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The Innovation Platform recently released an advisory report: what agenda is needed to get the Netherlands into the global top 5 of sustainable knowledge economies within 10 years? The Innovation Platform concludes that the competitiveness of our country is under pressure. According to the Platform, significant reforms and targeted investments in education, research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and attracting foreign investments are necessary to make a difference.
The report of the Innovation Platform consists of over 100 pages and is based on various underlying studies. One of these studies was conducted by Dialogic: an analysis of Dutch investments in knowledge & innovation. Based on budget information (and additional desk research), Dialogic created a flowchart illustrating how financial resources from departments flow through regulations and intermediaries to end-users (such as universities, TNO, and TTI's). Dialogic found that almost 5.5 billion euros are invested annually in knowledge & innovation (public funds). Approximately 2 billion of this is specific and consists of programmatic resources, second stream to universities, and public contract research. Additionally, 2 billion goes to the first stream of universities.
The report 'Netherlands 2020: back in the top 5' is available for download on the website of the Platform. Dialogic's flowchart is included as figure 12 (page 35).
For more information, please contact Christiaan Holland (holland@dialogic.nl or 030-2150582).