# Algoritmeregister van de Nederlandse overheid (Government Algorithm Register)

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Netherlands
- **Instrument type**: Policy
- **Status**: In force
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
- **Adopted**: 2022-12-21

## In brief

Government Algorithm Register is a non-binding policy of the Netherlands, issued by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. Its current status is in force. Public bodies in the Netherlands; no duty on private organisations. Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

## Summary

A public register in which Dutch government organisations describe the algorithms they use that affect citizens: purpose, legal basis, data, human oversight, risks and contact points. Launched in December 2022 and extended since, it aims to make automated decision-making by government transparent and contestable. Ministries were asked to publish all impactful and high-risk algorithms.

## Scope

Public bodies in the Netherlands; no duty on private organisations.

## Notes on dates

Register launched 21 December 2022; coverage expanded through 2024–2025.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0141 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0141; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/netherlands-government-algorithm-register
- **Official source**: https://algoritmes.overheid.nl/en
- **Source document**: The Algorithm Register of the Dutch government
- **Published by**: Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Algoritmeregister van de Nederlandse overheid (Government Algorithm Register)" [AIPT-POL-0141, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0141 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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