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Nuffic is the Dutch organisation for internationalisation in education. It is an independent, non-profit organisation based in
The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...
,
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 ...
. Its most important contract partners are the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture & Science and the
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (; BZ) is the Netherlands' ministry responsible for foreign relations, foreign policy, international development, international trade, diaspora and matters dealing with the European Union, NATO and the Benelux Un ...
. Nuffic plays an important role in fostering international cooperation in education between the Netherlands and other countries. Nuffic is part of the Dutch education field. Its goal is to support Dutch institutions and the Dutch government in internationalisation activities. The focus of its service lies in the Netherlands, even though its mission extends beyond that. To this end Nuffic cooperates with foreign partners, institutions and governments. The organisation dedicates itself primarily to the Dutch
knowledge economy The knowledge economy, or knowledge-based economy, is an economic system in which the production of goods and services is based principally on knowledge-intensive activities that contribute to advancement in technical and scientific innovation. ...
while at the same time stimulating
capacity building Capacity building (or capacity development, capacity strengthening) is the improvement in an individual's or organization's facility (or capability) "to produce, perform or deploy". The terms capacity building and capacity development have often ...
in developing countries.


Activities

Nuffic focuses on the following activities: * managing programmes by order of the Dutch government, the
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
and third parties; * encouraging international experience for students of all ages; * strengthening the position and reputation of Dutch higher education and scientific research; * evaluating diplomas and furthering transparency of education systems; * joining and presenting knowledge and expertise.


History

Nuffic was founded on 11 January 1952 by the president curators of the existing Dutch universities. The goal was primarily to organise English education for students from developing countries that had recently gained independence. For this purpose the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) was established, initially as part of Nuffic, but it became an independent institute in 1956. This is where the current role of Nuffic in
development cooperation Development aid (or development cooperation) is a type of aid given by governments and other agencies to support the economic, environmental, social, and political development of developing countries. It is distinguished from humanitarian aid by ...
– management of scholarship programmes and institutional cooperation programmes – finds its roots. The first official president was Prince Bernard of the Netherlands, who remained in that position for two years. After Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands moved to
Het Loo Palace Paleis Het Loo ( , meaning "The wikt:lea#English, Lea") is a palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, built by the House of Orange-Nassau. History The symmetry, symmetrical Dutch Baroque architecture, Dutch Baroque building was designed by Jacob Roman ...
, Nuffic relocated to
Noordeinde Palace Noordeinde Palace (, ) is one of three official palaces of the Dutch Royal House, Dutch royal family. Located in the city center of The Hague in the province of South Holland, it has been used as the official workplace of King Willem-Alexander of ...
until 1977. Currently, Nuffic is situated in another famous building in The Hague: the former headquarters of the PTT (Post, Telegraph, Telephone), an organisation that used to be state owned, on the Kortenaerkade. The building is a national monument. Over the years Nuffic acquired a great number of other tasks. Since 1958 the organisation is involved in the recognition of international diplomas and making comparisons of education systems. Its efforts to support educational cooperation in Europe increased during the 1980s. At that time both The Hague and Brussels set up stimulation programmes, among which the Erasmus Programme. In August 2021 Titia Bredée took up the position of Director-General of Nuffic. She succeeds Freddy Weima, who left Nuffic in April 2021 to become chairman of the Dutch Association of Primary Schools (PO-Raad). Weima succeeded Sander van den Eijnden, who left Nuffic in the spring of 2012 to become President of the executive board of the
Open University of the Netherlands The Open University of the Netherlands () is a Dutch institution for distance learning at university level. It is an independent government-funded university and uses a variety of methods, including written materials, the Internet, and occasi ...
. In 2015 Nuffic merged with Europees Platform.


External links


Nuffic

Study in Holland

WilWeg

Nationaal Agentschap Erasmusplus

Nationale UNESCO Commissie

Holland Alumni network


References

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