Pieter Varekamp is an alderman in the municipality of Voorschoten.
“I strongly believe in the power of entrepreneurship. Not only business-wise, also socially. Entrepreneurs are important: they provide jobs, offer people opportunities to develop and create value. Not only for themselves, but for the entire community I therefore have a warm heart for entrepreneurs and, from my role as alderman, I want to offer them the space to do business and grow. A thriving entrepreneurial climate is essential for a vital municipality and a vital region.”
“In recent years we have had good experiences with cooperation in the Leiden region. Through Key Region Leiden, parties benefit from each other’s knowledge, expertise and capacity. Voorschoten is small as an organization and therefore benefits from cooperation. As a small municipality, we hitch a ride on the region’s slipstream and also make an active contribution to it, because we sit constructively at the table. I look forward to the cooperation”.
Through Key Region Leiden, parties benefit from each other’s knowledge, expertise and capacity.
One idea that Voorschoten would like to develop is to provide newcomers and all people who would like to do business but cannot get over that threshold with the tools to take that step after all. This can be done, for example, by linking people’s skills to jobs that are out there. That way we create a win-win situation. The businesses and local economy benefit, and the people who live and work here also benefit.
The added value of Key Region Leiden is further the structural setting and positive atmosphere in which we work together. Because we sit around the table as governments, entrepreneurs and education from across the 071 region, we don’t each have to reinvent the wheel. We can move forward so quickly within the collaboration, and that is of great value at this time when innovation and entrepreneurship require rapid adjustments.”