Willemstad, March 23, 2023 – The Social and Economic Council (SER) of Curaçao issued today its advice to the Minister of Finance on the draft of the so-called “sweeping law” (veegwet)

WILLEMSTAD, March 22, 2023 – The Social and Economic Council (SER) of Curaçao issued today its advice to the Minister of Finance on the renewed version of the draft National Ordinance on Gambling, abbreviated as LOK 2023 (Landsverordening op de Kansspelen 2023).

WILLEMSTAD, March 21, 2023 – The new chairman of the Boards of Financial Supervision (Cft), Mrs. Lidewijde Ongering, who was appointed as of February 1, 2023, paid an introductory visit to the Social and Economic Council (SER) of Curaçao on Thursday, March 16, 2023.

Sorting of material heritage at National Archaeological Anthropological Memory Foundation – NAAM

WILLEMSTAD, March 3, 2023 – The Social and Economic Council (SER) of Curaçao, in its latest advice, released this week, speaks out on the proposed new regulations that the Minister of Finance wants to introduce in the turnover tax (Omzetbelasting, OB).

During the Ibero-American meeting in Guatemala

‘In preparation for presidency of AICESIS’

WILLEMSTAD, Feb. 1, 2023 – During the KUKI award presentation by website designer Kuki+Ko, held last Thursday, January 26, 2023, the Social and Economic Council (SER) received an ‘honorable mention’ for its website – as the most innovative organization.

“No objective nor reasonable justification for maintaining unequal financial reward for equal work performance”

Finance minister stresses importance of modernizing supervision of gaming sector

Study on reassessment of advisory function of SER Curaçao

WILLEMSTAD, Jan. 16, 2023 – As part of their study at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (HHS), in which they followed a Minor and/or Major in Kingdom Relations, a group of 40 students of The Hague University of Applied Sciences are currently making a 12-day visit to Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire.

Board of prestigious worldwide association of economic and social councils approves nomination during ordinary session in Belgrade, Serbia

WILLEMSTAD, December 14, 2022 – ,,Building trust, cooperation and resilience”. That is the title of the 2021 annual report of the Social and Economic Council (SER) of Curaçao presented to the government today. Prime Minister Mr. Gilmar Pisas accepted the first copy from the hands of Acting SER President Mr. John Jacobs and General Secretary Drs. Raul Henriquez.

Measure must structurally stabilize funds and secure pensions

Identifying challenges and opportunities

Involvement of social partners required for support and effective implementation

WILLEMSTAD, 20 April 2022 – During a specially convened extraordinary meeting of the Social and Economic Council (SER) of Curaçao, held on Thursday, April, 14, 2022, at La Belle Alliance in the Avila Beach Hotel Curaçao, the recently appointed new council members and their deputies were introduced.

Willemstad, March 18, 2022 – At the invitation of the Social and Economic Council (SER) of Curaçao, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Javier Silvania, met with several members of the SER on Friday, March 18, 2022, to exchange views and opinions on the implementation of the Country Package and the Government Program 2022-2025

Willemstad, February 20, 2022 – Based on the mutual need to further expand contacts and enter into new institutional collaborations with supervisory and advisory bodies, the first introductory meeting between the Social and Economic Council (SER) of Curaçao and the Fair Trade Authority Curaçao (FTAC) took place on Friday, February 18, 2022

Willemstad, October 22, 2021 – The President of the Parliament of Curaçao Mrs. Charetti America-Francisca (MFK) met this morning with the Social and Economic Council (SER)

On 10 July 2020, the Social and Economic Council (SER) established an updated Reglement van Orde (RvO).

COVID-19 causes an unprecedented unemployment crisis

On 8 June 2020 a virtual meeting took place at which the deputy secretaries general of AICESIS, the international association of the social economic advisory councils and similar institutions participated

The COVID-19 pandemic claims human’s lives, it puts an enormous pressure on the healthcare system and is causing massive economic and social disruption around the world

The International Labour Organization (ILO) recently published a notice with the abovementioned title.

On Thursday 5 December 2019, the Centre of Labor Relations Government Personnel (CAOP) in cooperation with the Central Organized Consultation for Public Affairs (in Dutch Centraal Georganiseerd Overleg in Ambtenarenzaken) (CGOA), organized a presentation about employee’s participation.

