youth employment and governance programs in Eastern Europe. Since 2018 he has been a senior advisor for income and private sector development projects with a thematic focus on market systems, vocational skills and value chain development.

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Youth learn new green skills in Helvetas Education for Employment project in North Macedonia. | © Daniela Zlatanoski

Generation Green: Equipping Youth to Accelerate a Green Economic Shift

Written by Rob van Hout, Aleksandra Siljanovska - 22. August 2024
© Helvetas / Arben Llapashtica

From Silos to Systems: Navigating a World That Continues to Grow in Complexity

Written by Rob van Hout - 28. November 2023
© Zenebe Uraguchi

‘Learning Expedition’ with 15 Projects on Monitoring and Results Measurement

Two years ago, we started a learning expedition on how monitoring and results measurement helps projects know what works and what does not work. For this, we approached 15 projects implemented by Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Written by Zenebe B. Uraguchi, Rob van Hout - 21. December 2017