Social and Economic Council
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The Social and Economic Council is a major economic advisory council to the cabinet of the Netherlands. Formally it heads a system of sector-based regulatory organisations. It represents the social pa
SER headquarters, The Hague
Frans de Vries, 1954
Prof. G.M. Verrijn Stuart, hoogleraar economie, munt, krediet en bankwezen, ha…, 1931
Jan de Pous 1964
Polder model
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The polder model is a method of consensus decision-making, based on the Dutch version of consensus-based economic and social policymaking in the 1980s and 1990s. It gets its name from the Dutch word f
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…the social partners trade unions and employers' organisations. It forms the core organisation of the corporatist and social market economy known as the polder model and the main platform for social dialogue. The SER was founded in 1950. It was founded after a long debate about the economic order of the Netherlands…
Wim Kok, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, supported the polder model.