Too many and too much: update Dutch cultural policy 2013-2016

A total of 119 cultural institutions have applied for government grants amounting to almost € 395 million euro. This is close to € 65 million euro more than there has been made available by the Dutch government for 90 so-called ‘top institutions’. This means that 29 of these will not be eligible for funding anymore, as a fixed number of 90 cultural institutions has been designated by the government to execute specific tasks. Institutions had until 1 February to apply at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.

Council for Culture reccomendations by May
These numbers come from an overview of grant applications for the period 2013-2016, which has been sent to the Council for Culture by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. The Ministry has requested the Council for Culture to make recommendations before 22 May.