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The Hague (your) Business City

Marleen Zuijderhoudt Managing Director

WestHolland Foreign Investment Agency

at:International City PodiumNovember 5, 201314.30 – 15.30h

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WestHolland Region

27 municipalities:

The Hague, Delft,

Leiden, Zoetermeer,

Naaldwijk, Noordwijk

1,5 million inhabitants

3 Universities

2 Airports

Investment Promotion Agencies in NL

Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA)

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Results 2012

Total projects & jobs:

WFIA: - 40 projects- 889 jobs

NFIA: - 170 projects- €930 mln investments- 5.166 jobs

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• 1% of all companies in NL is foreign

• 15% of total employment

• 34% totale turn over in NL

• 24% of all new investments (30% in R&D)

• 0,72 extra fte

• Grow faster, less prone to bankruptcy

• More highly educated staff

• Higher salaries (+10%)

• More time & money in training/educationSource: NFIA, Buitenlands investeringen maken Nederlandse economie sterk – April 2013

Why foreign investors?

WestHolland Services

Free of charge advice and support:

•Setting up a Fact Finding Program

•Registration, Expansion & Relocation

•Tax, legal & financial matters

•HR staffing/foreign employees

•Payrolling & accounting

•Visa & permits

•Networks & clusters

•Key business and government contacts

•Living (housing, schools, etc.)

Foreign Investors in WestHolland

The Hague Region

Facts:

1.000.000 Inhabitants (50% in The Hague)

70.000 Companies (50% in The Hague)

500.000 Jobs

(50% in The Hague)

Employment in Sectors:

(Stadsgewest Haaglanden, monitor werkgelegenheid 2011)

IT & Telecom cluster

• Focus on: – Telecom infrastructure– Software engineering– Gaming

• IT & Telecom operators, providers and suppliers like: – KPN, Ziggo, T-Mobile, Siemens, AT&T, Samsung,

Huawei, ZTE, Tech Mahindra

• Education: – Delft University of Technology: Faculty of

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics Computer Science, and Incubation Programs for technology start-ups

– Haagse Hogeschool: Academy for IT/ Telecom and Media

– Hogeschool In Holland; dept. Associate & MSc International Communication Management

The Hague, International home of Telecom.

Oil & Gas Cluster: Focus on Upstream

Life Science & Biotechnology

Life Sciences: the Leiden Bio Science Park:-Some 85 companies-3.500 employees-Focus areas:

• red biotechnology,• biomedical research,• drug developing companies, • service providers in drug development ,• industrial biotech, • green (food/plants) biotech

- www.leidenbiosciencepark.nl/jobs

Industrial Biotechnology: the Biotech Campus Delft. -Focus on creating a Biobased Economy-initiative of DSM Delft, Delft University, City of Delft and the Province of South Holland

Biotechnology

Security: The Hague Security Delta

The security cluster has a strong focus on:• Cyber security• National security• Urban security• Forensic research• Critical infrastructure

Over 300 security businesses (SME & Multinationals)Renowned research institutes

• TNO • Netherlands Forensic Institute • Delft University of Technology

HSD Campus – opening February 2014

www.thehaguesecuritydelta.com

The Hague Security Delta

Space industry in WestHolland

Stakeholders in the Space sector:

-ESTEC in Noordwijk, the scientific and technical heart of the European Space Agency

-Space Business Park Noordwijk: www.spacebusinesspark.nl

-Delft University of Technology: Faculty of Aerospace Engineering

-Hogeschool InHolland: Composietenlab

-Holland Space Cluster

Space industry in WestHolland

City of Peace and Justice

•160 international institutions and organisations

•14.000 employees

•2013: 100 years Peace Palace

•International organisations like:• International Court of Justice• Permanent Court of Arbitration • International Criminal Tribunal for the former

Yugoslavia (ICTY) • International Criminal Court (ICC)• Eurojust and Europol• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical

Weapons (OPCW)

•March 2014: Nuclear Security Summit (NSS)

The Hague City of Peace and Justice

Q&A

Thank you for your attention!

More info on the topics discussed at:

•www.doingbusinessinthehague.com

•www.westholland.nl

•www.thehague.com