{"id":82683,"date":"2020-07-10T11:38:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T11:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaconsulate.com\/?page_id=82683"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:35:40","slug":"honorary-consul","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uaconsulate.com\/en\/honorary-consul\/","title":{"rendered":"Honorary Consul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;bottom-t-top&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;1000&#8243;][vc_custom_heading separator=&#8221;yes&#8221; separator_color=&#8221;yes&#8221;]The honorary consul[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;132461&#8243;]Emiel de S\u00e9vr\u00e8n Jacquet has been the honorary consul of Ukraine since 2020. He is the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hfn.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Holland Financial Network B.V.<\/a> in Amsterdam and owner of a variety of (recruitment) businesses. He is also the chairman of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dutchdefencecluster.com\">Dutch Defence Cluste<\/a>r, a platform for Dutch and Ukrainian stakeholders in the defence industry.<br \/>\nFurthermore, he is the chairman of the NUCC, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nucc.nl\">The Netherlands-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce.<\/a> This is a bilateral Dutch-Ukrainian chamber, established to stimulate trade between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Emiel is also a board member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amade-nederland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMADE Nederland<\/a>, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that fights for the rights of children regardless of origin, nationality and religion. In addition, he frequently organizes high level network events, such as the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspergepartij.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nationale Aspergepartij<\/a>, that are visited by politicians, CEO\u2019s, entrepreneurs and members of the Royal family. He is also the initiator of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tulipfestival.eu\">Ukrainian &#8211; Dutch Tulip Festiva<\/a>l. An initiative to plant 450.000 tulips in yiv, Lviv, Bucha, Odesa, Dnipro en Otsjakiv. Directly after the war against Ukraine he founded the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hfnfoundation.nl\">HFN Foundation<\/a> that helped 125 Ukrainians to move and live in the Netherlands and that supports multiple initiatives to help Ukrainians in The Netherlands and abroad.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;bottom-t-top&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;83036&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;994571&#8243;][vc_column_text]Emiel de S\u00e9vr\u00e8n Jacquet, Honorary Consul of Ukraine in the Kingdom of the Netherlands[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;bottom-t-top&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading separator=&#8221;yes&#8221; separator_color=&#8221;yes&#8221;]Role[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]Whilst the role of an honorary consul varies per country and per consul, the most important task is to strengthen the relations between both countries in areas such as trade, culture and science.<\/p>\n<p>Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/legal.un.org\/ilc\/texts\/instruments\/english\/conventions\/9_2_1963.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vienna Convention on Consular Relations<\/a>, the role of a consul can be defined as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Protecting the interests of the state he represents, and the subjects;<\/li>\n<li>Promoting trade and economic, cultural and scientific relations;<\/li>\n<li>Observing and reporting on economic, commercial and cultural life;<\/li>\n<li>Representing nationals of the sending State (Ukraine) before judicial and other authorities in the absence of those nationals;<\/li>\n<li>protecting the interests of nationals of the sending State who are minors or otherwise incapable of acting;<\/li>\n<li>signing documents;<\/li>\n<li>representing positions in the absence of the ambassador;<\/li>\n<li>assisting seagoing and inland waterway vessels as well as aircraft of the nationality of the sending State and their crews.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>The honorary consulate covers the provinces of North Holland, South Holland and Utrecht.<\/u>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uaconsulate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uaconsulate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uaconsulate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uaconsulate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uaconsulate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82683"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/uaconsulate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83337,"href":"https:\/\/uaconsulate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82683\/revisions\/83337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uaconsulate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}