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Figure 1-7: Dropouts secondary education and MBO10%8%6%4%2%0%menwomenAlmereAmstelveenAmsterdamHaarlemHaarlemmermeerHilversumPurmerendVelsenZaanstadNetherlandsSource: Statistics Netherlands Statline (2006b)1.4 The economic and social base1.4.1 OverviewThe economic structure of the Amsterdam metropolitan area is largely determined by the city ofAmsterdam, which functions as a key hub for international trade. Due to its position alongwaterways and close to the North Sea, Amsterdam has always been a city highly focused ontrade. Until the 19 th century the economy of Amsterdam relied on importing and exporting rawmaterials and food. Because of its strategic position, Amsterdam became a stacking market whereproducts from the North and South were stored, processed and sold. Along with the growth intrade other lines of business developed as well: cartography, printing, and banking and insurance.With the industrial revolution of the 19 th century, Amsterdam became an important hub for thetransit of raw materials. Amsterdam still heavily relies on its harbor and airport Schiphol as asource of wealth and stimulus for economic growth. In the 1980s and 1990s, it began to focus oncity renewing and recovery of the economy. The municipality developed the Zuidas businessdistrict. Located between the city and Schiphol, the Zuidas functions as an important businesshub. Newly developed offices and businesses such as the Amsteltoren, the World Trade Centerand Teleport now dominate the skyline of the Zuidas. Amsterdam also aims to be an attractivecity for high-tech companies and new media ventures. Over the last few years, the city developedinto a prominent IT-cluster and currently has the highest concentration of IT companies in theNetherlands. As Figure 1-8 shows, the economy of the Amsterdam metropolitan area is nowadayshighly oriented towards the tertiary sector. The financial and professional services sector is,according to size, the most important sector for the Amsterdam metropolitan region and inAmsterdam alone, this sector is generating about 150,000 jobs. Within the professional servicessector of the metropolitan region, the creative industry is particularly gaining in importance. Thenumber of jobs in the creative industry has been increasing with a yearly average of 4% over theperiod 1996-07, compared with a yearly average growth of 2.5% in total employment over thesame period. In 2007, there were a total of 89,750 jobs in the creative industry in the metropolitanregion, with a total value added of EUR 3.4 billion (which is 38% of the total country-wide valueadded in the creative industry) (O+S Amsterdam, 2008a: 15-22). The city of Amsterdam is20
considered the financial capital of the Netherlands given the presence of the Dutch Central Bank,the head offices of ABN AMRO and ING Bank, as well as the head offices of dozens of foreignbanks. Compared with other parts of the Netherlands, the tourism sector of the Amsterdammetropolitan area is an important pillar of the regional economy. Over 2007, the metropolitanregion attracted 7 million hotel guests (O+S Amsterdam, 2008a). Figure 1-9 shows how theemployment by sector in the city of Amsterdam has developed over the past 15 years. The mostsalient trends are the rise of employment in the professional financial services sector and thedecline in employment in the industry, transport and wholesale trade sector. Finally, the tenlargest employers in Amsterdam are depicted in Table 1-3. Besides government organizationsthere is a strong representation of the educational and financial sectors. Both the cities’universities (University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam) as well as two majorcommercial banks (ING-Group and ABN AMRO) are amongst the ten largest employers in thecity.Figure 1-8: Employment in Amsterdam by sector13%7% 0%4%3%5%IndustryConstructionWholesale trade7%Retail tradeHotel & catering industry6%6%Transportation & logisticsMail/telecommunication7%4%2%Financial institutionsProfessional servicesGovernmentEducation11%Health careOther services25%OtherSource: Statistics Netherlands Statline (2008)21
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income related to IP rights. The fa
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HEIs to play this role, as it draws
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4 CONTRIBUTION OF TEACHING & LEARNI
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housing market, on the ‘buying ma
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transport, finance, financial manag
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HvA participates in several initiat
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4.4 Student recruitment and regiona
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4.4.1.2 Recruitment of foreign stud
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• HvA has made its educational pr
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The HEIs have several external and
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Table 4-4: Completion rates of diff
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4.7 Enhancing the regional learning
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4.8 ConclusionTable 4-6: SWOTStreng
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Amsterdam is matched by a relative
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The challenge for future social pol
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The VU likewise develops research p
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directing, documentary directing, s
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the university to improve its energ
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6.1 Introduction6 CAPACITY BUILDING
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eyond labor market studies, there a
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7 CONCLUSIONS: MOVING BEYOND THE SE
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…requires different forms of coop
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at higher levels in order to mainta
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to increase the interaction between
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mobility in the world is slackening
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ecause they are better informed abo
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REFERENCESAalders, R., A. Bakkeren,
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EZ Amsterdam (2006), “Research Bu
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MinOCW (2007a), “The Education Sy
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SER (2008), “Duurzame Globaliseri
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Versleijen, A., van der Meulen, B.,
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Institution City Type ofHEIANNEX B:
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Groningenculture)Hogeschool Amsterd
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ANNEX C: KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORSTab
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ANNEX E: REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS OF A
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AmsterdamUniversity CollegeOther re
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ANNEX F: BUSINESSES REPRESENTED IN
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GLOSSARYBologna DeclarationForeign
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