Ethical finance
www.rabobank.com: Rabobank Group is a full-range financial services provider founded on cooperative principles. We are a global leader in Food and Agri financing and in sustainability-oriented banking. The Group comprises 153 independent local Dutch Rabobanks, a central organisation (Rabobank Nederland), and a large number of specialised international offices and subsidiaries.
www.oranjefonds.nl:the Oranje Fonds stimulates mutual involvement between people. Its support gives people the opportunity to meet each other or helps them find a better place in our society. Its contributions are aimed at reinforcing social participation and social cohesion in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Oranjefonds is Partner in the Netherlands for the Transnational Giving in Europe agreement.
Volunteering
www.movisie.nl: MOVISIE is the Netherlands Centre for Social Development. Its mission is to promote the participation and independence of citizens. It does this by supporting and advising professional organizations, volunteer organizations and government institutions.
www.nov.nl: NOV association is one of the main leading organisation within the voluntary effort sector in the Netherlands. It consists of 350 organisations that work with or for volunteers. The NOV association is unique in that it is the only organisation in the Netherlands geared to strengthen the voluntary effort as such.
Other links
www.verenigingvanfondsen.nl: the Association of Foundations in the Netherlands (FIN) aims to look after the interests of its members and to enable them to function effectively. Members of the FIN are private foundations established in the Netherlands. The FIN also provides information to interested individuals and organisations regarding foundations in the Netherlands. The ‘Fondsenboek’, a directory (in Dutch) which is published every year by the FIN, provides information on approximately 650 Dutch foundations.
www.oxfamnovib.nl: Oxfam Novib, a member of Oxfam International, is fighting for a just world without poverty. Together with people, organisations, businesses and governments; through projects and lobby; locally and internationally. Because poverty and injustice are global problems. They are about unjust economic and political relationships.
www.insnet.org: partner of VITA Europe, the iNSnet Foundation is a privately funded, not-for-profit social enterprise with the mission of stimulating sustainable development through communication.
www.bernardvanleer.org: the Bernard van Leer Foundation funds and shares knowledge about work in early childhood development and child rights. You can download or order their free publications and browse the projects for disadvantaged young children they support through partner organisations around the world.
www.cbf.nl: the Central Bureau on Fundraising (CBF) is an independent foundation which has been monitoring fundraising by charities since 1925. Its task is to promote trustworthy fundraising and expenditure by reviewing fundraising organizations and giving information and advice to government institutions and the public.
english.scp.nl: the Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP is a government agency which conducts research into the social aspects of all areas of government policy.
www.minbuza.nl: the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
