The  Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the  Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinate cultural policy aimed at the promotion of Dutch arts abroad.
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science is responsible for Dutch government policy, coordination and institutional functioning with regard to education and science.

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Culture

Cultural Policy:

The Netherlands is a cultural and artistically active country with a diversity of high quality art institutions, cultural events, museums, theaters, and musical activities. This is also stimulated by the Government's policy regarding art promotion, which is directed at quality improvement and diversity in art. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinate the cultural policy aimed at promoting Dutch arts abroad.

As the EU countries have a priority status in the Dutch cultural policy, cooperation between Irish and Dutch cultural institutions is actively promoted. Dutch professional arts organisations for theatre, film, the arts, design, dance, architecture and music actively pursue international networking activities.

Role of the Embassy:

The Netherlands Embassy acts as a liaison between professional arts organisations, media and policy makers in Ireland and their counterparts in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Embassy is happy to be directly involved in the promotion of cultural activities. It has a modest budget to subsidise small cultural projects in Ireland. 

For a project to be taken into consideration for sponsorship, it should meet the following conditions:

• The project should contribute to the cultural cooperation between the Netherlands and Ireland, and contain a Dutch element,
• The application has to be made by a local Irish organisation, which is responsible for the organisation and completion of the project,
• The proportion between expenditure and output should be acceptable (e.g. no travel costs compensation for large groups to far destinations),
• The funding has to be crucial for the project; in other words the funding should not be used to make a profit,
• The completion of the project has to take place in the Republic of Ireland,
• The application should be submitted two months before the start of the project and should include an estimate budget of the entire project (including other subsidies requested).

In case you would like to obtain more information on cultural sponsorship by the Netherlands Embassy please contact:

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 
Cultural Section
160 Merrion Road
Dublin 4
Ireland 
Tel:          01 269 34 44
Fax:         01 283 96 90
Email:    dub-info@minbuza.nl