Netherlands

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Priority neighbourhoods	Central government, municipal authorities, housing corporations, local organisations and residents are working together to make priority neighbourhoods more liveable, for example by renovating housing, creating parks and boosting safety and security.
Progress on tackling priority neighbourhoods	Central government monitors progress on the improvement of priority neighbourhoods through a range of studies. Each study features a particular aspect of neighbourhood life and together they provide a total picture of the progress achieved.
Enterprising initiatives and liveability	Central government is creating greater scope for local initiatives that seek to make neighbourhoods more liveable, for instance by amending obstructive legislation and encouraging new forms of investment.
Liveability programme	The government supports a range of programmes aimed at boosting liveability in local neighbourhoods, such as the national Rotterdam South programme.
Benefit fraud	People who deliberately apply for benefits or income-related support that they are not entitled to are committing fraud. The Dutch government has set aside more than €25 million to combat benefit fraud.
Dutch Fund for Regional Partnerships (NFRP)	The Dutch Fund for Regional Partnerships (NFRP) supports the development of the rule of law and democracy in the European Union’s neighbouring countries and the Arab region. The NFRP consists of two parts: the NFRP-Matra Programme for the European Region and the Shiraka Dutch-Arab Partnership for the Arab region.