Do you own or manage a small or medium sized company, and are you considering opportunities abroad? Meet your potential business partner and support organization for the Far East!

Innovation and internationalization are two of the most important keys to a successful company. In support of this, the Taiwan Globalization Network (TGN) helps Dutch and Taiwanese companies so that they can more easily and quickly internationalize their business and find supportive partners to expand abroad. Taiwan Business Day offers a unique program to help Dutch and Taiwanese companies globalize their business through B2B matchmaking.

Why Taiwan?

Taiwan is world leader in many innovative technologies, and its companies continue to stay on top of new developments. Taiwan and The Netherlands have a lot in common, with a long trading history going back over 400 years. Both are internationally renowned as trading nations, and the business gateway to their regions.

Program

In addition to B2B matchmaking, we have an exciting program planned for May 27 in The Hague, where you can meet Taiwanese organizations and entrepreneurs! Mark your calendars and please join us! The program includes a seminar to help you with your business expansion strategy, a networking event, and opportunities for one-on-one meetings with potential business contacts. A special invitation goes to companies looking to expand their business abroad.

Monday 27 May 2013 | World Trade Centre The Hague

12:15 Seminar Registration

13:00 Taiwan-Netherlands Business Seminar:
“How smart, innovative SME’s enter new markets successfully”

• Opening by Vice-Mayor Henk Kool
• Testimonial by Taco Carlier, CEO of VANMOOF bicycles
• Mr. Thomas Tung, Taipei Representative Office, Taiwan.
• Mr. Rene Reijtenbagh, Vice President, Business Angels Europe
• Mrs. Charlene Lambert, Chairman TGN
• Mr. Pim de Bokx, Dutch Incubation Association
• Roundtable discussions on the internationalization of SME’s

17:00 Networking, drinks and matchmaking

Your FREE participation

Advanced registration is required and on a first-come basis.
Please visit our website and fill in the registration form.

Taiwan Globalization Network | www.taiwanglobalization.net
In collaboration with WFIA, City The Hague, Dutch Incubation Association and the Business Angel Network Netherlands.

NT Squared is a group of young professionals, focused on exploring innovative ways of promoting your imagination.

From corporate and brand identity to exhibitions and events, we are able to propose you an all integral planning on how to fully take advantage of your potential, and most importantly, have in hands a powerful tool of client attraction and persuasion.

Our philosophy is simple- we produce great work and we achieve results by listening to what you want, then we deliver it to you quickly and without any fuss! We bring brands and people together, using creative and strategic thinking, multi-tasking experience and total commitment to the highest possible level of customer service.

Creativity. Freshness. Energy- the three attributes that drive our business and what our clients value most. And indeed client satisfaction is very important to us, since helping our clients meet their objectives, is our goal. Small scale to large, we have the solutions to make you happy.

Name: Tonia Tzortzi
Company: NT Squared
Address: Brasserskade 94, Delft
Telephone: 06 47 60 07 44
Email: tonia@nt2design.com
Website: www.nt2design.com

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Calling all budding or professional photographers, and artists!

Would you like your artwork and/or photographs to be featured in the WBII International Community Calendar 2014?

There are 13 spaces available (one per month, plus the front page). Your credit line (usually your name) will appear along with the image.

The theme for 2014 is “The Hague in Nature“. Entries must be received by 15 July 2013.

The final selection of images will be made by the WBII Executive Board at the end of July.

Publication of your artwork is not guaranteed. You will be notified by email if your artwork is successful.

How to send us your work:

Please ensure that what you are sending is the correct size, the right format and appropriate for use in the calendar.

• The theme for 2014 is “The Hague in Nature”
• Images must be in JPG format, minimum 30.4×30.4cm (3591×3591 pixels) and 300 dpi

Send your work in an email to lisa@lemonberry.com with the subject “Artwork for WBII Calendar”, no later than 15 July 2013.

Include the following information in your email:

• Your name (how you would like to be credited)
• The address of your website (if you have one)

Promote your Business

Looking for a great place to advertise to the international community in The Hague area? A number of exclusive monthly features are still available.

Please click here for further information about sponsoring.

You are invited to join in celebrating the launch of the 4th edition of A Career in Your Suitcase!

We are celebrating the 15th year of the ”open-ended work visa for the nomadic soul, invaluable to expats and entrepreneurs alike.” Aisha Ashraf, freelance features writer, expat chameleon, and writer of Expatlog.

