The Netherlands is one of the world’s foremost digital economies. Many households have a PC, a tablet and a smartphone as well, and the physical and mobile networks are both highly developed. Almost every single company in the Netherlands works online, and the national Internet servers are among the most secure in the world. This puts us in a strong starting position.
The importance of ICT to the Dutch economy is also increasing all the time. The ICT sector is growing at a lightning pace, and digitalisation is a key driver of economic growth. On top of this, digital innovation plays a prominent role in solving important societal issues.
Digital Holland supports the Dutch ICT sector in various ways: by initiating and fostering ICT innovations for the various sectors of the economy, and by helping to convert cross-sectoral connections into opportunities. By working together, we can help the Netherlands to retain its international position in the area of digital innovation, and boost society’s earning capacity.
The board
The Team
Digital Holland organizes events, fosters public-private partnerships, sends out newsletters with information on matters such as exciting grants and subsidies, and forms coalitions for the principal Digital and Information Technologies. The team is made up of the following experts:
Goals
The goals of Digital Holland are to build programmes for public-private partnerships in Digital and Information Technologies, to improve participation in mission-driven programmes and themes and Long-Term Mission-Driven Innovation Programmes (Dutch: Meerjarige Missiegedreven Innovatie Programma’s, or “MMIPs”), and to boost engagement with the public-private partnership programmes among innovative SMEs. Digital Holland also nurtures commercialisation in the various programmes, realisation of the goals of the Human Capital Agenda (HCA) and further international connections in the public-private partnership programmes.
New developments occur all the time that will have a long-term impact on how competitive the Netherlands can be in ICT matters. Digital Holland is responsible for identifying those developments before they happen and defining an appropriate strategy.