Where Flevoland is now, the sea used to be. Behind the dykes, a few meters below sea level the pioneers of Flevoland created new agricultural land with their own hands. This reclamation started in 1936 and resulted in a relatively new province which is developing fast from a successful experiment to an innovative agricultural, maritime, energy and high-tech hub. With the farmers came families and the first villages rapidly became cities. This demographic growth challenges Flevoland to create a good living environment with more diverse job opportunities, sufficient housing and infrastructure, healthy nature, social cohesion and services. Key priorities and areas of expertise are high precision and innovative agriculture and fisheries, hydrogen and renewables, biobased and circular construction, maritime innovation, connected autonomous mobility, sustainable aviation and digital technologies. Flevoland consists of six municipalities (with Almere also one of the fastest growing cities in Europe), three higher education institutions, various knowledge institutions (including the National Aerospace Centre), a regional development agency and a broad range of SMEs.
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The western part of the Netherlands (provinces North Holland, South Holland, Utrecht and Flevoland) share a smart specialisation strategy with a focus on the following priorities: high precision agriculture, smart and circular farming, circular construction, innovative water management, climate adaptation, smart energy grids, energy storage and hydrogen, aerospace technology and drone development, smart and efficient mobility, AI and cybersecurity. For Flevoland the S3 focuses on innovation to create a more diverse and resilient economy where the young population has sufficient job and education opportunities and innovative SMEs have scale-up possibilities. Two examples are: 1) a Maritime cluster and campus in Urk where young talent and SMEs join forces to work on a more sustainable future-proof maritime sector and 2) a Mobility and Infrastructure Test Centre (MITC) where the National Road Authority (RDW), the Dutch Aerospace Centre (NLR), German-Dutch Wind Tunnels (DNW) and their partners work on fundamental research, valorisation and demonstration to testing and certification of future concepts of urban (air) mobility, aviation, sustainable modalities and connected, cooperative and autonomous mobility.
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