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LONDON \u2014 The European Medicines Agency is sending staff on holiday to the Netherlands to persuade them what a great place it will be to live.<\/p>\n

The agency, which is relocating from London to Amsterdam in March because of Brexit, is covering the cost of a two-night trip for staff and their partners \u2014 plus a guided tour of neighborhoods \u2014 to help employees decide if they could plant roots there.<\/p>\n

No\u00ebl Wathion, the EMAs Brexit lead, said in an interview Wednesday that while he could not quantify the impact of the visits, the EMA believes they are proving \u201cvery useful\u201d as it attempts to keep staff on board.<\/p>\n

\u201cIts a short visit but nevertheless it shows you [what the Netherlands is like to live in],\u201d Wathion said. The agency is also offering free Dutch language lessons for EMA staff, their partners and children.<\/p>\n

The number of staff forecast to stay has been on an upward trend since providing these incentives, Wathion said.<\/p>\n

\nStaff are not just moving to Amsterdam but all over the Netherlands, he said, including to Leiden, the Hague and Utrecht.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The latest estimates show 24 percent of the EMAs roughly 900 staff \u2014 including shorter-term and longer-term contracts \u2014 are forecast to leave, although he said that figure changes daily.<\/p>\n

That would leave around 216 vacant posts. Around 100 of these are people on short-term contracts, such as maternity cover, which would not relocate, he said. In August, a survey found 30 percent were expected to leave<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The agency has received more than 5,000 job applications for the vacancies, Wathion said. The agency is also putting together a reserve list of candidates who have passed interviews and would be willing to work in Amsterdam if certain jobs become available.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cant wait and see,\u201d Wathion said. The agency has asked staff to inform them as soon as possible if they plan to leave.<\/p>\n

Relocation underway<\/h3>\n

Sixty staff have already moved to the Netherlands. The Spark building in Amsterdam will house the EMA from January until its permanent home, the newly named \u201cEMA Building,\u201d is ready in November.<\/p>\n

These are primarily employees with children who wanted to move early for the start of a new school year, Wathion said.<\/p>\n

These \u201cearly movers\u201d are also influencing other staff members. \u201cWe have positive feedback and people say, it seems to be working,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Wathion said the bulk of staff are expected to relocate in January and February. However, the agency has also adapted its flexible working policies to allow people to move later during 2019, for example for parents of children that need to sit for school exams.<\/p>\n

Staff are not just moving to Amsterdam but all over the Netherlands, he said, including to Leiden, the Hague and Utrecht.<\/p>\n

Despite the sheer complexity of decoupling the U.K.s expertise from the agency, sharing out its workload and relocating all operations, Wathion sounded more upbeat about the process than in previous interviews.<\/p>\n

He said the agency has adopted a mantra for the relocation: \u201cUnited we stand, divided we fall.\u201d<\/p>\n

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misstated the agencys relocation mantra, and misstated when the EMA will be housed in the Spark building. <\/em><\/p>\n

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