mr. J.H. Maat, MSSM
(foto: Peter van Embden)

Risicobeheersing binnen het veiligheidsdomein
Johri Maat is als jurist en bestuurskundige gespecialiseerd in risicobeheersing in de domeinen veiligheid, integriteit en crisisbeheersing. Johri is ervaren in het adviseren tijdens kritieke momenten en treedt zo nodig ook zelf op. Door theoretische kennis en praktijkervaring te combineren weet Johri partijen en processen te verbinden en bewustwording te vergroten.

Naast zijn vakgebied is Johri geïnteresseerd in geschiedenis, kunst, cultuur en natuur.

Opleidingen

2009-2011 (vanuit het werk)
Executive Master of Security Science & Management (MSSM)
Technische Universiteit Delft (Delft TopTech)
Afstudeeronderzoek: ‘Intentionele en verwijtbare compromittering van gerubriceerde en gevoelige informatie binnen de Rijksoverheid’

1998-2004 (deels in deeltijd)
Rechtsgeleerdheid (Mr.)
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Specialisatie: Juridische Bestuurswetenschappen (JBW)
Afstudeeronderzoek: ‘Crisismanagement van het Nederlandse kabinet Cort van der Linden in 1914 inzake de opvang van vluchtelingen en geïnterneerde militairen tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog’

1994-1998
Bestuurskunde/Overheidsmanagement (HBO)
Thorbecke Academie, Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden
Specialisatie: Integrale Veiligheid
Afstudeeronderzoek: ‘Biologisch terrorisme’

Meerdaagse cursussen

• Leergang ‘Oriënteren op leidinggeven’, Leer- en Ontwikkelplein, ministeries van OCW, SZW en VWS, november 2021-juni 2022.
• MOOC Reducing Gun Violence in America, Evidence for Change, Center for Gun Violence Solutions, Bloomberg School of Health, Johns Hopkins University (MD, USA via Coursera)
  
• Cursussen en congressen i.k.v. promotietraject, Graduate School Law, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen & Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research, T.M.C. Asser Instituut, Den Haag, 2019-heden
• Opleiding ‘Procesbegeleider Moreel Beraad’, Govenance & Integrity, Amsterdam, 2019
• Opleiding tot ‘Professioneel MfN Mediator’, The Lime Tree, Bilthoven, 2016-2017
• Verdiepingsleergang Integriteitsmanagement, Centrum voor Arbeidsverhoudingen Overheidspersoneel (CAOP, BIOS), Den Haag, 2016
• Leerprogramma Adviseur Crisisbeheersing, Nationale Academie voor Crisisbeheersing (NAC, NCTV), Den Haag, 2012-2014
• Summer Programme on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a Changing World, Asser Instituut en Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Den Haag, 2012
• Medewerker Bureau Interne Zaken, Politieacademie, Apeldoorn, 2008
• Introductieprogramma Rijkstrainees, Univeriteit Leiden (Campus Den Haag), 2004-2006
• Kerk en Recht, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 2005
• Introduction to Disaster Studies, Wageningen Universiteit, 2000
• Summer Course Political Violence, Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik (Kroatië), 1998

Verder worden jaarlijks cursussen en trainingen in het kader van professionele kennis en vaardigheden gevolgd

Werkervaring

2023-heden
Directeur Bureau Integriteit
Dienst Justitiële Inrichtingen, ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid

2022-2023
Coördinerend specialistisch adviseur
Programma ‘Veilig werken’ ter versterking van veilige publieke dienstverlening.
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

2019-2022
Integriteitscoördinator Concern VWS
Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport

2015-2019
Centrale Integriteitscoördinator BZK
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

2015
Senior adviseur Bureau BVA JenV en BZK
Overgang naar dit departement in verband met samenvoeging onderdelen, vergelijkbaar takenpakket als bij BZK
Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie

2007-2014
Senior adviseur Bureau BVA BZK
Functies o.a.: plv. Beveiligingsautoriteit, Functionaris voor de Gegevensbescherming (toezichthouder privacy), Coördinerend adviseur crisisbeheersing en coördinator Opleiden, Trainen en Oefenen
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

2006-2007
Senior beleidsmedewerker/project stafmedewerker
Ministerie van Justitie

2004-2006
Beleidsmedewerker
Rijksrecherche

2000-2002
Diverse functies
Ministerie van Justitie

1998-2000
Student-assistent Veiligheidsvraagstukken bij prof. dr. Hylke Tromp
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Huidige nevenactiviteiten

2020-heden
Voorzitter Kring van Integriteitscoördinatoren publieke sector
Netwerk gericht op opbouwen en uitwisselen van actualiteiten, kennis en good practices integriteitsmanagement binnen publieke sector. Hierbij is ook aandacht voor professionalisering functie en persoonlijke ontwikkeling leden.

