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… Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Royal Academy of Sciences (KNAW), by intergovernmental organisations such as the European Union and UNESCO and by Netherlands Government Ministries such as the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Annual Report 2014 6 Activities in 2014 Project: Shelter City Maastricht Recently Maastricht’s City Council decided to participate in the Shelter City programme, which is run by the human rights organisation Justice and Peace. The … University (Faculty of Law and the University College Maastricht) and Justice and Peace, will house these people. Justice and Peace are responsible for the selection of the human rights defenders who will stay here, by order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The other cities that have welcomed human rights defenders through this programme are The Hague, Utrecht, Middelburg and Nijmegen. More information at http://en.justiceandpeace.nl/ http://en.justiceandpeace.nl/ 7 Maastricht Centre for … “A Reassessment of Transatlantic Security: Europe, the United States and NATO.” Paper presented at Transatlantic Studies Association 13th Annual Conference, University of Ghent, Belgium 7-10 July 2014. Haar, R. (2014). “Anti-McGovernism in American Foreign Policy.” Paper presented at 60th European Association for American Studies Conference, in the workshop: War and Peace in America’s Forays into the World, 3-6 April 2014, The Hague. Lijnzaad, L. (2014). Declarations of competence in the law of …

… Kwartaalschrift Economie, Vol. 4, Themanummer Vergrijzing, pp. 475-496. - F. Cörvers, H. Heijke en E. Lintjens (2007), Is er een drainage van bètatechnisch toptalent naar het buitenland? [Does the brain drain of science and technology top talents to foreign countries exist?], in A. de Grip en W. Smits (eds.), Technotopics II, Essays over onderwijs en arbeidsmarkt voor bètatechnici, Platform Bèta Techniek en Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt, Den Haag en Maastricht, pp. 103-113. - F. …

… or Germany during my studies at Maastricht University ✓ I will submit a copy of my valid residence permit ✓ I will submit an official confirmation of my municipal registration ✓ I will notify the UM Visa Office if my situation changes 3.1 Name of foreign national 3.2 Current place and date Place of signing Date (dd/mm/yyyy) 3.3 Signature of foreign national (2/2): End of confirmation form …

… reduction regimes. Typically, governments and international bodies set caps on emissions, and companies must reduce their emissions to meet those caps or purchase permits to emit a certain level of GHGs. For example, the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). • The Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) allows companies, organisations, and individuals to offset carbon emissions by purchasing carbon credits. The VCM differs from the compliance market because it is not subject to the same … and supporting sustainable development. $20 per credit (100%) Credit providers ReSeed United States (Topanga, California) • Provides financing and support for the development of carbon credits, including the methodology and platform for tracking and trading credits. $4 20% Standard-setting organisations FoodChain ID United States (Fairfield, Iowa) • Verifies the carbon credits and ensures transparency, credibility, and measurement of conservation impacts through third-party verification. N/A …

… Reference date 31 August 2015 FTE FTE Total researchers = staff, fellowship holders, bursary holders, PhD students either full-time or part-time involved in research 1,809 937 male/872 female 1,659 876 male/783 female Of whom are international (i.e. foreign nationality) 748 657 Of whom are externally funded (i.e. for whom Maastricht University is host organisation) 934 895 Of whom are women 872 783 Of whom are stage R3 or R4 1 ; Researchers with a large degree of autonomy, typically holding the … o To be a sustainable institution in the broadest sense. These four core values will be reflected in all our activities. The development and implementation will proceed gradually over the period of this Strategic Programme. Throughout the process, the exchange of best practices across faculties will be encouraged and facilitated as well. This will also have an effect on UM’s HR strategy, which focuses on diversity, research and education, and staff development. UM strives to remain an attractive … Ministry of Economic Affairs has marked the Brightlands Chemelot Campus as an open innovation campus of national importance. Open innovation is defined as students, researchers and entrepreneurs together forming a 'community' in an optimal climate for exchange and valorisation of knowledge. Interdisciplinary and triple-helix research initiatives are explicitly stimulated. Brightlands currently consists of the following four campuses in Limburg:  Brightlands Chemelot Campus  Brightlands Maastricht …

… try. No patronising, no untenable smoking bans in small cafés, and furthermore no unnecessary regulations” (Elsevier, 2010, p. 176). This was the outcome of a deal between the VVD and the CDA. The CDA would give up its wish for smoke-free bars in exchange for an assurance that it would be compensated in other dossiers.5 seCuring long-term tobaCCo Control poliCy Dutch tobacco control policymaking is a drawn-out process. The Ministry of Health pushes for a stricter and more effective tobacco pol- … meets about four times per year (European Commission, 2017a). There are subgroups on issues such as tobacco ingredients and electronic cigarettes. This is an important network for civil servants who work on tobacco control, because this is where they exchange experiences and can support each other over practical and legal problems related to the implementation of EU tobacco control regulations. It is also a platform where country representatives discuss measures that member states may take that go … important topic during most of the meetings of the European health ministers, who convene about twice a year in Brussels. The influence of the European Health Council thus goes beyond the adoption of new regulations or recommen- dations: the ministers exchange ideas and may learn from colleagues how to advance tobacco control at the national level (ASPECT Consortium, 2004, p. 115). THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT: EU AND WHO 154 ThE World hEalTh organizaTion WHO is a specialised agency of the United …