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Tenants´ Day, European Parliament on October 5

Conferences & Events

 

 



A. IUT and members

2010


B. Other major housing conferences, 2010

  • RICS European Housing Review 2010 - launch
    When:     March 2
    Where: Brussels, Belgium
    More info:www.rics.org/site/scripts/events_info.aspx?eventID=471  

  • UN World Urban Forum
    When:     March 22-26, 2010
    Where:     Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Website:     www.unhabitat.org/wuf

    Networking events on housing/tenant issues:
    - Interactive Session on Urban Innovation,
    by the National Union of Tenants of Nigeria.

  • Annual Michigan Conf. on Affordable Housing
    When:     April 26-28
    Where:     Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    More info: from website!

  • EU: Spanish Presidency, spring 2010
    - High Level Conf.     (Sustainable building, revitalisation and rehab. of districts)
    When:     April 26-27
    Where:     Madrid

    - Preparatory meetings of Housing Ministers
    When: April 27 (Housing)and 28 (Urban Development)
    Where: Madrid

    More info: www.eu2010.es/en/index.html
    See also May 21-22,

  • International Collaborative Housing Conference
    The last 20 years have seen a growing interest in co-housing and other alternative forms of living in Sweden as well as internationally. The search for a sense of community remains an important driving force behind demands for co-housing. During the last ten years new aspects have been added, such as housing for the “second half of life” and planning for more sustainable lifestyles.
    When:     May 5-9
    Where:     Stockholm, Sweden
     Organised by: Association Co-housing NOW, and Div. of Urban and regional Studies at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm.
    More info, from website! and from feras.hammami@infra.kth.se

  • EU: Informal Ministers meeting
    Theme: Housing and Urban Rehabilitation
    When: May 21-22
    Where:     Toledo
    More info:     www.eu2010.es/en/index.html

  • 14th International Passive House Conference
    When:     May 28-29
    Where:     Dresden, Germany
    Organised by:     Passivhaus Institut and Sächsische Energie Agentur - Saena GmbH
    More info, click here!

  • Making Housing Affordable for All
     The right to adequate housing is a basic human right.  Affordable housing and access to its different components (i.e. urban infrastructure and basic services) keep on being an unmet right by a vast majority in developing countries.
    Organised by: Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies
    When: June 7 - July 3
    Where: Rotterdam and Cairo
    More info from IHS, click here!
    Netherlands Fellowship Programme

  • Congress of Swedish Union of Tenants
    When: June 12-13
    Where: Uppsala, north of Stockholm 
    For more info, contact info@iut.nu

  • ENHR Conference 2010
    Theme:     Urban Dynamics and Housing Change
    When:     July 4-7
    Where:     Istanbul, Turkey
    Organised by:     Istanbul Technical University
    for more info: www.ibf.uu.se/enhr/ENHR2010brochure060609.pdf

  • UN-ECE/Eurostat Group of Experts on Population and Housing Censuses
    When: July 7-9
    Where: Geneva
    More info: www.unece.org/stats/documents/2010.07.census.htm

  • 2010 Asia Pacific Network for Housing Research, APNHR, Conference

    Theme: Affordability, Sustainability and Livability: Towards a Comparative Approach.
    When: August 21-22
    Where: at Renmin Univ. in Beijing, China
    More info, click here

  • UN ECE: 71:th Session of the Committee on Housing and Land Management
    When: September 20-21
    Where: Geneva, Switzerland

  • Nordic Urban and Housing Research Seminar
    When: 22-24 September
    Where: Gävle, Sweden
    Organised by:     Institute for Housing and Urban Research,
    More info, click here!

  • International Social Housing Summit, 2010
    There is a great variety in social housing models internationally, and there are many common challenges and valuable best-practice lessons that could be more effectively shared. This conference will create the perfect forum for this vital information exchange and result in reports and action plans that help drive change
    When: October 13-14
    Where: The Hague, the Netherlands
    Organised by: Ocean Media Group, and the UK housing magazine, Inside Housing.
    More info: www.ishsum.com

  • 37 World Congress of the IAHS, International Association for Housing Sciences IAHS
    Call for papers!
     IAHS and UC will bring together to Professionals, Academics and other Agents of the Building field, this so important sector of the economy of any country: In the Plenary Sessions of this Congress will be present some of the most prestigious professional and people of reference on Housing matters.
    When:     October 26-29, 2010
    Where: Santander, Spain
    More info,     click here!

  • Australasian Housing Researchers Conference 2010

    Fifth Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference will be held at The University of  Auckland.
    When: November 17-19
    Where: University of Auckland

    More info from Ms Penny Lysnar p.lysnar@auckland.ac.nz

 

For previous conferences, click here for Archive  

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

2010: No scheduled meetings

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2010: Spanish Presidency, January-June
 Informal Ministers meeting:
Theme: Housing and Urban Rehabilitation
When: May 21-22
Where: Toledo
More info: www.eu2010.es/en/index.html
Direct link to Informal Ministers meeting site. Click here.

- High Level Conf; (Sustainable building, revitalisation and rehab. of districts)
When: April 26-27
Where: Madrid

- Preparatory meetings of Housing Ministers:
When: April 27 (Housing) and 28 (Urban Development)
Where: Madrid

More info: www.eu2010.es/en/index.html
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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”.
Host: German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs
More info: from Ministry's website

2006: 17th Informal meeting of the EU Housing Ministers
When: October 16-17 CANCELLED!
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.
2009-2010: The EHF is presently, from September 2009-September 2010, chaired by the IUT together with RICS

Next EHF meeting:
When: March 30, 12.00-15.00
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:
2010

  • UN ECE: 71:th Session of the Committee on Housing and Land Management
    When: September 20-21
    Where: Geneva, Switzerland

  • UN World Urban Forum
    When:     March 22-26, 2010
    Where:     Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Website:     www.unhabitat.org/wuf

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)

  • 2010
     - Helsinki, Finland April 9-10
  • 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

 

 

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