BKR, VOG, Embargo & BIG

Index

Embargo

On my thesis for the internship Staal & Select there is an embargo of a few years, because it contains sensitive data about the company. I agreed upon committing to the internship that all the people working there and all there data would be shared with me if necessary to come to a new Commercial Administrationprogram. This was granted and everybody cooperated and with this my final thesis for Business Economics was allowed into the library with lots of black bars and access with permission. I don't remember for how many years this embargo is set. The thesis was written in 2004.

VOG

A Verklaring Omtrent Goedgedrag (VOG) can be necessary if doing a project or job using privacy data, working with vulnerable people, money or products. Each project or job needs its own VOG. Most VOG are checked for a specific job or project on what is necessary for that project or job. It is a snapshot and has to be current. A lot of projects and jobs I did needed a specific VOG. Each time it was granted for what it was asked for. For my internship with the Amsterdam Police, Korps Controlling a VOG wasn't enough. They did an antecedentenonderzoek (Screening).

BKR

For some projects or jobs when working with financial data a BKR is needed besides a VOG. This means that Stichting BKR gives information about the financial status of the person. Are there debts, how is the paying behavior of the person who is going to do the project or job, etc. This has to be mapped to know the risk of the person going to do the project or job. Mostly this means low risk to high risk. People with no debt are low risk if their past behavior was the same low risk as shown now. People with debt or payment arrears (betalingsachterstanden) are most of the time high risk. The risk means how well the person is going to handle challenges when working with sensitive/ vulnerable financial figures. A few of the projects and jobs I had, also checked this before I was allowed to start. This can also be checked for volunteer work, depending on the volunteer work. I myself checked my BKR also a few times to see if I had other debts than student debt. I had a revolving credit (doorlopende kredit op mijn betaalrekening) that has already expired, but it will remain visible on my BKR list until September 2025. This is the list that I have to show for some projects or jobs. An overdraft on checking account is for most projects or jobs okay, but I will go from September 2025 for a clean BKR. A BKR with a mortgage that is paid on time will also be okay for most projects or jobs.

Big Register

In The Netherlands there is a Big Register in which all health care workers can be looked up. The registration has to be renewed every 5 year. Only people with a Dutch Professional diploma can be registered. People with a foreign diploma have to have their diploma officially recognized by DUO. This is handy when having therapy or surgery. Or actually any contact with a health care worker. It easy to use, just fill in the name and a list will pop-up! I use this register to check. I never had a BIG-register diploma and problaby won't either in the future, not interested.

Sources Used

• Big Register 

• BKR 

• Politie screening 

• Scriptie publiceren met embargo HvA (HES Amsterdam merged with HvA) 

• Verklaring omtrent het gedrag (VOG) 

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*Hogeschool Economische Studies Amsterdam ( HES Amsterdam) merged in 2004. I  graduated in the summer of 2004, before the merger.