Welcome to Business Development Friesland.

A Dutch region with great economic, international and social capacity is only in an hour’s drive from Amsterdam. We are talking about Friesland, the region where the BDF team works every day to connect and support companies, schools and knowledge.

BDF for business

Do you have a great idea for a new business or trying to expand to other markets? We’ve got you covered!

BDF for education

Young people are the future, and it is up to us to provide them with best education as possible. BDF is taking on many projects that try to do just that. Interested?

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BDF for government

Partnering up with governments in order to develop, optimise and execute policy measures is one of the abilities we pride ourselves for. Take a look on how we do it!

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Leeuwarden is the capital city of the Dutch province Friesland in the north of the country. Leeuwarden is a compact city with 108,000 inhabitants, surrounded by countryside and water, dynamic, sparkling, start and finish line for the world famous ‘Eleven cities’ ice-skating tour and now honoured by being selected as the 2018 European Capital of Culture.

The Frisian capital boasts a historic centre, numerous national monuments, a range of delightful and surprising shops and inviting café terraces. The city is one of modern paradoxes: a city that respects its past, whilst looking to the future by investing in research, development and ICT. A city in the heart of the countryside, where students, families and older residents feel comfortably at home and where companies find the space they need to grow and develop.

Location full of potential

Leeuwarden is the capital of the Dutch province of Friesland. It is a compact city with 108,000 inhabitants, surrounded by beautiful varied scenery and the starting and finishing line for the world famous “Eleven cities” ice-skating tour. Leeuwarden was also the European Capital of Culture in 2018.

The Frisian capital has a historic center, numerous national monuments, a range of delicious and surprising shops and inviting terraces. The city is one of the modern paradoxes: a city that respects its past and at the same time looks to the future by investing in research, development and IT. A city in the countryside, where students, families and elderly residents feel at home and where companies find the space they need to grow and develop.

A highlight of the projects we do

ITs4Women Business

Did you know women are only for 20% represented as it comes to founding companies? And only 15,6% of the (Dutch) people

Plastic Value Business

In PlasticValue we want to prepare current and future professionals, in particular those in innovation, production or

Entrust Business

ENTRUST is a training & development programme where people aged 50+ will be supported

YoPeVa Entrepeneur Business

Increasing the number of young people that takes on entrepreneurship and starting-up a business,

Intercultural Hotel Business

This project will assess the intercultural competences of the hospitality managers and employees

Blue-C Business

Blue-C is a two-year Erasmus+ funded collaboration involving a consortium of six partner countries: Malta, Spain,

Youngboss Business

(social) Entrepreneurial opportunities for young people (13-17 years) with a disadvantaged background. Young Boss is

Sustain SMEs Business

SustainSMEs wants to develop a control mechanism within SMEs to increase or maintain their

NWC Business

Project “New Work Culture (NWC): to get equipped for more flexible occupations” partners have conceived an