2007

31 January-1 February 2007
Conference “Social Housing: A Tool for EU Cohesion"
organized in partnership with the Committee of the Regions, and with the support of the EIB, the CEB and DEXIA
>presentations of the conference (extra)

2006

8 November, Thessaloniki, Greece
Conference “Improving energy efficiency in residential buildings:financing and policy instruments”
organized by CRES with the support of CECODHAS,
>Conference Website

9 November, Thessaloniki, Greece
CECODHAS Section meetings

10 November, Thessaloniki, Greece
Observatory workshop on social housing management
Management board and Executive Committee

13 September 2006, Brussels (Belgium)
Current developments in housing policies and housing markets in Europe: implications for the social housing sector
Colloquium organised by CECODHAS  >Read more

16 January  2006, Brussels
Management board Meeting

2005

30 November 2005, Brussels
Management board

21 November 2005, Brussels
Housing and Mortgage Markets and the EU Economy
For further information visit http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/events/2005/bxlworkshop2111/call2111en.pdf

17 - 18 November 2005 Sofia, Bulgaria. International Seminar on "Sustainable Housing Management in Central and Eastern Europe"
Final communiqué of the international Seminar

16 - 17 November 2005 TAIEX Seminar on the EU Construction materials Directive
Contact: 00 32 2 739 15 30

16th of November from 11.00 till 15.00, Brussels
CECODHAS Internal Market Working Group Meeting

14 - 15 November 2005, Annual Conference URBACT in Liverpool
For further informations visit http://www.urbact.org/news_event/display_events_detail/i/4e9b19a51466582f2d6012955edbe55d

27 - 28 October 2005 Paris. Social Emergencies and Crisis intervention organised by FEANTSA in association with FNARS
For further information visit www.feantsa.org

14 October 2005 - Brussels. Executive Committee Meeting and Pressional Study Visit

11 October 2005 Trusted@Work4Homes: Secure online services for social housing tenants.   14.30 - 17.30h            
Espace Banca Monte Paschi, Avenue d'Auderghem, 22 - 28 Brussels. 

10 - 14 October 2005, Bruxelles: Social Housing Week.
For more information: Social Housing Week
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Trusted@Work4Homes Seminar
This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it   The up-to-date information about the seminar will be found on the website of the Trusted@Work4Homes project: http://www.trustedatwork4homes.com.

29 - 30 September 2005. Mobility, Poverty, Insecurity and Hospitality. The Past and Future of Precarius Housing in Europe. Contact This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

22 September 2005. Sheffield. Flexible Housing: Current Perspectives and Future Potential. For further details visit www.flexiblehousing.org or contact Tim Phillips, Conference Organiser) at the University of Sheffield , tel. 00 44 (0) 114 222 0338 or email This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

21 - 23 September 2005, Brussels. Conference on Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
More information on the conference can be obtained at: www.epbd-ca.org

8 - 9 September 2005, Brussels, Urban Affairs Working Group, Working Affairs Working Group, Management Board Meeting

29 June - 3 July 2005,Rejkavik, Iceland, ENHR International Housing Conference
For registration or further information www.registration.yourhost.is/enhr2005iceland  

4 - 6 July 2005, Edinburgh, Scotland
Conference held by the European Social Network on the UK President of the EU
For booking and more info. email to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or tel: 00 44 (0) 131 473 3874, Fax: 00 44 (0) 131 473 3878

7 April 2005, Tallinn - III Baltic Housing Conference.The aim of the conference is to support co-operative housing sector in the Baltic Sea region concentrating on the issues of financing energy efficient renovation.
Baltic Housing Conf Invitation
Baltic housing Conf Registration form
Baltic Housing Conf Agenda

April 2005, Tallinn
III Baltic Housing Conference.The aim of the conference is to support co-operative housing sector in the Baltic Sea region concentrating on the issues of financing energy efficient renovation.
Baltic Housing Conf Invitation
Baltic housing Conf Registration form
Baltic Housing Conf Agenda

8 April 2005, Clermont-Ferrand, France Energie Cités 10th Annual Conference ‘Assessing Local Energy Policies’
www.energie-cites.org

