International

Starting in 2010, the Dutch national government will communicate via a single website: www.rijksoverheid.nl. The various ministries will be added to the website in stages. As of its launch on 31 March, 5 ministries are currently active on this website. During the course of the year, the other ministries will be added.

Op deze pagina vindt u een overzicht van de Engelstalige informatie van de Nederlandse regering en de ministeries.

English

Ministry of General Affairs

externe link: http://english.minaz.nl
externe link: http://www.government.nl

The Ministry of General Affairs includes the Prime Ministers Office, the Netherlands Government Information Service and the Office of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy.

Ministry of Defence

The Dutch Defence organisation stands for peace and security, at home and abroad. It is one of the ways in which the Netherlands contributes to stability and freedom in the world. The Netherlands externe link: Ministry of Defence comprises the Central Staff, the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Royal Netherlands Army, the Royal Netherlands Air Force, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, the Support Command and the Defence Materiel Organisation.

Ministry of Economic Affairs

The externe link: Ministry of Economic Affairs defines, implements, and regulates the enforcement of economic policy in The Netherlands.

Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

The externe link: Ministry of Education, Culture and Science makes policies, drafts legislation and appropriates public funds on behalf of Dutch citizens. It serves pupils, students and their parents, as well as artists, curators and teachers.

Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport

The externe link: Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport develops policy in the fields of health care, social care and sports.

Ministry for Youth and Families

The externe link: Ministry for Youth and Families is responsible for family policy, youth care and protection, preventive policy for young people, child allowances and child-dedicated budget and several other subjects concerning the fields of youth and families.

Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

The goals of the externe link: Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations includes ensuring an effective and efficient public administration, promoting public order and safety and providing centralised management of the countries police forces, ensuring an effective and efficient public administration and coordinating cooperation with Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The externe link: Ministry of Foreign Affairs promotes the interests of the Netherlands abroad. The Ministry coordinates and carries out Dutch foreign policy at its headquarters in The Hague and through its missions abroad.

Ministry of Finance

The externe link: Ministry of Finance has the duty to guard the treasury and aim for a financially sound and prosperous state of the Netherlands.

The Ministry of Justice

The externe link: Ministry of Justice is responsible for maintaining order in our society, while ensuring that justice, safety and unity come first. The ministry is trying to strike a balance between individual interests and the interests of society as a whole. It maintains a legal order in which people with different lifestyles, backgrounds and convictions can live together in harmony, while taking account of the fact that the Netherlands is also committed to the international legal order.

Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

The externe link: Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality strives for safe, responsibly produced food and a living countryside. It also seeks to strengthen the international competitive position of the agriculture sector based on socially responsible enterprise. The ministry directs, creates the necessary frameworks, stimulates and provides funding.

Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment

The tasks of the externe link: Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) are to create employment opportunities and to foster modern industrial relations and an activating social security system, and to do so by developing feasible policies that can be monitored.

Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management

The externe link: Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management ensures that the physical basis, the foundations of the Netherlands, are solid and that we can move quickly and easily so that we can live and work in safety. The ministry thus contributes to a dynamic and sustainable society.

Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

The externe link: Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment works to find creative and sustainable solutions for improving the living environment of this country. The ministry operates in 3 major areas: living space, housing and environment. An additional task is to plan, to conduct and to supervise the building of projects in government housing.

Papiamentu

Ministerio di Asuntu Interno i Relashon den Reino

E ophetivonan di externe link: Ministerio di Asuntu Interno i Relashon den Reino ta inkluí garantisá un gobièrnu efektivo i efisiente, fomentá órden públiko i seguridat i provee un maneho sentralisá di e kuerponan di polis di e paisnan, garantisando un gobièrnu efektivo i efisiente i kordinando koperashon ku Aruba i Antia Hulandes.

Papiamento

Ministerio di Asunto Interno i Relacion den Reino

E obhetivonan di externe link: Ministerio di Asunto Interno y Relacion den Reino ta inclui garantisa un gobierno efectivo y eficiente, fomenta orden publico y siguridad y provee un maneho centralisa di e cuerponan di polis di e paisnan, garantisando un gobierno efectivo y eficiente y coordinando cooperacion cu Aruba y Antiya Hulandes.

Deutsch

Das Ministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

Das externe link: Ministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten vertritt die Interessen der Niederlande im Ausland. Die niederländische Außenpolitik wird vom Ministerium am Hauptsitz in Den Haag und über seine Vertretungen im Ausland koordiniert und umgesetzt.

Français

Ministère des Affaires étrangères

Le externe link: Ministère des Affaires étrangères promeut les intérêts des Pays-Bas à l’étranger. Le Ministère coordonne et met à exécution la politique étrangère des Pays-Bas à partir de son siège à La Haye et au moyen de ses missions à l’étranger.

Español

Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores

El externe link: Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores defiende los intereses de los Países Bajos en el extranjero. El ministerio coordina y aplica la política exterior holandesa desde su sede en La Haya y sus misiones en el extranjero.

Polski

Ministerstwo Spraw Społecznych i Zatrudnienia

Do zadań externe link: Ministerstwa Spraw Społecznych i Zatrudnienia (SZW) należy: stwarzanie możliwości zatrudnienia oraz wspieranie nowoczesnych stosunków przemysłowych i aktywowanie systemu zabezpieczenia społecznego, a przy tym realizowanie powyższych celów poprzez rozwój wykonalnej polityki, która może być monitorowana.