About the AIV
Task
The Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV) of the Netherlands is an independent body which advises government and parliament on foreign policy, particularly on issues relating to human rights, peace and security, development cooperation and European integration.
The AIV produces advisory reports on its own initiative or at the request of government or parliament. All reports are presented to the relevant members of the government as well as to the House of Representatives and Senate. In most cases, the government members in question are the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Defence and the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. They are expected to send a government response to parliament within three months. The requests for advice, the reports and the government responses are all made public.
Structure
The AIV is an umbrella organisation comprising four permanent committees: on human rights (CMR), peace and security (CVV), development cooperation (COS) and European integration (CEI).
The Council’s reports contribute to the political and public debate on foreign policy. Discussion is furthermore encouraged by round table meetings, press releases and interviews, along with the publication of articles or opiniated editorials in newspapers or journals.
The AIV brings together the expertise of members of the various permanent committees, linking the fields of human rights, peace and security, development cooperation and European integration and responding to major international trends with implications for the Netherlands.
Methods
The advisory reports are prepared by one of the permanent committees or by an ad hoc working group consisting of experts from the various committees. Every report is approved by the AIV before it is presented to government and parliament, and ultimately published (in Dutch and in English translation). Depending on the topic, the reports are occasionally translated into other languages. All reports are available free of charge.
10 Years of history
The AIV started (in preliminary form) on 1 January 1997 and obtained a legal basis by act of parliament as of 1 January 1998 (on 18 March 1998). AIV ACT(2).pdf
This Act is based on the 1996 Advisory Bodies Framework Act. Advisory Bodies Framework Act(1).pdf
The AIV is the result of a merger of three earlier advisory councils, the oldest of which was the National Advisory Council for Development Cooperation (NAR), founded in 1964. Its first chair was Nobel prize winner Jan Tinbergen. The AIV’s other two predecessors were the Advisory Committee on Human Rights and Foreign Policy (ACM), dating from 1983, and the Advisory Council on Peace and Security (AVV), dating from 1985.
On the formation of the AIV, the European Integration Committee was added as an acknowledgment of the major influence of European cooperation on Dutch foreign policy.
Chairman
Professor Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Vice-chair
Professor Joris Voorhoeve
Members
Professor Tineke Cleiren
Professor Joyeeta Gupta
Professor Ernst Hirsch Ballin
Professor Luuk van Middelaar
Professor Mirjam van Reisen
Monika Sie Dhian Ho
Lieutenant-General (ret.) Marcel Urlings
Honory members
Professor Frans Andriessen
Frits Korthals Altes
Professor Alfred van Staden
Secretary
Marja Kwast-van Duursen
Chair
Professor Luuk van Middelaar
Vice-chair
Monika Sie Dhian Ho
Members
Dirk Jan van den Berg
Dr Femke van Esch
Professor Sylvester Eijffinger
Professor Madeleine Hosli
Marnix Krop
Professor Kees van Paridon
Dr Adriaan Schout
Dr Mathieu Segers
Professor Linda Senden
Carlo Trojan
Mirella Visser
Niek van Zutphen
Secretary
André Westerink
Chair
Professor Ernst Hirsch Ballin
Vice-chair
Professor Tineke Cleiren
Members
Professor Karin Arts
Professor Maurits Berger
Professor Yvonne Donders
Professor Janneke Gerards
Arjan Hamburger
Ton Heerts
Professor Nicola Jägers
Professor Rick Lawson
Judge Egbert Myjer
Dr Bart Schermer
Naema Tahir
Heikelina Verrijn Stuart
Secretary
Robert Dekker MSc
Chair
Professor Mirjam van Reisen
Vice-chair
Professor Joyeeta Gupta
Members
Dr Bernard Berendsen
Jack van Ham
Professor Rolph van der Hoeven
Manuela Monteiro
Antony Ong'ayo MSc
Professor Hans Opschoor
Koos Richelle
Marieke Schouten MSc
Elisabeth van der Steenhoven
André Veneman
Secretary
Marenne Jansen
Chair
Professor Joris Voorhoeve
Vice-chair
Lieutenant-General (ret.) Marcel Urlings
Members
Professor Edwin Bakker
Dirk Barth
Arend Jan Boekestijn
Lo Casteleijn
Professor Ko Colijn
Dr Nikolaos van Dam
Dr Nienke de Deugd
Dr Margriet Drent
Professor Isabelle Duyvesteyn
Pieter Feith
Dr Rem Korteweg
Lieutenant-General (ret.) Dirk Starink
Secretary
Jan Willem Glashouwer
Secretariat of the Advisory Council on International Affairs
Marja Kwast-van Duursen, Executive secretary AIV
tel. +31 70 - 348 5326
E-mail: marja.kwast@minbuza.nl
André Westerink, Executive secretary, European Integration Committee (CEI)
tel. +31 70 - 348 5175
E-mail: ar.westerink@minbuza.nl
Robert Dekker MSc, Executive secretary, Human Rights Committee (CMR)
tel. +31 70 - 348 5950
E-mail: robert.dekker@minbuza.nl
Marenne Jansen, Development Cooperation Committee (COS)
tel. +31 70 - 348 5152
E-mail: marenne.jansen@minbuza.nl
Jan Willem Glashouwer MA, Executive secretary, Peace and Security Committee (CVV)
tel. +31 70 - 348 5830
E-mail: janwillem.glashouwer@minbuza.nl
Irene van der Winkel, Staff member, AIV secretariat
tel. +31 70 - 348 6060
E-mail: irene-vander.winkel@minbuza.nl
Fabiola San Martin Lopez, Staff member, AIV-secretariat
tel. +31 70 - 348 5108
E-mail: fabiola.lopez@minbuza.nl
Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV) Secretariat
Rijnstraat 8
PO Box 20061
2500 EB The Hague
telephone: +31(0)70 - 348 6060 / 5108
aiv@minbuza.nl
www.aiv-advies.nl
www.aiv-advice.nl
(September 2018)