Management

RETURN TO ERASMUS UNIVERSITYROTTERDAMBy the end of 2008 it was decided thatiBMG would return to Erasmus UniversityRotterdam. This administrative transfer tookplace on 1 January 2010. From that date allpersonnel was now employed by ErasmusUniversity Rotterdam (EUR) instead ofErasmus MC. Financial management wasmigrated as well, and all arrangements werelaid down in an asset/liabilities agreement.Our Institute is now functioning as a facultyof Erasmus University and this was specifiedin a BMG regulations document and amanagement guide. To allow for studentand employee participation the BMG-councilcame into being; with four student membersand four staff members the council functionsas a faculty council. The first electionsalready excited much enthusiasm bothamong students and staff. We can rightly saythat iBMG’s management team has beenenriched with a valuable advising party.RESEARCH COOPERATIONiBMG is dedicated to strengthen its researchcooperations with both Erasmus MC and theother EUR faculties. Effective collaborationshave been established in the fields of healtheconomics, health care logistics, patientsafety and health law. Other possiblecollaborations in the fields of global health,social sciences and business administrationwith regard to the health domain have beenand are actively explored. The joint objectiveis to create a strong centre of expertise onhealth policy and management inRotterdam. We will naturally continue topursue all these ambitions in the comingyears as well.50