Overview application criteria

Subsidy applicants
Not-for-profit legal entities established in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom can submit an application. The social initiatives must take place in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom.

Natural persons are not eligible for the subsidy.

For not-for-profit legal entities in the European Netherlands, there is a subsidy scheme for the European Netherlands.

Subsidy-eligible activities
The subsidy makes four categories available for which a subsidy can be applied for. Several activities can be eligible for a subsidy under these categories.

Category 1 – professionalisation: education, courses or training aimed at increasing knowledge and skills for the performance of administrative tasks or the establishment or improvement of the administrative organisation of the applicant. In addition, the building or improvement of the website of the applicant, with the aim of promoting activities that are in line with the objectives of this scheme, may be eligible for a subsidy under this category. The condition is that the applicant for this subsidy must be engaged in activities for the purposes of the subsidy scheme. This must be evident from the articles of association of your organisation or otherwise be demonstrated in a plausible manner.

Category 2 – small-scale social initiatives: various projects related to the slavery past, the organisation of meetings or events that contribute to the processing of the slavery past, projects for education and artistic expression, including exhibitions and performances. Condition for these and subsequent categories is that the projects benefit the descendants of the enslaved (community) and focus on the objectives of the subsidy scheme.

Category 3 – medium-scale social initiatives: various projects related to the slavery past, the organisation of meetings or events that contribute to the processing of the slavery past, projects for education and artistic expression, including exhibitions and performances.

Category 4 – large-scale social initiatives: various projects related to the slavery past, the organisation of meetings or events that contribute to the processing of the slavery past, projects for education and artistic expression, including exhibitions and performances. Only projects with a lasting or long-term impact or with a wide reach that highlight the slavery past and the shared history are eligible for this category.

Attention: this overview is a summary of the potential activities. Consult article 7 of the scheme for a complete overview.

Information required with the application
A subsidy application is submitted by means of an electronic application form signed by an official authorised to act on behalf of the subsidy applicant. The application must in any case include:

- The fully completed application form;

- Proof that the bank account number is in the name of the applicant organisation;

- If applicable, an authorisation;
If you, as a director, do not have independent authority or if someone else, e.g. a subsidy adviser, is submitting the application on your behalf, authorisation is required.

And additionally for categories 2, 3, and 4:

- An activities plan

- A budget

If you are applying for a subsidy for the professionalisation of legal entities operating in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom and working towards the objectives of the scheme (category 1), you are asked to provide information about the content and costs of your project in the application form.

An application is complete when the electronic form and the required attachments were completed in full and were received by the Minister within the application period. Incomplete subsidy applications can be supplemented by the applicant within two weeks of notification by the Minister that the application is incomplete. Supplemented applications are placed at the end of the processing queue.