Pact of Schokland is attempt to speed up Millennium Goals
In an attempt to accelerate the Millennium Development Goals, the Dutch minister for Development Cooperation Bert Koenders will sign contracts with companies, organisations and knowledge institutes. The so-called Pact of Schokland will be signed on June 30 during a day-long event, in which politicians, musicians, writers and performers will participate. The Pact of Schokland derives from the Project 2015, one of the ten plans of the new Dutch government that have been subject of a nationwide discussion. Minister Koenders, who is responsible for Project 2015, has consulted some 350 representatives of companies, organisations, churches, unions and knowledge institutes in preparation for signing the Pact of Schokland.
