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Introduction

UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management
Ms. Gulnara Roll, UNECE

Session 1 Financing for affordable housing

Approaches to financing affordable housing in Albania

Existing challenges and achievements of financing affordable housing in Albania
Ms. Doris Andoni, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Albania

Overview of the mortgage credit system
Mr. Klodion Shehu, Bank of Albania

Panel discussion

Overview of affordable housing finance in Europe
Ms. Alice Pittini, Housing Europe

PPP Models: challenges and opportunities
Ms. Silvia Paskali, Concession Procedures Sector, Ministry of Finance and Economy of Albania

Session 2 Role of housing agencies in addressing challenges of affordable housing provision

Role of the Albanian National Housing Agency in affordable housing provision
Mrs. Elena Boriçi, Deputy General Director, National Housing Agency, Albania

Panel discussion on international practices

The role of housing agencies in addressing challenges of affordable housing provision
Mr. John O’Connor, The Housing Agency, Ireland

Housing Fund of the Republic of Slovenia, Public Fund
Ms. Mojca Štritof-Brus, National Housing Fund,Slovenia

Roundtable on activities of international organizations supporting housing policies Europe: how they can help in Albania?

Activities of UNECE supporting housing policies
Ms. Nadiia Yeremenko, UNECE

For more information on the workshop, please contact:

Ms. Doris Andoni, Director of Housing Department, Ministry of Finance and Economy of Albania, at [email protected]

Ms. Gulnara Roll, Secretary to the UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management at [email protected]