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Gerard van Bortel

 

Volkshuisvester / Housing Researcher

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    Gerard van Bortel

     

    Volkshuisvester / Housing Researcher

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        • Quote Jan Schaefer
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        • Blog
        • Quote Mahatma Gandhi
        • Bio
        • Contact
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        • "Neighbourhood regeneration is a job that cannot begin too soon. But on the other hand it is also a job that is never over and done with, and never will be, in any given place.'

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          Assistant Professor of Housing Management at Delft University of Technology 

           

          Member of the Supervisory Board of Housing Association Rochdale, Amsterdam.

           

          Member of the Supervisory Board of Housing Association Het Grootslag, Wervershoof

           

          Board member Forum Fonds, Association supporting the knowledge exchange between students and professionals in the housing domain.

           

          Board member of the Dutch Tenants Union (Woonbond), Advocating affordable and adequate rental housing in the Netherlands.

           

          Fellow of The Midfield

          [Netwerk voor goed bestuur in het middenveld]

           

          Volunteer Dutch Refugee Council (Coach Vestiging, VluchtelingenWerk Nederland)

           

          You can find more information in my bio.

        • Visitaties woningcorporaties (NL) en sociale huisvestingsmaatschappijen (VL)

          Sinds 2006 ben ik actief als visitator voor Nederlandse woningcorporaties. In de afgelopen jaren heb ik de maatschappelijke prestaties van enkele tientallen woningcorporaties beoordeeld. Mijn doel is corporaties te ondersteunen bij het leren en verbeteren. Nederlandse visitaties voer ik uit via Raeflex en zijn gebaseerd om de visitatiemethodiek die wordt beheerd door de Stichting Visitaties Woningcorporaties Nederland.

           

          Van 2012 tot en met 2020 visiteerde ik ook Vlaamse sociale huisvestingsmaatschappijen. Als voorzitter van de Visitatieraad Sociale Huisvestingsmaatschappijen coördineerde ik in opdracht van de Vlaamse overheid de activiteiten van een team van 15 visitatoren in de periode 2012-2016. In mei 2017 ben ik opnieuw benoemd tot lid van de Visitatieraad. Die Visitatieraad is nu bezig met de tweede visitatieronde die is gestart in het najaar van 2017. In 2020 ben ik gestopt met mijn werkzaamheden als visitator in Vlaanderen.

          Visitaties in Nederland

           

          De Nederlandse visitatierapporten kunt u vinden op: www.visitaties.nl

           

          2022

          • De Sleutels, Leiden (netwerkvisitatie, in uitvoering)

          2021

          • Woningstichting JOOST, Boxtel

          2020

          • WonenBreburg, Tilburg/Breda
          • Talis, Nijmegen (netwerkvisitatie)

          2019

          • SHS&, Nijmegen/Arnhem (netwerkvisitatie)

          2018

          • Woonstad, Rotterdam
          • Groenwest, Woerden
          • woCom, Someren (netwerkvisitatie)

          2017

          • Woonplus, Schiedam
          • Woonlinie, Zaltbommel

          2016

          • Staedion, Den Haag

          2015

          • Laurens Wonen, Rotterdam
          • Area, Uden
          • Beter Wonen Vechtdal, Hardenberg
          • Dudok Wonen, Hilversum
          • Portaal, Utrecht

          2014

          • Woonstede, Ede
          • De Sleutels, Leiden
          • Woonwijze, Vught

          2013

          • BrabantWonen, Oss
          • 3B Wonen, Bergschenhoek

           

          In de periode 2007 - 2012 heb ik visitaties uitgevoerd via KWH, het Kwaliteitscentrum Woningcorporaties Huursector.

           

          • Lefier, Hoogezand (2012)
          • Woonlinie, Woudrichem / Zaltbommel (2012)
          • SWZ, Zwolle (2012)
          • Woningstichting Kamerik, Woerden (2011)
          • Triada Woondiensten, Heerde (2011)
          • Woningstichting Nieuwkoop (2011) 
          • Ymere, Amsterdam (2010)
          • Woonconcept, Meppel (2010)
          • Wovesto, Sint Oedenrode (2010)
          • Volksbelang, Made
          • Woonplus, Schiedam (2009)
          • Woonlinie, Woudrichem / Zaltbommel (2008)
          • Accolade Groep, Heerenveen (2007)

          Enkele publicaties over visitaties in Nederland en Vlaanderen:

          Visitaties in Vlaanderen

           

          De Vlaamse visitatierapporten kunt u vinden op: rapporten.visitatieraad.be

           

          2020

          • Eigen Hulp, Eigen Gift, Kuurne
          • De Ark, Turnhout
          • Vlaamse Ardennen, Oudenaarde 

          2019

          • Goed Wonen Rupelstreek, Boom 
          • Mijn Huis, Harelbeke 
          • Woonzo, Tongeren 
          • Eigen Haard, Zwevegem 
          • ABC, Antwerpen

          2018

          • De Zonnige Woonst, Halle
          • Zonnige Kempen, Westerlo
          • Woonpunt Zennevallei, Halle

          2017

          • WoninGent, Gent
          • Maaslands Huis, Maasmechelen

          2016

          • Izegemse Bouwmaatschappij, Izegem
          • De Vlashaard, Wevelgem
          • De Gelukkige Haard, Oostende

          2015

          • Vivendo, Brugge
          • De Mandel, Roeselaere
          • Dewaco Werkerswelzijn, Aalst

