Brainport International Community

Brainport International Community (BIC) is the networking community for all international focused organizations and internationals living and studying or working in the Southeast Netherlands. Our main activities are: worldwide promotion of the Southeast Netherlands to build networks and attract much needed international talents and to give everybody who comes to our region a warm welcome and stay.

Coming to

Promoting the region Southeast Netherlands worldwide, attracting international knowledge workers (IKW’s) and students, developing and maintaining international networks. Brainport International Community  attends career fairs and other recruitment events all over the world, has a strong website and extensive online social media campaign.
www.brainporttalentregion.com

Settling in

The expat centres in the Southeast Netherlands make sure that international (knowledge) workers and their families have a warm welcome in the region. At their offices, internationals can arrange all the formalities and services needed to study or work and live in the Southeast Netherlands.
www.expatguideholland.com

Living in

For international knowledge workers, their spouse and children it is very important that they feel at home. Therefore, Brainport International Community organizes various events for all internationals in the region – such as the yearly Brainport International Weekend in November – and also links all different social expat clubs and networks. Here you can see all events.

Strategic

Brainport International Community is not only an operational program, but also a strategic one. We aline our strategy with the Brainport 2020 vision . We study various subjects regarding the international labor market, we build worldwide collaborations between top technology regions and link programmes and projects in the triple helix: companies, educational & research institutions and governments. Our Brainport offices in The Hague and Brussels link regional actions to national and European policies in order to guarantee the execution of our regional ambitions.

BIC is a Brainport Development programme. Brainport Development is a new-style development company, working with representatives from industry, knowledge institutions and government to strengthen the Brainport top technology region. Brainport is an important cornerstone of the Dutch economy.