As part of the EU-LA Mining Programme, the CLCB Team, its stakeholders and the five beneficiary municipalities embarked on an international study visit to the Netherlands. The study visit took place from 14 – 22 September 2019, fulfilling the purpose of enhancing cross-thematic and international learning. The participants visited some towns in the province of South Limburg (a former mining region within the Netherlands) and were exposed to the region’s history, its transition, its current state and its relevance to the condition of mining towns in the South African Context. Read more in the first edition newsletter.