A/HRC/41/44/Add.2 insured under these national insurance schemes. One is insured for these national insurance schemes irrespective of whether one is employed. Similarly, there are also child benefit payments for parents raising children under the age of 18 as well as child-related budget allowances for expenditures for families under a certain threshold. There is also health-care insurance covered by the basic insurance (Zvw) and long-term nursing and care (WLZ), as well as work and income invalidity benefits in case of a temporary or permanent incapacity to work (IVA and WGA benefits). 58. Finally, the Independent Expert was informed that asylum seekers and migrants who have been granted residence are encouraged to integrate into, and participate in, Dutch society. To achieve this, the Government has increased its investment in rapid integration through civic integration programmes. Municipal authorities also play a role via the “participation procedure and statement”, whereby civic integration candidates sign a statement that sets out the values and basic rules of Dutch society. The Government will continue this investment and will improve the current civic integration system as follows: the language requirement considered successful for integration into Dutch society will be raised; the Government will improve both the quality and quantity of support by giving municipal authorities more control over the process of civic integration; housing and health care of newcomers will be integrated in the civic integration programme; and the number of first-generation migrants obtaining Dutch nationality will be expanded. V. Examples of good international solidarity practices A. Commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other relevant instruments for international solidarity 59. During his visit, the Independent Expert was pleased to hear that among all the government interlocutors he met there was a strong consensus regarding the need to faithfully implement the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. The Independent Expert was also informed of the willingness of these actors to act in solidarity with those facing inequality, poverty and oppression, whether inside or outside the country. The Independent Expert is of the view that, thanks to its democratic system and steady economic development over decades, the Netherlands is in a favourable position to implement the 2030 Agenda and the Goals. The Government has consistently expressed its willingness to be a leading nation in the implementation of the Goals, both at the global and the national level. 60. The Netherlands has a long history of involvement in sustainable development. Since 2000, through its development policy the Netherlands has made an active contribution to the predecessors of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Millennium Development Goals. Through investment in primary education, access to clean drinking water and the vaccination of children, the Netherlands has made a strong contribution to the progress made in developing countries in these domains. 61. The Independent Expert was informed that the four countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands and Sint Maarten) have reported jointly to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. 7 While each quasiautonomous country within the Kingdom has its own political reality and is in a different phase of implementing the Goals, all of them are committed to the 2030 Agenda as a whole and to achieving the 17 Goals at home. Responsibilities for the implementation of the Goals have been assigned to all the ministries concerned, with the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation in charge of overall coordination. A Sustainable Development Goals network of focal points comprised of representatives from each ministry and the Association of Netherlands Municipalities has been established and meets regularly. It is chaired by a specially appointed high-level coordinator for national implementation of the 7 See Kingdom of the Netherlands, “Report on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, The Hague, July 2017. 11