Moreover, the government watchdog points out after the realization of IT projects using applications leads to annual management

The Institute for Employee Benefit Schemes (UWV) reported last fall to have the next five years need additional 463 million euros to modernize the ICT faltering economy. According to the General Court is that money is not currently. Also appear in the financing plan for the improvement of ICT in UWV costs for management and maintenance of systems not yet included.

In the new report UWV balance between ambitions and resources, the Court found that the UWV to perform despite the many policy changes and cutbacks has managed the assigned key tasks in recent years adequately. But it is not sure if this still fails in a few years. For example, the ICT in the executive remains a menacing obstacle, especially because the control remains inadequate ICT and the cost of improvements still need to be partially filled.

As funding appears UWV Information Plan 2016-2020 , which was presented last autumn, not around long. According to the UWV will cost improvement is estimated to 463 million euros in the period from 2016 to 2020. The Court notes that the UWV at this time spends an average of about one hundred million per year on ICT projects and legislation. In the current budget made available only fifty million in 2016 for ICT projects.

expenses
Moreover, the government watchdog points out after the realization of IT projects using applications leads to annual management and maintenance charges. These charges are not part of the project budget. Although Minister Lodewijk Asscher of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) has indicated since 2018 extra resources available, bringing the structural budget for ICT projects incrementally increased to 70.5 million euros per year in 2021, this is insufficient for the realization of the projects.

The Court notes that the financing of the information plan from 2018 is not yet assured. The UWV will for the rest of the financing part should draw on their own reserves and project basis should turn to the Ministry of Social Affairs. However, the Court says, the success of the communications plan should Social Affairs and the UWV better work together. "There should be developed a common language that contributes to providing mutual clarity," writes the watchdog on the report. The first action has already been announced that there will be a master class "IT managers", followed by other 'knowledge sessions.

Note renovation
It is also necessary that the minister, along with the UWV, make arrangements for internal and external control of the ICT in the executive and the further development and innovation of the ICT. The Court: 'A clear and well-substantiated integral ICT plan and appropriate structural funding is needed to achieve these agreements. "

In addition, the Court warns that requires the further development and innovation of the ICT attention. UWV should not focus all the arrows on stabilizing the existing ICT landscape. Otherwise, the organization lacks the connection to future ICT developments.

ICT provider Oracle is a major foreign jobs engine for the Dutch economy. According to figures from the Ministry of Economic Affairs (EZ). This suggests that ICT-US companies make a significant contribution to job growth in the Netherlands.

According EZ were the investment of 350 foreign companies in 2016 accounted for 11 398 additional jobs. Most 'foreign' jobs, like in 2015, created by companies from the United States. Last year was about 4057 jobs, associated with 768 million euros in investments. After the US follow Britain, China, Japan and France. The figures are from the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA). This is a Foreign Investment Agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. They are jointly responsible for Invest in Holland, which facilitates foreign investment in our country.

"In the ICT sector came the most jobs in 2016 through foreign investments, in total was about 1,460 jobs. The list of additional jobs by sector, followed by the life sciences and health (986 jobs), transport & logistics (759 jobs) and agri-food (751 jobs), "said NFIA.

ICT company Oracle as an example. The company opened a 2016  office cloud services in Amsterdam.  This should yield about 450 jobs until mid-2017. Currently, Oracle Netherlands has 1,100 employees.

Brexit
The work of the NFIA is also the responsibility of Ploumen Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. Ploumen: 'The Netherlands is an attractive and reliable country to invest in, and that you should actively promote. So we put this year more people in the UK to fully inform international companies looking to the Netherlands following the Brexit. "

According to Economic Affairs Minister Kamp figures confirm again that the Netherlands is an attractive country for foreign companies. "Our population is highly educated, we have an excellent logistics and infrastructure and our digital services among the world. We have so much to offer the international business community. " The Minister states that foreign companies provide nine hundred thousand jobs in the Netherlands.