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Options and Perspectives of Social Rental Housing in the
Central and East European Region
Central and East European Workshop on Social Housing

Organized by the Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest in co-operation with
the Council of Europe and under the aegis of UN/ECE

October 6-7, 2008

 

 

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

 

Venue: Council of Europe - European Youth Centre
Zivatar u. 1-3. H-1024 Budapest

 

Program and draft papers
(download in pdf)

 

ARRIVAL DAY, October 5, Sunday

 

Welcome Dinner at Menta Terasz at 19:00                                                                                                                                               For logistics please click here >>

 

DAY 1, October 6, Monday

 

8:30-9:00: Registration

9:00-10:00: Introduction and Welcome

Chair: József Hegedüs (MRI)

László Csider (Ministry of Local Government): Welcome address to the workshop – Hungary’s efforts toward social housing

Karl Friedrich Bopp (Council of Europe): Access to housing from a human rights perspective

Ron Terwilliger (Habitat for Humanity): Mission of Habitat for Humanity – a need for changes in policy approach

Paola Deda (UN ECE): UNECE housing policies and programs in the region (presentation)

 

10:00 – 11:30 Session 1.  International comparison – Perspectives from West Europe

Chair: Martin Lux (Institute for Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)

Discussant: Marja Elsinga (OTB)

1.     Darinka Czischke (CECODHAS): Social housing actors in Europe: looking from the West to the East (presentation)

2.     Christian Tutin (University of Paris): Social housing: Another French exception? (paper) (presentation)

3.     Claire Lévy-Vroelant (University of Paris) and Christoph Reinprecht (University of Vienna): Social housing in a comparative approach (paper) (presentation)

 

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

 

12:00 – 14:00 Session 2.  International comparison – Perspectives from Central East Europe

Chair: Alina Muziol-Weclawowicz (NAtional Economy Bank, Poland)

Discussants: Claire Lévy-Vroelant (University of Paris) and Christoph Reinprecht (University of Vienna)

1.    József Hegedüs (MRI): Social housing experiences in transitional countries – divergences or convergences? (paper) (presentation)

2.    Sasha Puzanov (IUE of Moscow): Social elements in the Russian housing system – new versus old social rental sector (paper) (presentation)

3.    Martin Lux (Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic): Social Housing in the Czech Republic: Unresolved Question and Possible Directions (paper) (presentation)

4.    Loucine Hayes (HFH): HFH's experience with providing housing for low-income groups in CEE  (presentation)

 

14:00-15:30 Lunch Break

 

15:30 – 17:30 Session 3.  Social housing in national housing strategies

Chair: Eva Schwebel (CEB)

Discussant: Iskra Dandolova (University of Sofia)

1.     Sasha Tsenkova (University of Calgary): Social housing in South East Europe (paper) (presentation)

2.     Gojko Bezovan (University of Zagreb): Social housing as a residual part of social care in Croatia (paper) (presentation)

3.     Nermina Dzepar-Ganibegovic (MHRR Bosnia and Herzegovina): Housing programs on the halfway between human rights and social rights (paper)

4.    Elena Szolgayova (Ministry of Construction and Regional Development): Social rental programs in Slovakia (presentation)

 

Social Event:

Bus tour to Magdolna District – Social Rehabilitation Pilot Project

World Habitat Day Dinner hosted by Habitat for Humanity Hungary at the new Community Center in District 8.                             For logistics please click here >>

 

 

 

DAY 2, October 7, Tuesday

 

9:00 - 11:00 Session 4.  Public Rental housing programs

 

Chair: Martin Lux (Institute for Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)

Discussant: Nóra Teller (MRI)

1.     Djordje Mojovic (UN-Habitat Serbia): Reinventing Social Housing in Serbia (paper) (presentation)

2.     Alina Muzioł-Węcławowicz and Jolanta Bondarczuk (National Economy Bank, Poland): The story of “TBS” – is it a sustainable model? (paper) (presentation)

3.     Branislava Zarkovic (Housing Center, Belgrade): Social Housing in Supportive Environment - Housing for the most vulnerable refugees and IDPs in Serbia (paper) (presentation)

4.     Nóra Teller (MRI): Housing for vulnerable groups -- Roma programs in Hungary  (presentation)

5.    Mina Petrovic: Social Housing in Belgrade - Strategy and Practice (presentation)

 

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break


 

 

11:30 - 13:30 Session 5.  Role of international agencies and institutions – a critical review

Chair: Per Ahren (State Housing Bank of Norway)

Discussant: József Hegedüs (MRI)

1.     Freek Spinnewijn (FEANTSA): FEANTSA experiences in transitional countries (presentation)

2.     Eva Schwebel (CEB): CEB’s experience in social housing: examples of project financing in member countries (presentation)

5.     Lindsay Youngs (Council of Europe): Guidelines for Social Housing (presentation)

6.     Alice Pittini (CECODHAS): The EU and social housing in Eastern Europe: the experience of CECODHAS (presentation)

 

13:30-15:00 Lunch Break

 

15:00- 17:00 Session 6.  Measuring the efficiency of program indicators

Chair: József Hegedüs (MRI)

Discussant: Sasha Tsenkova (University of Calgary)

Christopher Vincent (HFHI Europe & Central Asia): Housing Policy Index (paper - table) (presentation)

 

Panel discussion: László Csider (Ministry of Local Government, Hungary) (TBC), Elena Szolgayova (Ministry of Construction and Regional Development), Karl-Friedrich Bopp (COE): Future of social housing programs and recommendations

 

17:00 - 17:15 Closing

Karl Friedrich Bopp (COE), László Csider (Ministry of Local Government), József Hegedüs (MRI)

 

 

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