The paediatric anaesthesia section (Kindersectie) of the Dutch association of anaesthetists (NVA) organises one two-day scientific meeting per year. There is also a yearly session at the annual scientific meeting of the NVA. Apart from these two events, the section meets every two-months. These regular meetings are partly scientific and partly organisational.

Regional scientific meeting of interest to the paediatric and general anaesthetists at the two Dutch children's hospitals and at other teaching hospitals in the country are advertised through the paediatric section of the NVA, and attended by many of its members.

The kindersectie takes an active interest in training of paediatric anaesthetists and of general anaesthetists in paediatric anaesthesia. The kindersectie is also involved in incidental projects for which modest funding exists – for instance in 2002 the partial sponsoring of an APLS-course in Suriname.

There is active co-operation between the section and related organisations in the Netherlands, for example: the Paediatric Pain Group, the Society for the Advancement of Dental Care of the Mentally Handicapped and the Dutch Foundation for the Emergency Medical Care of Children (SHK).