WILLEMSTAD- On July, 10, 2020, the Economic and Social Council (SER) of Curaçao adopted updated Rules of Procedure. The updated Rules of Procedure regulates the working method of the SER of Curaçao taking into account the legislative changes and developments since the transition date of 10 October 2010. As a result, the new rules replace the Rules of Procedure of 2009 when the SER was still a permanent advisory body of the former country the Netherlands Antilles.
The updated Rules of Procedure of the SER are in accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of the National Ordinance on Advisory Boards (A.B. 2010, no. 87, appendix g) and some articles of the National Ordinance on the Economic and Social Council of Curaçao, as amended by Official Gazette 2017, no. 70.
The updated Rules of Procedure include new notice periods for SER meetings, a new form of reporting and the possibility that meetings can take place in a virtual manner under exceptional circumstances.