Project organisation
The Belvedere Policy Document (Nota Belvedere, 1999) identifies the New Dutch Waterline as a National Project. The Belvedere motto, "preservation of cultural heritage through development," is also a central theme within the new Action Programme on Land Use and Culture. The Action Programme joins together the implementation of the architectural policy and the Belvedere policy into one program. The programme supplements the Policy Document on Architecture Design in the Netherlands (Architectuurnota Ontwerpen aan Nederland) and implements the Belvedere policy, which continues until 2009. The most important objective of the Action Programme on Land Use and Culture is the strengthening of the spatial quality of buildings, villages, towns and landscapes. The New Dutch Waterline is an example project within the Action Programme on Land Use and Culture. Preservation of historical Line hallmarks forms an incentive for a need for new spatial developments in the spatial vision document “Panorama Krayenhoff”. The Chief Government Architect is actively involved in the design. The current National Adviser for Landscape, Dirk Sijmons, is also involved in the responsible design of new landscapes and in the integration of large projects, such as the New Dutch Waterline. The Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality follows the progress.
There are various organisations and deliberative bodies involved in this National Project.
- Line Committee
- Project Group
- Quality Team
- Project Office New Dutch Waterline
In addition, there is an Envelope Committee, which deals with implementation within each section of the New Dutch Waterline. Representatives from the concerned ministries, provinces, municipalities, water boards, civic organisations, private parties, owners, stakeholders and citizens sit on each of these committees.
