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Netherlands Internet Links
Government
The Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment (VROM)
http://www.minvrom.nl/
Lead government agency responsible for development and implementation of the NEPP
Netherlands Embassy, Washington, D.C.
http://www.netherlands-embassy.org
This site provides a succinct overview of Dutch environmental policies.
Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
http://www.minvenw.nl/cend/dvo/international/english/
Responsible for water policy and planning in the Netherlands
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management & Fisheries
http://www.minlnv.nl/international/
Sustainable agriculture and resources policy
Statistics Netherlands
http://www.cbs.nl/en/
Statistical information is vitally important to Dutch society. The objectivity and independence of Statistics Netherlands ensures that all groups and parties in society can rely on their figures. Impartial figures contribute to Dutch democracy and give the private sector a reliable picture of the business market
Business
Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW)
http://www.vno-ncw.nl/web/show/id=96470
The VNO-NCW is the largest organisation representing the interests of employers in the Netherlands. It is probably best described as 'the voice of Dutch business.' The VNO-NCW's voice is heard not only at home but also abroad. As a lobby group, it aims to ensure that the needs and views of Dutch business are communicated effectively to government, the media and the outside world in general
Institutional Dynamics in Environmental Corporatism: The Impact of Market and Technological Change on the Dutch Polder Model
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-0491.2004.00264.x
GE Plastics, European Division
http://www.ge.com/europe/business/b_plast.html
GE implements the Chemical Industry Covenant of the NEPP
Non-Government Organizations
National Institute for Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM)
http://www.rivm.nl/
RIVM is the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, located in Bilthoven, the Netherlands. It is a research institute for policy support, integrated with a planning agency for the environment and nature conservation
Foundation for Nature Monuments
http://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/index_ho.asp
The largest NGO in the Netherlands focusing mainly on land conservation and preservation
Facilitating Organization for Industry (FO Industrie)
http://www.fo-industrie.nl/
A nongovernmental organization whose role is to facilitate the implementation of target group policy. It is funded by VROM
The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
http://www.onderzoekinformatie.nl/en/oi/nod/organisatie/ORG1236737/ The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) is the central Dutch organization in the field of fundamental and strategic scientific research. NWO encompasses all fields of scholarship. Consequently, NWO plays a key role in the development of science, technology and culture in the Netherlands NWO acts as the national research council in the Netherlands. NWO is an independent organization established by an Act of Parliament in 1988
Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, University of Groningen
http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=record&rec_id=594&prevQuery=&ps=10&m=or
The Center's research mission is: to contribute to the environmental investigation and assessment of optional transition routes to a sustainable world that is also characterized by adequate environmental quality, and to examine (bio)physical, technological and socio economic aspects on this transition
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