NIZW is an independent organization which targets innovation and improvement in the care and welfare sector. It provides information and support to professionals and volunteers working in fields as varied as child care, social services, community work, services for the elderly, youth care, shelter, nursing homes, home care and services for disabled people. Concrete products include conferences, training programmes, books, brochures, almanacs, databases, websites, CD ROMs, videos and an information telephone / help line. On the international page of the website access to English articles and the Newsletter ‚Intermezzo‘ and factsheets (PDF-files to download). The main part of the site is in Dutch language.