Links
Websites that are available in English
| Government/Cabinet | www.government.nl |
| Parliament / Political parties | www.tweedekamer.nl |
| Relevant Ministries | |
| Ministry of Education, Culture and Science | www.minocw.nl |
| Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Food Quality | www.minlnv.nl/ |
| Ministry of Economic Affairs | http://www.ez.nl/english/Organisation/ |
| Ministry of Social Affairs | www.minszw.nl |
| Ministry of Justice | www.minjus.nl |
| Advisory organizations | |
| Education Council | www.onderwijsraad.nl |
| SER (The Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands) | www.ser.nl |
| AWT (Advisory Council for Science and Technology Policy) | www.awt.nl |
| SCP (Social and Cultural Planning Office) | www.scp.nl |
| CPB (Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis) | www.cpb.nl |
| WRR (Scientific Council for Government Policy) | www.wrr.nl |
| Sectoral/umbrella organizations | |
| MBO Raad (Dutch Council for Vocational Education and Training) | www.mboraad.nl |
| AOC Raad (Umbrella organisation for agricultural training centres) | www.aocraad.nl |
| Paepon (Association of accredited private training centres) | www.paepon.nl |
| HBO-raad (Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences) | www.hbo-raad.nl |
| VSNU (Association of Universities in the Netherlands) | www.vsnu.nl |
| Colo (National expertise centres for vocational education and labour market) | www.colo.nl |
| JOB (Youth organization VET) | www.job-site.nl |
| Platform Beroepsonderwijs (Platform VET) | www.hpbo.nl |
| Kennisnet (Internet organisation for primary/secondary/vocational education) | www.kennisnet.nl |
| Regional networks/platforms in VET | www.hpbo.nl |
| Social partners/ trade unions/ employer organizations | |
| Stichting van de Arbeid (Labour Foundation) | www.stvda.nl |
| CNV (National Federation of Christian Trade Unions) | www.cnv.nl |
| FNV (Federation of Dutch Trade Unions) | www.fnv.nl |
| MHP (Trade Union for Middle and Higher Management Functions) | www.vakcentralemhp.nl |
| LTO Nederland (Organization for the Agriculture Sector) | www.ltonederland.nl |
| MKB-Nederland (Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) | www.mkb.nl |
| VNO-NCW (Federation of Employers in Trade and Industry) | www.vno-ncw.nl |
| National representatives of European organizations | |
| National Agency Lifelong Learning Programme | http://www.na-lll.nl/ |
| Euroguidance | www.euroguidance.nl/ |
| Eurydice | www.minocw.nl |
| Leonardo | www.leonardodavinci.nl/ |
| ESF | http://agentschap.szw.nl/ |
| NARIC | www.enic-naric.net |
| Europass | www.europass.nl/ |
| Research | |
| NARCIS (Dutch Research Database) | www.narcis.info |
| CBS ( Statistics Netherlands) | www.cbs.nl |
| ECBO (Centre for Expertise in Vocational Education and Training) | www.ecbo.nl |
| CINOP | www.cinop.nl |
| CITOgroep | www.citogroep.nl |
| KBA (The Knowledge Centre for Vocational Education & Labour Market) | www.kenniscentrum-ba.nl |
| Research voor Beleid | www.researchvoorbeleid.nl |
| Regioplan | www.regioplan.nl |
| IVA | www.iva.nl |
| SCO-Kohnstamm Institute | www.sco-kohnstamminstituut.uva.nl |
| University of Groningen - GION | www.rug.nl |
| University Nijmegen - ITS | www.its.kun.nl |
| TIER | www.tierweb.nl |
| University of Amsterdam - UVA - AIAS | www.uva-aias.net |
| University of Amsterdam - UVA- SEO | www.uva.nl/ |
| University Utrecht -ICO-ISOR | www.uu.nl |
| Tilburg University - IVA | www.iva.nl |
| Erasmus University - ISEO | www.iseo-eur.com/ |
| Leiden University - PLATO | www.plato.leidenuniv.nl |
| Twente University - ICO | www.utwente.nl/ |
| Open University - OTEC | www.ou.nl |
| ROA (Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market) | www.fdewb.unimaas.nl/roa/ |
| OSA (Institute for Labour Studies) | www.tilburguniversity.nl/osa/ |
| Training organizations/courses | |
| Regional Training Centres (ROC's, AOC's, IPC's, vakscholen) - addresses | www.mboraad.nl |
| Higher vocational education - links | www.hbo-raad.nl |
| Universities - links | www.vsnu.nl |
| Sectoral bodies - addresses | www.colo.nl |
| Regional training centres homepage - database training courses | www.roc.nl |
| Ploteus - database training courses VET | europa.eu.int/ploteus |
| Paepon - database private education courses | www.paepon.nl |
| IDW- Evaluation of Foreign Credentials | www.idw.nl |
| Study in the Netherlands | www.studyin.nl |
| European Platform for Dutch Education | www.europeesplatform.nl |
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Websites available in Dutch:
Project Directorate Learning & Working |
www.leren-werken.nl |
