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Breaking: How motherly love is undermining Brabant's subsidy system.

Today, the board of the province of Brabant announced that the assessment of all cultural grant applications for the coming grant period must be repeated. Reasons abound it seems: sloppiness in the assessment and, now it gets spicy, conflicts of interest. In the press release we read: 'The HAC finds, among other things, that meeting minutes are missing and that there was a conflict of interest by a member of the advisory committee. The HAC therefore finds that the decision taken earlier...

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Wijbrand Schaap

Cultural journalist since 1996. Worked as theatre critic, columnist and reporter for Algemeen Dagblad, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Rotterdams Dagblad, Parool and regional newspapers through Associated Press Services. Interviews for TheaterMaker, Theatererkrant Magazine, Ons Erfdeel, Boekman. Podcast maker, likes to experiment with new media. Culture Press is called the brainchild I gave birth to in 2009. Life partner of Suzanne Brink roommate of Edje, Fonzie and Rufus. Search and find me on Mastodon.View Author posts

Today, the board of the province of Brabant announced that the assessment of all cultural grant applications for the coming grant period must be repeated. Reasons abound it seems: sloppiness in the assessment and, now it gets spicy, conflicts of interest. In the press release we read: 'The HAC finds, among other things, that meeting minutes are missing and that there was a conflict of interest by a member of the advisory committee. The HAC therefore finds that the decision taken earlier...

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