Cultuurcompagnie Noord-Holland is an independent foundation with a staff of over fifty professionals who dedicate themselves to the preservation and promotion of art and heritage. Cultuurcompagnie receives a subsidy to execute part of the culture policy of the Province of North Holland. In addition, Cultuurcompagnie develops activities on its own initiative and for third parties.
 
Cultuurcompagnie Noord-Holland wants to give a future to the Defence Line of Amsterdam and does so by commission of the Province of North Holland, in collaboration with the fort managers and owners as well as other partners. Cultuurcompagnie maintains the website, and organizes and coordinates activities such as the season opening, festival Op de Bres and the Stellingmaand (Defence Line Month). Moreover, it coordinates the promotion of the Defence Line of Amsterdam as a whole.

The Province of North Holland attaches great value to the Defence Line of Amsterdam. It had a hand in the 1996 inclusion of the Defence Line of Amsterdam in the UNESCO World Heritage list, for instance, and has placed many parts of the ‘Stelling’ on the provincial list of monuments.

During the discussions on the Dutch National Spatial Strategy (Nota Ruimte) in the spring of 2006, the government indicated its intentions to preserve the landscape and “develop it with quality”. The Defence Line of Amsterdam was given the status of National Landscape. Thus, the Province of North Holland gained the responsibility of protecting the Defence Line of Amsterdam as a National Landscape. www.noord-holland.nl