hispeed session the hague your business city | nov 5 icp
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The Hague (your) Business City The Hague region is a dynamic international business hub, where local and multinational players within the various business sectors come together. Top business sectors include Oil & Gas, Telecom, Space Technology, and Water Technology and Management. Reasons for starting a business or setting up headquarters in the region include the excellent infrastructure, international business climate, top quality educational facilities and the quality of life, combined with the favourable Dutch tax regime. The WestHolland Foreign Investment Agency (WFIA) assists international companies with business location and expansion and can hence provide an all-round overview of the industries and their trends. The Hispeed Tour will provide a brief introduction to the Business field and the various sectors that are active in The Hague. The attractiveness of setting up shop for small scale entrepreneurs in The Hague will be discussed and various educational backgrounds & career paths within the business sectors will be highlighted. A moderated Q/A session will address questions that shed light on the current (inter)national trends, the main challenges and ways to overcome them, the required skill-sets to enter this field and the availability of professional opportunities. Keynote speaker: Marleen ZuijderhoudtTRANSCRIPT
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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