16 February 2005, Bruxelles European Housing Forum Seminar on 'High Rise Buildings in Eastern Europe' in preparation for the informal housing ministers meeting
To download the programme click here


17 - 18 February 2005, Brussels
CECODHAS Working Group and Executive Committee Meetings

11 - 12 March 2005, Luxembourg
European Conference organised by the 'Social Economy Platform'
Conférence européenne de la Plate-forme "Economie sociale et solidaire"
For all information please visit: http://www.ecosol.lu/

14 - 15 March 2005, Prague
Informal Housing Ministers Meeting

6-7 December, Bochum
GdW-Kongress 'Wohnen im Alter' - 'Housing for the Elderly'
Organised by CECODHAS German member GdW,
For more information and registration, please follow this link: http://www.gdw.de

9 December, Brussels
"Europe's Minority Ethnic Elderly"
For further information, please click here or follow this link: http://www.priae.org


30 November, Brussels:
CECODHAS Internal Market Working Group Seminar
'Social Housing and the Services Directive'. For the programme and all background documents click here

29-30 November, Rotterdam:
Informal Ministerial conference on Terretorial Cohesion and Urban Policy

28-30 November, Vienna:
second workshop on Social Housing in association with the UNECE
For more information: http://www.socialhousing2004.at/

22-23 November, Nancy:
'Habitat Privé et Solidarité. Nouveaux enjeux pour les autorités locales' - 'Private housing and solidarity. New challenges for the local authorities.'
Deadline for registrations: 31 october!
For more information: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

19 November, Turin:
'Public Residential Buildings and Social Policy' 
For more information: http://www.federcasa.it/news/conferenza_casa/index.htm

8-9 November, Rotterdam:
Dutch Presidency conference 'A social Europe: Let's deliver'. There are some places for NGO representatives available. If you would like to participate, please contact CECODHAS: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

9 -10 November, Bratislava:
The European Foundation for Living and Working Conditions hosts an International Seminar on 'Quality of Life in Europe''.
Read CECODHAS comments presented by David Orr (vice-president) in English and French


4 September-7 November, Berlin:
Exposition 'Shrinking Cities/Schrumpfende Staedte': For more information: http://www.shrinkingcities.com/ausstellung1.0.html

29-30 October, Birmingham:
'Art of City Making'. For more information:
http://www.artofcitymaking.org

21-22 October, Lisbon:
'European Housing Ecology Network (EHEN) Annual Conference'. Sponsored by the municipality of Lisbon, this conference aims at tackling the questions surrounding sustainable development in the housing sector.

For more information:  http://www.ehen-europe.net/

21 October, Brussels:
'Priorités d'action pour les SIG'-'Action priorities on SGIs'.
For more information and registration, please contact: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it


20-22 October, Dublin:
CECODHAS Thematic Seminar EU policy and the future of Social Entrepreneurs in Housing", Executive Committee and Section meetings


20-21 October, Brussels:
'Social Platform Conference on the Future of Social Policy'. At this conference proposals for the Social Policy Agenda 2006-2010 will be presented and discussed with decision-makers and other stakeholders. 

For more information, please contact Pearly Raynal: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or Kathleen Spencer Chapman: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

19 Octobre, Bagnolet (France):
'Y a t-il une place pour les associations de solidarité dans l'Union Européenne?'-'Is there a place for solidarity associations in the European Union?' For more information:
http://www.uniopss.asso.fr

18-19 October, Leiden - Noordwijk - The City Summit:
On 18-19 October 2004, the European Commission and the Dutch government are co-organising the City Summit in Leiden-Noordwijk in the Netherlands. For more information: http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/city_summit/index_en.htm

14-15 October, Paris:
Congress 'Energie solaire & bâtiment' - 'Solar energy and construction'. Organised by Enerplan (Association Professionnelle de l'Energie Solaire) this congress aims at establishing the current situation as well as perspectives of solar energy in France within a European framework.

For more information: http://www.enerplan.asso.fr

14-15 October 2004, Maastricht:
B4E "Building for a European Future" (http://www.B4E.org)  During this 2-day Conference, the goals and objectives for the construction industry and the research community will be debated.

