Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy

The Advisory Council (which until 25 November 2009 was known as the Supervisory Council) advises the Board on all policy issues on the NIMD agenda, and consists of representatives from the seven member parties of NIMD.

The Council meets twice a year and always deals with one of the NIMD programmes in-depth, using external evaluations when available.

As of May 2010, the members of the Council are:

Ms. L.C. Dekker (CDA)
Mr H.J. Ormel (CDA)
Mr P. van de Stadt (VVD)
Mr R.H. van der Meer (VVD)
Mr J.P. Bos (PvdA)
Ms T. Ambags (PvdA)
Mr R. Farla (D66)
Mr J.W. Bertens (D66)
Mr P.J. den Boef (SGP)
Mr G. Nieuwenhuis (SGP)
Mr L.C. Groen (Christen Unie)
Ms M.H.A. Strik (GroenLinks)

Two positions on the Council (GroenLinks and Christen Unie) are currently vacant.