Provinsje Fryslân | Province of Fryslân

Provinsje Fryslân | Province of Fryslân

The tasks of the provincial administration can be classified into the following categories:

– Responsible for promotion the prosperity and well-being of its inhabitants in general.

– Responsible for promotion and preservation of the Frisian language and culture, as well as smaller languages/dialects in the province.

– Implementing certain laws and measures issued by the national government, like national laws about language and culture; for example the law of The Use of Frisian Act (‘Wet gebruik Friese taal’).

– Implementing the Framework Convention (entered into force in the Netherlands on 1 June 2005) and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ratified by the Netherlands on 2 May 1996).