this change in policy resulted in a split of responsibilities between national and regional actors which required the creation of strategic agendas seeking to facilitate the interaction between national and local plans at the national level there is the creation of a new sectoral policy the top sector policy which aims at facilitating innovation in wellestablished sectors which represent the main strengths of the dutch economy the spatial policy retains a central government element in the definition of the areas of intervention of national importance crossborder policies also have an impact on regional development