UNECE Ministerial Meeting on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management and the 82nd session of the Committee on Housing, Urban Development and Land Management

Committee on Housing and Land Management sessions

“Affordable, adequate, and resilient housing in liveable cities, including cities which face extreme weather conditions”

06 - 08 October 2021

Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

Venue: Conference Room Tempus 2, Palais des Nations, Geneva

Languages: English, French and Russian

The UNECE Ministerial Meeting on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management took place at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, on 6 and 7 October 2021, as part of the eighty-second session of the Committee on Housing, Urban Development and Land Management (6-8 October 2021). The meetings allowed for both in-person and online participation.

The Ministerial Meeting launched the study “#Housing2030: Improving Housing Affordability in the UNECE Region” developed by UNECE in cooperation with Housing Europe and UN-Habitat; and endorsed a regional action plan for the UNECE region “Place and Life in the ECE - A Regional Action Plan 2030: Tackling challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate and housing emergencies in region, city, neighbourhood and homes”.

URL: https://unece.org/housing/cudhlm-session82

Ministers participating

H.E. Ms. Delina Ibrahimaj
Minister of Finance and Economy, Albania

H. E. Mr. Víctor Filloy Franco
Minister of Territory and Housing, Andorra

Belgium_Minister — H.E. Mr. Rudi Vervoort
Minister-President, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

H. E. Ms. Violeta Komitova
Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, Bulgaria

H.E. Mr. Darragh O'Brien
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Ireland

H.E. Mr. Stefano Canti
Minister for the Territory, Environment, Agriculture and Civil Protection, San Marino

Ms. Daniela Grabmüllerová
Deputy Minister for Regional Development, Czechia

H. E. Mr. Alexander Khvtisiashvili
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georgia

Ms. Sanja Bošnjak
State Secretary, Minister of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets, Croatia

Ms. Heidi Karin Nakken,
State Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, Norway

Mr. Martin Țole
State Secretary, Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration, Romania

Mr. Martin Tschirren
State Secretary, Federal Office for Housing, Switzerland

Mr. Ben Winter
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, United States

Mr. Mikkel Sune Smith
Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Housing, Denmark

Azerbaijan_2021 Ministerial Meeting — H.E. Mr. Galib Israfilov
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Office at Geneva

Moldova_2021 Ministerial Meeting — Ms. Ana Mardare
State Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Republic of Moldova

H.E. Mr. Armen Ghularyan
Chairman, State Urban Development Committee, Republic of Armenia

H.E. Mr. Josip Martić
Federal Minister of Physical Planning, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Spain_2021 Ministerial Meeting — Mr. David Lucas Paron
Secretary General for Urban Agenda and Housing, Spain

Mr. Xidoyatov Sherzod Saidjanovich
Minister of Housing and Communal Services, Uzbekistan

Slovakia_2021 Ministerial Meeting — Ms. Katarína Bruncková
State Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Construction, Slovak Republic

Lithuania_2021 Ministerial Meeting — Mr. Darius Kvedaravičius
Vice Minister of Environment, Lithuania

Mr. Nikita Stasishin
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities, Russian Federation

Kyrgyzstan_2021 Ministerial Meeting — Mr. Ruslan Tatikov
Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance, Kyrgyzstan

North Macedonia_2021 Ministerial Meeting — Ms. Hristina Odzaklieska
Deputy Minister of Environment and Physical Planning, North Macedonia

Ms. Natalia Kozlovska
Deputy Minister of Community and Territorial Development, Ukraine

Belarus_2021 Ministerial Meeting — Ms. Alena Rakava
Advisor, Ministry of Architecture and Construction, Belarus

Serbia_2021 Ministerial Meeting — H.E. Mr. Tomislav Momirović
Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Serbia

Mr. Tilman Buchholz
Deputy Head, Federal Ministry Interior, Building and Community, Germany

Ms. Terhi Lehtonen
State Secretary for Housing, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Finland

Ms. Marina Gonçalves
State Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing, Portugal

