State Secretary Martina Hirayama on working visit to the Netherlands

On 23 June, Martina Hirayama, State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation, travelled to The Hague for talks with Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Director General for Higher and Vocational Education, Science and Emancipation, Feite Hofman, and Deputy Director General for Enterprise and Innovation, Michiel Sweers. The trip also included a visit to the Quantum Delta NL Foundation. Talks focused on cooperation between Switzerland and the Netherlands in the areas of higher education, research, innovation and quantum science and technology. State Secretary Hirayama exchanged views with Minister Dijkgraaf and Director General Hofman on bilateral relations between the two countries in higher education, science and research, on ways to strengthen this cooperation and on Switzerland's association to Horizon Europe. They also discussed experiences on topics such as knowledge security in cross-border cooperation and open science policy. During the visit to Quantum Delta NL and in talks with Deputy Director General Sweers, the focus was on innovation cooperation and opportunities to boost cooperation in the field of quantum science and technology. The Netherlands is one of Switzerland's major partners in education, research and innovation.