Initiatives
Concrete initiatives from the city in this area include the Maastricht Centre for Entrepreneurship (MC4E), the Service Science Factory (SSF) and the Master of Sustainability Science & Policy at ICIS (International Centre for Integrated Assessment.
New initiatives
By strengthening and broadening the supply of training and (applied) research builds UM on its base. With numerous new initiatives is indented on global trends and issues such as "High Growth Markets, Sustainable Energy, Global & Regional Studies.
At the regional level it has to trends such as the growing needs of the labor market well-trained staff including knowledge of international trade, the necessary professionalism in the Limburg education and further profiling of the city as the (international) cultural center of the region.