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The National Technology Strategy<\/h4>\n

Technological developments are happening at lightning speed. Because the Netherlands wants to stay part of this, the government has developed the National Technology Strategy. This strategy identifies ten so-called key technologies that are important for the future earning capacity and strategic autonomy of the Netherlands. Semiconductors, energy materials, quantum technologies and mechatronics are examples of these key technologies.<\/p>\n

Within the National Technology Strategy, the locations in the Netherlands where concentrations of relevant knowledge and science on certain technologies are located have been identified. After all, where knowledge, entrepreneurship and market converge, there are the greatest opportunities to develop a key technology economically. Commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the ROMs (Regional Development Companies) then analysed which regions contain companies that already apply these technologies. Today, the ROMs presented their Regional Reinforcement Plan National Technology Strategy (RV-NTS) to Director General Business and Innovation Erwin Nijsse (Ministry of Economic Affairs) and Meindert Stolk (on behalf of the Interprovincial Consultation - IPO).<\/p>\n

ROMs analysis<\/h4>\n

Eric explains how the ROMs arrived at that plan: \u201cThe ROMs have a good overview of what is happening in a region. Where there are concentrations of relevant knowledge, entrepreneurship and market, we translated the key technologies nationwide into 14 concrete value chains, including AI in healthcare, protein transition, quantum, MedTech and cybersecurity. In determining a value chain, we looked at patent positions, ongoing R&D activities, the presence of relevant expertise in adjacent industries and the complexity of the technology, among other things.\u201d Linze explains, \u201cThe idea behind this is that through the value chains, we focus on clusters around a complex technology that the region is already strong in. That gives more chance of success than focusing on a low-level technology that any region can start tomorrow. If a region already has industries similar to that value chain, you are even more likely to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

North Holland remarkably promising<\/h4>\n

In this analysis of value chains, Noord-Holland came out particularly strong: out of 14 value chains, no fewer than six stand out as promising for Noord-Holland. These are regenerative medicine (exploring the body's self-healing capacity and using it for new therapies), AI in healthcare, protein transition, green chemistry, AI and robots in agriculture and horticulture, and precision fermentation and cellular agriculture. Eric: \u201cThis shows that North Holland is very well positioned in terms of breadth. These are \u2018hardcore tech\u2019 value chains - and that while we are a region without a technical university. That's remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Focus on three growth markets<\/h4>\n

From the analysis of the value chains, the ROMs decided to jointly deploy forces and resources over the next two years on five growth markets where the Netherlands makes a difference internationally:<\/p>\n