ACCESSing the Netherlands - meet the experts
An information session designed to answer the questions of expats and/or their partners; newly arrived or facing new questions.
The latest ACCESSing the Netherlands, an initiative of ACCESS and the ICP took place on Monday 4 February 2013 at the German International School of The Hague.
Meet the experts
During this ‘meet the experts’ opportunity, internationals recently arrived or facing new questions about living in the Netherlands had their questions answered by professionals familiar with the needs of internationals (expats). Experts were invited to make short presentations on the topics listed below, and engaged in Q&A sessions with the audience.
- Legal matters relating to Key life events
- Personal finance & Taxation
- Healthcare in the Netherlands
- Housing & Mortgages
- Partner career development
- Education
- Childcare (incl/ tax benefits)
- Starting your own business
- Banking
Networking and Dutch delights
The evening was rounded off with networking and a lovely tasting of Dutch Jenever; herring; smoked eel; cheeses & typical meat specialties provided by the merchants of Bankastraat:
- Erik Blankestein, Boucherie/Slagerij Matla, Bankastraat 48
- Annelies van den Ende, Zuivelland, Bankastraat 44
- Jan Wlillem van Bemmell, Zee Op Tafel, Bankastraat 95
Presentations below provide a sketch of what the experts shared:
- Banking (from March 2012 event)
- Childcare (from March 2012 event)
- Education (from March 2012 event)
- Healthcare
- Housing - Buying & Renting
- Job hunting
- Legal matters relating to Key life events
- Personal finance & Taxation
- Starting your own business - a seminar run by the Chamber of Commerce
What's it all about?
Watch this video from ACCESSing the Netherlands March 2012
If you would like to be informed when the next ACCESSing the Netherlands takes place, please let us know via: accessing@access-nl.org.
The ACCESSing the Netherlands speakers are drawn from the networks of the ICP and ACCESS. Speakers which have been identified as professionals who personally, as well as professionally, have an affinity for and experience in working with the expatriate, international community of the Netherlands.
"The International Community Platform (ICP) stimulates alignment between the international employers with the mission to "improving the work and living environment for (international) employees and families in The Hague and surrounding municipalities and thereby, the working environment for employers themselves."