Netherlands
Population: 17.985.755 (July 2024)
Creative Industries Netherlands at Europa Regina
Global Development Netherlands at Red Yellow Blue (RYB)
UNESCO in the Netherlands
Every country that is a member of UNESCO is obliged to establish a national UNESCO Commission. The Dutch Commission was founded in 1947. The members are experts in the four areas of the organization: Education, Science, Culture and Communication & information. An office supports the Commission.
There are almost two hundred such Commissions worldwide. This network of experts permanently affiliated with the organization is unique within the family of UN organizations. UNESCO hereby underlines the necessary input from civil society to achieve its objectives. The Dutch Commission receives its funding from the national government (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science), but the Commission members, the experts they work with and the supporting agency, operate independently.
> unesco.nl
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) works every day to create a smart, skilled and creative Netherlands. A country where you can and can be yourself.
A country where everyone can participate. Where you have the freedom to develop and express yourself. If everyone gets an equal chance, all talent in the Netherlands can flourish. From the cleverest hands to the brightest minds.
> government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-education-culture-and-science
Canon of the Netherlands
The Canon of the Netherlands is a list of fifty topics that aims to provide a chronological summary of Dutch history to be taught in primary schools and the first two years of secondary school in the Netherlands. The fifty topics are divided into fourteen sections.
> canonvannederland.nl
Nieuwe Instituut appointed as curator of the cultural programme for the Netherlands’ participation at World Expo 2025 in Osaka
Apr 4, 2024 – The Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education, Culture and Science have commissioned Rotterdam’s Nieuwe Instituut to curate the cultural programme for the participation of the Netherlands at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai, Japan. Expo 2025 will take place from Sunday 13 April to Monday 13 October 2025.
The theme of Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai is ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’. An ambition that strikes a chord with the Netherlands. Together with partners across the globe, the Netherlands is striving to solve many challenges facing our societies and our planet. Climate change. Energy transition. Food Security. Global health. These challenges are too big to solve alone. We need to look at things from different angles, think outside the box, and explore new ideas and possibilities. And by working together from common ground we can create innovative and sustainable solutions.
Common Ground is also the theme of the Netherlands participation. Our pavilion aims to be an open space where people can meet, learn from each other, and inspire one another. A place where we can unite our energy to create healthy and happy societies.