Top Sectors in the Netherlands
Unique Collaboration between Businesses, Science and Government
Top sectors strengthen the economy with innovations, by exploiting international opportunities, solving societal challenges, increasing human capital and investing in scientific research. In the Netherlands, we find cooperation between companies, science and government in different sectors normal. Worldwide, this cooperation is unique. Learn more about the 10 top sectors in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands is a leader in logistics. This makes our country an attractive business location. Logistics are also indispensable for other sectors, such as healthcare, food and manufacturing.
More than just Transport
Logistics is much more than transport alone. It is the coordination of all parties working together on a project. The coordination to get all the people, materials and goods to the right time and place through transport. All components in this process are equally important for its success. Such a logistics process is simple if it needs to be carried out once, but extremely complicated if it is 300,000 times a day. Vaccine logistics during the corona pandemic is a good example of what is involved in logistics.
Innovations for Competitive and Zero-Emission Logistics
This makes logistics an important economic sector. To stay ahead internationally, innovation remains necessary. In addition, logistics has a big task to reduce CO2 and other emissions. In the implementation programme of the Top Sector Logistics, companies, knowledge institutes and governments work together on innovations for competitive and emission-free logistics. This is done through research, knowledge and tool development and upscaling. Learn more about the ambition of the Top Sector Logistics.
See here for more on the 2024 - 2027 Implementation Programme
Implementation Programme 2021-2023
The previous Implementation Programme (2021-2023) of the Top Sector Logistics was a logical continuation of the 2016-2020 Implementation Programme. This programme started with a focus on staying ahead in logistics. In this programme, much has already been developed and put into practice: the task is to obtain more impact, to scale up application, while further adding to the knowledge. Learn more about the 2021-2023 Implementation Programme.
