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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