The Chamber of Commerce organizationThe Chamber of Commerce is an organization and at the same time an autonomous administrative body. An organization means that the Chamber of Commerce is an organized group of people with a specific purpose, and an independent administrative body means that it is an organization that carries out government tasks, but does not fall directly under the authority of a ministry. The president of the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce is Frans Lavooij and has held this position since 1 June 2008. To find out how the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce is regulated, we have used the organizational chart below to provide an overview. An organizational chart is a schematic overview of the activities of a company or organization. As you can see from this organizational chart, at the top you have a general council: the Board of Directors (Board of Directors). The Board of Directors is the highest management body of an organization or company and what it has to do within the organization is to organize the management affairs, finances, etc. The Board of Directors is composed of a maximum of 12 members, among whom a president is appointed. The Ministry of Economic Affairs is de facto above the Board of Directors, has final responsibility and supervises the Board of Directors. The Minister of Economic Affairs is also the one who appoints, suspends and dismisses the members of the Board of Directors. Below you will find the different regions: North West, North, East, South West and South. There is a lot of contact with the executive committee through the regional councils and the same tasks are carried out within these regions. This also clearly shows that there are no longer 14 separate organizations, but actually one single organization. Regional councils are also made up of a maximum of 12 members, with...... middle of paper ......n that the owner can no longer afford that boat. This commercial advertises the business register that you can find on the Chamber of Commerce website. You will find the same unfortunate scenarios in other commercials as well, and the slogan of these commercials was: "With the Chamber of Commerce you know better." So you notice that the Chamber of Commerce can help you start a business and you can find useful things about it on the site. If you go to www.kvk.nl, this is the first thing you see: a friendly looking man with the text "Successful entrepreneurship, with the data, knowledge and networks of the Chamber of Commerce". With this they want to ensure that people use all the knowledge they have on their site, so that having or starting a business becomes easier for entrepreneurs..