14 October, The Hague:
'The problems of high-rise buildings and restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe'.
For more information: http://www.meno-europa.habitatplatform.nl

14 October, Berlin:
'2. Fachpolitischer Dialog zur Sozialen Stadt' - 'Second Political Debate on the Socially Integrative City'. For more information: http://www.soziale-stadt.de

7-8 October, Pamplona (Spain):
'International Conference of Architectures, Cities and Energy - CIBARQ 04'. For more information: http://www.cibarq.com

4 October (World Habitat Day), Den Haag:
'Cooperating internationally on vibrant cities'. Hosted by the Habitat Platform, the main issues of this congress, which will be held mainly in Dutch with some contributions in English, will be the situation and challenges concerning living conditions in developing countries as well the implementation of an integrative approach towards the improvement of the urban environment.

For more information: http://www.habitatplatform.nl

30 September-1 October, Amsterdam:
'Housing related to Immigration and Integration'. This conference organised by the City of Amsterdam and EUROCITIES will bring together practitioners and experts on housing and integration policies from European cities. Challenges and solutions in the field of housing and immigration/integration will be discussed.

For more information: http://www.eurocities.org/eurocities/Documents/INVITATIONpdf.pdf

29 September-1 Oktober, Bielefeld
'How dangerous is urban segration?' is the title of an international conference hosted by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University.

For more information: http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/ikg/

21-22 September 2004, Housing Conference in Warsaw:
"Housing Co-operatives in the Context of the Enlargement of the European Union" in Hotel Gromada. ICA Housing and CECODHAS are organising this conference. For the invitation letter click here, for the programme click here, for the registration form click here

27-28 September 2004, Lyon:
Social and Cooperative Economy 25th international congress: the response of the public, social and cooperative economy to the expectations of society: basic rights, social needs, solvent demand
For more information: International Center of Research and Information on the Public on the following website: www.ciriec-france.org/


16-17 September 2004, Brussels:
CECODHAS Internal Markt, Social Policies and Urban Affairs Working Group Meetings
Agenda and application form on members only site

Solar Academies 2004, Rome (July/August) Freiburg (August/September) Prague (September):
Training workshops for professionals, graduates and senior students in solar architecture and technologies. For more information: www.ises.org/academy 2004


10-12 September, Warszawa:
"Urban renewal of housing and social substance - creation of social, cultural and tourist projects in degraded urban and post-industrial areas". For more information, please contact Mr. Marcin Sliwa, email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

7-9 September, The Haque - The Netherlands:
"Shaping the EU Health Community Congres", conference on the relationship between health and healthcare and the internal market
For more information see: www.healthcommunity.orgor click here

6-7 July 2004, Rome
Assembly, 50 years Federabitazione
for more information: 0039 - 66 80 00 464 or email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

11-17 July, Delft, the Netherlands:
An International summer course on Sustainable Urban Regeneration For more info: www.urbal.nl

2 - 6 July, ENHR ( European Network of Housing Research) conference
Cambridge “housing, growth and regeneration” visit the conference website at www.enhr2004.org

1-2 July, Stuttgart:
Germany and on the internet: European Conference on Municipal Energy Managers – Effective management – cost effective climate protection. More info: http://www.managenergy.net/conference/ecmem04.html

28, 29 June, Brussels:
“social services of general interest in the European Union: assessing their specificties, potential and needs” organised by the European Commission and the German social affairs Ministry

24-26 June, Freiburg
Inter Solar 2004, a trade fair for solar technology
for more information: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or www.intersolar.de or call: 0049 - 72 31 585 980

23-25 June, Brussels
Best practice in housing finance around the world congress
for more information: www.housingfinance.org

21 - 22 June 2004, Madeira, Portugal: Postoned pending further notice
CECODHAS Summer School on the social integration of Immigrants
Click this link for details on the programme and registration details

22 June, Brussels
Information Day on the Sixth Framework Programme, Sustainable Energy Systems from the European Commission ManagEnergy Initiative
 http://www.managenergy.tv/me_portal/portal.do?bc=159
You can also download the PowerPoint presentations from:
http://www.managenergy.net/conference/infoday0604.htmlIf
 you viewed the live broadcast, or once you have viewed the recordings, please can you complete the evaluation form at: http://www.managenergy.net/conference/virtual_eval.html

