NEVO

The NEVO or Nederlandse Verdragsorganisatie (English: Dutch Treaty Organisation) was an intermicronational organisation which was started by Batavia, Flanders and the Netherlands to unite the Dutch sector in one organisation. Despite being invited, Brabantia and Novosibirsk declined to partake in the organisation. It began on the 12th of June 2007, with the ratification of the Dutch Treaty by Flanders, and was dissolved in May 2010.

Goals and achievements

The stated goals of the NEVO were the assurance of peace between the Dutch speaking nations, the creation of a permanent diplomatic dialogue between them, the promotion of cooperation between these continents, helping them recruit new citizens, safeguarding the rights of micronational citizens and organise a yearly intermicronational conference. It was to do this with the adoption of directives (richtlijnen), some by a two thirds majority (mainly pertaining to symbols and the internal workings of the organisation) and some by unanimity (regaring to economic matters, human rights, the exchange of infrastructure, the mutual recognition of university degrees and the promotion of micronationalism).

The status of these directives was quickly in dispute, with some (notably Frans from the Netherlands) considering them to be legally binding by themselfs, akin to EU directives, while others (notably Erwin V.H. from Flanders) claiming they were nothing more than treaties in all but in name and needed to be approved by the different national legislatures, pointing out that, if this was not the case, the NEVO founding treaty was unconstitutional in Flanders. This matter was never brought before a national court and the theoretical dispute remained, but in practice each directive went to a ratification process in the different national legislatures.

Whatever may be the case, three directives were passed:
- on intermicronational transactions (November 2007)
- on exchange rates (November 2007)
- on human rights (November 2008)

Presidency

The NEVO had a rotating presidency, held by:

June-September 2007: Batavia
October 2007-January 2008: the Virtual United Provinces
February-May 2008: Flanders
June-September 2008: Batavia
September 2008-January 2009: the Netherlands
February 2009-May 2009: Flanders
June-September 2009: Batavia
September 2009-January 2010: the Netherlands
February-May 2010: Flanders