Carolien holds a bachelor’s degree in social work, master’s in International Relations and Advanced Master in International Development (AMID). She completed the post- graduate training Community-Based Sociotherapy in post- conflict context at the Hogeschool Leiden in 2010, facilitated by Cora Dekker. Carolien has over 15 years working experience in project management, monitoring and evaluation, policy development in the Netherlands and Liberia. After working for the Ministry of Foreign affairs in the Netherlands, she moved to Liberia where she worked as program advisor for ZOA Liberia and later as an independent CBS specialist. Carolien is an expert in community-based sociotherapy with a rich background in social development, project management, and policy development. Her strengths are in programme management, network building, and donor relations. Carolien is one of the co-founders of ICBS.
Carolien Grootendorst
