Tymen J. van der Ploeg

Tymen van der Ploeg studied Law at Leyden University. He works since November 1972 at the Faculty of Law of the VU-University at Amsterdam, since 1992 as full professor in civil law, especially law on legal persons and partners¬hips. He teaches international – and Dutch company law, law on associations and foundations and on religious communities. His research includes these topics, also from a comparative perspective, as well as the relation of ngo’s with government. In 1989 he was senior fellow in international philanthropy at the Institute for Policy Studies at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. He coordinates the research group on public tasks and voluntary organisations at his faculty. He serves as chairman of the committee of experts of the Dutch Office for Fundraising (CBF).

He published i.a., together with F.W. Hondius, volume Foundations, Chapter 9 in International Encyclopedia of comparative law, Volume XIII Business and private organizations, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster, 2000.