International Newcomers (IN) Amsterdam (formerly Expatcenter Amsterdam)
IN Amsterdam offers a simplified process for registration, residence permits and BSN for international newcomers and companies looking to hire highly skilled …
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IN Amsterdam offers a simplified process for registration, residence permits and BSN for international newcomers and companies looking to hire highly skilled …
4-year social entrepreneurship programme now focused on impact entrepreneurship. Amsterdam Impact strengthens the ecosystem for all companies that simultaneously create financial and …
A former Rotterdam swimming pool turned circular-economy hub where 55+ entrepreneurs turn each other's waste into raw materials — a flagship of …
The municipality had the ambition to be the European leader of creative innovation by 2020 after the Lehman Brothers collapse. The city …
The Netherlands' 2015 BIZ law lets local businesses vote to self-tax and jointly fund street cleaning, safety and marketing. It grew from …
2,100 entrepreneurs and real estate owners in Eindhoven Center invest €800,000 annually for 5 years. For entrepreneurs, the BIZ replaces the annual …
Public-private partnership with City of Amsterdam strengthening the reputation of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area among residents, visitors and businesses by deploying the …
In 1977 Groningen split its centre into four sectors with no car links between them. Evaluations found car traffic down 47% and …
Museum door de Stad travelled through the city of Eindhoven with pop-up installations inspired by the city and Eindhoven Museum’s cultural and …
Non-profit incubator owned by TU Delft, the Municipality of Delft and Erasmus University; by its 2015 anniversary it reported 150 startups launched, …
After Philips and DAF cut thousands of jobs in the early 1990s, Eindhoven's government, industry and university leaders built a formal triple-helix …
TU Delft ranked 15th in the European University Spinout Report 2025 — the highest of any Dutch university — with its venture …
In January 2021 Utrecht's council adopted the Ruimtelijke Strategie Utrecht 2040, committing roughly €7.1 billion to build four new urban centres so …
Rotterdam's Connecting Delta Cities network paired Dutch flood-adaptation expertise with Ho Chi Minh City's government from 2011, producing a joint climate-risk atlas …
A voucher lets a Dutch SME buy up to 70% of a research question answered by a university or public institute. Tracked …
Amsterdam cut holiday rental from 60 to 30 nights (2019), added permits (2021) and now tightens to 15 nights in hotspots. Compliance …
Since 2011 the Dutch state, Rotterdam and partners aim to lift Rotterdam-Zuid to the average of the four largest Dutch cities by …
Since 2004 the Dutch government has funded SMEs through phased SBIR R&D contracts on behalf of ministries, spending about EUR 8M/year, but …
Dutch government targeted 40 deprived districts from 2008 (EUR 216m public, ~EUR 1bn from housing corporations in 2008-2011). SCP's 2013 evaluation found …
Since 2020, Dutch government-funded Techleap.nl has run 'Rise', an eight-week cohort programme for scale-ups. A rare independent 2023 government evaluation found the …
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