The Social and Economic Council (SER)

The Social and Economic Council (SER) which is functioning as an advisory and consultative body of employers, employees and independent members, seeks to make a contribution to the social prosperity by reaching a mutual consensus on important and relevant social -economic issues, which are important for Curaçao. In addition, SER also pays full attention to relevant international developments in these areas.

The SER also strives for quality and broad support base: high degree of expertise combined with broad-based consensus and social support.

Furthermore, SER provides a platform to discuss current and relevant social-economic issues.

Curaçao’s Social and Economic Council
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Recently issued reports

Advies inzake de ontwerp-ministeriële regeling, met algemene werking, ter uitvoering van artikel 13, eerste lid van de Landsverordening minimumlonen (zaaknummer 2025/059901)

Advies inzake ministeriële regeling, met algemene werking, betreffende een importverbod op verse groente-, fruit- en kruidensoorten (zaaknummer 2024/020929)

Advies inzake initiatiefontwerplandsverordening tot wijziging van de Arbeidsregeling 2000 (Landsverordening arbeid luchtvaart, scheepvaart en havens)

Advies inzake het conceptlandsbesluit Sportfonds Curaçao (zaaknummer 2025/030561)

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Briefadvies met betrekking tot het ontwerplandsbesluit, houdende algemene maatregelen, strekkende tot uitbreiding van de groep rechthebbenden en verhoging van de toelage voor pensioengerechtigden 2023

Advies inzake initiatief-ontwerplandsverordening tot _ wijziging van de Landsverordeningen Algemene Ouderdomsverzekering (AOV) en Algemene Weduwenen Wezenverzekering (AWW), zittingsjaar 2024-2025-241

Advies inzake initiatiefontwerplandsverordening, Landsverordening houdende regels inzake stagevergoedingen (Landsverordening stagevergoedingen)

SER Curaçao advises on minimum wage set to take effect January 1

‘Under intense time pressure’
WILLEMSTAD, December 22, 2025 — The Social and Economic Council of Curaçao (SER) submitted its advice on Monday to the Minister of Social Development, Labor and Welfare (SOAW), Charetti America-Francisca, on a proposed adjustment to the statutory minimum wage scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2026

SER Curaçao issues advisory on draft import ban for fresh produce

WILLEMSTAD, December 15, 2025 — The Social and Economic Council (SER) of Curaçao delivered a detailed advisory today to the Minister of Economic Development, Drs. Roderick Middelhof, on proposed national regulations that would impose an import ban on designated fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs

SER Curaçao issues advice to parliament on equal labor standards for aviation, port and maritime sectors

WILLEMSTAD, December 10, 2025 — The Social-Economic Council (SER) of Curaçao today submitted its formal advice to the Parliament of Curaçao regarding a legislative initiative by the MAN-PIN parliamentary group

SER takes closer look at proposed Sports Fund for Curaçao

WILLEMSTAD — The Social and Economic Council (SER) has issued a formal advisory opinion to the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport (OWCS), Sithree “Cey” van Heydoorn, on a draft national decree, containing general measures, for the Curaçao Sports Fund. The opinion was delivered on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025

SER Curaçao issues advice on proposed tariff structure for medical laboratory diagnostics

WILLEMSTAD, November 26, 2025 — Curaçao’s Social and Economic Council (Sociaal-Economische Raad, SER) today issued an advisory opinion to the Minister of Health, Environment and Nature (GMN), Mr. Gilmar Pisas, concerning a draft national decree that would amend the Landsbesluit Verstrekkingen Basisverzekering Ziektekosten 2014 and the Landsbesluit Medisch Tarief Sociale Verzekeringen 2001

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Social and Economic Council

Ansinghstraat #17
Curacao
Tel: +5999 461 5406 / 5328
Email: info@ser.cw