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Prof Lucas Meijs comments on the Dutch tradition of volunteering. "The Netherlands scores high on volunteering. For years we have been in the top five worldwide, almost half of adults dedicate themselves to society without being paid. "The Dutch are used to organizing things themselves," says Lucas Meijs, professor of strategic philanthropy and volunteering at Erasmus University, on the phone. "We have a multicolored civil society; People organize themselves according to their own norms and values, without too much interference from the state."
Read the article: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/12/31/ik-ging-voorbij-de-ikkigheid-gaf-dat-geen-prettig-gevoel-a4877711