Photography by Mladen Pikulic.
By Roy Lie A Tjam.
World Trade Center –WTC- The Hague, hosted an information session and luncheon for recently accredited Ambassadors to the Netherlands. The event was held at the WTC on Friday 8 October 2015.
Mr. Frans Engering, Chairman of the Foundation WTC The Hague, gave a short introduction which was followed by meetings with key personalities of top level trade and investment promotion institutions. The aim of these meetings was to enable Embassies to respond effectively to requests from their home country pertaining to doing business with the Netherlands.
The participating institutions were:
Netherlands Council for Trade Promotion (NCH). – West Holland Foreign Investment Agency (WFIA). – Confederation of Netherlands Industries (VNO NCW) – Innovation Quarter – Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) – International Affairs of the City of The Hague and the embassies from India with Ambassador J.S. Mukul, Australia with Ambassador Brett Mason, Sudan with Ambassador Mrs Rahma Salih, Eritrea with Ambassador Negassi Kassa Tekle, Slovakia with Ambassador Roman Buzek, Sri Lanka with Ambassador Adam Sadiq, President of the WTC The Hague, Ambassador Frans Engering, Director of NCH, Dr Jan Siemons. General Manager of the WTC The Hague, Mrs Eveline Steenbergen, Director International Affairs Gemeente Den Haag, Mrs Elisabeth Minnemann and some other diplomats and organisations.
Chairman Frans Engering. towards the end of his exposé, asked individual Ambassadors specific questions e.g. “I have noticed your country will be organizing large-scale [trade] matchmaking events in November. Can you please tell us a bit more about these events”
In conclusion Ambassadors were offered a complimentary WTC The Hague membership card and a voucher which entitles Embassies to make use of WTC conference rooms for half a day, free of charge. The event was a joint effort by WTC and Mr. Andrew van Esch of Dæsch Creative Concepts.
