Dutch websites
18 Jan 2012
Starting your own business
The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce manages the trade register. The Chamber's other tasks are to provide entrepreneurs with information, stimulate regional trade & industry and advise local and regional government.
Working in the healthcare sector
The BIG Register provides a database of all registered healthcare professionals in the Netherlands.
The website also provides information about Declarations of Professional Competence for care providers who wish to work in the Netherlands with a foreign diploma.
Working as a teacher, working in childcare or in the culture sector
www.ib-groep.nl/International_visitors
Diploma recognition in the Netherlands
Website about International Credential Evaluation, the joint cooperation between Colo and Nuffic for the implementation of Credential Evaluation for the Netherlands.
UWV WERKbedrijf, for information about working in the Netherlands (in Dutch only)
Information about laws and regulations in EU and EEA countries.
SBB
The labour market and vocational education and training constitute the Foundation for the Cooperation on Vocational Education, Training and the Labour Market (SBB). They work together on themes such as the VET qualifications structure, examination, work placement and the offer of training programs. With that, SBB optimises the connection between education and the labour market, the goal of which is: delivering sufficient and well-qualified professionals.
National Reference Point
The National Reference Point (NRP) is the contact point for anyone looking for information on professional and vocational education in the Netherlands and other European countries.
The NRP for the Netherlands is housed at the Department of International Credential Evaluation at Colo.