Social coherence and Agenda 2030: don’t leave no one behind

On Wednesday morning November 27th, the secretary office of the Financial Supervision Board (CFT) (Curaçao and Sint Maarten; Aruba; Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba) paid a courtesy visit to the secretary office of the Social-Economic Council Curaçao (SER)

The progress committee that supervises the progress of the Growth agreement, paid a second visit to the Social Economic Council (SER).

The issuing of copies for the nomination decree (benoemingslandsbesluit) to the members based on the National Ordinance for Secondary Vocational Training and Education

Prime Minister Eugene Rhuggenaath, who is also in charge of General Affairs portfolio, sat down for the first time in the large meeting room of the Cabinet of Ministers in Fort Amsterdam with all stakeholders who are involved in the process of law making and regulations

SER Curaçao re-elected as member of the board to international association of social and economic advisory board.

The Secretary Office SER/ROA/GOA is responsible for supporting the ROA

With establishment of ‘Declaration of Antigua, Guatemala’ and launching website CESALC

presented to Prime Minister Rhuggenaath

During its preparatory meeting on Friday 23 August 2019

The Hague/Willemstad, 24 June 2019 – What makes work meaningful? Why is that important? And if it is so important, what can we do to cherish and support meaningful work? These questions were central during an introductory meeting in The Hague on June 20 between the Director/Secretary General of the Social and Economic Council (SER) Raul Henriquez and the Director/Administrator of the Centre for Labor Relations with Government Employees (CAOP) Philip Geelkerken

Willemstad, 31 May 2019 – Two senior legal advisors, working at the SER/ROA/GOA Secretariat Office, participated in the Civil Service Law & Moot Court Civil Service master class

Many viewpoints at the mini-conference about Future of Work

The symposium was opened by the acting president of the Social Economic Council of Curaçao, mr. John Jacobs. The Prime Minister the Hon. Eugène Rhuggenaath held an opening speech. The morning program was attended by the acting Governor, Her Excellency Mrs. N. Römer-Kenepa.

Guatemala City/Willemstad, 9 April 2019 – The need for sharing knowledge intensively, exchanging experience and strengthening institutional cooperation between the social -economic advisory councils from the region

WILLEMSTAD, 15 March 2019 – On Thursday 14th March 2019, in the meeting room of the Social and Economic Council (SER) at the Ansinghstraat

WILLEMSTAD, 15 February 2019 –This morning, in a preparatory meeting, on invitation of the Social and Economic Council (SER), the PAR fraction of Parliament

WILLEMSTAD, 8 February 2019 – This week, the Social Economic Council started a strategic partnership with the organizers of the Road to Global Entrepreneurship (GES) Summit 2019 Caribbean

Willemstad, 31January 2019 – As previously reported on 24th and 25th January 2019, a technical delegation of the SER Curaçao participated at the Conference Social Innovation for Refugee Inclusion in Brussels

Willemstad, 25 January 2019 – This week, a technical delegation of the SER participated at the conference Social Innovation for Refugee Inclusion

WILLEMSTAD, 25th January 2019 – During the new year’s celebration of the website designer Kuki+KO, which took place last Thursday January 24

Brussels, 8 January 2019 – With regard to the preparation for the annual Board Meeting of the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AICESIS)

On the 28th of December 2018 a technical delegation of the Economic and Social Council (SER) of Curaçao, consisting of the Director/Secretary General Mr. Raul Henriquez and the senior policy/legal advisor,Mrs. Miloushka Sboui-Racamy, paid a courtesy-visit to the Consul-General of the People’s Republic of China in Willemstad

The Social-Economic Council (SER) provides this solicited advice at the request of the Government of Curaçao (GoC), which was received on the 6th of July 2018

In connection with theme ‘Future of Work’, SER holds presentation on robotization in information services.

The Economic and Social Council presented its 2017 Annual Report at a formal meeting with the Prime Minister also Minister of General Affairs, Mr. E. Rhuggenaath.

Strengthening the working relationship on institutional level and jointly organizing lectures, symposia and workshops on social-economic themes which are current and relevant for the Caribbean countries within the Kingdom

HARBOR VIEW— On Monday April 3rd, 2018 the Secretary-General (SG) of the Social Economic Council Curaçao, Mr. Raul Henriquez M.A., paid a courtesy visit to the Social Economic Council (SER) Sint Maarten.