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The Dutch government has identified nine top sectors which they plan to strengthen with the help of Dutch businesses and education & research. Approximately 1,5 billion euro has been made available to support this. Apart from targetted investments the government is also focused on identifying and solving bottle-necks impeding the growth of these sectors such as bothersome rules or lack of qualified personnel. The nine top sectors are: High Tech Material & Systems, Agro-Food, Water, Energy, Horticulture, Chemicals, Creative Industries, Logistics and Life Sciences. For more information see here or read an article from the Volkskrant here (in Dutch).