Advice & Networking Organizations

On these pages you will find information about the various agencies, organizations, 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)
• MKB-Noord (Dutch) – SME organization