IUT congress 2013
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Welcome to Krakow!
says; Magnus Hammar, IUT
Alicja Sarzynska, PZL
Prof. Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Krakow

Conferences & Events



  • IUT congress, Krakow Oct. 25-27

- Invitation, first announcement pdf
- Invitation, key note speakers and conf. fees pdf
- Draft program, as of March 18 pdf

- Register, by clicking here!

- Form for Motions

- Form and instructions for congress report

- Invitation to nominate for IUT tenant award

- Optional study visits




A. IUT members

2013

  • National congress of SICET (Italy)
    When:     May 30
    Where:     Riccione
    More info from:     sicet@sicet.it

  • Congress of German Tenant organisation
    Deutscher Mieterbund e.V. DMB.
    When: May 23-25
    Where: Munich
    More info from DMB, heike.zuhse@mieterbund.de

  • National Alliance of HUD Tenants Annual Save Our Home Conference
    When: June 23-June 25
    Where: Washington DC
     More info: www.saveourhomes.org

  • TPAS England annual conf, for the 'south'
    When:     September 11-12
    Where:     Stanstead
    More info from:     info@tpas.org.uk

  • TPAS England annual conf, for the 'north'
    When:     September 24-25
    Where:     Manchester
    More info from:     info@tpas.org.uk

  • TPAS Scotland Annual Conference
     When: November 15-17
    Where:     St. Andrews
    More info:     enquiries@tpasscotland.org.uk
      

 

B. Other major housing conferences

  2013

  • Housing Europe / Cecodhas General Assembly
    When:     May 22-24
    Where:     Dublin, Ireland
    More info:     info@housingeurope.eu

  • Tenants Information Service, TIS Scotland, annual conference
    When: June 1-2
    Where: Glasgow
    More info from: from TIS

  • Tackling homelessness as a social investment for the future.
    FEANTSA-HABITACT seminar on local homelessness strategies
    When: June 12
     Where: Amsterdam
    More info: click here!

  • ENHR, European Network for Housing Research, annual conference
    When: June 19-22
    Where: Tarragona, Spain
    More info: www.enhr2013.com/

  • European Network for Housing Research
    Theme: Overcoming Housing Crisis; Integrating the Built City
    When: June 19-22
    Where: Tarragona, Spain
    More info from: www.enhr2013.com

  • National Alliance of HUD Tenants Annual Save Our Home Conference
    When: June 23-June 25
     Where: Washington DC
    More info: www.saveourhomes.org

  • International senior housing conference
     When: June 27-28
    Where: Krakow, Poland
    More info: www.seniorhousing.pl/

  • 'Being at home in the Housing Market'
    In contemporary societies, the meaning and function of the built environment has been transformed by the intensification and growing volatility of capital accumulation in housing and real estate.
    This conference explores the dynamic interaction between homes and (housing) markets over time and across different socio-economic contexts.
    When: July 10-12
    Where:     Amsterdam
    Organised by: Univ. of Amsterdam, Centre for Urban Studies
    More info from: http://rc43-conference.uva.nl/

  • 2013 APNHR Conference: Global Housing Dilemmas - the ways forward.
     The conference aims to address the latest housing challenges encountered by governments, housing users, providers and professionals - incl. affordable housing.
    When: August 20-23
    Where:     Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
     Organised by the Faculty of Built Environment of University of Malaya.
    More info: www.apnhr2013.com/

  • Emerging private rental sector in accession and transition countries: is there an option for the new social rental agencies?
    Organised by: Metropolitan Research Institute and Habitat for Humanity Hungary
    When: September 12-14
    Where:     Budapest, Hungary
    More info pdf

  • 2013 SAHF International Conference & Exhibition
    When: September 15-19
    Where: Cape Town, South Africa
    Organised by: South African Social Housing Foundation
    More info from: www.sahf.org.za/CONFERENCE.html

  • 74th UN ECE session of Committee on Housing and Land Management, incl. Ministerial meeting
    When:     October 7-9
    Where:     UN Geneva
    More info;     click here for link

  • IUT XIX Congress
    When:     October 24-27
    Where:     Krakow, Poland
    More info from: info@iut.nu

  • Australia National Housing Conference
    When: Oct. 31 - Nov. 1
    Where: Adelaide
    More info: www.nhc.edu.au/invitation_sa/

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For previous conferences, click here for Archive  

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Conferences for IUT members in central and east Europe, CEE:

2013: No scheduled meetings

EU EU logo

2010: Spanish Presidency
 Informal Ministers meeting:
Theme: Housing and Urban Rehabilitation
When: April 26-27 (high Level) and May 21-22
Where: Madrid and Toledo

2008: Informal Ministerial Meeting on Social Services of General Intrest
 When: October 28-29
Where: Paris
Organised by: French EU Presidency

2007 : Informal Ministerial Meeting on territorial cohesion and urban development
When: May 24-25
Where: Leipzig, Germany
 Theme: “Territorial development and social cohesion”. This means not only housing, but infrastructure in the EU in general. Another theme is the “sustainable European city”.

