Temporary or ad hoc service
If you are a citizen of one of the EU member states and you wish to work in the Netherlands on a temporary or ad hoc basis in one of the cultural professions, you are exempt from applying for recognition of your professional qualifications. However, you are obliged to inform DUO in writing.
Temporary or ad hoc service in one of the cultural professions can for example apply to anyone residing temporarily in the Netherlands and who has no aspirations of filling a fixed position.
General conditions
An important requirement for temporary or ad hoc service in one of the cultural professions is that you fulfil all the conditions and requirements for carrying out the cultural profession concerned in the member state of your origin.
In the following year, if you wish again to practise your profession in a temporary or ad hoc capacity, you are required to renew your report once a year.
Regulations for temporary and ad hoc service in a cultural profession
Reports of temporary or ad hoc service in a cultural profession will be dealt with in accordance with the ‘Algemene Wet Erkenning Beroepskwalificaties’ (the general recognition of professional qualifications act), as detailed in the ‘Regeling erkenning EG-beroepskwalificaties cultuurberoepen’ (Regulations for recognition of EC professional qualifications for cultural professions).Report of temporary and ad hoc service in a cultural profession
Details of which documents you need to enclose when reporting temporary or ad hoc service in a cultural profession can be found on the form Reporting temporary and ad hoc service in a cultural profession.Cultural professions
A report in writing is required whenever temporary or ad hoc service is carried out in one of the following:
Chief state archivist
State archivist
Provincial inspector of archived documents
Municipal archivist
District water board archivist
Archaeologist - Management