The Dutch Senior Civil Service (, ABD; ) comprises the top
civil servants
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of the government of the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. The managers at director level and above from all
ministries
Ministry may refer to:
Government
* Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister
* Ministry (government department), a department of a government
Religion
* Christian mi ...
are part of the ABD. These include, for example, the
secretaries-general (SG), the
directors-general (DG), the
inspectors-general (IG), and all directors with "integral final responsibility" for people and resources.
The ABD Office () is responsible for the recruitment and selection for managerial positions and for the development of managers and their mutual cooperation. The ABD Office offers development programs to talent within the government and is the point of contact for managers from outside the government who are considering a career within the government service.
Top Management Group
Since 2000, the Top Management Group (, TMG) is further distinguished from the civil servants who make up the Dutch Senior Civil Service. This group includes the secretaries-general, directors-general, inspectors-general, the
treasurer-general
In the Netherlands the Treasurer-General (Dutch language, Dutch: ''thesaurier-generaal'') is the head of the General Treasury, part of the Ministry of Finance (Netherlands), Ministry of Finance. The holder of the office has a deputy and is a member ...
, the director of the
Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
The Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (, CPB, literal translation: Central Planning Bureau) is a part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands. Its goal is to deliver economic analyses and forecasts. The CPB is an in ...
, the director of
the Netherlands Institute for Social Research, the director of the
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency ( - abbr. PBL) is a Dutch research institute that advises the Dutch government on environmental policy and regional planning issues. Operating as an autonomous entity within the Dutch Government organ ...
, the
National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism, and the
consultant
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s of ABDTOPConsult. Special rules apply to these most senior civil servants of the Dutch government, so they are appointed for a maximum term of seven years.
See also
*
Civil service
The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A civil service offic ...
*
Politics of the Netherlands
The Netherlands is a parliamentary representative democracy. A constitutional monarchy, the country is organised as a decentralised unitary state.''Civil service systems in Western Europe'' edited by A. J. G. M. Bekke, Frits M. Meer, Edward E ...
*
Italian Senior Civil Service
References
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