The Cycles of Time, Nature, Governance, and Society December 31, 2024 Today marks not only the end of 2024 but also the beginning of a...

Bestuursacademie December 31, 2024 Every country with a public administration of any quality has one or more institutionalized pathways...

The Policy Officer Problem: When Titles Trump Talent December 30, 2024 In 2020, as part of a sweeping overhaul of the government...

The Hidden Dynamics of Ministries: Beyond Formal Structures   December 29, 2024   Following a discussion about the formal organization of...

How Ministries Operate: An Inside Look at Governance in Curaçao December 28, 2024 Government ministries are the backbone of public...

How Many Civil Servants Are There, Really? December 26, 2024 When I wrote about the number of civil servants, the quantitative feedback I...

Christmas 2024 Has Arrived December 25, 2024 Christmas is here—a religious holiday celebrated on a national level in Curaçao, where over...

How Many Civil Servants Are There? December 24, 2024 Until 2010, it was a legal requirement to publish the number of civil servants...

We Are Not Stupid: Call It What It Is December 23, 2024 For two days, I’ve been trying to wrap my head around it. At a government party...

Debate versus Dialogue December 22, 2024 Today, I learned that the youth debated the Statute on December 15. For years, I’ve noticed how...

Mapping Out Government Organizations with PIOFAH Framework and McKinsey's Seven S Model December 20, 2024 Understanding and improving the...

Understanding the Organizational Structure of Government Ministries December20, 2024 Government ministries often operate within a complex...

The Public Administration as a Concern: A Structural Issue in Curaçao December 19, 2024 As I mentioned before, the public administration...

The Civil Services of Curaçao December 18, 2024 I thought it was about time I focused on one of my specialisms: the civil service...

Statute Anniversary Reflection December 17, 2024 Today, December 15, marks 70 years since the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands...

A Breach of Trust: The Exposure of Society's Most Vulnerable December 16, 2024 On December 11, 2024, the realization slowly dawned that...

Last of Lust? Or Just Forgotten? December 15, 2024 Seventy years of the Statute for the Kingdom of the Netherlands—surely worth...

December 14, 2024 This week, the Dutch government informed its citizens—and as part of the Kingdom, this includes us—to prepare for the...

Misconceptions About Public Administration: The Difference Between Opinions and Findings December 13, 2024 During a December 10, 2024,...