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Social Sciences - Government / Politics | | Dutch term or phrase: achterban | I know there are several words for this, even here. I usually use (social) support base (thanks to an earlier proz query) for draagvlak as well as achterban, but here they are talking about achterban and draagvlak. And somehow I feel support base doesn't quite cut it here.
Migrantenorganisatie: een in Nederland gevestigde organisatie, zonder winstoogmerk en met aantoonbaar draagvlak, dat een externe doelstelling heeft gericht op ontwikkelingssamenwerkingsactiviteiten. Dit wordt aangetoond in de statuten van de organisatie. In de doelstellingen van de organisatie zijn voorts één of meerdere migratie-gerelateerd doelstellingen opgenomen. De achterban (het draagvlak) dient te bestaan uit migranten, dan wel de oorsprong van de organisatie ligt in een igrantengemeenschap. De leden van het bestuur en de uitvoerende leden c.q. werknemers bestaan voor de meerderhied uit migranten of hebben een aanmerkelijk belang in de
migrant wordt verstaan een persoon die van één land naar een ander land
verhuisd. |
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| | supporters | Explanation:
Try to keep it as simple and concrete as possible, is my advice. The supporters should be migrants. |
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  Max Nuijens, MSc
Belarus
Local time: 11:42
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12 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 rank and file
Explanation:
http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/vertalen.php --> achterban
As a result, they are joining together to form a union with the Machinists to win a voice at work, a campaign that illustrates how unions can work successfully with immigrant organizations to facilitate both greater strength in numbers and rank-and-file solidarity.
http://www.aflcio.org/mediacenter/speakout/Immanuel_ness.cfm
REVIEW SYMPOSIUM Ruth Milkman L.A. Story: Immigrant Workers and ...
ticularly but presumably not exclusively) the growing Latino immigrant popu- lation. .... tion and resources were devoted to rank-and-file organization. ...
ser.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/5/2/369.pdf
Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, ... - Google Books Result
by Daniel Soyer - 2002 - History - 291 pages
and went on to argue, "All good Jewish organizations strive to protect Jewish ... nor fulfilling its democratic promise.44 One rank-and-file supporter ...
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Or rank and file organization (in de zin)
| Lianne Van De Ven
United States
Local time: 04:42
Native speaker of:  Dutch
PRO pts in category: 2
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26 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 membership
Explanation:
I suppose 'rank and file' is acceptable, but in my neck of the woods the collocation is with unions. To avoid any unintended association, you might try 'membership' here. Just an idea
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15 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +3 stakeholder base
Explanation:
Just another possible alternative...
-> "9. The presentation outlined the Commissions approach and provided an introduction to the context, rationale and state of play for the technology platforms. The importance of the wide stakeholder base and the need for openness and transparency of the platforms was emphasised. The platforms should be all inclusive although to achieve this would require funding."
http://ec.europa.eu/research/agriculture/pdf/etpgah_vision20...
(p. 2)
-> "All organizations engaged with several stakeholder groups, though some were more committed to expanding their stakeholder base than others. For example, Cobscook Bay Resource Center actively supports projects with approximately 12 different stakeholder groups, while organizations like Penobscot Bay Resource Center intentionally focuses strongly on commercial fishermen. Nonetheless,
every organization has one user group that was the basis of its motivation for forming, which is identified in the table below as the organization’s principal stakeholder group..."
http://www.qlf.org/publication_files/MaineComBasedConserv_Fi... (p. 8)
| Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 10:42
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48
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