Citizens' Initiative

• The proposal or topic must not be about a private matter.
• The council must have jurisdiction over the proposal or topic. 
• You must include at least 10 signatures from Zoetermeerders who support your proposal. This is called statements of support (more explanation in the item below). 
• The other conditions can be found in the Citizens' Initiative Regulation.

To submit the citizens' initiative, you need a list of at least 10 signatures of other initiative supporters (see previous explanation above) who support your proposal. We call these statements of support. 

On the list put:

• The subject or proposal (in the same words you used in your request).
• Do you need more than 1 sheet for supporters' signatures? Then you must repeat the proposal or topic at the top of each new sheet.
• Supporters' names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and signatures.

You may wish to use the sample signature form (pdf). You can print this form and fill it out (or have it filled out).

You can submit a citizens' initiative in 2 ways:

Online (with DigiD)

Submit citizens' initiative

By mail

You may download and complete the printable form below. You can send the fully completed form to:

Municipality of Zoetermeer
Attn: Registry
PO Box 15
2700 AA ZOETERMEER

Request for citizens' initiative (pdf)