EUNIC NETHERLANDS BOARD
Team Members
President
Eve Reincke
Eve holds a BA in International Business from Concordia International University Estonia. Europe played an important role already in the early days of Eve´s career – right before and after Estonia joined the EU, Eve worked for the Estonian Ministry of Finance to set up systems and procedures for the usage of the EU (Pre)Structural Funds. After that Eve worked with (EU) project management and evaluation as a Project Leader and Partner at an Estonian consultancy. Many of these projects came from the cultural sector and sparked her interest in cultural cooperation on European and international level (eg. evaluation of Tallinn as the European Capital of Culture 2011). Since 2019 Eve works for the Estonian Embassy in The Hague, covering several domains – from culture, press and media relations to business diplomacy and politics.
eve.reincke@mfa.ee
Co-president
Viola Karsten
Since summer 2022, Viola Karsten works as a cultural program manager for the Goethe-Institut Netherlands, located in Amsterdam. In this capacity she is organising cultural events, mostly in collaboration with local partners, and tries to stimulate intercultural exchange between Germany and the Netherlands. Initially she came to the Netherlands to study Arts & Culture, first in Maastricht and then Groningen. Prior to her university education she followed a professional training in media and publishing, a field she is still active in. In addition to her activities on the EUNIC board, she is also involved in the organisation of the European Literature Night and is committed to fair pay and working conditions in the cultural sector.
Viola.Karsten@goethe.de
Vice-president
Bülent Evren
Bülent Evren is working with the Yunus Emre Institute Amsterdam since 2015, serving as the artistic coordinator of its many diverse cultural activities: concerts, art exhibitions, conferences that reach out to Dutch-Turkish audiences. He has been involved with EUNIC Nederland and activities such as the European Language Day for several years. Evren has lived in Amsterdam since the early 1980s. He is a painter and conceptual artist whose Neo Geo paintings gained international recognition. Today he is still very active in the art scene. In the past he organized multiple group exhibitions, for example Stoned Ground (Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, 1998). He was a committee member of the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts and the Mondriaan Fund.
bulent.evren@yee.org.tr
Treasurer
Struan Campbell
Struan Campbell is the Head of Education at the British Council in the Netherlands, where he leads strategic education initiatives and fosters UK–Netherlands collaboration in areas such as research culture, student wellbeing, and inclusive internationalisation.
Struan brings over 15 years of experience in education and outreach, having previously served as Director of Education at The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. There, he led academic quality assurance, strategic planning, and national engagement programmes. Prior to that, he was Outreach Manager at the Inner Temple, where he significantly expanded access initiatives and public engagement.
Earlier in his career, Struan coordinated STEM outreach across London West for STEMNET and managed student ambassador programmes at Kingston University. His work has consistently focused on widening participation, mentoring, and building inclusive educational ecosystems. Struan also serves as a trustee for the National Justice Museum and has held governance roles in the charity sector.
struan.campbell@britishcouncil.nl
secretary
Simon de Leeuw
Working as a programme maker at DutchCulture since 2018, Simon is reflecting on themes that are of long-term significance to his field of work, from future of European democracy to the needs of emerging artists in the Netherlands. In addition, working in this area where the cultural and diplomatic fields overlap, offers many opportunities. It inspires and challenges him to create meaningful connections between cultural practicioners and amplify their voices to the policy level. Through his work, Simon wants to support global collaborations rooted in equal exchange and planetary awareness.
s.deleeuw@dutchculture.nl
Current intern
Mazaya Sulthani
Student at University of Amsterdam
intern@eunic-netherlands.eu
