Promoting Reading in the Netherlands
Interview with Aad Meinderts
Managing Director of the Stichting Lezen of the Netherlands
The Dutch Reading Foundation aims to foster a "strong reading culture" and it accordingly endorses the concept of a continuous reading pathway. Hence, it organises and supports (educational) activities for children and youths of all age groups (0 to 18 years). Aad Meinderts, director of the foundation, talks about the objectives and particularly successful projects and initiatives, such as the national reading competition, with more than 85,000 participant children each year.
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Stichting Lezen Nederland / Reading Foundation Netherlands/Stiftung Lesen Niederlande
http: / / www.lezen.nl
Stichting Lezen (Dutch Reading Foundation) was founded in 1988 by the Dutch Booksellers Federation, the Dutch Publishers Association and the Public Library Association. Since 1994 the organization has administered the reading promotion budget provided by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. The objective of Stichting Lezen is to [ ... ]
Reading projects and campaigns of the Stichting Lezen Nederland
Stichting Biblionef Nederland / Stiftung Biblionef Niederlande
http: / / www.biblionef.nl /Biblionef puts new children`s books at the disposal of children from 3 to 18 years in disadvantaged areas of developing countries. It has subsequently developed into a network of international aid organisations with the same aim: To provide deprived children and adolescents with new children’s books, thus stimulating their curiosity and desire to learn and laying a solid foundation of knowledge for their future. The success of Biblionef depends completely on gifts, donations and sponsoring of businesses, [ ... ]
DetailsReading projects of the Stichting Biblionef Nederland