A practical guide to creating meaningful work… anywhere

Do you want to find a career that is based on what you love to do more than anything; created from your strongest skills and best assets; will let you work anywhere; can be sustained and developed even if you move again?

Then you need A Career in Your Suitcase.

In this fully revised and updated 4th edition, A Career in Your Suitcase enters its 15th year of inspiring, motivating and supporting men and women who want to love what they do for a living.

Now packed with over 20 exercises that combine to create your unique Career Passport, the new edition covers everything you need from finding your passion, to developing a brand, networking on and offline and marketing. This time, career consultant, Colleen Reichrath-Smith, joins serial expat entrepreneur, Jo Parfitt, in the latest and most comprehensive incarnation of this best selling book.

Launch Party

Jo Parfitt and Colleen Reichrath-Smith will share the A Career in your Suitcase story and be available to answer your questions and sign your copy! Emcee Deborah Valentine will host.

Friday, May 17, 6 – 8 p.m. at ABC Treehut, Lange Poten 23, Den Haag

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Taking place for the 5th time, the Ondernemersplein is a 2-day event organised by the City of The Hague for all entrepreneurs in The Hague region.

Theme: Kans – Never waste a good crisis

With the theme ‘Chance’, this year’s event provides a varied and inspiring program with presentations and workshops focusing on creating new business together, finding opportunities and making the most of them.

Sustainable entrepreneurship and collaboration are the key elements. In difficult times, working together is essential.

‘Business in Clubs’ Event

This is your chance to connect with other business clubs in The Hague. The WBII has once again been invited to participate in the ‘Business in Clubs’ event which is on 29 May, 17:00-19:00. Various business clubs are positioned in cafes all around the Plein for simultaneous networking events.

WBII at Café Cloos

Mingling is encouraged! The WBII will be located at Café Cloos – join us!

This is a great opportunity to discover business clubs in The Hague, meet professionals from the WBII and other business clubs and expand your network.

Registration is required, please see the event listing for full details.

The Dutch national women’s team will take on the U.S. ladies football team in a top-class football international friendly in the Kyocera Stadium in The Hague on Tuesday, 9 April.

 

The Orange Women are preparing for the European championships later this year by taking on the world’s strongest ladies football team and current reigning Olympic champions.

The U.S. ladies football team has been a global superpower for many years. After winning the first World Cup for women in 1991, the team had another World Cup win in 1999. These football powerhouses have no less than four Olympic titles, the last of which was won in London in 2012. The U.S. ladies have been the number one team in the FIFA rankings for five consecutive years.

Not only will you watch great football in a fun atmosphere on 9 April, you will also be entertained by the popular Dutch singers Jan Smit and Gers Pardoel. There will also be DJs from Radio 538. It promises to be a fun-packed night of action and great entertainment.

Feel free to dress up in orange or the stars and stripes and be ready cheer on your team!

Ticket info

The kick-off for the ladies football international friendly is at 19.00 hrs. at the ADO Den Haag Kyocera Stadium (Haags Kwartier 55).

A special stadium section has been reserved for The Hague’s large expat community. These tickets provide admission and are offered to expats at a special promotional rate of € 7.50. Please order these tickets through the ADO Den Haag Women’s Football Foundation.

Otherwise tickets in general seating can be purchased for as little as € 4.00 through regular ticket outlets.

More information can be found at www.adoforexpats.com.

A note for WBII Members

There are several WBII members going. If you’d like to join the group please contact Deborah Valentine asap.

Thank you  to all of you who participated this year and made it such a spectacular success! Special thanks to T-Mobile, Webster University, GMW Advocaten, and ZJHT.

From start to finish we were wowed this year by our special guests! First a performance from the Divine King Ugandan Choir.

Then Her Excellency, Ms. Bhaswati Mukherjee, Ambassador of India to the Netherlands, shared her own personal experience as a women representing India in the Foreign Service for 37 years.

Ambassador Mukherjee truly touched the audience with her candor and sense of humor, and she gave unique insight into the current situation for women in India.

Dutch Business Leader Marike van Lier Lels, was very open and candid  in her onstage interview with Suzy Ogé.

She also took questions from two Webster students as well as the audience. Marike’s call to action was to be authentic!

A very memorable quote was her call for “more love in the boardroom!”, her STRONG belief that “caring” is the path to building more sustainable business.

