The Netherlands Government Information Service ( Dutch: Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst, abbrev.: RVD) is a Dutch government agency . The RVD is the official information service of the Dutch government and is the spokesbody for the prime minister , the Council of Ministers and the Dutch Royal House . The RVD is also responsible for providing public information on government policy, the prime minister and the Ministry of General Affairs .
5-606: In addition to its Information Service duties, the RVD is also responsible for giving advice on publicity and communications to several agencies and the Royal House, plus it coordinates between all the ministerial information services in The Netherlands. Organizationally, the RVD is a directorate-general of the Ministry of General Affairs. It consists of the following sections: As part of
10-830: A director-general, responsible for the management of day-to-day affairs, who reports to the European Commissioner. Nearly all of the top-level organisational divisions of the Secretariat of the European Parliament and the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union are also termed Directorates-General. The European Patent Office (part of the European Patent Organisation , separate from
15-596: The European Union (EU), Directorates-General are departments with specific zones of responsibility. Within the European Commission specifically, Directorates-General are the equivalent of national-level ministries . Most are headed by a European Commissioner , responsible for the general direction of the Directorate-General, and in charge of (politically responsible for) the corresponding policy area; and
20-570: The EU) also has Directorates-General , which are administrative groupings of departments. The Directorates-General of the European Commission are divided into four groups: Policy DGs, External relations DGs, General Service DGs and Internal Service DGs. Internally, the DGs are referred to by their abbreviations , provided below. In addition to its Legal Service , the Secretariat of the European Parliament
25-622: The coordinating responsibilities of the RVD, the director-general of the RVD is also the chairman of the Voorlichtingsraad , which is the meeting place of all the information service directors of all the Dutch ministries. The current director general of the RVD is Stephan Schrover. Previous DGs have included Henk Brons , Gerard van der Wulp , and Eef Brouwers before that. [REDACTED] Media related to Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst at Wikimedia Commons Directorate-general Within
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