The DAI’s gatherings (so-called DAI Confluences), happening 7 times per year at various locations in and around Europe, come with expenses outside of the actual classroom. Expenses for which the DAI has created the Bread, Bed & Solidarity Fund. This fund covers: all accommodation (bed, shower) and all communal meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) during DAI Confluences plus a partial refund of travel costs that exceed the costs to be made for the trip from your home-base to the Netherlands and back (see the conditions below). 

Why do we need a Bread, Bed & Solidarity Fund?

Our program is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education (75-80%) and tuition fees (20-25%). We have no permission to use this budget to fully cover student's expenses in regard to food, accommodation and travel.

For students paying the institutional tuition fee (non-EU passport holders or EU passport holders who have already obtained a Masters degree in the Netherlands), the additional costs are covered by the Bread, Bed & Solidarity Fund. For all others the contribution to the Bread, Bed & Solidarity Student Fund comes on top of their statutory tuition fee. 

The Bread, Bed & Solidarity Fund does not cover any educational activities nor any expenses for food, accommodation or travel made by faculty or crew. 

At the beginning of the two year trajectory incoming European passport holders formally have the right to refuse to profit from and pay to the support structure of the Bread, Bed & Solidarity Fund (please keep in mind that non-EU students do not have this right, hence the word "solidarity"). If you go for the no-pay option you will still be entitled to take part in education (the 4 curriculum components), but you will be excluded for two years from all communal meals and will thus have to always take care of your own catering, also at relatively isolated locations such as PAF or NIDA. On top of that you will have to entirely self-organise your accommodation (bed & shower) and all travel during all DAI Confluences. Particularly in rural places (think, once again, PAF or NIDA) where the DAI settles down for 7 to max 12 days, this is going to be be super stressfull for you and your actual costs for food, accommodation and travel will be substantially higher than what you have to pay to the Bread, Bed & Solidarity Fund.

Those who at the beginning of the two-year trajectory, commit to take part in the support structure of the  Bread, Bed & Solidarity  Fund, must pay the full contribution, divided over several prescribed installments (see below). Skipping (part of) a DAI Confluence, as an individual student, for whatever reason, does not entitle you to a discount. It is important to understand that the Bread, Bed & Solidarity Fund only partially covers the costs made by DAI for our "living together" during DAI Confluences. If everything would be broken down to individual payments for the actual costs per student per day, we would to have to charge each student a substantially higher contribution. Such compartmentalized payments would lead to  students skipping meals, days or even entire Confluences, purely for financial reasons. Precisely to make sure this will not happen the Bread, Bed & Solidarity  Fund came into being.

Only 'commoning' can make 'roaming' possible ! 

The Bread, Bed & Solidarity Fund allows us to warmly welcome all DAI students to take part in DAI's "temporary boarding school support structure" for a reasonable prize and enjoy the wonderful conviviality during the 7 DAI Confluences per year, that is at the very heart of our program.

WHAT IS COVERED ?

*Bed & shower during all DAI Confluences

During the DAI Confluences all students are accommodated in (youth) hostels and alternative group facilities.

Take notice: facilities are always shared between several DAI students. In general at most locations it is not possible to provide students with one person bedrooms. Our logistics and hospitality coordinators will invite you to register for a room together with peers that are close to you.

WHAT IS COVERED ?

*All communal meals during all DAI Confluences

Lunches and dinners served at the DAI are always meat-free (in general vegetarian/vegan, incidentally we serve dishes containing some fish (optional, always next to "veg")). It goes without saying that any food allergies will be taken in account (please inform Jacq van der Spek). Breakfasts are sometimes taken care of by the hostels where we are staying ( in that we pay for them, but have no say in what they offer),or, at self catering locations, by our crew, in which case they are vegetarian/vegan as well. 

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WHAT IS COVERED ?

*Travel costs above "from home to the Netherlands and back" (but please be aware that travel costs are not to be fully re-funded)  

For each Confluence that is based outside of the Netherlands, a Travel Cost CAP is set in the beginning of the year. In conversation with Jacq van der Spek and Kastė Šeškevičiūte, each student needs to find the cheapest possible means of transport to that location and provide the travel cost estimations. Based on the feedback from all students, a travel cost CAP is set for each confluence and for every location where students are based. Then, a refundable percentage (usually 50%) is set. The percentage is the same for every student, but it can change per confluence depending on the travel destination and the budget. If the travel expenses are higher than the CAP, a student has to deduct the refundable percentage from the CAP. If the expenses are lower, the refundable percentage has to be taken off the actual amount that the student has paid for their travels.

The travel costs can be refunded back to the students under three very strict conditions:

1.At the beginning of the year Jacq van der Spek must be informed about the location from where the student expects to be traveling and also about the average costs of travel from that location to the Netherlands.

2. The student has made a serious effort to find the cheapest possible ticket (all destinations are known in advance and can be booked from October onward). Please note that within a circle of max 400 kilometeres around the Netherlands, the DAI will mostly arrange free transfers by touring car from Arnhem (or another location) to where the specific DAI-week will take place. In that case students are expected to travel to the Netherlands first ( pick up locations will be communicated). Occassionally a cheap group flight departing from the Netherlands (or another location) on a fixed day and time, will be arranged. In both cases it must be clear that if students nevertheless prefer to travel directly to the DAI-week destination the extra costs cannot be refunded !! 

3.IMPORTANT: refunding of tickets is EXCLUSIVELY possible if all the obligatory contributions to the Project Fund have been made. The payments to the Bread, Bed & Solidarity Fund have to be made in two (or more) instalments. DAI will send you information about how to pay, right after the introduction week.

Bread, Bed & Solidarity Fund payment & refunding co-ordination: Kastė Šeškevičiūte

WHAT IS THE CONTRIBUTION ?

As said: for students paying the institutional tuition fee (non-EU passport holders or EU passport holders who have already obtained a Masters degree in the Netherlands), the additional costs are covered by the Bread, Bed & Solidarity Fund.

For all EU passport holders, paying the statutory tuition the costs come on top of the tuition:

Bread, Bed & Solidarity Student Fund 2022-2024: 2 x €1650 (in 4 installments).

This concerns incoming students 2022.

The payment of 2 x € 1.650 as contribution to the BB&SS Fund for the two academic years 2021-2023 must be paid in four instalments:

€ 675 to be paid in the second part of 2022 but in any case BEFORE NOVEMBER 17, 2022.

€ 975 in the first part of 2023 but in any case BEFORE FEBRUARY 17, 2023 

€ 675 to be paid in the second part of 2023,but in any case BEFORE NOVEMBER 17, 2023

€ 975 in the first part of 2024, but in any case BEFORE FEBRUARY 17, 2023

IMPORTANT: in case COVID or any other unforeseen force majeure requires DAI as institution to cancel one or more DAI Confluences that we had scheduled to take place IN REAL LIFE, a reasonable discount will be calculated (or in case the total sum has already been paid, a refund towards the end of the academic year). If the missing Confluence days are to be re-scheduled at a later moment within the academic year, no discount or refund can be claimed. 

Questions around the Bread, Bed & Solidarity Fund are regularly discussed with the COUNCIL, DAI's consultative student body.   

For all other information about fees & finance go back to http://dutchartinstitute.eu/practical/financ

This page was updated for the academic stretch 2024-2026 as well as 2025-2027 .