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Dutch National Students Association
Organisation in the Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Dutch National Students Association (Dutch: Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg, ISO; lit. "Intercity Student Consultation") is the largest national student organization in the Netherlands and represents the general interests of more than 800,000 students at universities and universities of applied sciences.
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ISO is the umbrella organization for all student participation councils and parties in the Netherlands. The ISO is a regular contact for the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, political parties, and the umbrella organizations of universities (UNL) and universities of applied sciences (Vereniging Hogescholen).
The ISO was founded in 1973 by students from university councils at various institutions. These students felt the need to exchange information and experiences to strengthen their position at their own institutions. In 1973, the letters ISO stood for Interuniversity Student Consultation. Since 1995, the ISO has also represented students from universities of applied sciences, and the name was changed to Intercity Student Consultation.
ISO is a full member of the European Students' Union.
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The ISO was founded in 1973. Originally, the ISO began as a national umbrella organization for five university council factions from various cities in the Netherlands. It became clear that there was a need for national representation of student interests, particularly regarding political relations. Each student city usually has several university council factions and a student union. These student factions and unions felt the need to discuss certain issues with fellow student officials from other cities. To meet this need, the ISO was established. The ISO then expanded rapidly and, until 1995, represented students from across the Netherlands.
Expansion to higher professional education
In 1995, the ISO changed its name from the Interuniversity Student Consultation to the Intercity Student Consultation. With this name change, the ISO had a very clear goal in mind: to ensure that students in higher professional education (hbo) in the Netherlands were also represented nationally. The ISO now also has a large number of member organizations within higher professional education (HBO).
In addition, the ISO works closely with national student organizations such as the National Chamber of Associations, Studenten Sport Nederland , AIESEC, Integrand, UniPartners, and Erasmus Student Network.
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ISO members are member organizations that represent the interests of students at their university or university of applied sciences at the local level. These member organizations are often represented on their institution's university council or central participation council (CMR). Together, the member organizations form the ISO General Assembly (GA). The GA is the highest body of ISO. All member organizations have voting rights and jointly determine ISO policy.
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