faciliteerd

Faciliteerd is a Dutch term derived from the verb faciliteren, meaning to make easier or to provide what is needed to carry out a task or event. It indicates that resources, processes, or conditions have been arranged to support a particular activity.

Etymology and form: facilitate comes from the Latin facilis (easy) via French and Dutch. In standard written Dutch, the perfect participle is gefaciliteerd, as in Het project is gefaciliteerd door de gemeente. The form faciliteerd is encountered primarily as a shorter, attributive participle in colloquial language or in fixed phrases, where it functions like an adjective to describe something that has been made easier or better supported.

Usage and nuance: Faciliteerd signals that facilitators, processes, or arrangements have positively shaped a task or event. It is commonly used in management, public administration, education, and event planning. In formal contexts, gefaciliteerd is the preferred form; facilitated actions or outcomes are described as gefaciliteerd, while the adjectival variant faciliteerd appears more in everyday or media language.

Relation to related terms: The noun facilitation refers to the act or process of making something easier. A person who performs this role is a facilitator. Related Dutch terms include facilitaire (facility-related) and facilitaire dienstverlening (facility services), which describe the support services that help enable activities.

See also: facilitation, facilitator, facilitaire dienstverlening.