Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO

The Netherlands National unesco Commission was established in 1947, and performs three main tasks:

• Provision of advice to the Dutch government regarding unesco affairs in the fields of education, natural and human sciences, culture and communication.
• Provision of information in the Netherlands regarding the objectives, the action programme and activities of unesco.
• Forming the link between the unesco world community and those involved with unesco in the Netherlands, such as the national government, professional organisations, and organisations and experts in the fields of education, culture, communication and the sciences. This contact goes in both directions.

The National unesco Commission has a maximum of eleven members, all of whom are experts in one or more of unesco’s fields of interest. The Commission has three working groups and a number of project groups, and is supported by a small Secretariat.

The Netherlands National unesco Commission is part of a large worldwide network of nearly 200 unesco Commissions, all fulfilling similar roles. unesco is the only United Nations organisation with a network of this kind.