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1 August 2025

BNG education afternoon: financing options for primary and secondary school buildings

The task is enormous: outdated school buildings, overdue maintenance, the need for sustainability and a healthy indoor climate. How can we tackle this together?

On 10 September, BNG is organising the Education Afternoon “Financing options for primary and secondary school buildings”, an inspiring meeting where education and local authorities come together to share knowledge and take steps towards sustainable school buildings.  

The meeting will take place at the Cool kunst en cultuur theatre in Heerhugowaard. We will start at 12:30 p.m. A walk-in lunch will be available from 11:30 a.m.  

Speakers during this afternoon include:

  • Cheimaa Aouni and Daniel van Dongen, Invest-NL
  • Mark Canjels, Building Breda and Samenfoort PO and Samenfoort VO cooperatives
  • Donald van der Veen, Social Real Estate Foundation
  • Gerhard Jacobs, HEVO

The afternoon will conclude with a tour of De Vaandel. This energy-neutral centre of expertise for special (primary) education and rehabilitation has educational facilities, gyms, a therapy pool and rehabilitation rooms. Upon returning to the theatre, we will conclude the afternoon with networking drinks.  

The full programme for the BNG Education Afternoon can be found at the bottom of the page.

 

Photo: De Vaandel Centre of Expertise, Heerhugowaard 

Programm
Tijdstip
11:30 uur
Activiteit
Arrival with lunch
Spreker / Organisatie
Tijdstip
12:30 uur
Activiteit
Welcome and introduction
Spreker / Organisatie
Lonneke de Waal, Sector Lead Government & Education at BNG 
Tijdstip
12:35 uur
Activiteit
Presentation on De Vaandel
Spreker / Organisatie
John Does, Alderman for Education at the municipality of Dijk en Waard 
Tijdstip
12:45 uur
Activiteit
Forms of financing for primary and secondary education facilities
Spreker / Organisatie
Jeffrey Nijhuis, Senior Relationship Manager for Government & Education at BNG 
Tijdstip
13:00 uur
Activiteit
Programmatic approach and circular residual value methodology
Spreker / Organisatie
Cheimaa Aouni, manager at Invest-NL, and Daniel van Dongen, programme director for the Educational Accommodation Programme at Invest-NL 
Tijdstip
13:45 uur
Activiteit
Break
Spreker / Organisatie
Tijdstip
14:15 uur
Activiteit
Theme tables – round 1
Spreker / Organisatie
 
Tijdstip
15:00 uur
Activiteit
Theme tables – round 2
Spreker / Organisatie
 
Tijdstip
15:45 uur
Activiteit
Closing
Spreker / Organisatie
Tijdstip
16:00 uur
Activiteit
Guided tour at De Vaandel
Spreker / Organisatie
Donald van der Veen, director of Stichting Maatschappelijk Vastgoed (Social Real Estate Foundation)
Tijdstip
17:00 uur
Activiteit
Networking drinks
Spreker / Organisatie
 
Thema tafels
Thema
Realisation of educational accommodation & risk management 
Spreker / Organisatie
Gerhard Jacobs, partner at HEVO 
Korte toelichting
HEVO has been advising and assisting educational institutions, local authorities and central government with future-proof accommodation solutions for more than 50 years. They combine substantive expertise with innovative financing and risk-bearing project management. 
Thema
National agreement on educational accommodation 
Spreker / Organisatie
Donald van der Veen, director at Stichting Maatschappelijk Vastgoed (SMV) 
Korte toelichting
SMV offers energy-neutral, sustainable rental concepts to all local authorities for education, childcare centres and healthcare. This contributes to national economies of scale and lower operating costs. 
Thema
Educational housing cooperatives in Breda and Amersfoort 
Spreker / Organisatie
Mark Canjels, Executive Secretary of the Housing Agency of the Cooperatives 
Korte toelichting
Three cooperatives are working with local authorities and schools on large-scale renovation of school buildings. This offers advantages such as strong negotiating power, long-term financing and sustainable solutions for temporary accommodation. 
Thema
More added value in making educational facilities more sustainable 
Spreker / Organisatie
Petra Qualm-Adegeest, Government & Education Relationship Manager at BNG 
Korte toelichting
BNG committed to the climate agreement in 2019 and focuses on social transitions. Making educational facilities more sustainable is therefore one of our priorities. In this workshop, you will learn how and why BNG is your knowledge partner for your task. 
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