Lodewijk Asscher's participation contract: unofficial translation
11 years, 3 months ago

Lodewijk Asscher's participation contract: unofficial translation

Dutch News  

The government is planning to ask most categories of immigrants in the Netherlands to sign a declaration that they will participate in Dutch society and uphold its values. Citizens have the right to live in a safe environment, to decent housing, to fair labour contracts, a minimum wage when they work, good education and good medical care. Participation In the Netherlands, we ask all citizens to contribute to a pleasant and safe society, for example, by working, going to school or doing voluntary work. I declare that I want to make an active contribution to Dutch society and that I expect to be given the space and the cooperation of my fellow citizens to do this.

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Pledge to uphold key Dutch values now included in integration package
7 years, 9 months ago

Pledge to uphold key Dutch values now included in integration package

Dutch News  

The senate has approved legislation which requires everyone who has to take an integration course or applies for Dutch nationality to sign a pledge promising to uphold key Dutch values. It will come into effect in October The participatieverklaring – participation declaration – includes a commitment to ‘respect’ values, such as freedom of speech, and ‘make an active contribution to …

MPs back participation declaration to uphold Dutch values
8 years ago

MPs back participation declaration to uphold Dutch values

Dutch News  

MPs on Thursday voted in favour of requiring everyone who has to go through the compulsory integration process to sign a document declaring they will uphold Dutch values. The participatieverklaring – participation declaration – includes a commitment to ‘respect’ values, such as freedom of speech, and ‘make an active contribution to Dutch society’. D66 parliamentarian Paul van Meenen says that …

Minister aims to make participation contract compulsory in July
8 years, 2 months ago

Minister aims to make participation contract compulsory in July

Dutch News  

The Dutch government is pressing ahead with plans to require all non-EU citizens who move to the Netherlands to sign a declaration pledging to uphold Dutch values and to play an active role in society. Social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher plans to introduce the contract, which people will have to sign before they start an integration course, from July 1. …

Minister aims to make participation contract compulsory in July
8 years, 2 months ago

Minister aims to make participation contract compulsory in July

Dutch News  

The Dutch government is pressing ahead with plans to require all non-EU citizens who move to the Netherlands to sign a declaration pledging to uphold Dutch values and to play an active role in society. Social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher plans to introduce the contract, which people will have to sign before they start an integration course, from July 1. …

Newcomers must pledge to uphold Dutch values, sign contract
9 years, 3 months ago

Newcomers must pledge to uphold Dutch values, sign contract

Dutch News  

All newcomers to the Netherlands who are required to take an integration course will also have to sign a ‘participation declaration’ pledging to uphold Dutch values, the government agreed on Friday. However, ‘at a later moment, people who do not have to take integration courses, such as EU migrants, may also be offered such a programme’, social affairs minister Lodewijk …

Newcomers must pledge to uphold Dutch values, sign contract
9 years, 3 months ago

Newcomers must pledge to uphold Dutch values, sign contract

Dutch News  

All newcomers to the Netherlands who are required to take an integration course will also have to sign a ‘participation declaration’ pledging to uphold Dutch values, the government agreed on Friday. However, ‘at a later moment, people who do not have to take integration courses, such as EU migrants, may also be offered such a programme’, social affairs minister Lodewijk …

Support fades for 'participation society' as Dutch realise the impact
10 years, 4 months ago

Support fades for 'participation society' as Dutch realise the impact

Dutch News  

Support for the government’s efforts to get people to do more for themselves and rely less on official sources of support is fading, the Volkskrant reports on Tuesday. The ‘participation society’ concept, officially launched in September 2013, is supported by just 35% of the population, with 40% opposing the idea, the paper says, quoting figures from research institute Motivaction. Elderly …

Lodewijk Asscher's participation contract: unofficial translation
11 years, 3 months ago

Lodewijk Asscher's participation contract: unofficial translation

Dutch News  

The government is planning to ask most categories of immigrants in the Netherlands to sign a declaration that they will participate in Dutch society and uphold its values. Citizens have the right to live in a safe environment, to decent housing, to fair labour contracts, a minimum wage when they work, good education and good medical care. Participation In the …

Cabinet goes ahead with 'participation declaration' for most foreigners
11 years, 3 months ago

Cabinet goes ahead with 'participation declaration' for most foreigners

Dutch News  

Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Amersfoort and Den Bosch are among the Dutch towns and cities to start experimenting with ensuring new immigrants, including EU citizens, sign a ‘participation declaration’. Social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher said in a briefing to MPs on Thursday evening the cabinet is pressing ahead with its plans to introduce participation contracts to ensure migrants are aware of the …

Cabinet goes ahead with 'participation declaration' for most foreigners
11 years, 3 months ago

Cabinet goes ahead with 'participation declaration' for most foreigners

Dutch News  

Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Amersfoort and Den Bosch are among the Dutch towns and cities to start experimenting with ensuring new immigrants, including EU citizens, sign a ‘participation declaration’. Social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher said in a briefing to MPs on Thursday evening the cabinet is pressing ahead with its plans to introduce participation contracts to ensure migrants are aware of the …

Participation declarations for new EU immigrants
11 years, 3 months ago

Participation declarations for new EU immigrants

NL Times  

Immigrants from fellow EU countries will as of next year be presented with a "participation declaration" upon their registration in the Netherlands. Social Affairs Minister Lodewijk Asscher explained to the Second Chamber that this non-binding contract is designed to prevent abuse of job seeking East Europeans. Lodewijk_Asscher Wikimedia The declaration will as of January 1st be taken on a test …

Greg Shapiro: make the Dutch sign a participation contract too
12 years ago

Greg Shapiro: make the Dutch sign a participation contract too

Dutch News  

The government’s participation contract plan is good for laugh, as long as everyone signs it, says Greg Shapiro. The one thing I like about the ‘Participation Contract’ idea is that it focuses less on the immigration office and more on the Stadsregister. By joining the WWII-inspired Spy-on-your-Neighbor program called BurgerNet!’ After all this preachy propaganda… really, how different would a …

Greg Shapiro: make the Dutch sign a participation contract too
12 years ago

Greg Shapiro: make the Dutch sign a participation contract too

Dutch News  

The government’s participation contract plan is good for laugh, as long as everyone signs it, says Greg Shapiro. The one thing I like about the ‘Participation Contract’ idea is that it focuses less on the immigration office and more on the Stadsregister. By joining the WWII-inspired Spy-on-your-Neighbor program called BurgerNet!’ After all this preachy propaganda… really, how different would a …

A contract not worth the paper it is written on
12 years, 1 month ago

A contract not worth the paper it is written on

Dutch News  

Lodewijk Asscher has done his cause no favours by introducing the idea of a ‘participation contract’ for all foreigners, writes DutchNews.nl editor Robin Pascoe. Social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher has come up with a rounded and reasoned analysis of the current situation in the Netherlands with regard to integration. He outlined the government’s position – the Netherlands should have a …

A contract not worth the paper it is written on
12 years, 1 month ago

A contract not worth the paper it is written on

Dutch News  

Lodewijk Asscher has done his cause no favours by introducing the idea of a ‘participation contract’ for all foreigners, writes DutchNews.nl editor Robin Pascoe. Social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher has come up with a rounded and reasoned analysis of the current situation in the Netherlands with regard to integration. He outlined the government’s position – the Netherlands should have a …

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