Mr. Robert Rožac
State Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenia

Montenegro_2021 Ministerial Meeting — Ms. Radmila Lainović
Director, Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism of Montenegro

Mr. Zsolt Füleky
Deputy State Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, Hungary

Malta_2021 Ministerial Meeting — H.E. Mr. Roderick Galdes
Minister of Social Accommodation, Malta

Mr. Efthimios Bakogiannis
Secretary General, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Greece

Mr. Christian Zenz
Deputy Head, Division of Housing Policy, Austria

Estonia_2021 Ministerial Meeting — Mr. Lauri Suu
Head of Housing Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia

Report of the session

16838 _ ECE/HBP/208 - Report of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management on its eighty-second session _ 362736 _ English _ 773 _ 342699 _ pdf

16838 _ ECE/HBP/208 - Report of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management on its eighty-second session _ 362736 _ French _ 780 _ 342700 _ pdf

16838 _ ECE/HBP/208 - Report of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management on its eighty-second session _ 362736 _ Russian _ 864 _ 342701 _ pdf

Detailed programme of the UNECE Ministerial Meeting and 82nd Committee session / List of documents / other important information

15452 _ Draft detailed programme UNECE Ministerial Mtg and 82nd Committee session _ 359377 _ English _ 773 _ 337678 _ pdf

15452 _ Draft detailed programme UNECE Ministerial Mtg and 82nd Committee session _ 359377 _ Russian _ 864 _ 337679 _ pdf

15452 _ List of Committee session documents with indication of the main decisions _ 360502 _ English _ 773 _ 337228 _ pdf

15452 _ List of Committee session documents with indication of the main decisions _ 360502 _ Russian _ 864 _ 337229 _ pdf

15452 _ Practical Information HLM Ministerial Mtg and 82nd Committee session _ 359376 _ English _ 773 _ 337155 _ pdf

15452 _ Practical Information HLM Ministerial Mtg and 82nd Committee session _ 359376 _ Russian _ 864 _ 336611 _ pdf

15452 _ Recommendations for Zoom Meetings Attendees _ 359664 _ English _ 773 _ 335099 _ pdf

15452 _ Recommendations for Zoom Meetings Attendees _ 359664 _ Russian _ 864 _ 335248 _ pdf

Official documents

15163 _ ECE/HBP/207 - Annotated provisional agenda for the eighty-second session _ 359033 _ English _ 773 _ 333276 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/207 - Annotated provisional agenda for the eighty-second session _ 359033 _ French _ 780 _ 333277 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/207 - Annotated provisional agenda for the eighty-second session _ 359033 _ Russian _ 864 _ 333278 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/1 - Executive Summary, Key Conclusions and Recommendations of the report "#Housing2030: Effective policies for affordable housing in the UNECE region" _ 359141 _ English _ 773 _ 333559 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/2 - Place and Life in the ECE – A Regional Action Plan 2030: Tackling challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate and housing emergencies in region, city, neighbourhood and homes _ 359142 _ English _ 773 _ 333562 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/3 - COVID-19 Recovery Action Plan for Informal Settlements in the ECE Region _ 359143 _ English _ 773 _ 333565 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/3 - COVID-19 Recovery Action Plan for Informal Settlements in the ECE Region _ 359143 _ French _ 780 _ 333566 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/3 - COVID-19 Recovery Action Plan for Informal Settlements in the ECE Region _ 359143 _ Russian _ 864 _ 333567 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/4 - Draft Guidelines for the Development of Voluntary Local Reviews in the ECE Region _ 359198 _ English _ 773 _ 333741 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/4 - Draft Guidelines for the Development of Voluntary Local Reviews in the ECE Region _ 359198 _ French _ 780 _ 333742 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/4 - Draft Guidelines for the Development of Voluntary Local Reviews in the ECE Region _ 359198 _ Russian _ 864 _ 333743 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/5 - Activities of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management _ 359034 _ English _ 773 _ 333279 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/5 - Activities of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management _ 359034 _ French _ 780 _ 333280 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/5 - Activities of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management _ 359034 _ Russian _ 864 _ 333281 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/6 - United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) Terms of Reference _ 359035 _ English _ 773 _ 333282 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/6 - United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) Terms of Reference _ 359035 _ French _ 780 _ 333283 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/6 - United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) Terms of Reference _ 359035 _ Russian _ 864 _ 333284 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/7 - Terms of Reference for the Joint Task Force on Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings for 2022-2023 _ 359144 _ English _ 773 _ 333568 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/7 - Terms of Reference for the Joint Task Force on Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings for 2022-2023 _ 359144 _ French _ 780 _ 333569 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/7 - Terms of Reference for the Joint Task Force on Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings for 2022-2023 _ 359144 _ Russian _ 864 _ 333570 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/8 - Draft programme of work of the Working Party on Land Administration for 2022-2023 _ 359145 _ English _ 773 _ 333571 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/8 - Draft programme of work of the Working Party on Land Administration for 2022-2023 _ 359145 _ French _ 780 _ 333572 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/8 - Draft programme of work of the Working Party on Land Administration for 2022-2023 _ 359145 _ Russian _ 864 _ 333573 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/9 - Draft programme of work of the housing and land management component of Housing, Land Management and Population subprogramme for 2022 _ 359189 _ English _ 773 _ 333718 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/9 - Draft programme of work of the housing and land management component of Housing, Land Management and Population subprogramme for 2022 _ 359189 _ French _ 780 _ 333719 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/9 - Draft programme of work of the housing and land management component of Housing, Land Management and Population subprogramme for 2022 _ 359189 _ Russian _ 864 _ 333720 _ pdf

