Room V, Palais des Nations, Geneva
UNECE and UN-HABITAT, in cooperation with the European Federation of Public, Cooperative & Social Housing (CECODHAS), held the workshop "Future of social housing: Environmental and social challenges and the way forward" from 4 to 5 February 2014 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva.
The event developed different concepts of social housing and identify the main challenges that ECE countries need to address. Participants discussed how to: provide and finance social housing; improve social cohesion and living conditions; reduce energy poverty; and promote environmental sustainability.
The workshop included a field trip (free of charge, including transport) to an exposition of energy efficient technologies at TA Hydronics, in Nyon. Please find more information about the company at: http://www.tahydronics.com.
Languages: English, French and Russian with simultaneous translation.