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Council starts preparing advisory report on influencing state-owned enterprises

2 December 2024 - How can – and to what extent should – the government influence existing and possible new state-owned enterprises in view of the major challenges relating to the physical environment and infrastructure?

Fourth term (2024-2028) of the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (Rli) officially started

1 August 2024 - The fourth term (2024-2028) of the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (Rli) had its official start on 1 August 2024. Dr Jan Jacob van Dijk has been appointed chair of the Rli. Meet the council members and junior council members.

The government needs to promote more than economic growth

9 July 2024 - On Tuesday 9 July 2024, the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (Rli) issued its advisory report 'Meaningful Government: Promoting Wellbeing'. The advisory report was presented to Minister Hermans for Climate Policy and Green Growth, Minister Heinen for Finance and Minister Beljaarts for Economic Affairs.

Rli issues advisory report 'Judging the Right Balance: Juridification in the Living Environment'

26 June 2024 - On Wednesday, 26 June 2024, the Council issued its advisory report 'Judging the Right Balance: Juridification in the Living Environment'. The report was presented to the caretaker Ministers of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Hugo de Jonge) and Legal Protection (Franc Weerwind).

Advisory board’s report (published today) says: help homeowners and tenants with foundation damage

24 June 2024 - To prevent the foundations problem escalating into a foundations crisis, the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (Rli) proposes a national approach to the problem. Its advisory report Firm Foundations was published on Thursday 29 February 2024 and received by the caretaker ministers of the Interior & Kingdom Relations and Infrastructure & Water Management.

Presentation of exploration and start of advice on Systemic Failure in Policy on the Living Environment

4 June 2024 - What is preventing the major problems in the living environment from being solved sufficiently effectively? What fundamental choices are needed to actually solve them sufficiently effectively? What are the consequences of those choices? What forms of organisation and steering will this require, and what are the roles and position of government, the market and the community in this regard? The council has started an advisory process on this. Publication is expected in late 2024.

Rli starts preparing advisory report on sustainable construction

30 May 2024 - How can the government create the right conditions for a transition to the use of sustainable materials for housebuilding?

Start of advisory report on inclusive sustainability

24 May 2024 - How can effective sustainability policies be developed in such a way that society at large is involved and goals and tools are both improved and widely supported?

Work Programme for 2024-2025 adopted

11 March 2024 - The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management (IenW), Mark Harbers, submitted the Council's Work Programme for 2024-2025 to the Dutch House of Representatives on 20 December 2023, doing so also on behalf of the Ministers of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK), Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK), Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), and Climate and Energy, and the State Secretaries for IenW and Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation (K&D).

Rli publishes advisory report on “Bridging the Implementation Gap: Tackling Factors Impeding Policy for the Physical Living Environment”

23 February 2024 - Implementation of policy for the living environment is lagging behind, meaning that urgent problems are not being solved. The Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (Rli) therefore calls on the Dutch government to strike a much better balance between policy development and policy implementation in actual practice. The Rli does so in its advisory report on “Bridging the Implementation Gap”, which was published on 19 December.