Duration: April 2026 to December 2026
Team: Emmy Tsang, Emma Green, Sarah Lippincott
Funder: TDCC-NES
Skillset: Strategic Planning, Convening / Facilitation, Fiscal Assessment & Planning
Overview
TDCC-NES is the Thematic Digital Competence Centre for the Natural & Engineering Sciences in the Netherlands, a network organisation that helps Dutch researchers and digital support experts explore digital competency challenges and find solutions through connection and collaboration, reducing fragmentation and duplication across the domain. Funded by NWO as part of its investment in digital research infrastructure, TDCC-NES engaged IOI to develop a credible long-term sustainability model ahead of the end of the NWO funding window.
What we will do
Through a phased engagement, IOI is building a shared, evidence-based understanding of TDCC-NES's value proposition, stakeholder landscape, and sustainability options, through stakeholder interviews, document review, and a discovery findings presentation to the governing board. In late 2026, we will convene key stakeholders in a sustainability workshop to co-develop the foundations of a co-investment model and build co-ownership of the path to 2030.
Outcomes
Phase 1 delivered a discovery findings report and board presentation that established a shared evidence base for the board's sustainability conversation. Further outcomes will be added as the engagement progresses.
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