... is the Dutch system of

social security, care & welfare,

functioning as a network

of output oriented, mainly public financed,

private or privatized institutes,

tide to governmental regulations,

with executive tasks in the framework

of social policy.

The institutes are organized and managed

as look-a-like commercial companies

and have, traditionally, a vital contribution

towards discipline and consensus in society 

© Willem Blok

Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden (NHL)

29 September 2000