The new Work and Social Assistance Act
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In addition to the host country (the Netherlands), twelve peer countries participated in the Peer Review: Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Norway and Romania. The meeting received presentations from host country officials from the MSZW, an external perspective on the Dutch reforms provided by an independent expert from the Netherlands, and presentations and discussions from peer country participants, comparing the situation in peer countries with that in the Netherlands, and exploring the scope for transferability of the Dutch approach. A site visit to Rotterdam was undertaken in order to visit local projects aiming to activate social assistance recipients and to learn about the approach to delivering the WWB at municipality level.
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