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The Authorization Act for the establishment of Invest-NL came into effect at the end of 2019. This has provided the Netherlands with a national financing and development institution once again. Invest-NL was founded to increase financing options for achieving societal transition challenges, with the condition that Invest-NL does not disrupt the market but complements it (additionality). The primary task of the development branch of Invest-NL is not to generate returns but to address market failures.
Now that Invest-NL is up and running, it is a good moment to conduct both an interim evaluation of the Authorization Act and the grant for development tasks. Dialogic is carrying out the evaluation at the request of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. The main evaluation questions are:
- Does the law enable Invest-NL to perform the assigned tasks as stipulated in the law and thus achieve the law's objective?
- Which activities have been carried out by Invest-NL with the subsidy from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy for development activities, what are the outcomes, and is this done effectively and efficiently?
Dialogic recently evaluated, among others, Participatie Maatschappij Vlaanderen which holds a somewhat comparable position in Flanders, but has been in existence for a longer period.
The research report will be delivered by the end of August.
Want to know more about this evaluation? Ask Pim den Hertog.