15163 _ ECE/HBP/2021/10 - Planning of official publications and promotional materials for 2023 of the housing and land management component of the Housing, Land Management and Population subprogramme _ 359146 _ English _ 773 _ 333574 _ pdf

Information documents

15164 _ ECE/HBP/2021/Inf. 1 - #Housing2030: Effective policies for affordable housing in the UNECE Region _ 359806 _ English _ 773 _ 335416 _ pdf

15164 _ ECE/HBP/2021/Inf. 2 - Place and Life in the ECE - A Regional Action Plan 2030 Sketches by Norman Foster _ 360506 _ English _ 773 _ 337350 _ pdf

15164 _ ECE/HBP/2021/Inf.3 - Outcomes of the 2020-2021 survey of UNECE member States “Improving Housing Affordability in the UNECE region” _ 359204 _ English _ 773 _ 333754 _ pdf

15164 _ ECE/HBP/2021/Inf.4 - COVID-19 Recovery Action Plan for Informal Settlements in the ECE Region _ 359147 _ English _ 773 _ 334015 _ pdf

15164 _ ECE/HBP/2021/Inf.5 - Regional Policy Brief on Building Urban Economic Resilience during and after COVID-19 in the UNECE Region _ 359196 _ English _ 773 _ 345290 _ pdf

15164 _ ECE/HBP/2021/Inf.6 - Smart Sustainable Cities Profile: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan _ 359159 _ English _ 773 _ 333604 _ pdf

15164 _ ECE/HBP/2021/Inf.7 - Smart Sustainable Cities Profile: Grodno, Belarus _ 359160 _ English _ 773 _ 333605 _ pdf

15164 _ ECE/HBP/2021/Inf. 8 - Compendium of Practices on Innovative Financing _ 360471 _ English _ 773 _ 337170 _ pdf

15164 _ ECE/HBP/2021/Inf. 9 - Sharing Economy and its effects on the housing market _ 360528 _ English _ 773 _ 337455 _ pdf

15164 _ ECE/HBP/2021/Inf.10 - Scenario Study on Future Land Administration in the UNECE region _ 359148 _ English _ 773 _ 333578 _ pdf

15164 _ ECE/HBP/2021/Inf.11 - Outline of key components of the programme of work of the housing and land management component of Housing, Land Management and Population subprogramme for 2023 _ 359149 _ English _ 773 _ 333579 _ pdf

