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Dialogic conducts, on behalf of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (EL&I), in collaboration with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, the final evaluation of the functioning and effectiveness of the Programmatic Approach (PA) as a whole for the period 2006-2010. With the Programmatic Approach, the former Ministry of Economic Affairs (EZ) collaborated with businesses and knowledge institutions to invest in economic domains that have (the potential for) a strong impact on the entire Dutch economy. Over the past years, this program has been one of the key instruments in the (specific) innovation policy.
This evaluation uses the method of social cost-benefit analysis (CBA). The key question is: does the taxpayer receive sufficient returns for the expenditure made on the Programmatic Approach? A social CBA systematically presents the use of public funds and the public returns (which refers to the returns for society after deducting the private returns) and sets them in their interrelation of cause and effect. This method provides insight into the arguments for and against a specific policy instrument like the Programmatic Approach. To map out the costs and benefits, Dialogic utilises desk research (existing documents and data on the innovation programs, the two final evaluations of individual programs conducted (Point-One Figurehead, Food & Nutrition Delta, and other scientific studies), and over sixty interviews.
