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Title Housing reforms in Central and Eastern Europe: challenges and risks in sustainable housing maintenance and management for providing affordable and adequate housing Day / Time Monday, June 19th / 14:00 - 16:00 Room Oceanview 5/6 Event Description This session will briefly review the privatization processes and the road map in housing which lead to current problems and intrinsic risks in maintenance, management and rehabilitation of housing stock in Central and Eastern Europe. It will focus on the essence of reforms, policies, mechanisms and approaches used to tackle the problem of affordable and adequate housing for all. The objective is to identify priority challenges to be addressed within regional housing programmes and explore how to strengthen and balance the rights and responsibilities of citizens and the public and private sectors with regard to their role in making urban development sustainable. Session Language English Russian Speakers (information as provided by host organization) Drs.H.S. van Eyk Nadezhda Kosareva Alena Kasyanenka   Contact Need more information about this event? Please fill the contact form Related Documents (in English and / or French) Host Organization The Institute for Urban Economics (IUE), Moscow, Russia Host Organization Description The Institute for Urban Economics (IUE) is a non-governmental and non-profit organization, established in 1995 in Moscow. It was created to identify, analyze and promote the solution to the social and economic problems of urban areas. Main goals of the institute are: elaboration and introduction of new approaches to the solution of housing problems; financing of housing and urban infrastructure; municipal management; urban land use; social protection of the population; and other problems of the social and economic life of cities. All IUE researchers bring considerable experience in working with different governmental and municipal structures, scientific research and educational institutes, both state-sponsored and private, as well as international donor agencies, banks, small business enterprises and foreign companies. MAIN AREAS OF WORK AND SERVICES • Investigating social and economic problems of cities and regions (certificate of state accreditation as a research institution No.4677 as of November 22, 2002) • Developing and reviewing draft laws and regulations on housing policy, municipal development and other aspects of the urban economy • Assisting state authorities and local self-governments in development of strategies and practical approaches to implementation of municipal reform programs and innovatory projects • Monitoring and evaluating social and economic development programs, social projects, and grant programs of cities and other jurisdictions • Assisting big and medium-size businesses in implementing social and local development programs • Implementation of education and advanced professional training programs and organization of methodological research and support • Disseminating innovative urban management models through the mass media, Internet and IUE publications The Institute for Urban Economics has an informational and publishing center for preparation and publication of the products which give a broad picture of lUE's activities. Starting from the year 1995, the IUE published more than 144 brochures and manuals totaling 158,000 copies. The center also includes a library, which contains more than 4,500 entries on different aspects of urban development, economic and statistical studies and reference materials. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This event is organized in a form of workshop and open debate and draws on the experience gained, achievements made, challenges faced by launched housing reforms in transitional countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in the 1990’s. The speakers representing different organizations from CEE countries, Western countries with experience in working with CEE (the Netherlands, Austria and others), as well as UN-HABITAT with its international experience will identifying the ways to tackling the challenges in housing, particularly in maintenance, management and rehabilitation of housing stock, in introducing innovative financial mechanisms. UN-HABITAT will present its views of enhancing cooperation with CEE countries (Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria and Lithuania, Armenia etc.) and different partners in the CEE region, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) will present Countries’ Housing Profiles. Moreover, results of international projects in CEE region and tailor-made courses carried out by Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies - HIS (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Housing-VROM for Lithuanian and Belarus professionals on management and maintenance of high-rise multi-family residential buildings in CEE countries with regard to international experience and local resources will be presented. City of Vienna will share experience in the work done to support housing reforms in CEE including in housing rehabilitation and present recently completed Guidelines for Social Housing for CEE countries prepared under the roof of UNECE. It is anticipated that the workshop will come out with recommendations to UN-HABITAT on priorities for regional programmes/projects in housing sphere. Website (Organizer and partners) www.urbaneconomics.ru www.irup.by www.ihs.nl www.unhabitat.org

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