{"id":23,"date":"2016-11-17T20:36:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T19:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-03-22T13:39:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T12:39:44","slug":"the-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/en\/the-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The idea<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The foundation believes the intellectual heritage developed by Niek Brouw to be of great importance. The foundation wishes to give impetus to the spread of these ideas and to acquaint a new public with this intellectual heritage. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The activities<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The archive the foundation has taken charge of contains a wealth of information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Besides managing the archive, making it available to the public is a one of the primary tasks of the foundation. We do this in the following ways:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">through various channels we stimulate the distribution of Niek Brouw\u2019s lectures and books;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">we stimulate the translation of the books and any resulting international lectures;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">some lectures can be elaborated on. We are reworking a series of lectures into a short book titled \u2018Every Innovation is a Birth\u2019 <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">the creation of this website is also a means of communicating Niek Brouw\u2019s ideas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Newsletters<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Donors to the foundation receive 4 newsletters per year. You can read them here by clicking the icon(s) below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Newsletter-March-2026-1.pdf\">Newsletter March 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Newsletter-November-2025.pdf\">Newsletter November 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Newsletter-July-2025-ENG.pdf\">Newsletter July 2025 ENG<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Newsletter-April-2025.pdf\">Newsletter April 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Newsletter-december-2024.pdf\">Newsletter december 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Newsletter-July-2024-compressed.pdf\">Newsletter July 2024-compressed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Newsletter-March-2024.pdf\">Newsletter March 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Newsletter-December-2023.pdf\">Newsletter December 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Newsletter-September-2023.pdf\">Newsletter September 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Newsletter-May-2023.pdf\">Newsletter May 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Newsletter-november-2022-Foundation-for-motordevelopment-Niek-Brouw.pdf\">Newsletter november 2022 Foundation for motordevelopment Niek Brouw<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Newsletter-July-2022-Stichting-Ontwikkelingsmotoriek-Niek-Brouw.pdf\"> July 2022 Stichting Ontwikkelingsmotoriek Niek Brouw<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The ANNUAL REPORTS<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Anual-Report-2025-Foundation-1.pdf\">Anual Report 2025 Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Annual-Report-2024.pdf\">Annual Report 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Annual-report-2023.pdf\">Annual report 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Anual-report-2022-Foundation-for-motordevelopment-Niek-Brouw.pdf\"><strong>Anual report 2022 Foundation for motordevelopment Niek Brouw<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Substantive-and-financial-annual-report-Financial-year-2020-Niek-Brouw-Method-Research-Foundation.pdf\">Substantive and financial annual report Financial year 2020 Niek Brouw Method Research Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Substantive-and-financial-annual-report-2019-Niek-Brouw-Method-Research-Foundation.pdf\">Substantive and financial annual report 2019 Niek Brouw Method Research Foundation<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Governors<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">The current governors of the foundation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mim van der Meij, chair;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Valerie van Burk;<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Rens Looij, treasurer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The governors do not receive payment of any kind for their activities on behalf of the foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: revert; font-weight: revert;\">Fact sheet<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Foundation For Motor development Niek Brouw<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Founded on the 29<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> of January 2015<br \/><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Chamber of commerce number \/ KVK-nummer: 62542311<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">RSIN: 854859184<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Address: Pomonaplein 64, 2564 XS, Den Haag<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Email: stichting@niekbrouw.nl<br \/><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/niekbrouw.nl\/\"><span class=\"s4\">www.niekbrouw.nl<\/span><\/a><br \/><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Bank account number: NL34INGB0006757010<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Niek Brouw Method Research Foundation was founded in January 2015 to promote awareness of Niek Brouw\u2019s intellectual heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst its other activities the foundation supports various publications and has developed this website. 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