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ESA/ESTEC join ACCESS Patron Programme

ESA/ESTEC join ACCESS Patron Programme in the Netherlands to support their international staff and family members. Read more about this interesting partnership in this article.

Managing Change, a Valuable Skill for your CV

“Succeeding in Change – Agility and Change Management” was the title of a networking event – Hague Hub – organised by the International Leadership Academy and OPCW in The Hague earlier this year. ACCESS was invited to respond to this statement as part of a...

Become a host (family)

For Dutch students the term hospiteren is a familiar term around the start of an academic year. It is a fairly Dutch phenomenon and it means you apply for a room in a student house. But beware, competition here is fierce. The reason is the...

An incredible connection

“Like many internationals who move around, I felt somehow misplaced,” says Janine Beukes-Almeida, a volunteer at ACCESS. “Like I had forgotten where I belonged. That was until I moved to the Netherlands and began researching my family history.” Beginning the search “Growing up I heard...

Employee Experience... from the desk of our Director

Employee experience during this coronavirus moved towards a far more humanistic, empathetic and broader paradigm. Deborah Valentine, ACCESS Executive Director shares her thoughts in this article