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flex-col justify-center py-5 px-4 mx-auto max-w-screen-xl text-center h-auto lg:py-16 lg:px-12 text-shadow"> <p class="text-white font-semibold mb-7" style="color:#FFFFFF !important;">Kinderdijk World Heritage Foundation</p> <h1 class="mb-7 text-white max-w-[800px] mx-auto mt-0" style="color:#FFFFFF !important;"> About us </h1> <p class="ty-hero-text font-crimson_text leading-tight text-white sm:px-16 xl:px-12" style="color:#FFFFFF !important;"> As the Kinderdijk World Heritage Foundation (SWEK; Stichting Werelderfgoed Kinderdijk), we are charged with the governance and development of Kinderdijk-Elshout UNESCO World Heritage. Our chief task is to generate the revenues needed for the preservation and conservation of the windmills and the area for future generations. </p> <a class="ty-scrolldown" href="#contenttop"> <svg width="16" height="32" viewBox="0 0 8 16" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M4.32032 15.4385L7.68632 12.0725C7.82751 11.9516 7.84397 11.7391 7.72303 11.5979C7.60212 11.4568 7.38962 11.4403 7.24843 11.5612C7.23527 11.5725 7.22298 11.5848 7.21172 11.5979L4.41795 14.3883L4.41795 1.06238C4.41795 0.876502 4.26724 0.725796 4.08133 0.725796C3.89542 0.725796 3.74474 0.876502 3.74474 1.06238L3.74474 14.3883L0.954354 11.5979C0.833441 11.4568 0.620947 11.4403 0.479757 11.5612C0.338567 11.6822 0.322108 11.8946 0.44305 12.0358C0.454331 12.049 0.466595 12.0613 0.479757 12.0725L3.84576 15.4385C3.97699 15.569 4.18903 15.569 4.32032 15.4385Z" fill="#FFFFFF"/> </svg> </a> </div> </div> </section> <a name="contenttop"></a> <section class="ty-text py-12 lazyload" data-expand="-20"> <div class="mx-auto max-w-screen-md px-4 lg:px-12"> <p>Although (local) authorities have entrusted us with a considerable set of responsibilities, we do not have to face these challenges alone. Apart from the Blokweer windmill, all mills are located on Molenlanden municipal district. That makes the Molenlanden municipal authorities the proprietor of all nineteen Kinderdijk windmills – including the aforementioned ‘Blokker’, which is on Alblasserdam territory – and the monumental Wisboom pumping station. As such, Molenlanden is an important influence in anything we do. Furthermore, the neighbouring municipality of Alblasserdam, the province of South Holland, the Rivierenland District Water Board, and the National Service for Cultural Heritage (RCE; Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed) are all closely involved in all Kinderdijk affairs.</p> <p> </p> <h2>What does the Kinderdijk World Heritage Foundation?</h2> <p>First of all, we were founded back in 2002, charged with the governance and development of the World Heritage site officially acknowledged by UNESCO in 1997. In addition to generating sufficient revenues to preserve and conserve the windmill complex, our main goal is education: to make sure the Kinderdijk story is passed on. These are substantial tasks, which have only gained weight as the flow of tourists kept on increasing. The small team we started out with has expanded into an organisation employing some fifty professionals in full-time and part-time service. We are supported by over 250 volunteers, including skippers, tour guides, handymen and -women, and hosts and hostesses. Together, they are the crucial backbone of our organisation – we couldn’t do this without them.</p> </div> </section> <section class="ty-image lazyload" data-expand="-20"> <div class="mx-auto max-w-screen-md px-4 lg:px-12"> <img class="rounded w-full max-h-[766px] object-cover" src="https://kinderdijk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/KInderdijk_ThinkYellow_Production-51-min-1349x900.jpg" alt="Museummolen Nederwaard - Werelderfgoed Kinderdijk" /> <p class="mt-4">The Nederwaard Museum Mill</p> </div> </section> <section class="ty-text py-12 lazyload" data-expand="-20"> <div class="mx-auto max-w-screen-md px-4 lg:px-12"> <h2>General manager</h2> <p>The organisation is led by general manager Peter-Jan van Steenbergen. The rest of the professional SWEK staff consists of millers, maintenance personnel, catering employees, traffic wardens, cleaners, site coördinators, and management and operational staff covering various disciplines (including marketing, reception, sales, ICT, HR).</p> <p> </p> <h2>Supervisory Board</h2> <p>Management is governed in turn by our Supervisory Board. This body monitors the implementation of foundation policy. It operates from an advisory position, acting as a sounding board for management while keeping a close eye on new developments and ongoing affairs. All board members occupy honorary posts.</p> <p>The present Supervisory Board consists of the following members: Chairman André Borgdorff (Harderwijk), Walter de Zeeuw (Alblasserdam), Wim van Leussen (Ottoland), and Steven van Nieuwenhuizen (Heemstede).</p> <p>As we operate in the form of a foundation, we do not aim to make profit as such. 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