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:
Complete and healthy neighbourhoods reduce healthcare costs.
The value of preventive area development.
Investing in complete and healthy neighbourhoods pays off. Good homes, a liveable environment and strong social cohesion contribute not only to housing quality, but also to better health and a lower healthcare demand.
By investing upfront now, the pressure on the social domain and healthcare, such as general practitioner care and mental healthcare, can be reduced structurally.
During PROVADA, the Urbanisation Alliance shows how housing construction, area development and the social domain can reinforce one another. In a panel discussion, we explore the societal and financial value of preventive area development. Based on practical experience, we discuss how living, health and liveability can be better connected, which parties play what role, and what this requires in terms of collaboration and funding.
Sprekers
Joris van Eijk
Member of the Council for Public Health & Society
Marnix van Delft
Regional Manager Synchroon
Gemma Smid-Marsman
Group Director for Society and Neighbourhoods, Dordrecht municipal authority, including the Dordt-West NPLV area
Julius Terpstra
Alderman for Housing, Building and Welfare Gemeente Leiden
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.