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LOCAL Monday 17 october 2022

Consultation Conference Corporate Governance

Oranjestad – The Minister of semi-public sectors within are also allowed to partici-
Transport, Integrity, Nature the shortest time possible pate in this unique consul-
and Senior Affairs, Ursell Ar- as per internationally rec- tation conference.
ends, has called on public ognized best practices. The
and semi-public sector en- Minister and the chairman The introductory process
tities to register for a unique of the Corporate Gover- takes explicit account of
consultation conference nance Committee, Mr. Aruba's unique circum-
held at the University of Jossy Laclé, appealed to stances, such as limitations
Aruba on coming Novem- the stakeholders to partici- in resources and capacity
ber 3 and 4. pate in the upcoming con- at the entities and the small
sultation conference. scale of society. The goal is
Both days are devoted to Good corporate gover- to take joint steps toward
the new legislation in the nance requires effort from excellent corporate gover-
field of corporate gover- the community. That is why nance. Based on this vision,
nance. During a press con- the government considers the government estab-
ference, the Minister indi- the support and input from lished the Corporate Gov- now have the opportunity ticipants per entity within
cated that good corporate the stakeholders of great ernance Committee in May to review the design and the sectors can be limited.
governance is an essential value. That is also one of 2020. Its task is to advise and provide feedback before If necessary, they will re-
prerequisite for the optimal the reasons the govern- support the government in officially introducing them peat the congress.
functioning of these enti- ment consults stakeholders implementing a new legal into the legislative process.
ties. The draft by legal ad- about the National Ordi- framework for corporate For more information, con-
viser Carlos Guiamo, LLM, nance in the draft and the governance. In doing so, Registration is possible via tact the secretary of the
includes an explanation of Corporate Governance it relies on the framework an email to l.lohuis@the- Corporate Governance
the National Ordinance. Code. Moreover, a higher already developed by the mis-institute.org tating the Committee, Dr. Hellen van
degree of participation is Central Bank of Aruba. The name, position, telephone, der Wal, LLM., via wabcad-
Cabinet Wever-Croes II's in line with the vision of the draft National Ordinance and email address of the vies@gmail.com
goal is to strengthen the Ministry of Integrity. and the Corporate Gov- participants. When they
corporate governance In addition to the stake- ernance Code are its lat- reach the maximum ca- Participation in the confer-
practice in the public and holders involved, students est products. Stakeholders pacity, the number of par- ence is free of charge.q

Academic researchers of the IPA and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

will research the Quality of life of the Aruban youth

OrANjeSTAd - recently, the Minister of 4600/5000 students of the 5th and 6th
justice and Social Affairs, rocco Tjon, grades,
met with academic researchers of the the mental health antecedent of the
IPA and the Vrije Universiteit Amster- children's family, cultural antecedent,
dam, who will be executing the re- social activities, school environment,
search called, Quality of life of the Aru- bullying;
ban youth. self-esteem; and neighborhood ele-
ments linked to the project of Safe Bari-
The minister believes in evidence-based os.
policy. Therefore, the government will
make a multi-annual policy plan based The research also focuses on the chil-
on the information collected through dren's neighborhood:
this research. The experience in their neighborhood;
what they miss in it; what kind of devel-
All the prep work for the research is in opments they wish for it.
place and is now ready for execution. In addition, they will research two or
If everything goes according to plan, three schools out of the eight districts
the goal is to complete the data col- in Aruba, where they will interview the
lection by the summer of 2023 and then school management and have 8 group
analyze it. The research will focus on sessions with parents in every district.
the youth and Primary schools, MAVO,
high-school, and schools for children According to the Minister, this will be
with special needs. very holistic research and can count
on the collaboration of the Ministry of
The research is on: Justice and Social Affairs and the Minis-
The life quality of approximately try of Education and Sports.q