How time flies! Today, shiftLimburg blows out 1 candle. The interactive community platform, which focuses on innovative Limburg entrepreneurs and knowledge partners, exists exactly one year. And so many great things have already happened. Ready for the 2022 wrap up? Let's go!

2022 was a year full of surprises. With highs and lows. The corona measures were slowly relaxed after a harsh lockdown. As of March, fortunately, everything could reopen. But the pandemic left its mark. Russia's invasion of Ukraine also had a great impact. Both consumers and businesses had to deal with sky-high energy and fuel prices. Life in the Netherlands became more and more expensive.

This made us realize that many things have to be done differently. The transition to a sustainable society is an absolute necessity and more important than ever.

On January 19, 2022, the shiftLimburg platform was launched. An initiative of the Province of Limburg and LIOF with the aim of moving together towards a smarter, more sustainable and healthier Limburg.

On shiftLimburg, members can share knowledge and create collaborations. Finding each other. By providing Limburg entrepreneurs and knowledge partners in one place with the right knowledge at the right time, they can successfully innovate their organizations along the four transitions important to Limburg: Energy, Circularity, Health & Digitalization.

Of course, beautiful and inspiring entrepreneurial stories were also shared. Because a lot is already happening in Limburg!

In total, there were 24,000 visitors who read about innovations and developments in relation to the four transitions in 2022. In the past year, over 600 people became members of the platform. Over 230 articleswere published on a variety of topics, but always with a clear link to one or more transitions. Also, over 170 events were shared. LinkedIn, the main channel, now has 754 followers.

Most read

Most popular this year were the personal stories of Limburg entrepreneurs. For example, the '5 questions to' section appeared several times in the top of the best-read articles and the (video) testimonials also scored very well. Especially the own content created by the shiftLimburg editors was popular among readers. Below is a list of the 10 most visited pages.

Five questions to & cases

• 5 Questions to... FarmerRuud
• 5 questions to... Sylvia Vannisselroij
• 5 questions to... Rob van de Meulenhof & Linda Gielen
• Healix: because we can do something now for the planet
• Learning Food & Dairy of Now bring honest and healthy food to the region
• Sustainable printing with PaperWise and LIOF
• Stay, grow and play at Watersley
• Podoprinter: because it helps people directly
• Are you ready? Caroz is!
• Health transition: a societal imperative

• Broad support for SMEs in the transition to a circular economy in Limburg
• ShiftLimburg in the spotlight at Ondernemen in Limburg
• Circo Hub Limburg: towards circular entrepreneurship