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Utrecht focuses on IT jobs by opening TechGrounds Overvecht

By bas_h|2024-06-27T16:04:32+02:0016 December 2021|News|

TechGrounds opens a new location in the Utrecht district of Overvecht. It is the fourth physical location of the now national initiative that sets up 'tech hubs' in neighborhoods and activates hidden IT talent. After previous successful locations in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Zuidoost and Rotterdam Zuid, TechGrounds is now going to make tech training and jobs accessible to hidden talents in the Utrecht neighborhood of Overvecht, in collaboration with Capgemini, AWS re/Start, Salesforce, UTC, UWV and the municipality of Utrecht.

Investing in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area

By bas_h|2024-06-27T16:04:35+02:0013 December 2021|News|

An inventive economy, with a well-educated population and a sustainably connected region for everyone: that is what we are working on in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. During the fourth State of the Region we will discuss how we can invest in this dreamed future. “If we want to work together in this region, then the us is the MRA.”

MRA economy grows by more than 4 percent after record contraction

By bas_h|2024-06-27T16:04:49+02:0010 December 2021|News|

Thus, growth rebounds slightly more vigorously than the Dutch economy (expected growth ...

State of the Region 2021: speech Femke Halsema

By bas_h|2024-06-27T16:08:22+02:0010 December 2021|News|

380 years ago, hydraulic engineer Leeghwater argued for the reclamation of the Haarlemmermeer. 'The water wolf', he wrote, would eat the 'Dutch land lion' from within. Villages would be engulfed by the water and food supplies would be endangered. He was right, but it was technically difficult and the Amsterdammers, who were once again stubborn, earned money from shipping on the lake. The viscous Dutch governance structure did not help either. As a result, it took two centuries for our region to gain 18,000 hectares of agricultural land.

A different life for our clothes

By bas_h|2023-06-06T15:38:56+02:009 December 2021|News|

More reuse, more recycling and less textile waste: various parties within the Green Deal for Circular Textiles are working hard on this. During the fourth meetup, we discussed the AnotherLife initiative. Brands, governments and retailers are working closely together for this consumer campaign. Is your company also participating?

Marilene Streefland: ‘We need professionally trained craftspeople’

By bas_h|2023-06-06T15:38:58+02:007 December 2021|News|

Vocational students from Mediacollege Amsterdam are popular among employers. Logical, thinks Marilene Streefland, chair of the Executive Board of the Mediacollege Amsterdam. They are crucial for the smart, green and healthy region that we are working hard on. “Practice is perhaps even more important than theory, which is why I am committed to a revaluation of vocational education.”

AMdEX is defining a role in governance of fair data sharing

By bas_h|2023-06-06T15:38:57+02:007 December 2021|News|

The interest in a transparent and controlled way to share or exchange data is growing. While speakers during the AMdEX Meetup #2 presented their progress in the field, questions kept rolling in. The lively online meeting gave participants some inspirational insights.

Koen Overtoom: ‘Who gets energy: industry, households or charging stations?’

By bas_h|2023-09-13T09:38:55+02:0029 November 2021|News|

The energy transition is desperately needed, but a fully-fledged sustainable energy system is still under development. Board member and CEO at the Port of Amsterdam, Koen Overtoom, talks about the tension on the energy grid.

Want to search, find or connect with talent development opportunities?

By bas_h|2023-06-06T15:39:00+02:0024 November 2021|News|

Anyone involved in talent development within the Amsterdam metropolitan region can now contact TOMAS. The b2b platform that brings together talent development initiatives and promotes strategic conversation was officially launched on 16 November.

Jopie Nooren: ‘Social skills are more important than intelligence’

By bas_h|2023-09-13T09:40:26+02:0018 November 2021|News|

Jopie Nooren took office in March of this year as chairman of the Executive Board of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), as a member of the Board and our Agenda Committee. She is committed to creating an agile and future-proof education and labor market, a topic that is high on the Board's agenda. “As a university of applied sciences, we feel emphatically responsible for Lifelong Development.”