2006: 17th Informal meeting of the EU Housing Ministers Cancelled!
When: October 16-17
Where: Barcelona, Spain
Theme: Urban Development

2005 : 16th Informal meeting of the EU Housing Ministers
When: March 14-15
Where: Prague, Czech rep.
Theme: High-rise housing in central and eastern Europe
 DRAFT final Communiqué of the 16th EU Housing Ministers Meeting

2004: The Dutch Presidency organized a conference on Sustainable Housing Policies.

2003: 14th Informal Meeting with the EU Housing Ministers
Chair: The Italian EU Presidency 
When: November 27-28.
Where: Padua, Italy. 
Theme: Housing and European integration: problems and prospects.
 EU Housing Ministers  met "informally" in Padua, Italy on November 27-28.
Result - Final documents
 - Housing Policies and European Integration, Problems and Prospects
Final Document Proposal, from November 28.
- Politiques du Logement et Integration Europeenne: Problemes et Perspectives.
 Communiqué final, de novembre 28.

 

European Housing Forum, EHF

About EHF, click here.

Next EHF meeting, 2012:
When: Febr. 10, 12.00-16.00
Where: Brussels, Belgium
For more information, please contact: IUT liaison office in Brussels, Barbara Steenbergen barbara.steenbergen@iut.nu
Tel ++32 2 51 30 784

 

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TENANTS DAY 2009

UN:

2013

  • UN ECE
    74th UN ECE session of Committee on Housing and Land Management,     incl. Ministerial meeting
    When:     October 7-9
    Where:     UN Geneva
    More info;     click here for link

 

2016

Past UN events, but still discussed...

The overall Review and appraisal of the Implementation of the UN Habitat Agenda took place in New York, on June 6-8, 2001.
The Habitat Agenda was adopted at the 2nd UN Conference on Human Settlements, also known as the "City Summit" in Istanbul, Turkey, in June 1996. 
This Special Session, also named Istanbul +5,  assessed progress made at the local and national levels five years after the Istanbul Conference.
For more information: http://ww2.unhabitat.org/istanbul+5/brochure.pdf

 

Archive:

Board meetings
 (minutes are available for Members, via Members log-in)
  • 2011
    - Brussels, October 2
    - Vienna, Austria April 8-9
  • 2010
     - Helsinki, Finland April 9-10
    - Prague, October 1
  • 2009
     - Brussels, Belgium, October 4
    - Göteborg, Sweden, April  24-25
  • 2008
     - Vienna, Austria January 11-12
    - Copenhagen, Denmark April 4-5
    - Brussels, Belgium November 8
  • 2007
     - Geneva, Switzerland April 13-14
    - Berlin, Germany September 20
  • 2006
    - Paris, France: May (23) 26-27
    - Ljubljana, Slovenia: October 20-22
  • 2005
    -     Amsterdam: June 3-5
    - Berlin: November 18-20

 

 

Archive

IUT Congresses

 

 

International Tenant's  Day

Background to the International Tenants´ Day:
 In May 22, 1986, the Council of the IUT met in Paris and a decision was made to designate the first Monday in October as the "International Tenant´s  Day." 
The IUT promotes, together with the UN,  the theme "Secure Tenure" and the "Right to affordable housing".
But, any tenant organisation may chose their own topic/theme for this day.

UN World Habitat Day
The date chosen by the IUT Council was made with the background of the UN resolution taken in December 1985, by the UN General Assembly, to designate the first day of October every year as the World Habitat Day.
The World Habitat day was first celebrated in October 1986.

 Posters and streamers for the Tenants´ Day:

  • Poster: (70 x 50 cm)
    The text on the posters read:
    WORLD HABITAT DAY - The UN together with partners for better housing and secure tenure!
    Signed by: UN Centre for Human Settlements, and, International Union of Tenants.
    See poster on images/Habitat affisch.pdf

  • Streamer 5x30 cm, with text: "Tenants make Cities"

...available from the IUT Secretariat

 

International Tenants´ Day
events and themes



   




             Presentations:

France: Journée mondiale des Locataires, article en français de ASLOCA, Geneve

Italy: Giornata  Internazionale dell´Inquilino, Napoli, 5 ottobre 2009

 

 

 

  • 2006
    Theme: Stop Unfair Evictions! Stop Inhuman Removals!
    • IUT/IAI Statement in English pdf
    • FR: Journée Mondiale des Locatairespdf
    • ES: Jornada Mundial de los Inquilinos pdf
    • IT: Giornata Mondiale degli Inquilini pdf

 

 

 

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