Dutch ministry awards €50,000 for Kingdom Relations Knowledge Centre
The Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations has awarded €50,000 to support a Knowledge Centre due to open in The Hague in September 2027.
The Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, known as BZK, has awarded a €50,000 start-up subsidy to the Knowledge Centre for Kingdom Relations. According to the ministry, the centre is being developed to support research, education and knowledge-sharing between the European Netherlands and the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom.
The centre plans to open in The Hague in September 2027. BZK Director-General for Kingdom Relations Barbera Wolfensberger said the centre would support political and administrative knowledge about the Kingdom and its constituent parts.
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Project leader Wouter Veenendaal said the subsidy would help the centre expand its network across the Caribbean islands. The centre said it intends to bring together knowledge held by universities, government departments and other institutions.
The centre has scheduled workshops and public discussions in Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba during November. Its first event, Democracy in Practice, is scheduled for 9 November at Landhuis Vredenberg in Curaçao. Citizens and Democracy Bonaire is scheduled for 11 November at Habitat Bonaire Oceanfront Resort, while the University of Aruba is due to host the Nos Baranca research seminar and book market on 13 November.
The centre also announced a postgraduate programme on Kingdom Affairs with Leiden University and The Hague University of Applied Sciences. A hybrid edition is due to begin on 30 October 2026, followed by an online edition in January 2027.
Separately, the Judge Lo-Sin-Sjoe Study and Research Fund has a €250,000 funding opportunity for a PhD position at Leiden University for an eligible candidate from Sint Maarten, St. Eustatius or Saba. Preliminary applications are due between 1 March and 31 March 2027.
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