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The purpose of this study was to describe the interventions implemented in a quality improvement programme to improve transitional care and evaluate its effectiveness in reducing bottlenecks as perceived by professionals and improving chronically ill adolescents’ experiences with care delivery.
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Agroforestry in the Netherlands is taking a momentum, the professional practice is slowly but increasingly adopting agroforestry as an agricultural practice and clear government efforts are acknowledging the importance of agroforestry asa climate adaptive option that aligns with national goals. However, farmers are still facing a wide variety of challenges which also lie on policy issues. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the current bottlenecks and barriers that farmers perceive and experience in the implementation of agroforestry in the Netherlands. This review has been carried out building upon the results of an online survey where perceived bottlenecks were identified (total N=3,500 farmers and other stakeholders). Based on the aforementioned results the current relevant EC’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) normative provisions andthe Dutch national rules and regulations that promote agroforestry are referred. We also identify the potential bottlenecks that the transition to the new CAP imposes to the implementation of agroforestry. Main bottlenecks fell under three categories, i.e. issues about technical knowledge, business models, and rules and regulations. Main subjects that were raised under the rules and regulations category were unclarity on current provisions at EU and national level (e.g. CAP), registration of crops under agroforestry and related subsidies, governance at national and provincial level. Thereafter the EC’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) normative provisions and the Dutch national rules and regulations that are acting as barriers were linked to these raised subjects. Various CAP provisions concur with previous identified policy issues that are shared with other EU member states, however many require adaptations of rules and regulations at the national, provincial and municipality level and a coordinated governance among these levels.
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Veel goede bedoelingen, maar geen tempo bij de circulaire transitie. Ruimtegebrek voor grootschalige, hoogwaardige recycling en bouwhubs, en tegelijkertijd onderbenutte ruimte op bijvoorbeeld watergebonden locaties zijn de grootste bottlenecks. Cees-Jan Pen, Juriën Poulussen en Evert Jan de Kort beschrijven negen manieren om ruimte te scheppen voor de circulaire transitie.
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From the article: The higher educational environment in Europe is changing and for the Netherlands this means that the dual educational system (universities and insti-tutes for higher professional education) will disappear. However this is not the only driver of change. Many European countries face a population that is aging and in the near future many lecturers will retire. Also the current financial crisis in Europe is causing many investments in higher education to be delayed. These and other drivers mean that universities need to organize their resources (such as buildings, lecture halls, libraries, IT etc.) in a different manner. Furthermore sup-port staff and administrators within universities need to be more flexible in the way they work to cater to the needs of a new customer group. To identify the changes that are needed and any bottlenecks that can be expected, a study was conducted at the HU University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. Professors, managers, staff, and students were interviewed and based on the outcomes a method for a new way of working was developed and IT tools to support this were recommended. Subsequently the method and some of the tools were tested in a pilot with 22 students. One of the most impressive results has been the re-duction in the number of e-mails sent. During the pilot several means of commu-nication were used (mainly twitter and Facebook) while the use of e-mail was not allowed. For the lecturers involved this meant a reduction in e-mail from over 1000 mails to fewer than 200 while at the same time the amount of tweets and Facebook postings totaled around 350. This means a reduction of about 45% in the number of messages. Furthermore we also used e-learning to reduce the amount of time that teachers and students needed to be physically present at the university, thereby not only reducing overhead but also helping in realizing the sustainability goals of the university.
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In May 2018, the new Dutch Intelligence and Security Services Act 2017 (Wet op de Inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten, Wiv) will enter into force. It replaces the previous 2002 Act and incorporates many reforms to the information gathering powers of the two intelligence and security services as well as to the accountability and oversight mechanisms. Due to the technologyneutral approach, both the civil and the military intelligence services are now authorized to, for example, intercept communications in bulk, hack third parties, decrypt files, store DNA or use any other future innovative technology. Also, the national security legislation extends the possibilities for the indiscriminate collection of data, and for the processing, storage and analysis thereof. The process leading to the law includes substantial criticism from the various stakeholders involved. Upon publication of this report, an official consultative referendum is being organized on the new act. The aim of this policy brief is to provide an international audience with a comprehensive overview of the most relevant aspects of the act and its context. In addition, there is considerable focus on the checks and balances as well as the bottlenecks of the Dutch intelligence gathering reform. The selection of topics is based on the core issues addressed during the parliamentary debate and on the authors’ insights.
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Demand driven expansion of charging infrastructure. Detection of charging infrastructure bottlenecks. Strategic expansion of charging infrastructure.
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The boarding process of an aircraft is one of the identified bottlenecks in the turnaround when aircraft arrives to an airport.
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In product design engineering education, classes in engineering mechanics are often difficult, unrewarding and unsatisfying for both students and lecturers. Within the Product Design Engineering program at Rotterdam University of Applied Science, a new approach has been developed and tested, leading to significantly higher pass rates and more active student participation, leading to deeper and more lasting understanding of the subject. Based upon field research and present day learning theory, an interactive course line was designed in which students build, test and calculate real-life design problems. By gradually increasing the complexity of the cases given, students gain deeper insight in theoretical basics, skills in calculations by hand as well as computer-assisted, analysing constructions and applying forces. Students learn in an informal class-setting in which they are stimulated to experiment, to measure, to calculate, to check outcomes and to ask questions. A mixture of online resources, frontal teaching, peer teaching, individual coaching and team coaching is being used to create a rich learning environment. In this environment it is safe, even encouraged to make mistakes, learn of them, evaluate and improve. Both slow and fast students benefit from this approach. In this paper, we will assess the bottlenecks in the “classical approach” towards teaching engineering mechanics, describe and discuss the “new approach” and draw conclusions on several factors. Thus, making classes more or less effective in creating deeper, durable understanding of construction engineering in a motivating, challenging yet safe learning environment.
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DACAR is een methodologie voor procesmapping die wordt gebruikt om bottlenecks en aandachtspunten voor te robotiseren handmatige processtappen in kaart te brengen. Het paper introduceert de oorsprong en gebruik van DACAR voor studenten en bedrijven.
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