Strategische Agenda 2022-2025

Strategic Agenda - Focus on the Future, Fast Forward Now 13 of specialist consultancy and contract research. We actively share our knowledge on the basis of our ‘dare to share’ principle. In the Netherlands, we do not compete with the Dutch business community. Our focus is on looking for ways to establish contacts early so that we can make each other stronger. We are happy to collaborate with Dutch companies, for example in consortiums on tenders for government authorities in other countries, so that those companies can make smart use of our knowledge on their projects. In that way, we actively use our knowledge to help strengthen the competitive position of Dutch business. Our partners: universities and research institutes The challenges we face worldwide are complex and multidisciplinary in nature. As Deltares, we supply some of the pieces of the puzzle for the possible solutions on the basis of our knowledge of water and the subsurface. Universities and other research organisations such as our fellow TO2 institutes deliver other pieces of the puzzle and they are therefore indispensable partners for us in terms of knowledge development. For us, universities are the source of fundamental knowledge. We have structural and long- term working relationships with not only Dutch institutes but also their international counterparts. We absorb that knowledge by engaging in extensive exchanges of our colleagues, from professors to doctorate and undergraduate students. We also engage in large joint research projects, both nationally and internationally, and draw up the major research agendas together. We work closely with national government institutes here, including the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Our activities in the TO2 Federation include working with our fellow institutes and coordinating our joint actions and research with each other. You are invited to read the Strategic Framework of the TO2 Federation for more information about this area. Our partners: top sectors The Top Sectors were set up in order to improve the match between research and the needs of the business sector. In the Top Sectors, and particularly Water & Maritime, but also in Energy and Transport, and Logistics, Deltares continues to collaborate with the Dutch business community on knowledge development and innovations. In recent years, the top sector policy has been housed with the Mission-driven Top Sectors and Innovation Policy (MTIB). Our mission-driven approach mirrors the missions established on the European and national scales under the MTIB. The Water & Maritime top sector focuses primarily on the theme Agriculture, Water & Food.