Organisation

The Commission also has a number of advisory members: the Permanent Delegate of the Netherlands to UNESCO, representatives from OCW and the ministry of Economic Affairs (EZ), representatives from the governments of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, one representative from the National Youth Council, and the General Secretary who is also the director of the Commission’s Secretariat.

The Commission receives annual funding from OCW in order to carry out its activities and for the personnel costs of the Secretariat. Additionally, the Commission receives financial resources for specific activities, including from UNESCO’s Participation Programme which supports initiatives of unesco member states.
The structure and tasks of the National UNESCO Commission have been established by Royal Decree.

Members of the National UNESCO Commission

Ms M.F. van den Bergh, president of the National unesco Commission, is int. al. member of the Board of Quality Assurance Netherlands Universities (QANU), president of the Internationale Council for Curators of Dutch and Flemish Art (CODART), member of the Supervisory Board Institut Néerlandais in Paris and member of the Committee of Approval Higher Education Flanders. 

Ms R. Azough, journalist.

Ms M.C.E. van Dam-Mieras, Vice-Rector Leiden University, holder of the unesco Chair 'Knowledge Transfer for Sustainable Development Supported by ICT' at the Open University of the Netherlands, member of the supervisory board of Unilever.

Prof. J.J.M. van Delden, professor of medical ethics at the Julius Center, Utrecht University Medical Centre; visiting professor at the Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand; nursing home physician.

Ms Y.N. Donders, director Amsterdam Center for International Law, associate professor International Law at the University of Amsterdam, chair of the Dutch Union for the United Nations.

Prof. J.C.M. van Eijndhoven, professor of Sustainability management at the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions, Faculty of Social Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Ms A.C. van Kampen, independent consultant and mediator; president of the programme council for the Kennisnet organisation for IT in education.

Prof. S. Legêne, professor of Political History in the History Department (Faculty of Arts), VU University Amsterdam.

M. Sini, MA, director of Central Netherlands Regional Education and Training Centres (ROC Midden Nederland); president of the Islam and Citizenship Foundation; vice-president of the Association of Dutch Voluntary Effort Organizations (NOV).

Prof. E.J. Zürcher, director International Institute for Social History Amsterdam, professor Turkish Languages & Cultures at the University of Leiden, member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, chair of the Council for Humanities.

Advisory Members:

Mr B. ter Haar, Permanent Delegate of the Netherlands to UNESCO.

Ms A. Conijn, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Nations and Financial Institutions Directorate.

Mr A.A. Buitenveld, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), International Policy department.

Ms M. Hazel, representative of the Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles.

[vacancy], representative of the Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba.

Ms C. de Klerk or Ms A. de Leeuw, elected representative on behalf of the National Youth Council.

Ms E.M. Jacobs, general secretary of the National UNESCO Commission.

Secretariat

The National UNESCO Commission is supported by the Secretariat, under the direction of the General Secretary. The Secretariat's administration and accommodations are provided by Nuffic, the Netherlands organization for international cooperation in higher education based in The Hague.

Members of the Secretariat:

Ms E.M. Jacobs, general secretary

Ms M.A. Brugman, policy coordinator education

Mr N. Evers, senior policy coordinator sciences

Ms. A. Imhof, policy coordinator culture

Ms G. Schaeffer von Wienwald, secretary 

Mr M.B. van Eck, project coordinator / web editor

Mr V.V. Wintermans, policy coordinator communication & information