Business Development Friesland Foundation
	Netherlands
Role : Partner
Website : http://www.bdfriesland.nl
Contact: Jan Jacob Hilberdink This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

BDF develops and executes projects focused on growth for SMEs, start-up companies and knowledge institutes. The projects of BDF always have a knowledge intensive character and evolve around (1) connecting people to society and welfare development, (2) development of skills and (3) a practical approach.

In addition to regional projects, BDF initiates (or participates in) European projects. BDF operates within a large international network of companies, intermediaries, local governments and knowledge institutes.

BDF has been Lead Partner in several European projects, like the Interreg IIIC Hanse Passage KickStart project and LdV projects Connessione and Pandora. BDF was awarded as nominee for the best performing project within the Hanse Passage framework. We find great satisfaction in leading our partners to cooperation and overcome the differences between culture, language, attitude and regional divergences.

The BDF staff has always been eager to share knowledge and to stimulate others in doing the same.

BDF is a Business Innovation Center (BIC), and in that capacity full member of the European Business Innovation Center Network (EBN), a strong network of some 175 BICs all over Europe. The legal status of BDF is a foundation (non-profit, public equivalent body).

Involvement in the project:

Even though the Foundation does not coordinate any WP, it is a key partner who is participating very actively in every WP and especially in WP4 Demonstration of the functionality of the Methodology. It also participates actively in WP2 (conceptualization), by recollecting and recording relevant practices, in WP3 (validating the developed methodology with internal experts), in WP4 (where it validates the methodology in its region) and WP 5, where it is in charge dissemination on regional level.