7th Meeting of the OECD Water Governance Initiative

LOGISTICAL INFORMATION NOTE

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This note contains useful logistical information when attending the 7th Meeting of the OECD Water Governance Initiative to be held in , , on 23-24 June 2016.

VENUE

NH DEN HAAG Prinses Margrietplantsoen 100 2595 BR DEN HAAG Web: http://www.nh-hotels.com/hotel/nh-den-haag Click here to view the venue location.

ACCOMMODATION

Delegates are requested to make their own arrangements for their accommodation during the meeting.

In the Hague centre (+- 10-15 minutes by to the workshop venue):  NH Hotel the Hague (also the meeting venue)  Novotel Den Haag City Centre  ParkHotel Den Haag  Hampshire Hotel – Babylon Den Haag  IBIS The Hague City Centre

In (near the coast, +- 25 minutes by tram ):  Carlton Beach Hotel, Scheveningen  Bilderberg Europa hotel  Amrãth Kurhaus Scheveningen

TRAVEL INFORMATION

Plane

From Schiphol Airport, take the train to Den Haag Central Station. Every hour, two direct trains (travel time approximately 30 minutes), plus two trains with a convenient transfer of trains at Central Station (travel time approximately 40 minutes), depart from Schiphol. You can consult http://www.ns.nl/en for the exact time tables and prices. At Den Haag Central Station, change onto the tram (Randstarail), either line 3 (towards Centrum- West) or 4 (towards Javalaan), and get out at the first stop (Beatrixkwartier) to reach the hotel. You can also catch a

taxi from the station which costs about € 10.00. Both the tram or taxi from Den Haag Central Station to the meeting venue take around 10 minutes. The trip from the airport to the meeting venue takes an hour.

From /The Hague Airport, you can take 50 towards Rotterdam. Get off at Meijersplein Station and switch onto the E tram towards The Hague. Get off at the Laan NOI stop and hotel will be just a seven-minute walk away.

Rail

By TGV / Thalys: You will arrive at Rotterdam Central Station, from which you can take a direct train to The Hague (Den Haag) Central Station (travel time approximately 30 minutes). At Den Haag Central Station, change onto the tram (Randstarail), either line 3 (towards Zoetermeer Centrum-West) or 4 (towards Javalaan), and get out at the first stop (Beatrixkwartier) to reach the hotel. You can also catch a taxi from the station which costs about € 10.00. Both the tram or taxi from Den Haag Central Station to the meeting venue take around 10 minutes.

CONTACTS

For more information on the event and/or logistical information, delegates are invited to get in touch with the below contact points:

OECD

Aziza Akhmouch Emeline Hassenforder +33 1 45 24 79 30 [email protected] [email protected]

THE HAGUE

Ellen van Lindert [email protected]

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