ROM InWest and Amsterdam Economic Board confirmed collaboration
On May 30, 2022, the Regional Development Agency InWest (ROM InWest) and the Amsterdam Economic Board signed a cooperation agreement.
‘Alone you’ll go faster, together you’ll go further’
The Amsterdam Metropolitan Area faces major challenges in the field of responsible digitization, sustainable innovation and an agile education & labor market. Amsterdam Economic Board translates this into concrete action. General manager Nina Tellegen talks about our strategy for the next five years.
Utrecht focuses on IT jobs by opening TechGrounds Overvecht
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
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.”
State of the Region 2021: speech Femke Halsema
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.
Interxion starts collaboration with IT and tech study guide TekkieWorden.nl
In the race against the growing shortage of people in the data center sector, data center provider 'Interxion: A Digital Realty Company' is starting a collaboration with IT and tech study guide 'TekkieWorden.nl'. The advancing digitizing society, partly prompted by the increasingly concrete application of innovative technologies such as AI, machine learning and the increasing use of cloud services due to the extensive use of teleworking, ensures that the data center industry is growing by 10 to 15 percent annually. This also increases the demand for tech talent for innovation, operation and maintenance. The sector is growing from 12,800 jobs in 2019, expected to reach 16,800 in 2024. This growth will be accompanied by an increasing shortage of more than 1,000 people, expected by 2024. With the collaboration, Interxion wants to actively influence the enthusiasm, find, recruit and train new tech talent.
‘Tada could be board ambassador for ethical tech’
Ruud Yap is head of IT and CTO at the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA). Within the organization there is interest in responsible technology because it can give Amsterdammers more control over their digital environment. But a transition to ethical tech is quite a challenge.