Encouragement Fund

The City of Rotterdam has for a number of years now been investing in bids to host and facilitate international conferences. As part of this drive, The Subvention International Associations Congresses was established. Initiators of international conferences in the medical, creative, port and food sectors all can receive support from the fund. Rotterdam Partners is responsible for managing the encouragement fund. In addition, Rotterdam Partners has a variety of other tools at its disposal to support conference initiators: it publishes the Rotterdam Manual, which contains a complete overview of the city’s range of hospitality on offer, organises site inspections, produces and co-finances bid books, gives presentations and has free promotional materials on offer. The organisation is also involved with nominating Rotterdam as host city, acting as the advocate for the city, and helps facilitate the conference welcoming reception by making the Rotterdam city hall’s Burgerzaal reception room available, or by arranging for the city’s mayor and/or aldermen to be present.