Euregio: a fruitful cooperation

March 15, 2004 Leave a Comment

A Belgian student at an English-language programme in the Netherlands. A Dutch patient having knee surgery in Germany without his insurer even blinking an eye. A German national, working in the Netherlands, who can exact the same pension as her counterparts in Germany. Impossible? Not if you live in Euregio Maas-Rhine.
From tentative beginnings in [...]

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Job market in crisis: a meeting with CWI Maastricht

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Bad year for DSM”, “Océ axes 175 jobs and moves assembly line to Far East”, “Unemployment figures in Limburg to rise by 15% this year”.
For the Centre for Work and Income (CWI) in Maastricht, where Joost Herben coordinates a team of 35 advisors, such newspaper headlines only mean more work. [...]

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