The Netherlands

G. Oosterhuis and T. P. W. Krogt

Chapter 11 in New Public Managers in Europe, 1996, pp 240-256 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Government in the Netherlands has three levels: central, provincial and local. Central government consists of 13 ministries and some additional advisory units. Some of the ministries have concentrated all their staff in the city of the Hague, the main residence of the Netherlands government. Other departments have extensive field administrations with regional and local units. Examples of the latter are the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Defence. Central government employed about 225 000 people, including 112 000 in the armed forces, in 1993. At provincial level, there are 12 provinces with most of their tasks in the field of co-ordination, planning (socio-economic structure, infrastructure, environment, health, recreation) and control (finances). The provinces employ around 13 000 public servants. The size and the tasks of the provinces are currently under discussion because of the recent rise of city-provinces and regional authorities. At local level there are 636 municipalities ranging from 981 to 724 195 inhabitants. Forty municipalities have more than 60 000 inhabitants and seven more than 150 000. Finally, there are 111 water boards with a water-quantity and/or water-quality regulation task.

Keywords: Public Servant; Central Government; Civil Servant; Police Force; Performance Budget (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-13947-7_11

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