25th -28th May, Helsinki

 “Social Housing and State Aids in Europe”, CECODHAS seminar,  This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it To download the programme click here 
For a copy of the presentation of Martti Lujanen, from the ministry of environment click here
For a copy of the welcome speech of the Managing Director of YH-Yhtymä Hannu Parikka click here
For a copy of the presentation about social housing in Finland click here
For a copy of the presenatation about social housing in Ireland by the President Co-operative Housing Section, CECODHAS and General Secretary of the National Association of Building Co-operatives (NABCo) click here
For a copy of the presentation about competition and state Aid of Lars-Peter Svane from SGEI click here
For a copy of the presentation about social housing in Italy from Marco Giardini of Federcasa click here
For a copy about the EU and state aid click here

20-22 May, Warsaw:
Housing and Economy;  Experiences and Future - hosted by the Warsaw School of Economics, Ministry of Infrastructure & State office for Housing and Urban Development in Poland For more information:  http://www.housing04.pl/   or contact   This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

17 May, Brussels:
“financing services of general interest in Europe” by CELSIG and CESE

10th May, Brussels
'Collection of Data on Access to Housing from a European Perspective’ – a seminar by the European Housing Forum. For the presentation of the Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic by the director of the ministry on housing Daniela Grabmüllerová click here
For the presentation of Eurostat EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Condition) on housing statistics click here
For the presentation of The European Mortgage by the head of statistics Fionnuala Earley click here
For the presentation of the European Foundation by Doctor Hubert Krieger 'Social aspects of housing in an enlarged European Union click here
contact: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it  
The draft programme click here 
http://www.socialplatform.org/code/en/hp.asp

27th April, Brussels ( European Parliament)
Financing local services of general interest after the Altmark Ruling
hosted by MEP Goran Farm
For a background document on Financing local services of general interest after the Altmark Ruling and social housing click here
For the speech of CECODHAS' president Angelo Grass on the subject click here
For the programme and registration form click here 

22 & 23 APRIL 2004, Martigny, Switzerland and live on the internet
The Energie-Cites conference on "Local Sustainable Energy Policies" will be broadcast live on the internet on 22-23 April by the European Commission ManagEnergy Initiative Streaming Service.
http://www.managenergy.net/conference/virtual_synergy0404.html   
You will be able to view the live internet broadcast at: http://www.managenergy.tv/hall.php    

15th -16th January; Geneva
First regional implementation forum on sustainable development (ECE RIM)
with Stephen Duckworth representing CECODHAS- listen to all speeches over the internet:
http://www.iisd.ca/csd/rim/ece/1501thurs.html

27th - 28th November, Padova:
EU Housing Ministers meeting

26th- 28th November, Krumau, Czech Republic:
Bilateral workshop on Austrian-Czech Rpublic co-operation in the field of Social Housing.
For more information visit: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

26th-29th November, Porto:
EUROCITIES will hold their annual conference on the theme " Towards a better quality of Life in European Cities".
For more information visit: www.eurocities.be

20th-22nd November, Edinburgh:
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations will hold their annual conference.
For information visit: www.sfha.co.uk

13th-14th November 2003 , Vienna:
Ecology in Social House Building- principles, methods and best practices (City of Vienna)
www.housing2003.at

 6th -7th November, Warsaw:
Construction research in an Enlarged Europe: E-CORE and the European Commission are holding a construction research workshop.
For more information visit: www.e-core.org/Warsaw

  3rd November 2003, Brussels:

CECODHAS internal seminar on State Aid in the European Union

24&25 October , Venice
The Red Cross EU office and PERCO hosts conference on EU Directive on Minimum Reception Standards for Asylum Seekers
www.redcross-eu.net

23-24 October, Strasbroug:
The Council of Europe FORUM 2003 on Social cohesion or public security: How should Europe respond to collective feelings of insecurity? www.coe.int/T/E/social_cohesion/Analysis_and_Research/Activities/Forum_2003/default.asp

20-22 October, Bonn
Symposium on Housing and health in Europe: identifying priorities. One of the aims is to propose a political agenda to the mayors of 8 European cities.
Tel:+49 228 20 94 415
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22  October, Barcelona:

CECODHAS thematic seminar on Immigration and Social Housing

5th-8th October, Vienna:

