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Conferences & Events


A. IUT and members

2012

 

B. Other major housing conferences,

2012

  • 6th Australasian Housing Researchers’ Conf.
    When: February 8-10
    Where: Adelaide, Australia
    Organised by: Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Adelaide
    More info: Univ. of Adelaide

  • Northern Housing Forum and The Borealis Conference  - Desire for Northern Living
    When:     March 5-9
    Where:     Alta, northern Norway
    Organised by:     Husbanken, Hammerfest
    More info:     www.husbanken.no/internasjonalt-arbeid/desirefornorthernliving

  • Tenant Engagement, national conference
    An opportunity to learn from TSA Champions and award winning expert speakers who are leading the way in tenant engagement.
    When: March 23
    Where: London
    More info from: Capita conferences

  • Workshop of the ENHR Working Group:
    Private Rented Markets
    When: March 29-30
    Where:     Oxford, U.K.
    Contact    : Bob Jordan, bob@threshold.ie

  • Housing California Annual Conference
    When: April 10-12
    Where: Sacramento
    Organised by: Housing California
    More info, click here!

  • Contemporary Housing Issues in a Changing Europe, International Conference.
     When: April 21-22
    Where:     Galway, Ireland
    Organised by:     Centre for Housing Law, Rights and Policy, together with ENHR
    More info, click here!

  • Annual Swedish national housing meeting
    Topics:     Young adults and housing, Housing segregation - integration, Swedish housing policy today, and public housing
    When: April 25-26
    Where: Gävle, Sweden
    Organised by: Institute for Housing and Urban Research (IBF), Uppsala University.
    More info from: carita.ytterberg@ibf.uu.se

  • World Indigenous Housing Conference
    When: June 11-15
    Where: Vancouver, Canada
    Organised by: Aboriginal Housing Management Association
    More info http://indigenous2012.com

  • CIH Annual conference
     When: June 12-14
    Where:     Manchester, England
    More info:     www.oceanmedia.co.uk/section.asp?catid=102  

  • National conf. of the Swedish Union of Tenants
    When:     June 15-17
    Where:     Stockholm
    More info, from:

  • ENHR Conference 2012: Housing, Local Welfare and Local Market in a Global Context
    When:     June 24-27
    Where:     Lillehammer, Norway
    Organised by:     NOVA
    More info:     www.congrex.no/enhr2012/  

  • 6th World Urban Forum
    When: September 1-7
    Where:     Naples, Italy
    More info, click here!

  • TPAS England Annual conference
    When:     July 16-18
    Where:     Birmingham
    More info:     www.tpas.org.uk

  • Housing in Latin America
    When:     August 1-4
    Where:     Buenos Aires
    Organised by: International Sociological Association
    More info, click here!

  • 73rd UN ECE Session of the Committee on Housing and Land Management
    When:     September 24-26
    Where:     Geneva, Switzerland
    More info from     UN ECE website

  • October 1: International Tenant´s Day 2012

  • TPAS Scotland Annual conference
    When:     October 26-28
    Where: Crieff, Scotland
    More info from:     Elaine.Scoular@tpasscotland.org.uk

  • Australia, 7:th National Housing conference
    When: Oct. 30 - Nov. 2
    Where:     Brisbane
    More info:     www.nhc.edu.au/brisbane2012

  • Southern Africa Housing Foundation Conference
    When:     September 16-19
    Where:     Cape Town, South Africa
    More info from:     www.sahf.org.za/CONFERENCE.html

 

For previous conferences, click here for Archive  

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

2011: No scheduled meetings

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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:
2011

  • UN ECE: 73:nd Session of the Committee on Housing and Land Management
    When: September 24-26
    Where: Geneva, Switzerland
    Click here, for more info!

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




             Presentations:

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

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

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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