EU will force Chamber of Commerce to release more open data
The revision of the new European Public Sector Information (PSI) Directive, on re-use of public sector information, will force European member states to make more data … Read more
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Dutch Chamber of Commerce incurring high costs for governments and companies
The lack of a modern digital Dutch Chamber of Commerce costs governments and businesses is a source of high costs and complications and restricts access to … Read more
Dutch chamber of commerce’s first step, new government should open company register
Today, one year after the announcement of Minister of Economic Affairs and the publication of an investigation to which he commissioned the Chamber of Commerce himself, … Read more
Chamber of Commerce asked to investigate open data by itself
Internal emails from the Dutch Chamber of Commerce show that the Chamber of Commerce itself has been specifically asked to do research on the publication of … Read more
Costs Dutch company register only half of total expenses Chamber of Commerce
The costs the Dutch Chamber of Commerce makes to maintain and develop the Dutch company register are only half of the total expenses the Chamber of … Read more
Dutch court decision: no ban on UBO register
(Nederlands) De Rechtbank van Den Haag heeft op donderdag 18 maart 2021 in de rechtszaak van Privacy First tegen de Nederlandse staat geoordeeld dat er geen verbod komt op het UBO-register. Privacy First had de rechter gevraagd de registratie van ‘ultimate beneficial owners’, de uiteindelijke belanghebbende van bedrijven te stoppen. Dit omdat het volgens deze organisatie een te grote inbreuk zou zijn op de persoonlijke levenssfeer van mensen.
Dutch UBO-register proposal inadequate
On Wednesday the 22nd of May a round-table is organized in the Dutch House of Representatives on the topic of the UBO-register. A register that will … Read more
Towards an Open Company Register
On Thursday April 11 the Dutch House of Representatives will host a round-table on the new Company Register Law. On behalf of Open State Foundation, Tom … Read more
An open company register protects privacy of self-employed
Recent research by the NOS shows that companies use data from the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KvK) to approach targeted self-employed on Facebook. Small entrepreneurs and … Read more
Public disclosure request actual costs of Dutch company register
For an informed debate about a new Company Register Act, access to information about the costs of the company register, implemented by the Dutch Chamber of … Read more
An open company register needs a new financing model
In the Netherlands, unlike the countries around us, data from the company register is not freely accessible to everyone. Although the company register is a so-called … Read more
Recent change company register tariffs calls for questions parliament
Last summer, minister of Economic Affairs changed the financial arrangements of the Dutch company register. This while a change in the Law on the Companyregister was … Read more
New version Subsidytracker shows need for local open subsidy data
Today Open State Foundation launches a new version of Subsidietracker, a tool that makes 162,179 subsidies provided by 206 Dutch government organisations to 58,432 recipients searchable. … Read more
Open 3D Culture is coming to the Netherlands
As part of the Tandem project Open State Foundation and Italian based Virtutim are exploring the possibilities for Open 3D Culture. For our background research we … Read more
Minister of Economic Affairs announces first step open company register
Minister Kamp of Economic Affairs wants the Chamber of Commerce to publish a subset of the Dutch company register as open data. The minister of Economic … Read more
Transparency Dutch company register leaves much to be desired
With a FOIA request Open State Foundation has asked the Dutch Chamber of Commerce full access to financial information on the costs and benefits of the … Read more
Minister of Finance should go for real transparency in corporate ownership
A register of corporate ownership that is accessible to all would help combat crime. But the Dutch proposal – a registry behind a paywall and limited … Read more
Five tips for the government’s research into open companies register
In November 2015, the Dutch parliament voted by an overwhelming majority to back a resolution that asks economic affairs minister Henk Kamp to investigate an open companies register. In a blogpost we described five tips for the government’s researchers to take into account.
Open State calls on government to open companies trade register
In a letter to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Open State Foundation calls on the government to open the trade and companies register. It also … Read more
A close look at the government-wide data inventory
On the 10th of July we received the joyful news that the first government-wide data inventory was finished. A trajectory for which Open State has actively … Read more
Do not exploit the trade register, make it open
Open up the trade register, argued Arjan El Fassed today in Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad.
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