8th September-3rd October:
Sustainable building and Urban Design course:
www.iisbe.org

1st September, Oslo:
"Housing Co-operatives in a Market Situation"
International Cooperatives Association annual housing conference   - Housing Co-operatives in a market situation
Click here for a draft programme

The World Congress of the International Federation of Housing Planners ?  Theme: Planning and management in the context of liberalisation and deregulation
www.ifhp2003.at

Seminar on Migration and Social Integration of Emigrants in Athens.organised by The Economic and Social Council of Greece in collaboration with other European Institutes.
For more details contact This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

28-30 August, Budapest:
"THe future of the EU cohesion policy"
EUROCITIES and EURO (European Research Association) on the Future of EU cohesion policy.
For more details visit www.eura.org

1-11 July, Brussels:
Academic network for legal studies on immigration and Asylum in Europe holds seminar on EU law and policy on Immigration and Asylum, include courses on reception conditions and family reunification
For more information: www.ulb.ac.be/assoc/odysseus

SOCIAL INCLUSION AND HEALTH ACROSS THE EU
For more information and for registration, please contact the EuroHealthNet office (02 23 50 320) or mail to  This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

12-14 June 2003, El Escorial-Spain:
Caritas will hold its migration forum on the theme 'Integration of immigrants and refugees'.
For more information contact This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

17-19 June, Lille:
Union Sociale pour l'habitat will hold its next congress for more details:
www.union-habitat.org/europe

12-13 June, Vienna:
The city of Vienna will hold a seminar entitled 'A Renaissance of Social Housing in European Cities'

26-28 May, Tirana-Albania:
The European Network for Housing Research (ENHR) will host a conference on urban planning and development entitled Making Cities Work.
For information: www.enhr2003tirana.albnet.net.

19- 20 MAY 2003, Prague:
UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE IN ASSOCIATION WITH CECODHAS
SEMINAR: SOCIAL HOUSING IN AN ENLARGED EUROPE
CECODHAS in association with the United Nations will organise a joint workshop on Social Housing in an Enlarged Europe in Prague. This seminar will examine definitions of social housing, governance models and social housing practices including how social housing can provide solutions to social exclusion.
Click here to access the discusion paper prepared by the UNECE secretariat in association with CECODHAS
All the documents from this workshop will be available on the UNECE website.

8th -9th May 2003, Athens:

  Housing in Europe : general interest and social cohesion European conference, Athens, 8-9 may 2003 CECODHAS public sector - Greek Presidency of the EU.
For more information contact Michel Lachambre, International Relations of Les Offices de l'Habitat by e-mail: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
This conference proved a great success - to read a statement on this seminar and the contributions made by the president of the public section Mr Georges Lemoine and by Mr Maurice Carraz folow this link to the CECODHAS public section website.
These documents as well as the official conference press release are also available in French using this link
Visit the conference website

24-26 April 2003, Arona-Tenerife:
The Tenerife Island council will host a European Conference on independent living in the framework of the European Year of people with Disabilities.

13-15 April 2003, Malta:
The World Urban Development Forum will hold a conference on the regeneration of historical areas within cities.
http://www.mepa.org.mt/inta_conference

8th April 2003, Vienna 
CECODHAS Austrian member, GBV, in a joint project between its publicationWohnenplus and the national newspaperDer Standard , will organise a Seminar on housing policy and enlargement in Vienna with the title Competition or Co-operation - Perspectives for Housing policy in a Europe without borders.

3-4 April, Kracow:
Conference organised by Energie-Cites.
Info: www.energie.cities.org

3-4 April 2003
The City of Leipzig in association with German cities council, Eurocities and CEEP will hold a seminar on the future of Services of General Interest in Leipzig.

4th ? 7th March 2003, Coimbra
Seminar on Services of General interest in Coimbra, Portugal. Organised by CEEP (European Centre of Enterprise with public participation and of enterprises of general economic interest).
For more information visit www.ceep.org .

27th-28th February 2003

2-3 July, Craigavon:
"Towns and environment"
The European New Towns Platform, the fortified cities network and the Craigavon Borough Council would like to  invite you to their conference on "Towns and environment"
Please find more information, programe and registration forms on our website at  http://www.newtowns.net