FROM KNOWLEDGE TO SKILL TO REVENUE

At the end of February, the flag was hung out at WaterCampus Leeuwarden and likely at several hundred other locations in the Netherlands. At that time, it was announced that the Dutch government and other parties were jointly allocating €342 million for the ‘Nationaal Groeiplan Watertechnologie’ (National Water Technology Growth Plan). Through the growth plan, Water Alliance and WaterCampus Leeuwarden, along with a consortium 600 partners, will invest in developing innovations. These innovations will solve global water issues. The growth plan will support Dutch SMEs with the ultimate goal of exporting Dutch companies’ unique knowledge to other parts of the world. Ronald Wielinga, Entrepreneurship Manager at WaterCampus Leeuwarden, was closely involved in the creation of the programme, along with several colleagues.