          2014

          • De Leie, Wervik
          • Eigen Gift Eigen Hulp, Kuurne
          • De Gentse Haard, Gent
          • Kleine Landeigendom Zuiderkempen, Westerlo
          • Volkswoningen van Duffel, Duffel

          2013

          • Eigen Woning, Puurs
          • Bouwmaatschappij De Noorderkempen, Merksplas
          • De Oostendse Haard, Oostende
          • Elk zijn Huis, Tervuren
          • Molse Bouwmaatschappij voor de huisvesting, Mol

          2012

          • Lierse Maatschappij voor de Huisvesting, Lier
          • Sociale Woningen Regio Landen, Landen

           

          Pilot visitaties in 2009:

          • De Mandelbeek, Ingelmunster
          • Het Volk en De Volkshaard, Gent
          • Dijledal, Leuven
          • KLE Turnhout, Turnhout
          • Landwaarts, Neerpelt

           

          Interview in WoonWoord (VMSW) over de Visitatieraad Sociale Huisvestings-maatschappijen als kritische vriend (April 2016)

          Klik hier voor PDF van het volledige rapport.

          Vijf jaar corporatie visitaties: Balanceren tussen verantwoorden en leren (2012)

          Onderzoek uitgevoerd door het TU Delft Onderzoeksinstituut OTB in opdracht van
          Stichting Visitatie Woningcorporaties Nederland

           

          Klik hier voor PDF van het volledige rapport.

        • 'Is dit beleid, of is er over nagedacht?'

          Jan Schaefer, PvdA politicus

        • Networks and Fault Lines

          PhD Thesis on the role of housing associations in neighbourhood regeneration:

          a network governance perspective

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          PhD-thesis / Proefschrift

          Gerard van Bortel

        • Verdediging Proefschrift

          PhD Defence

          Op vrijdag 4 maart 2016 heb ik succesvol mijn proefschrift verdedigd aan de TU Delft

           

          On Friday March 4th 2016 I succesfully defended my doctoral thesis at Delft University of Technology

          After the PhD Defence

          Top row (left to right): opponents Prof. Bo Bengtsson, Prof. Michael Oxley, Prof Erik-Hans Klijn, Prof. Ellen van Bueren.

           

          Bottom row (left to right): chairman representing the Rector Magnificus, promotor Prof. Peter Boelhouwer, paranimph Darinka Czischke, myself, paranimph Ada Jongkamp, promotors Prof. Marja Elsinga and Prof. David Mullins and the Beadle.

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          Friday, 4 March 2016

        • 'Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.'

          Mahatma Gandhi

        • Bio

          Gerard van Bortel

          A long but 'scenic' educational route

          Gerard van Bortel was born on November 8 1963 in Breda. He followed a rather long but ‘scenic’ educational route. After finishing his general secondary education (MAVO) in Breda, he followed a vocational technical study Architecture in the same city. During that study, he became inspired by affordable housing and urban regeneration, and followed the specialized Social Housing track at the Tilburg Polytechnic Architecture department (HTS). He attained his title as Architectural Engineer (Ing.) in 1989 with a study on the regeneration of a deprived housing estate in the city of Groningen.

           

          Parallel to his career in housing, Gerard continued studying in part-time. After attaining his propedeuse in Economics at the University of Amsterdam, he studied Organisational Sciences (‘Bedrijfswetenschappen’) at the Open University. In 2003 he attained his Masters title with a thesis exploring the link between the organisational strategies and performance of Dutch housing associations.

          Working as a housing professional

           

          After completing his alternative military service, he started
          working for housing associations in Zwolle (SAVO, later DeltaWonen, from 1989 - 1997) and Groningen (De Huismeesters, from 1997 - 2004) in various functions: housing officer, ICT-officer, quality manager, manager of a Research and Development  department and, finally, senior strategy consultant.

           

          The move from practise to research

           

          In 2004, Gerard quit his job at housing association De Huismeesters in Groningen, and moved with his wife (Neeltje Reijnders) and two young children to Belgium were Neeltje became a Minister in Brussels for the United Protestant Church of Belgium. It proved to be a pivotal year. Without employment, Gerard started to look for new opportunities in the domain of social housing. This exploration led to a career shift with to a stronger focus on consultancy, research, training and education. He became a social housing strategy consultant working for the Amsterdam-based firm RIGO Research en Advies. Parallel to his work for RIGO, Gerard conducted a study on governance networks in neighbourhood regeneration in The Hague working as an independent researcher for the OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment, part of the Delft University of Technology.

          A PhD was born

          Working for OTB Gerard’s ideas to do a PhD matured. He started his PhD in 2005 under supervision of Prof. Dr. Ir. Marja Elsinga, Prof. Dr. Peter Boelhouwer (both TU Delft) and Prof. David Mullins. In 2007 Gerard left RIGO and started working at OTB, where he specialised in studies on social housing management, finance, governance and institutions. In 2013 Gerard moved to the TU Delft Management in the Built Environment department, part of the Architecture faculty, to strengthen the balance between governance & management and research & education in his work.

          Family

          Gerard is a proud father of a son (Gideon, 23) and
          daughter (Emma, 20) and lives near Delft in the beautiful village of Naaldwijk.

        • Contact me

           

          I would be delighted to share thoughts, answer questions, discuss ideas and work on housing initiatives; do not hesitate to get in touch. Drop me an email or connect through one of the links below.

           

          g.a.vanbortel@tudelft.nl (work) or gerard.van.bortel@xs4all.nl (private).

           

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          ResearchGate

        © 2017 Gerard van Bortel / g.a.vanbortel@tudelft.nl

         

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