Innovation Support SystemsThe Netherlands

Aleid Diepeveen, Netherlands Water Partnership

INNOWATER Conference: Europe’s Next Super Model for Innovation

Take Away Message• There is No Super Model• Innovation: creative and dynamic ecosystems• Open Innovation in Networks• Share Lessons Learned

Innovation support NL until 2012

Innovation drivers: More stringent discharge standards; compliance with regulation; Importance of CSR & reputation management; reducing the water footprint; Resource recovery from waste water streams; ‘’resource water’’; Cost reduction and efficiency enhancement; increase competitiveness.

Examples Innovation

Killing algae with sonic vibrations: LG Sonic

Examples Innovation

Waste water treatment with aerobic granular sludge: Nereda

Innovation support NL from 2012 until …

Dutch economic policy: Innovation is needed

Ambitions

• Top 5 position knowledge economy by 2020 (GCI/WEF)

• Public Private Partnerships for innovation by establishing Top Consortia for Knowledge and Innovation (TKIs, €500 million in 2015).

• Increase Dutch R&D efforts to 2.5% of GDP by 2020

7Top Sector Water Netherlands

Two pillars of Dutch industry policy

1. Generic policies: stimulating an excellent business environment

2. Top sector approach

Sectoral Demand driven Integrated approach Cross-sectoral

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Maritime industry Delta technology Water technology

Three subsectors join forces

From technology push only, towards High Tech Businesses

Combining technological development and market approach (export)

Interesting business cases

Blue energy Cinerelta IJkdijk

Cost-effective Nitrogen removal from wastewater by low temperature Anammox

Electricity production from advanced mixing of salt and

fresh water

Development, testing and validation of sensor systems on

dikes

Examples Innovation

Metropolitan Food Cluster Drakenstein/PE, West-Cape (South-Africa)

Examples Innovation

Sustainable production Textile Industry Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Cross-boundary Innovation

Lessons Learned• Combine societal challenges with economic

opportunities (NL, EU/EIP)• Early involvement of end user• Innovation cooperation:– Knowledge Institute, End user, Technology Firm

• Visioning / agenda setting at different levels (region/sectoral/national/EU)to create new dynamics.