Advice and Networking Organisations
Learn more about the various agencies, organisations, and groups that are active in promoting business in the Northern Netherlands.
These include:
- Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel, KvK)
- CEW (Dutch) – Centre Expertise Water Technology
- Economic Affairs (EZ) – Departments of local government
- Economic Board Groningen (EBG) (Dutch) – Aims to create more sustainable jobs in the earthquake region
- GrensInfoPunt – Info for the Dollart-Eems region
- Groningen Seaports – Delfzijl & Eemshaven
- Koninklijke Metaalunie – Dutch employers’ organisation for small and medium-sized enterprises active in the metal industry
- MKB-Noord (Dutch) – SME organization
- Northern Innovation Board (NIB) – Focuses on stimulating the Northern economy
- N.V. NOM – Responsible for FDI in the Northern Netherlands
- RBO – Business Training
- RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) – Assists entrepreneurs with funding, networking and know-how
- Triade (Dutch) – Set up by UMCG to assist in developing ideas into companies
- VNO-NCW Noord – Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers
- World Trade Center Leeuwarden (WTC)