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The Hague (your) Business City
Marleen Zuijderhoudt Managing Director
WestHolland Foreign Investment Agency
at: International City Podium November 5, 2013 14.30 – 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/education
Source: 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
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
