Stand van zaken Innovatiebrief, 1 juli 2003

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Innovation policy in the Netherlands Hans de
Groene Deputy Director-General Directorate-General
for Enterprise Innovation Dutch Ministry of
Economic Affairs 25th January 2006
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Outline

• The Dutch Positionstrengths and weaknesses
• The Policy Agendapriority Cabinet Balkenende
  IIInnovation Platform
• Recent developments

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Productivity and InnovationStructural economic
growth (CPB)
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Dutch innovation performance is average
Source European Commission (2005), European
Innovation Scoreboard 2005
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Strengths Innovation System

• High quality of scientific research
• High number of patents
• Relatively high co-financing of public applied
  research by the business sector
• Good access to and use of ICT
• High number of knowledge workers (in general)

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Weaknesses Innovation System

• RD intensity of Dutch companies lags behind
• Growing shortage of knowledge workers,
  particularly in Science and Engineering
• Too little innovative entrepreneurship
• Insufficient use of scientific research
• Interaction knowledge infrastructure and business

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Outline

• The Dutch Positionstrengths and weaknesses
• The policy agendapriority Cabinet Balkenende
  IIInnovation Platform
• Recent developments

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Innovation priority Balkenende II

• Innovation priority Lisbon objectives
• Additional funding for education and innovation
• Innovation Platform
• Innovation and Science Policy White Paper
• Industry Memorandum

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Innovation Platform

• 18 high-level members
• Ice-breaker in the Knowledge Economy
• National Innovation Strategy and Joint
  Initiatives
• Chaired by Prime Minister

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Dutch innovation policyMain objectives

• More companies that innovate more
• Focus and mass on key-technologies

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Outline

• The Dutch Positionstrengths and weaknesses
• The policy agendapriority Cabinet Balkenende
  IIInnovation Platform
• Recent developments

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Major reform of instruments

• Greater flexibility and a more tailored approach
• Fewer, more cohesive instruments
• Reduce the scattergun effect through focus and
  critical mass
• Fewer but better conceived points of access
• Substantial reduction in acquisition costs and
  administrative load.

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Set-up of new tools
Programme Package innovation, ICT, sust. energy,
int. business and policy linked to local needs
Basic package for entrepreneurs Information and
advice Capital
General terms and conditions
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Basic package

• Technopartner (Start-ups)
• Syntens (advise for SMEs)
• Innovation vouchers (SMEs)
• WBSO (tax scheme)
• SBIR

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Programme packagepromoting peak performance

• Focus upon a limited number of promising issues
• Bring policy and implementation closer together
• Greater public and private sector collaboration
• More room for tailored approaches and steering of
  demand
• A varied, programmed approach in each policy area

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Regional approach Peaks in the Delta
Twente Telematics Institute biomedical
research, nanotech
Amsterdam HQ service sector, Creative
industries, software
Leiden life sciences (biomedical)
Wageningen food and agricultural research
Rotterdam port and logistics, chemicals Delft
TNO, DSM Den Haag chemical industry (Shell),
food (Unilever), flowers, Metal Research Institute
Eindhoven heart of manufacturing industry
Philips, ASML, DAF, TNO Dutch Polymer Institute,
Katalysis Research School