Inspiration Award 2026 - Cast Your Vote!
The nominees for the PROVADA Inspiration Award 2026 have been announced! Three inspiring professionals who are truly making a difference in the industry are competing for the title. Meet the nominees:
During PROVADA 2026, the housing market is quite literally on the front line. Housing shortages have become structural, new-build ambitions are falling short, and investment capital remains scarce. In addition, ongoing developments in the Middle East are threatening to trigger a new construction crisis. The question is no longer whether we need to intervene — but how we can win this battle together. Under the overarching theme All Stand Together, we raise a provocative yet essential question: is every stakeholder truly taking responsibility, or are we waiting too much for one another before taking action?
This debate brings together the entire chain of stakeholders:
- The Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning (VRO) — on governance, policy and framework conditions
- Housing corporation HaagWonen — on affordability and the social housing challenge
- Amvest, developer and investor — on investment appetite and returns
- Plegt-Vos, integrated developer and construction company — on feasibility and scaling up construction capacity
Together, we will examine where the system is failing — and where momentum can be restored.
Key discussion points
- How can we increase the supply of rental housing, even as a new construction crisis looms?
- How can we restore investment confidence among housing corporations and institutional investors?
- Which framework conditions are necessary to enable structural and sustainable housing development once again?
All Stand Together
This topic lies at the very heart of the All Stand Together theme. Collaboration may sound self-evident, but in practice it requires difficult decisions and shared responsibility. Who takes on which role? Who is willing to lead? And are we truly prepared to stand side by side when the pressure increases?
Join this debate and contribute to the discussion on a question that concerns us all: how do we get the housing market moving again — and are we not all equally responsible for taking action?
Sprekers
Moderators
Opening PROVADA 2026: Connecting Defence and Real Estate
On Tuesday 9 June at 10:00 AM, PROVADA will be officially opened by Lieutenant General Dick van Ingen, Deputy Director-General of Policy at the Ministry of Defence. Through his contribution, PROVADA underlines the current and growing intersections between Defence and the real estate sector.
At the Innovation Café, applicable innovations in area development take centre stage
During PROVADA, BouwLab R&Do and The Green Village will be providing the content programming for the Innovation Café. In collaboration with partners BPD, COD and VORM, and the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, and the DMI Ecosystem, one central question takes the lead: how do we move innovation faster from idea to application?
Foreign capital needed to meet housing construction targets
The fiscal threshold for foreign pension funds and insurers to invest in the Dutch housing market must be significantly lowered. That is the view of Mark Siezen, CEO of asset manager Bouwinvest. 'Foreign capital is absolutely essential to meet the enormous housing construction challenge. That requires a stable housing policy and fiscal climate. I am hopeful: the new minister recognises this and will act on it.'
International Investment Day at PROVADA: programme announced
Following the earlier announcement of the launch of the International Investment Day, PROVADA now presents the full programme for Thursday, 11 June 2026. As the largest real estate exhibition in the Netherlands, PROVADA brings together leading market parties for a day of insights, discussion and networking. The newly introduced international investment programme—developed in collaboration with INREV, Holland Metropole and the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning—offers international investors direct access to key developments, policy perspectives and investment opportunities in the Dutch market.
Parking during PROVADA
Visiting PROVADA? Please be aware that it can get busy around the RAI. Due to multiple large events taking place at the same time, the RAI parking facilities often fill up early.