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
PROVADA winner Michel Baars: 'MOOS will become the ASML of housing construction'
Not a man of one company, but a man of movements. His strength? Not shouting from the sidelines, but starting new companies himself that set the market in motion and challenge existing systems. That's how the jury of the PROVADA Inspiration Award 2026 describes winner Michel Baars. 'Michel gives direction to our entire construction and real estate sector.'
PROVADA 2026: It's a wrap!
For three days, the real estate sector stood shoulder to shoulder at RAI Amsterdam. With a record number of visitors, a packed programme and plenty of energy, PROVADA 2026 was an edition to remember. Below, we look back at the highlights — and at the end you'll find the photos and aftermovie to relive it all.
PROVADA Inspiration Award 2026 for Michel Baars
At PROVADA 2026, the PROVADA Inspiration Award 2026 was presented to Michel Baars. The award is presented annually to an individual who realises sustainable change within the built environment through vision, courage and decisiveness. This year's presentation marks the award's fifth edition.