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Comenius Regio Partnership
Partner Organisations
Gemeente ‘s-Hertogenbosh
The municipality of ‘s-Hertogenbosch is the capital of the province of Noord-Brabant, the largest province
in the Netherlands. The city has approximately 140.000 inhabitants and offers a wide range of education.
One of the main goals of Youth and Education is to reduce the number of young people leaving the school
without qualifications. The municipality takes the lead to realise a well-functioning labour market. For that
the cooperation within the municipality between Economic affairs, Social affairs, Labour affairs and Youth
and Education becomes more and more strong. Even more important is the growing cooperation between
the different stakeholders in the field of education and labour market: schools, companies, employers’
organisations, labour office, chamber of commerce, knowledge centres.
Koning Willem 1 College
KoningWillemI College isaDutchCommunityCollege. Itprovidesawidevarietyof occupational programmes
and courses, ranging from all sorts of technical, IT- and business courses to courses in economics, health
care, sports and welfare, architecture, design, fashion, theatre and multimedia. These courses are available
at different levels: from assistant to specialist levels and from trainee to entrepreneur. The transfer of
knowledge and acquisition of skills, by making use of the latest technologies, learning strategies and the
input of companies, plays an important role in education at King William I College. Students are trained to
be responsible and self-regulating people, in a society which is becoming more and more complex.
Hervioncollege
Hervion College is a school for secondary, pre-vocational education. The students are 12 to 16/17 years old.
The study lasts four years in total, starting with two years of basic secondary education. The sector of the
school is economics. Students can choose four study-paths: theoretical general education connecting to
the highest level of the vocational education, combined study-path with partly general, partly vocational,
management study-path or basic-vocational study-path. The school has two locations. Hervion College, the
first location, has about 560 students. They have the possibility to study administration/trade, tourism and
restaurant business. The second location has about 440 students and is mostly for students with special
needs. They study a broad pre-vocational programme with special attention for trade and multimedia.
Brabant-Zeeuwse Werkgeversvereniging - BZW
The BZW is the regional organisation of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers, known
as VNO-NCW, which is the largest employers’ organisation in the Netherlands. They are covering almost
all sectors of the economy, including more than 80% of all medium-sized companies in the Netherlands
and nearly all of the larger, corporate institutions. They represent the interests of Dutch business and
industry and provide a range of services to their members. They are promoting a high quality business
environment and investment climate, with a view to boosting the competitiveness of Dutch industry.
Their involvement extends to matters relating to education, labour market, innovation, infrastructure,
the environment and social security. They represent members via ongoing contacts with the national,
regional and local governments, politicians, schools, trade unions and non-governmental bodies. They sit
on numerous government advisory boards and consultative committees.
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