Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
| Dutch: Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat | |
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| Formed | 14 October 2010 |
| Jurisdiction | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Headquarters | Rijnstraat 8, The Hague, Netherlands |
| Annual budget | €15,7 billion (2018)[1] |
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| Deputy Minister responsible |
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| Website | Ministry 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, public works, 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 Barry Madlener, serving since July 2024.
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Organisation
The Ministry has currently two Government Agencies and three Directorates:
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Rijkswaterstaat | RWS | Public infrastructure • Water Management | |
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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
- ^ (in Dutch) Begroting 2018, Rijksoverheid
External links
- Government ministries of the Netherlands
- Infrastructure ministries
- Ministries of transport
- Housing ministries
- Public works ministries
- Spatial planning ministries
- Land management ministries
- Construction ministries
- Aviation ministries
- Railways ministries
- Water ministries
- Urban development ministries
- Irrigation ministries
- Maritime affairs ministries
- Housing in the Netherlands
- Civil aviation authorities in Europe
- Ministries established in 2010
- 2010 establishments in the Netherlands
- Transport organisations based in the Netherlands
- Aviation organisations based in the Netherlands
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