Visit Kwaku to the Netherlands

‘’ REPORT of a 30-DAY TRIP to THE NETHERLANDS’’ (Het Land van Water)

As part of my Trajectory Traineeship program for a potential Operational Director at the AMO Programme, I was invited by the Board of Stichting AbaCus, the Dutch counterpart of AMO Programme Holding, in collaboration with Board of Directors of AMO Programme Company Limited and MDF Training and Consultancy to a business and consultancy meeting with several partners in the Netherlands.

I started my journey on the 14th of November 2024 through Kotoka International Airport Accra-Ghana at 10:15 pm to the Schiphol International Airport Amsterdam-Netherlands at 05:50 am, I was welcome by the Bosch family who were the main host for the trip.

Cities visited

Amersfoort, Amsterdam, Hellendoorn, Ochten, Nijverdal, Hoge Veluwe. Utrecht, Hoogland, Enschede, Den Ham, Meppel, Veldhoven, Ede, Rotterdam and Arnhem.

In these cities I visited a multiple of companies and institutes to discuss the Active leaning materials, preauction, marketing ct.

Cultural Experiences:

More individualistic and tolerance because most people value their personal freedom and self-expression and accept diverse lifestyles, More straightforward in communication, values clarity and address matters openly.

It is common that a lot of people work part-time especially women to make work-life balance, Cycling is a significant part of Dutch tradition and there are good network paths that makes bicycles a core mode of transport for age levels.

A country with combination of functional and sustainable architecture monuments in their cities and towns that gives recognition of history.

The Dutch community has simple and unique dishes like; Herring, cheese, bread and range of soups.

Exposures:
This trip the Netherland was an eye-opening experience; the trip enhanced my ability to adapt global best practices to local context, Straightforward and openness makes communication direct, and it may give blunt feelings to people.

Bikes everywhere one needs be prepared to follow lane rules. Holland been flat landscape has beautiful and attractive canals and windmills, the climate is often rainy, windy and sometimes snow.

Iconic Dutch foods like ‘stroopwafels’, herring and gouda cheese, proud of two famous festivals like Sinterklaas and Kings Day.

Kwaku Kwakye
12 December 2024
Amersfoort, The Netherlands