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We are delighted to invite you to the Kenya Water Platform Meeting on Tuesday 9 December 2025, from 13:30 to 17:00 at The Hague Conference Centre New Babylon. This event is organised by the RVO Water Support Programme.

This in-person event will highlight the latest developments and opportunities in Kenya’s water sector, bringing together colleagues and professionals from Kenya and the Netherlands. The afternoon will conclude with networking drinks, providing a space to connect and explore potential new collaborations.

We are pleased to welcome speakers from the Urban Water Catalyst Initiative (GIZ, KfW, VEI, WaterWorX), Aqua for All, Felixx Landscape Architects and Planners (lead of Water as Leverage – Nakuru), Dorcas Aid International, the Inclusive Green Growth Department (NL MFA), the Netherlands Embassy in Kenya (tbc) and Dutch SMEs active in Kenya.

The session will be moderated by Don Offermans, Strategic Advisor on Water for Kenya under the Water Support Programme.

Event Details

  • Date: Tuesday, 9 December 2025
  • Time: 13:30 – 17:00 CET
  • Location: The Hague Conference Centre, Anna van Buerenplein 29, The Hague
  • Format: In-person event followed by informal networking and drinks

View the full programme and register below. Capacity is limited and registration closes 24 November. Confirmations, the final programme and the participant list will be shared one week before the event.

This programme is tentative. 

Picture made by photographer: Gary Raymond

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Programme

Welcome & registration

13:30 – 14:00

Plenary session with various presentations

14:00 – 17:00
  • Ms. Loes van den Elzen and/or Ms. Eva Schreuder / IGG-MFA – NL policies, strategies and instruments on water in the realm of trade and international development with Kenya.
  • Mr. Jeremy Keeton / Aqua for All – Scaling WASH finance and private capital mobilisation for utilities and SMEs in Kenya through financial institutions.
  • Mr. Jacob Abumba / Dorcas Aid International – Public ownership, private management model in WASH: lessons learnt by Dorcas.
  • NL Embassy in Kenya – Kenya Multi-Annual Country Strategy (MACS) 2026 – 2029.
  • Mr. Eduardo Marin / Felixx Landscape Architects and Planners – Water as Leverage Nakuru Sponge City: From strategy to impact projects.
    ‘SME Splash’ – Two ‘Dutch’ companies in Kenya: Upande and Hydrax Water Kenya.
  • Mr. Mark Peters and/or Mr. Adriaan Mels / Urban Water Catalyst Initiative (GiZ, KfW, VEI and WaterWorX) – Unlocking local finance for creditworthy urban water utilities: opportunities for Kenya.

Networking drinks

17:00 – 18:30