Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

Dutch Cabinet-level public works agency
Deputy Minister responsibleDepartment executive
  • Jan Hendrik Dronkers, Secretary-General
WebsiteMinistry of Infrastructure and Water Management

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (Dutch: Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat; I&W) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for transport, aviation, housing policy, public works, spatial planning, land management and water resource management. The Ministry was created in 2010 as the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment following the merger of the Ministry of Transport and Water Management and the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment. In 2017, the Ministry was renamed the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and the responsibilities for environmental policy and climate change policy were transferred to the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management (Dutch: Minister van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat) is the head of the Ministry and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands. The current Minister is Mark Harbers, serving since 10 January 2022.[2]

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Organisation

The Ministry has currently two Government Agencies and three Directorates:

Government Agencies Responsibilities
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management Rijkswaterstaat RWS Public infrastructure • Water Management
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management Meteorological Institute
(Dutch: Meteorologisch Instituut) 		KNMI Weather forecasting
  • Directorate for Mobility and Transport (DGB)
  • Directorate for Spatial Development and Water Affairs (DGRW)
  • Directorate for Knowledge, Innovation and Strategy

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Dutch) Begroting 2018, Rijksoverheid
  2. ^ "Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (VVD) heeft alle bestuurslagen gehad" (in Dutch). NOS. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

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