The surprise entertainment of the night was Kyra & Trintje, Dutch Champion Hip Hop Dancers, from MOVES! Dance Warehouse.

The Entrepreneurial Awards were presented, and you can read more about the winners here.

Big thanks to all the generous companies who donated items to the Silent Auction!  Euro 1.650 was raised to support Stichting Women’s Business Initiative.

More photos of the evening can be found in the IWD photo gallery - thank you to our photographer, Charlotte Meindersma.

The WBII Entrepreneurial Awards are presented annually on International Women’s Day in recognition of the core values of the Women’s Business Initiative International; Ambition, Social Innovation, Networker of the Year and the STRONG award. The intention of these awards is to shine the spotlight on women who are successful and living these core values.

The Ambition Award this year went to Inge Zweerts de Jong, owner of  ZJHT Risk and Insurance Specialists BV. Before founding her company nearly 10 years ago, Inge was Global Risk manager at Wolters Kluwer. Based in Wassenaar, ZJHT is continually expanding, adding staff and areas of specialization. In addition to running a successful business and raising triplet sons, two whom require special care, Inge served for the past 8 years on the City Council of Wassenaar. Inge makes a special effort to help other women in the start up phase of their business.

The Social Innovation Award went to Dr. Marie Thompson. Marie is the perfect example of building a portfolio career. She transplanted her private psychology practice, Vivamus, from London to The Hague when she moved here. She is also the head of the Psychology Department at Webster University. Marie carves out part of her work week to work with trauma victims of human trafficking, the cause she is passionate about. Marie is making an even bigger impact by getting Webster University involved in the Bijlmer Project.

The Networker of the Year Award goes to Ceci Wong, D.C., Partner in North Sea Chiropractic Health and Wellness Practice. Ceci made the step to start her own practice this year and understands the importance of networking to build her busines, despite being self-proclaimed shy. Ceci is the ultimate example of authentic and she wins everyone over with her true desire to connect and collaborate.

The STRONG Award was introduced in 2012 to recognize and applaud women who are Role Models of strength and courage. The 2013 STRONG Award goes to Marike van Lier Lels for flexing her muscle in the boardroom, one of the very few Dutch women to do so. It was an honor to award the 2011 Most Powerful Business Woman in the Netherlands, with the STRONG Award.

Calling all Internationals!!

Please participate in the ICP* survey on “The Quality of your Professional Life”. With your input and needs we can create an optimal working and living environment for international talent and their relatives.

Our goal: enable your talent to pay off!

Are you an international employee, self-employed, student or so called ‘STARS’ (Spouses Traveling and Relocating Successfully), please share your input via the online survey.

Completing the survey will take approximately 15 minutes of your time. Should you not be able to complete the survey in one go, you can always pick it up where you left via the same link. Your input will be treated confidentially and only for the purpose of this research.

If you support our mission to create an ideal environment for you to further develop your career, share this survey with other internationals in the Netherlands. Ask your partner to fill it out or share it at Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter.

Thank you for your cooperation!

*In 2009, international companies & institutions joined forces in the International Community Platform (ICP).

Their aim: create optimal working and living environment for international talent & their relatives.

ICP articulates your needs as regards quality of life aspects (housing, childcare, education, healthcare, public transport) to enable (local) government and service providers to respond to these.

The ICP Foundation consists of the Top 25 international employers in the region including companies like Shell, AEGON, Schlumberger, the EU institutions (Europol, Eurojust, ESA/Estec), UN tribunals, the international schools and other knowledge institutions (TU-Delft, University Leiden, THIGJ) and more. If you would like to know more about the ICP: check www.icplatform.nl

Curves is a unique, 30-minute fitness training, designed especially for women. At Curves, women combine strength training and aerobic training through machines that work on a hydraulic system. With its renewed scientifically-proven method, Curves helps women lose weight, strengthen and improve the condition of their muscles, raise their metabolism and put an end to permanent dieting. Curves is the most-researched fitness program in the world. According to Baylor University, at Curves you lose fat, develop your muscles and increase your metabolism. In just 30 minutes you can burn up to 500 calories. Curves is the largest fitness franchise with millions of members at more than 8000 locations, in more than 90 countries.

Name: Heleen Kieboom
Company: Curves Scheveningen
Address: Neptunusstraat 44, 2586 GS Scheveningen
Telephone: 070 404 9051 / 06 46606654
Email: scheveningen@curves.nl
Website: www.curvesscheveningen.nl

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