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CECODHAS - Housing Europe calls on EU leaders to deliver a more cohesive and greener society |
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On the 29th of January 2010, CECODHAS - Housing Europe sent a letter to the President of the European Council, Mr van Rompuy, presenting 21 proposals to deliver a more cohesive and greener society by 2020.
Furthermore, we recently co-signed an open letter aimed at politicising the issue of energy efficiency and demonstrating a cross-sectoral support from the industry, policy makers the civil society ahead of the European Summit on February 11.
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New EU Commissioners: putting housing back on the shelves? |
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During the hearings of the Commissioners-designate mid-January in the European Parliament, housing has been on the list of questions asked by MEPs.
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CECODHAS HOUSING EUROPE has recently released to new publications, namely 'Financing Social Housing after the Economic Crisis' and 'Housing and Ageing in the European Union'.
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Social housing and the 2020 EU strategy: conference and exhibition in Madrid |
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The conference ‘How can social housing contribute to the 2020 Euroepan Strategy?’ was held in Madrid on the 12th of January. The conference co-organised by CECODHAS – Housing Europe together with the Spanish federation AVS and the Spanish Presidency of the EU, was followed by the opening of the exhibition 'Social housing: history of a necessity'.
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CECODHAS Housing Europe as expert at EP hearing on Public procurement rules |
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Rudy de Jong, presented on the 27th January, at an hearing of the European Parliament, the main problems our members are confronted to in implementing the Public procurement EU rules. Our position was prepared by our experts working group on Public procurement.
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POWER HOUSE EUROPE updates: state-of-play of National Regional Platforms |
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CECODHAS Housing Europe with the help of AVS has recently published a booklet describing the state-of-play of National Regional Platforms established to date in the framework of the POWER HOUSE EUROPE project.
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EPBD - Latest developments |
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All buildings will have to comply with high energy-saving standards and be powered to a large extent by renewable energy after 31 December 2020. Public authorities will lead the way by owning and renting buildings with such "nearly zero" energy standards by the end of 2018. Part of the funding for these changes will come from the EU. These are among the key points of a deal reached between Parliament and Council negotiators. The compromise text has been formally approved by the Council on 7th December 2009.
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Unlocking a low-carbon Europe, perspectives on EU budget reform |
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The Green Alliance, an influential UK- based environmental think tank, is soon to release a report addressing the political challenge of acting on the two priority areas of climate change and the reform of the EU budget. CECODHAS Housing Europe
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Intelligent Energy–Europe Info Day 2010 - 3 February 2010, Brussels |
The next chance to have a project supported by the EU's Intelligent Energy - Europe programme is close: the next call for proposals will be published in spring 2010.
Some €50 million will be available to support European projects to foster energy efficiency and promote renewable energy. Up to 75% of the eligible costs may be funded.
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World Sustainable Energy Days 2010 - 3-5 March 2010, Wels, Austria |
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In the frame of the World Sustainable Energy Days 2010 we would like to bring to your attention the conference "Building Renovation - Towards Low Energy Consumption" which will be held on 4 - 5 March 2010 in Wels/Austria.
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Energy Ambassadors campaign |
Many households can no longer pay their energy bills because of rising raw materials prices and economic crisis. The aim of the campaign, which was launched in May 2009, is to help those households in energy poverty, by training social workers to advice these men and women in their day to day lives on possible and concrete solutions.
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European Year against Poverty and Social Exclusion: European NGOs website |
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Alongside the official website of the European Year 2010 for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion www.2010againstpoverty.eu, a coalition of European NGOs (including CECODHAS-Housing Europe) led by the European Anti-poverty Network (EAPN) has launched its own website http://www.endpoverty.eu/ which gathers information of the different events organised during the Year.
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17% of EU population at risk of poverty |
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According to data published by Eurostat on the occasion of the opening conference of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, in 2008 17% of the population in the EU27 were at risk of poverty.
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Impact of the crisis on the architectural profession |
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The Architects' Council of Europe’s (ACE1) quarterly Survey on the impact of the economic crisis on Europe’s architectural profession, shows that the profession is being let down by the public sector.
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ICT for energy efficiency in social housing: call now open! |
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The ICT Policy Support Programme (or ICT PSP) aims at stimulating innovation and competitiveness through the wider uptake and best use of ICT by citizens, governments and businesses. The 4th call for Proposals (based on WP2010) is open as of 21 January until 1 June 2010. Objective 1.1 of Theme 1 concerns ICT for energy efficiency in social housing and supports pilot projects in this area with a 9.5 million Euros budget allocation.
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