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1. Citizens struggle with complex disability insurance scheme: Court of Audit offers guidance to government

   Guidance on the human dimension Many people are trapped by government rules. One cause is the complexity of the regulations they ...

   News item | 18-04-2024 | 12:00

2. Health ministry responded quickly and served public interests when procuring COVID-19 vaccines

   Support for vulnerable countries had only limited success On the whole, COVID-19 vaccines were procured efficiently during the ...

   News item | 10-04-2024 | 09:00

3. If CO2 prices go up, industry benefits most from Porthos’s carbon storage under the North Sea

   CCS project investigated: long-term risks lie with the State Carbon dioxide captured by industrial companies and pumped through a ...

   News item | 28-03-2024 | 16:30

4. Activity Report on 2023: Insights into public money and government performance

   The year 2023 saw several changes at the Netherlands Court of Audit. They included the appointment of Pieter Duisenberg as ...

   News item | 27-03-2024 | 14:00

5. Netherlands Court of Audit presents Thesis Prize

   Kim van Berkel (Erasmus University Rotterdam) has won the Netherlands Court of Audit’s 2024 Thesis Prize for her thesis on social ...

   News item | 01-03-2024 | 10:00

6. Cost to the Netherlands government of Flight MH17 disaster at least €166 million.

   At the government’s request, the Netherlands Court of Audit has assessed in detail the cost to government organisations and ...

   News item | 29-02-2024 | 11:40

7. MBO students would benefit from clearer support: existing agreements still often unpredictable

   Equal opportunities: Minister of Education, Culture and Science’s policy could achieve more Students’ results could be improved ...

   News item | 14-02-2024 | 11:00

8. Businesses pay off €26 billion of corona tax debts, but €5.7 billion at risk

   Capacity problems at the Tax and Customs Administration During the corona pandemic, businesses and the self-employed were granted ...

   News item | 06-02-2024 | 18:00

9. Installation of drinking water and sanitation facilities in developing countries on schedule, but figures not entirely reliable

   Many good projects, but results are not always counted properly Between 2016 and 2022 the Minister for Foreign Trade and ...

   News item | 18-01-2024 | 15:00

10. Geert van den Goor joins Audit Advisory Committee

    Geert van den Goor has been appointed to the Netherlands Court of Audit’s Audit Advisory Committee effective 1 January 2024.

    News item | 17-01-2024 | 15:25