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Standards are an effective instrument for addressing energy efficiency in buildings and supporting the achievements of the targets set by international initiatives such as the Global Goals, the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative, and the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing. All these initiatives stress the importance of energy efficiency to ensure energy security, mitigate GHGs
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The publication examines the causes of informal housing development in South-East Europe and assesses the Government’s policies to address this issue.
Over the last 25 years, informal settlements have become an increasingly important and urgent matter in the region. At an international conference in 2007, it was estimated that more than 50 million people lived in informal settlements in 20
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The UNECE Social Housing Study examines the current trends, challenges and social housing models in the UNECE region. It provides recommendations for possible future activities based on an extensive literature review of housing issues in over 50 countries and interviews with over 30 representatives of governments, private and non- governmental organizations.
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The scope of the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing is to improve sustainability of housing in the ECE region through effective policies and actions at all levels, supported by international cooperation, in order to contribute to sustainable development in the region. English
- Pусский
Данная публикация– это результат исследования, проведенного с целью сбора всесторонней информации о системах управления земельными ресурсами разных стран. Данное исследование включает в себя большое количество аспектов, некоторые из которых относятся к услугам этих стран, применению ими электронных технологий при оказании услуг, защите странами собственных данных и возможностям восстановления ими
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The study presented here is the result of a survey to gather comprehensive information on countries' land administration systems. This includes the efficiency of their services, the security of their data and their ability to recover data and services in the event of a disaster, to name only a few of the aspects covered.
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This document presents summaries of the expert presentations during the workshop. Discussion focused on the impact of the global financial crisis on housing affordability, the responses of different governments, and ways to increase social housing.English
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This report provides practical recommendations to help overcome barriers to energy efficiency in housing. The report builds on the Action Plan for Energy-Efficient Housing in the UNECE Region - a concrete and comprehensive list of actions to support housing energy efficiency.English
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This report compiles the speeches made by ministers responsible for housing, spatial planning and land administration and heads of delegations of thirty countries of the UNECE region at the Third Ministerial Meeting on Housing and Land Management held on 8 October 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. The fruitful discussion at the Ministerial Meeting, as mirrored in this report, provided a great
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This country profile on the housing and land management sectors of Ukraine is the sixteenth in the series published by the Committee on Housing and Land Management. The country profile programme continues to emphasize in-depth analysis and policy recommendations, while also focusing on specific challenges or achievements in the housing and land management sectors that are
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The Strategy aims at promoting sustainable housing and land management in the ECE region. It will guide the work of the Committee, its Working Party on Land Administration and the Real Estate Market Advisory Group. It will also further strengthen the implementation of existing tools and policy guidance of the Committee as well as contribute to the overall improvement of the housing and land
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According to the survey, inefficient use of energy in the housing sector, increased problems of housing affordability due to financial and economic crisis, increased damages from climate changes to housing and human settlements, non-efficient use of urban land, low political attention to housing and urban management issues – are some of the major challenges faced by member States in the areas
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Green Homes: Towards energy efficient housing in the UNECE region was first issued in 2009, in both English and Russian. Because of the widespread interest in this publication, UNECE decided to reprint it.Green Homes illustrates the multiple environmental, economic and social benefits arising from a transition towards energy-efficient housing. It outlines the required institutional changes
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This report outlines a range of systemic interrelated measures for a progressive transformation towards low-energy, low-carbon, highly resilient and ultimately climate neutral cities. Its recommendations fall under four main headings, with coordination through a well.managed city level framework being perhaps the most essential ingredient for success.
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The National Action Plan of Montenegro for Energy Efficiency Measures in the Residential Sector is the first spin-off of the UNECE Action Plan. It aims at assisting the Government of Montenegro in enhancing its energy efficiency policy for residential buildings through: assessing the existing legal and institutional framework for energy efficiency in the housing sector; identifying
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This country profile on the housing sector of Tajikistan is the fifteenth in the series published by the Committee on Housing and Land Management. The country profile programme continues to emphasize in-depth analysis and policy recommendations, but also focuses on specific challenges or achievements in the housing sector that are particularly relevant to the country under review. In the
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This publication presents the results and the conclusions drawn from the analysis of surveys on online access to land-registration information that were distributed among UNECE member States after the sixth session of the UNECE Working Party on Land Administration. The study consolidates and presents good practices in the detection and prevention of fraud in land registration systems in UNECE
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Country Profile on the Housing Sector: Kyrgyzstan (2010)This country profile on the housing sector of Kyrgyzstan is the thirteenth in the series published by the Committee on Housing and Land Management. The study not only provides in-depth analysis and policy recommendations, but also focuses on specific challenges or
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Action Plan for Energy-Efficient Housing in the UNECE Region (2010)This Action Plan provides a framework for the member States of the region to raise energy efficiency in the housing sector and thus enable them to more effectively address environmental and economic challenges and meet social needs. The Action Plan lists
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Country Profile on the Housing Sector: Azerbaijan (2010) This country profile on the housing sector of Azerbaijan is the fourteenth in the series published by the Committee on Housing and Land Management. The study not only provides in-depth analysis and policy recommendations to help policymakers develop strategies and programmes but also focuses on specific challenges or achievements