At the end of January the website fairpracticecode.nl was presented. It contains the updated Fair Practice Code and the possibility of doing a quick scan to find out to what extent clients and contractors comply with the Fair Practice Code.

On December 20, 2018, Minister Van Engelshoven (OCW) sent her request for advice on the cultural system for the period 2021-2024 to the Council for Culture.

In late November, the Council for Culture published its sector advisory report for the visual arts Visible Value; one of ten sector advisory reports issued by the council that contains analyses of trends and developments per sector from an artistic, social and economic perspective that are linked to policy options.

On Budget Day it was announced that the Mondriaan Fund will receive an annual amount of €800,000 for 2019 and 2020 to encourage art institutions to properly honor artists for exhibitions, all in response to the guideline on artist fees

In September, the Council for Culture published its advice for the design sector. The council concludes that the potential of the sector can be utilized much more and believes that the Ministry of OCW should take the lead in this.

Recently, the Council for Culture published its Work Programme 2018-2019. The council's work program is updated annually and includes information on the council's position, vision and working methods, the advisory agenda for the coming period and a list of individuals associated with the council.

According to EU citizens, culture is the most important factor in creating a sense of community, yet almost a third of them do not participate in cultural activities. Greater cultural participation would bring Europeans closer together.

Kunsten '92 and the Regiegroep Arbeidsmarktagenda Culturele en Creatieve sector, which monitors the progress and coherence of the implementation of the new Labor Market Agenda for the arts and culture sector, sent a letter to Minister Van Engelshoven (OCW) at the beginning of me.

Many smaller museums in the region are fighting for their preservation. This is in stark contrast to the success of the major crowd-pleasers.

On 12 March last, Minister Van Engelshoven (OCW) presented the vision letter Culture in an open society, in which she emphasises the intrinsic value of culture and highlights its social value.

Culture in Beeld 2017, a publication of the Ministry of OCW, was published at the end of October. The publication describes a number of general developments in the subsidized and non-subsidized cultural sector.

On November 13, 2017, the culture budget was discussed in the House of Representatives. There, Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven (OCW) announced the structural release of extra money for presentation institutions. An additional €10 million a year will be invested in arts and culture, allowing "many cultural institutions and companies [to] continue their programming and new art forms are stimulated, which...

On September 19, 2017, the Council for Culture presented the 2017-2018 Work Program. This is the advisory agenda for the period April 2017 - December 2018. In consultation with the Ministry of OCW, the council determines the main lines of its advisory agenda.

The year 2018 has been declared the European Year of Cultural Heritage. With n the Netherlands the theme "Heritage connects, Europe inspires" attention is given to the important role heritage can play n the culturally diverse Europe. Together with a large number of heritage organizations, DutchCulture and Kunsten '92 will develop and organize a national program....

At the request of Minister Bussemaker (OCW), the Council for Culture is drawing up an advisory report on the visual arts sector in the Netherlands, in which it interprets trends and developments and links them to possible (policy) scenarios.

Kunsten '92 is holding talks with the (new) culture spokespersons in the Lower House about topics that may be addressed in the coalition agreement. They are also talking about issues that need clarity in the short term, such as structural funding for incidentally available funds for the culture note and other necessary investments.