Members of the Netherlands National Contact Point

The Netherlands NCP is an independent organisation that consists of four independent members and four advisory members from different government departments. 

NCP Members

Catelene Passchier
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Catelene Passchier, NCP member

Catelene Passchier joined the NCP in February 2018, and is its chairperson since 1 May 2021. Furthermore, she is the Chair of the Workers’ group of the ILO since June 2017, and  member of the board of the Fair Wear Foundation. She studied law at Utrecht University, was a barrister in Amsterdam  from 1981 – 1988, and then became a policy adviser for the FNV notably in the areas of labour law, industrial relations, international affairs, equalities and migration. In 2003 she was elected as a Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) in Brussels. From 2010 until 2017 she was a member of the  executive board of the FNV, first being in charge of the coordination of collective bargaining and social dialogue, and then as its vice president. In that capacity she was also a member of the Social Economic Council and of the board of the Foundation of Labour.

Fred van Haasteren
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Fred van Haasteren, NCP member

Fred van Haasteren joined the Dutch National Contact Point in June 2016. He studied law at the Leiden University and did a PhD on the subject ‘Decent Flexibility’ (end 2016). He has been working for a long time in different roles for the Dutch based multinational staffing firm Randstad. The last position at Randstad before his retirment in 2012 was Executive Vice President Social and General Affairs. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Dutch Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (known as VNO-NCW) and Vice President and lately President of the World Employment Confederation / WEC (before CIETT). At the moment he is member of different boards, among which boardmember of SNA (the foundation for standards of labour), which supervises the agency sector in the Netherlands by a system of certification.

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Joris Oldenziel, NCP member

Joris Oldenziel joined the NCP in January 2021. He further serves as the Executive Director of the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry, a legally binding agreement between global garment brands and trade unions aimed to improve health and safety in textile and garment factories. Previously Joris held various positions at SOMO, where he co-founded the OECD Watch network and represented civil society organisations in the 2011 update of the OECD MNE Guidelines.

Liesbeth Enneking
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Liesbeth Enneking

Liesbeth Enneking joined the NCP in December 2021. She holds a Special Chair on the Legal Aspects of International Corporate Social Responsibility at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam (the Netherlands). Her research focus is on the hard law aspects of the topic, including due diligence legislation and civil litigation against multinational corporations in relation to human rights violations or environmental degradation in their global value chains. In her capacity as academic legal expert, she has actively participated over the past ten years in the debate on sustainable development and business & human rights. She has conducted numerous research projects for national and international organizations, including the Dutch Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Security & Justice, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the European Commission. Since 2019, she is also a member of the Monitoring Committee of the International Responsible Business Conduct Agreement that has been concluded between the Dutch insurance sector, the Dutch government and a number of civil society organizations in the Netherlands.

Advisory members

The independent members of the NCP are supported in their work by four advisory members. These members are government representatives from the four ministries which are most closely linked to the NCP.

  • Dai Forterre (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, Enterprise Department )
  • Ilse Pauwels (Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management, Department of International Affairs)
  • Manon Post (Ministry of Social Affairs & Employment, Department of International Affairs)
  • Hannah Tijmes (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade Policy and Economic Governance Department)