What works in Amsterdam
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Evidence snapshot for Amsterdam
Amsterdam's evidence base demonstrates several economic and entrepreneurship initiatives. IN Amsterdam has facilitated residence and registration for over 1,000 international companies since 2008, with foreign companies accounting for 32% of private-sector jobs in the Amsterdam Area (~230,000 direct jobs). Amsterdam Impact strengthened the social-enterprise ecosystem since 2015, raising average revenues from €693,771 to €1,151,305 and generating 34 deals through Buy Social events. The evidence covers programme outputs and employment contribution but does not quantify broader economic growth or population outcomes in Amsterdam.
Drawn from: International Newcomers (IN) Amsterdam (formerly Expatcenter Amsterdam) · Amsterdam Impact · DFROG — De Nederlandsche Bank's Machine-Learning-Tested Nowcasting Model for GDP Growth · Bedrijveninvesteringszones — The Netherlands' Self-Funded Business Improvement District Law · amsterdam&partners Foundation · Woogle — the Dutch NLP Search Engine for 3 Million Freedom-of-Information Files, Now Being Tested on Estonia's Records · Amsterdam and Helsinki's Public Algorithm Register — the World's First City AI Registers · The Code To Change
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Effectiveness +32 pts 100 here · 68 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +19 pts 93 here · 74 average
Inclusiveness / equity +17 pts 60 here · 43 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +17 pts 71 here · 54 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +13 pts 50 here · 37 average
Achievement / evidence +12 pts 100 here · 88 average
Innovation level +11 pts 73 here · 62 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Transferability / replicability +9 pts 69 here · 60 average
Weaknesses
Evidence of learning impact -10 pts 17 here · 26 average
Documented learning -24 pts 50 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach -26 pts 50 here · 76 average
Equity & inclusion -33 pts 17 here · 50 average
Evaluation evidence -49 pts 0 here · 49 average
Impact on gender equality -71 pts 0 here · 71 average
Evaluated outcomes -79 pts 0 here · 79 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Amsterdam. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
International Newcomers (IN) Amsterdam (formerly Expatcenter Amsterdam) · 91
Amsterdam Impact · 91
DFROG — De Nederlandsche Bank's Machine-Learning-Tested Nowcasting Model for GDP Growth · 87
Bedrijveninvesteringszones — The Netherlands' Self-Funded Business Improvement District Law · 81
amsterdam&partners Foundation · 81
Amsterdam and Helsinki's Public Algorithm Register — the World's First City AI Registers · 80
The Code To Change · 76
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