VNO-NCW (known in

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as the "Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers") is a Dutch

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founded in 1996 as a merger of the Christian-democratic ''Nederlands Christelijk Werkgeversverbond'' (NCW), which was founded as fusion of the Protestant PCW and the Catholic NKW, and the liberal ''Verbond van Nederlandse Ondernemingen'' (VNO). Both organizations had strong ties with the Protestant and liberal

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, respectively. The federation chose not to adopt a new name, but instead use the well-known acronyms of its constituent organizations.

Activities

The most important function of VNO-NCW is the CAO-talks, over wages and secondary working conditions, it holds with the

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s. It also advises government via the

Social Economic Council The Social and Economic Council (Dutch: ''Sociaal-Economische Raad'', SER) is a major economic advisory council to the cabinet of the Netherlands. Formally it heads a system of sector-based regulatory organisations. It represents the social par ...

in which other employers' organizations, trade unions, and government-appointed experts also have seats.

List of chairmen of the Christian Employers' association

List of chairmen of the Industry and Employers' association

List of chairmen of the Industry and Employers confederation

Organization

VNO-NCW is the national

, it has 160 branch organizations as members, these organize 115,000

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. This includes 80% of the smaller corporations and nearly all larger businesses. The VNO-NCW has got a General Board and Board. The general board meets six times a year, and sets the general policy. The Board manages the daily operation of VNO-NCW. The current chair is Bernard Wientjes. The last chairs of the organization have been member of either the liberal

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or the

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CDA. Several formally independent regional employers' associations, VNO-NCW North, VNO-NCW West, the Employers' Association of

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and

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, and the Employers' Association of

Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions * Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium * Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...

, cooperate with VNO-NCW. The organization publishes ''Forum'', its own magazine. AWVN is an advisory organization linked to VNO-NCW specialized in

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. De Baak is an educative institution for leadership, entrepreneurship and professionals who seek for inspiration, personal development, knowledge, and insights. Evolved from the largest employer’s organization in the Netherlands (the VNO-NCW – also known as "the voice" of Dutch business).

References

External links

website VNO-NCW
in English {{DEFAULTSORT:Vno-Ncw Trade associations based in the Netherlands Economy of the Netherlands Employers' organizations 1996 establishments in the Netherlands Organizations established in 1996