American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands

March 3, 2010 - In cooperation with DutchNews, an English language summary of the recent municipal elections in the Netherlands is available for AmCham Members. Good for the knowledgeable and integrated expat – dazzle your neighbor with your local election savvy.  Download the summary here.

We are proud to announce an exciting new educational initiative and invite you to the first session of the AmCham Academy. This new initiative offers members - or their colleagues and guests - practical, relevant and highly focused education, tailored to the needs of the International business community in the Netherlands. The AmCham Academy offers seminars every 4-6 weeks on multiple topics, and each functional topic is discussed with the added perspective of cultural differences  in managing and implementing the subject. We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity and attend the first AmCham Academy seminar:

“Inspiring Management of Mixed Local and International Teams”

How to:
• Keep your best people
• Motivate different national teams
• Eliminate energy-sapping beliefs
• Recognize and value individuals’ strengths

No risk, no gold: that summed up Dick Sluimers' message to AmCham members and guests at the Going 4 Gold dinner held last February 10 and hosted by Minister of Trade Frank Heemskerk. Dick Sluimers is CEO of APG Group – one of the largest pension fund administrators in the world. More...

Dick Sluimers, APG Group

'Preparing for the Future: Getting Your Supply Chain Ready for Tomorrow' - Register with a special 15% discount for AmCham Members.

When? - 25-26 March 2010
Where? - Rotterdam
More info? - Download the brochure here.

The Holland International Distribution Council (NDL/HIDC) is delighted to invite you to the European conference of the Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) to be held at Thursday March 25th and Friday March 26th 2010.

The CSCMP will be organizing a two-day conference at the WTC in Rotterdam (Netherlands) titled ‘Preparing for the Future: Getting Your Supply Chain Ready for Tomorrow’. During this conference professionals from (amongst others) Intel, Kraft Foods, ECT, Unilever, IMD and Renault will tell you about the need to be prepared for the uncertainties of doing business in the global marketplace.

The following topics will be covered:

'Zorginnovaties anno 2010 meer geketend dan ooit tevoren'

View video of the conference proceedings...

View the Chamber Calendar for an overview of events upcoming months.

In March a new series of Member-to-Member sessions will be hosted at the AmCham offices, Schiphol WTC. 

Beginning of April AmCham Young Professionals will kick-off a new series of special events with an evening in collaboration with Lex Geerdes of Aon, and dance4life.

April 15th: the first AmCham Academy seminar on intercultural management, open to members and their business relations or colleagues. 

November 12, 2009 - AmCham EU won the trade association of the year at the European Public Affairs Awards, handed out at the dinner reception 5 November.

hosted and moderated by Ernst & Young

On October 1 AmCham and Ernst & Young teamed up to fire the starting gun for AmCham's 2010 Investors' Agenda of Priority Points - the Chamber's policy proposals to the Netherlands Government to improve the investment climate. Some sixty members came to the Ernst & Young offices in Amsterdam to take stock of the present investment climate and to debate what measures can be taken to make the country more attractive for foreign investors. 

Officially opened September 28, 2009 - Holland Gateway is committed to improving the ease of doing business in the Netherlands. When considering to establish your presence in the Netherlands or in the process of doing so, you require information on many different topics. Holland Gateway can help you gather the relevant information in a number of ways.

October 1, 2009 - We are delighted to inform all AmCham Members that US Ambassador Hartog Levin has appreciatively accepted the role of Honorary President of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands. We look forward to an ongoing, constructive relationship with the Ambassador and the US Embassy staff.

Would you like to volunteer using your own language skills? Do you like working with youth? Are you available a couple of hours a week?

*** New series to start in March 2010! ***

As part of our ongoing efforts to letting our membership get acquainted with other member companies and the services and expertise they offer, we have created a special sponsor package.  Only AmCham Members can reserve this special package. This package includes a fully hosted function at the AmCham Offices at the World Trade Center Schiphol.  Our American Room can accommodate maximum of 28 persons.  

The United States unequivocally supports foreign direct investment, and provides foreign investors fair, equitable, and nondiscriminatory treatment as a matter of policy, law, and practice. Read more...