The Dutch to learn from other Europeans

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‘The Dutch have a lot to learn from other Europeans’ | SWZ

Under the combative motto “No guts, no Dutch Glory!”, the Dutch government presented the MMI Sector Agenda at the end of October last year. After decades of being mostly ignored, except for a few limited subsidy schemes, shipbuilding is now the first sector in the Netherlands for which industrial policy is being developed again.

Commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, the HCSS surveyed how seven European countries, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Norway, and Sweden define and translate “strategic interests” for MMI into tailor-made industrial policies. According to the HCSS, the analysis provides a reference point for the policy instruments that the Dutch government could deploy as part of the MMI Sector Agenda.

By Hans de Wilde/SWZ|Maritime.

Incidentally, most of these countries do not have an industrial policy exclusively focused on the MMI, instead they mostly focus on the maritime sector as a whole.

PS> Maybe a good idea for others to copy?