Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy | |
| Department executive |
|
|---|---|
| Website | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy |
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Dutch: Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat; EZK) is the Netherlands' ministry responsible for international trade, commercial, industrial, investment, technology, energy, nuclear, renewable energy, environmental, climate change, natural resource, mining, space policy, as well as tourism.
The Ministry was created in 1905 as the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce and has had several name changes before it became the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 1946. In 2010 the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality was merged with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, which was renamed as the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. In 2012 the name was reverted as the Ministry of Economic Affairs but kept the responsibilities of the former Ministry of Agriculture. In 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality was reinstated but the Ministry of Economic Affairs took on several of the environmental policies portfolios from the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, which was renamed Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. The Ministry of Economic Affairs was renamed Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.
The
| Part of the Politics series |
![Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. [The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".)](/File:State_coat_of_arms_of_the_Netherlands.svg) |
|---|
 Politics portal |
Organisation
The Ministry has currently five Government Agencies and several Directorates:
| Government Agencies | Responsibilities | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Foreign Investment Agency : Buitenlandse Investering Bureau)
(Dutch |
BIB | International trade | |
|
|
Space Office | NSO | Space agency | |
|
|
Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (Dutch: Centraal Planbureau) |
CPB | Economic analysis | |
|
|
Central Agency for Statistics (Dutch: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek) |
CBS | Statistical services | |
|
|
Patent Office (Dutch: Octrooicentrum Nederland) |
OCN | Patent office | |
Mission
The mission of the Ministry is to "promote sustainable economic growth in the Netherlands." It focuses on the key areas of "Knowledge economy and innovation," "Competition and dynamic" and "Room to do business."
Organization
The political responsibility of the ministry is in the hands of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy who is part of the Dutch Cabinet. A Deputy Minister, called the State Secretary, serves as the second-in-command to the Minister.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy has also a civil service department, led by the Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy consists of four Directorates-General: Foreign Economic Relations, Economic Policy, Energy and Telecom, and Enterprise and Innovation. There are also some support departments.
Litigation
In June 2015, following a lawsuit filed by the NGO
See also
References
- ^ (in Dutch) Begroting 2018, Rijksoverheid
- ^ "VVD'er Eric Wiebes moet economische groei gaan combineren met Parijsdoelen" (in Dutch). NOS. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ Note (May 2019). "Recent Case: Hague Court of Appeal Requires Dutch Government to Meet Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions By 2020" (PDF). Harvard Law Review. 132: 2090.
- .
- ^ "Urgenda Foundation v. State of the Netherlands". Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
External links
- (in Dutch) Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat Rijksoverheid.nl
