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The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy supervises the Department of Tourism and Recreation. The Ministry aspires to spread the amount of tourists with the promotion of Dutch regions by means of the Holland City strategy, which is managed by NBTC Holland Marketing. Examples of objectives of the concept are:      To promote the Netherlands through cultural and regional themes. For example, Leeuwarden was the European Capital of Culture in 2018, which ensured a considerable increase in the number of tourists. It is expected that Leeuwarden will attract an increased number of cultural tourists in the upcoming years as well.... read more →

The cultural participation landscape in the Netherlands is highly diverse and, to a certain degree, also fragmented. Cities and larger villages in the Netherlands have cultural centres, centres for the arts, libraries and/or civic recreation centres where cultural activities take place. Municipalities are the main source of funding. Some of the cultural and recreation centres are dedicated to specific groups in society, for example students, children or people from a particular cultural background. In rural areas some smaller villages have a multifunctional building (or ‘Kulturhus’ (culture house)) which facilitates cultural, educational, sports and other leisure activities. On a regular basis,... read more →

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As design and creative services are part of the creative industry, most is regulated by the specific top sector policy for the Dutch creative industry (see chapter 3.5.1). The national platform for the creative industry, Het Nieuwe Instituut (The New Institute), also functions as a museum for the design sector. In the Netherlands, the design sector encompasses architecture, design and digital culture. Het Nieuwe Instituut also organises exhibitions, lectures, fellowships and carries out research and development programmes. In March 2019, Minister Van Engelshoven commissioned Het Nieuwe Instituut to explore important and endangered archives within the design sector. Direct cause for... read more →

The government has developed several programmes in the past few years to support the music sector. One of the objectives, as stated in the policy letter Culture in an open society (2018), is the creation of talent development programmes and diversifying the music industry. With regard to the latter, EUR 3.75 million (2019-2023) will be invested to support symphony orchestras that offer jazz and pop music. The Performing Arts Fund NL and the Creative Industries Fund NL manage talent development programmes in the music industry. An example is the pop music project Upstream, which is a collaboration with Sena (the... read more →

For information on broadcasting, see chapter 2.5.3 on media pluralism and chapter 4.2.6 on audiovisual legislation. Media funds For media affairs, there are two publics funds: the Co-productiefonds Binnenlandse Omroep (Co-production Fund National Broadcasting) and the Dutch Journalism Fund. The Dutch Cultural Media Fund was dismantled on January 1st, 2017 and the tasks of the fund were taken over by the national public broadcaster (NPO). Film industry The Netherlands Film Fund is the government-subsidised agency that is responsible for film production and film related activities, such as festivals, co-production markets and individual training for film professionals. Dutch cinema and film... read more →

In the Netherlands, approximately 40 percent of the population is actively engaged in cultural activities.[1] If the more receptive activities are included, this number rises to 63 percent as far as culture as a whole is concerned, with 54 percent practitioners in arts and 32 percent in cultural heritage. Especially music, visual arts and the relatively wide category of film, video, digital graphic design and photography are popular.[2] Especially kids and youngsters are culturally active. As far as adults are concerned, women and those with a higher degree in education take a more prominent role in cultural participation. Those who... read more →

In 2016, the Dutch government developed the programme Tel mee met Taal (Go Along with Language)to decrease the number of low literates. For the period 2020-2024, the government will invest EUR 425 million to educate the approximately 1.3 million low literates between 16 and 65 years old in the Netherlands. The government subsidises five institutions in the period 2017-2020 to support the literature sector: Dutch Foundation for Literature supports translators and writers and promotes Dutch literature abroad.   Dutch Reading Foundation promotes Dutch and Frisian readings among the youth in particular.  De Schrijvercentrale (Writers’ Centre) supports the publishing sector and advises... read more →

Cultural participation is mainly supported and funded at the local level. Many municipalities subsidise amateur arts associations, like choirs, theatre clubs and orchestras and the facilities these associations use. About 237 municipalities also have a local fund for cultural activities or sports, aimed at children and teenagers who grow up in poverty. Some larger municipalities stimulate receptive cultural participation by means of a City Pass (Stadspas). This free pass is issued to people with a low income and offers discount on admission fees. At the national level, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science is responsible for cultural participation. After... read more →

The art academies or schools of arts offer teacher trainings in art subjects as taught in primary and secondary education: visual arts, music, dance and drama. Completing the training allows teachers to work in all fields of formal education. Some arts courses offer small modules in teaching, oriented on the non-formal field where no teaching permit is required. This is especially the case in the field of music but can also be found in other art courses. Universities offer teacher trainings in the theoretical field of visual art and music for permits to teach in upper secondary education. General teacher... read more →