ambtelijk contactpersoon

English translation: municipal liaison officer

17:10 Jun 22, 2017
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Government / Politics
Dutch term or phrase: ambtelijk contactpersoon
"elke partij wijst hiervoor een (ambtelijk) contactpersoon aan."

Het gaat over een City Deal tussen verschillende Nederlandse gemeenten om aan milieuproblematiek (specifiek rondom de voedselsector) te werken. Het woord "ambtelijk" wil hier zeggen dat de contactpersoon iemand is die bij de gemeente werkt, maar hoe druk je dit het Engels duidelijk uit? Ik vind online "civil service liaison" in gebruik, maar weet niet of ik hier helemaal gelukkig mee ben.
Emma Rault (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:10
English translation:municipal liaison officer
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municipal liaison officer


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Michael Beijer
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Local time: 22:10
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agree  philgoddard: You could leave out "municipal".
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  -> Thanks Phil!

agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Would prefer 'city liaison officer'.
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  -> Thanks!
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Domain Administrative law
nl
Term ambtelijke contactpersoon
Reliability
3 (Reliable)
Term Ref.
AIV jaarverslag 2002
Term Note
ambtenaar die steun en informatie verleent aan de leden van de Adviesraad Internationale Vraagstukken; NL
Date
24/09/2003

en
Term civil service liaison officer
Reliability
3 (Reliable)
Term Ref.
MBZ
Term Note
civil servant who liaises with members of the Advisory Council on International Affairs; NL;REF:MBZ
Date
24/09/2003

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Note added at 19 mins (2017-06-22 17:29:53 GMT)
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JurLex:

ambtelijk contactpersoon =
official liaison officer

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Note added at 21 mins (2017-06-22 17:31:51 GMT)
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see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaison_officer

"A liaison officer is a person who liaises between two organizations to communicate and coordinate their activities. Generally, liaison officers are used to achieve the best utilization of resources or employment of services of one organization by another. Liaison officers often provide technical or subject matter expertise of their parent organization. Usually an organization embeds a liaison officer into another organization to provide face-to-face coordination."

Michael Beijer
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