2019-heden
Buitenpromovendus
Onderzoekcentrum Staat en Recht (SteR), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen
Promotieonderzoek: ‘Uit vrees voor misbruik: risicobeheersing van legaal particulier vuurwapenbezit in Nederland in historisch perspectief’ 

2009-heden
Gastdocent/gastspreker
Over integriteit en integrale beveiliging, diverse organisaties

Publicaties

Johri heeft diverse artikelen gepubliceerd over veiligheid, integriteit en crisisbeheersing. Deze artikelen zijn online te raadplegen: johrimaat.nl/portfolio/

Remarks at Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics, (JSCOPE 2000), 27-01-2000

by General Charles C. Krulak, USMC (RET.)

We study and we discuss ethical principles because it serves to strengthen and validate our own inner value system…it gives direction to what I call our moral compass. It is the understanding of ethics that becomes the foundation upon which we can deliberately commit to inviolate principles. It becomes the basis of what we are…of what we include in our character. Based on it, we commit to doing what is right. We expect such commitment from our leaders. But most importantly, we must demand it of ourselves.

Sound morals and ethical behavior cannot be established or created in a day…a semester…or a year. They must be institutionalized within our character over time…they must become a way of life. They go beyond our individual services and beyond our ranks or positions; they cut to the heart and to the soul of who we are and what we are and what we must be…men and women of character. They arm us for the challenges to come and they impart to us a sense of wholeness. They unite us in the calling we know as the profession of arms.

Of all the moral and ethical guideposts that we have been brought up to recognize, the one that, for me, stands above the rest…the one that I have kept in the forefront of my mind…is integrity. It is my ethical and personal touchstone.

Integrity as we know it today, stands for soundness of moral principle and character—uprightness—honesty. Yet there is more. Integrity is also an ideal…a goal to strive for…and for a man or woman to “walk in their integrity” is to require constant discipline and usage.

The word integrity itself is a martial word that comes to us from an ancient Roman army tradition. During the time of the 12 Caesars, the Roman army would conduct morning inspections. As the inspecting centurion would come in front of each legionnaire, the soldier would strike with his right fist the armor breastplate that covered his heart. The armor had to be strongest there in order to protect the heart from the sword thrusts and from arrow strikes. As the soldier struck his armor, he would shout “integritas” (in-teg-ri-tas), which in Latin means material, wholeness, completeness, and entirety. The inspecting centurion would listen closely for this affirmation and also for the ring that well-kept armor would give off. Satisfied that the armor was sound and that the soldier beneath it was protected, he would then move on to the next man.

At about the same time, the praetorians or Imperial bodyguard were ascending into power and influence. Drawn from the best “politically correct” soldiers of the Legions, they received the finest equipment and armor. They no longer had to shout “integritas” (in-teg-ri-tas) to signify that their armor was sound. Instead, as they struck their breastplate, they would shout “Hail Caesar,” to signify that their heart belonged to the Imperial personage—not to their unit—not to an institution—not to a code of ideals. They armored themselves to serve the cause of a single man.

A century passed and the rift between the Legion and the imperial bodyguard and its excesses grew larger. To signify the difference between the two organizations, the legionnaire, upon striking his armor would no longer shout “integritas,” but instead would shout “Integer” (in-te-ger). Integer (in-te-ger) means undiminished—complete— perfect.

It not only indicated that the armor was sound, it also indicated that the soldier wearing the armor was of sound character. He was complete in his integrity …his heart was in the right place…his standards and morals were high. He was not associated with the immoral conduct that was rapidly becoming the signature of the praetorian guards.

The armor of integrity continued to serve the Legion well. For over four centuries they held the line against the marauding Goths and Vandals. But by 383 AD the social decline that infected the Republic and the praetorian guard had its effects upon the Legion. As a 4th century Roman general wrote, “When, because of negligence and laziness, parade ground drills were abandoned, the customary armor began to feel heavy since the soldiers rarely, if ever, wore it. Therefore, they first asked the emperor to set aside the breastplates and mail and then the helmets. So our soldiers fought the Goths without any protection for the heart and head and were often beaten by archers. Although there were many disasters, which lead to the loss of great cities, no one tried to restore the armor to the infantry. They took their armor off, and when the armor came off, so too came their integrity.”

It was only a matter of a few years until the Legion rotted from within and was unable to hold the frontiers…the barbarians were at the gates.

Integrity…it is a combination of the words, “integritas” (in-teg- ri-tas) and “integer” (in-te-ger). It refers to the putting on of armor, of building a completeness…a wholeness…a wholeness in character.

How appropriate that the word integrity is a derivative of two words describing the character of a member of the profession of arms. The military has a tradition of producing great leaders that possess the highest ethical standards and integrity. It produces men and women of character…character that allows them to deal ethically with the challenges of today and to make conscious decisions about how they will approach tomorrow. However, as I mentioned earlier, this is not done instantly. It requires that integrity becomes a way of life…it must be woven into the very fabric of our soul. Just as was true in the days of imperial Rome, you either walk in your integrity daily, or you take off the armor of the “integer” (in-te-ger) and leave your heart and soul exposed…open to attack.

My challenge to you is simple but often very difficult…wear your armor of integrity…take full measure of its weight…find comfort in its protection…do not become lax. And always, always, remember that no one can take your integrity from you…you and only you can give it away! The biblical book of practical ethics, better known as the book of Proverbs, sums it up very nicely: “The integrity of the upright guides them: but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity” (Pr 11:3).