A warm welcome to the GrenzInfoPunkt
Ems Dollard Region
We are your point of contact in the Ems Dollard Region for any questions you may have about working, living and studying in the neighbouring country.
We provide information free of charge, on a personalised, confidential and independent basis. We offer our information services in person, by telephone, online and at our consultation days.
In-depth consultation sessions are available if you book an appointment in advance.
You can reach us by telephone at the following times:
Mon – Thu 09:00 – 12:00
Please note: The GrenzInfoPunkt EDR team is unavailable on German public holidays.
The services provided by GIP EDR are made possible thanks to the support of the State Chancellery of Lower Saxony, the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe, the Drenthe Labour Market Region, the districts of Emsland and Leer, and the Employment Agency Nordhorn.
The GrenzInfoPunkt is based at the EDR office in Bad Nieuweschans:
Bunderpoort 14
NL 9693 CJ Bad Nieuweschans
To book an appointment:
+31(0)597 52 18 18
or by email: gip@edr.eu
or via the contact form
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Finding staff or jobs across borders
Would you like to hire staff from the neighbouring country? Are you interested in a job there, or are you planning to move there?
What do you need to bear in mind if you move to the neighbouring country or take up a job there and become a cross-border worker?
What do you need to bear in mind as an employer if you wish to hire employees from the neighbouring country? At the GrenzInfoPunkt EDR, you’ll find the right people to contact. Here, you can obtain information – independently and free of charge – by telephone, online or in person about the tax and social security systems in Germany and the Netherlands.
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The services provided by GIP EDR are financially supported by: the Staatskanzlei of Lower Saxony, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe, the Drenthe Labour Market Region, the districts of Emsland and Leer, and the Agentur für Arbeit Nordhorn.
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