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Digital transformation and innovation: what’s new in the Budget Memorandum and National Budget?
The Dutch caretaker government is preparing to invest close to half a billion euros in the Dutch tech industry.
Companies engaged in high-value technology of ‘strategic interest’
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Sign up to one of these six key international trade missions and events in the second half of 2025
In the second half of 2025, Topsector ICT and other key stakeholders will be co-organising various international trade missions and events that align with the National Technology Strategy (NTS). The following events are no...
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Now open: NWO’s Perspectief programme for the development and optimisation of Digital and Information Technologies
Starting today, researchers, businesses and community organisations can submit proposals as a consortium for the annual Perspectief programme.
For each Perspectief project accepted, NWO will contribute 2 to 5 millio...
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Council of Ministers approves measures in 3% R&D action plan
The Dutch government has released a nine-point action plan to raise R&D investments from the current level of 2.2% to 3% by 2030. The plan seeks to reinvigorate innovation and maintain the Netherlands’ status as an EU ...
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Dutch Ministry of Defence invests in LiveDrop to improve security of offline data transfers
The Dutch Ministry of Defence is investing heavily in LiveDrop, a tech pioneer in secure data exchange. The Eindhoven-based start-up specialises in solutions for quick and secure offline data transfers.
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These are the key takeaways from Topsector ICT’s 2024 Annual Review
The Netherlands aims to remain a leader in the European digitalisation landscape. What steps did Topsector ICT and its coalition partners take in 2024 to deliver on that ambition? And what are the highs and lows of the dig...
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