Opening of the Ministerial Meeting - welcome speeches

19415 _ Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office of Geneva _ 361367 _ English _ 773 _ 339802 _ pdf

19415 _ Olga Algayerova, UNECE Executive Secretary _ 361368 _ English _ 773 _ 339803 _ pdf

19415 _ Rajagopal Balakrishnan, Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing _ 361369 _ English _ 773 _ 339804 _ pdf

Presentations - #Housing2030 study and the Place and Life in the ECE - Regional Action Plan 2030

Architect Norman Foster on the sketches to the “Place and Life in the ECE – A Regional Action Plan 2030”

19419 _ Launch of the #Housing2030 Final Report and Website - by Bent Madsen, Elena Szolgayova, David Orr and Julie Lawson _ 361319 _ English _ 773 _ 339817 _ pdf

Architect Norman Foster on the sketches to the “Place and Life in the ECE – A Regional Action Plan 2030”

19419 _ Place and Life in the ECE - Regional Action Plan 2030 - by Brian Evans, Professor of Urbanism and Landscape and Head of Urbanism, Mackintosh School of Architecture, The Glasgow School of Art _ 361379 _ English _ 773 _ 339815 _ pdf

Presentations and Statements of Ministers and heads of delegations

15165 _ Belarus - Alena Rakava, Advisor, Ministry of Architecture and Construction _ 361357 _ Russian _ 864 _ 339781 _ pdf

15165 _ Belgium - Rudi Vervoort Minister-President, Brussels-Capital Region _ 361363 _ French _ 780 _ 339790 _ pdf

15165 _ Bosnia and Herzegovina - H.E. Mr. Josip Martić, Minister of Physical Planning _ 361342 _ English _ 773 _ 339763 _ pdf

15165 _ Bulgaria - Violeta Komitova, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works _ 361359 _ English _ 773 _ 339784 _ pdf

15165 _ Croatia - Sanja Bošnjak, State Secretary, Minister of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets _ 361343 _ English _ 773 _ 339765 _ pdf

15165 _ Czechia - Daniela Grabmüllerová, Deputy Minister of Regional Development _ 361338 _ English _ 773 _ 339759 _ pdf

15165 _ Denmark - Mikkel Sune Smith, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Interior and Housing _ 361339 _ English _ 773 _ 339760 _ pdf

15165 _ Finland - Terhi Lehtonen, State Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change _ 361344 _ English _ 773 _ 339766 _ pdf

15165 _ Georgia - Alexander Khvtisiashvili Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs _ 361360 _ English _ 773 _ 339786 _ pdf

15165 _ Germany - Tilman Buchholz, Deputy Head, Federal Ministry Interior, Building and Community _ 361341 _ English _ 773 _ 339762 _ pdf

15165 _ Hungary - Zsolt Füleky, Deputy State Secretary, Prime Minister's Office _ 361346 _ English _ 773 _ 339768 _ pdf

15165 _ Kyrgyzstan - Ruslan Tatikov, Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance _ 361377 _ Russian _ 864 _ 339813 _ pdf

15165 _ Montenegro - Radmila Lainovic, Director, Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism _ 361340 _ English _ 773 _ 339761 _ pdf

15165 _ Norway - Heidi Karin Nakken State Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation _ 361347 _ English _ 773 _ 339769 _ pdf

15165 _ Poland - Zuzanna Lulińska, Chief Specialist, Housing, Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology _ 361349 _ English _ 773 _ 339771 _ pdf

15165 _ Portugal - Marina Gonçalves, State Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing _ 361352 _ English _ 773 _ 339776 _ pdf

15165 _ Romania - Marin Țole State Secretary, Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration _ 361361 _ English _ 773 _ 339787 _ pdf

15165 _ Slovak Republic - Katarína Bruncková, State Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Construction _ 361364 _ English _ 773 _ 339791 _ pdf

15165 _ Switzerland - Martin Tschirren, State Secretary, Federal Office for Housing _ 361353 _ French _ 780 _ 339777 _ pdf

Presentations - 82nd Committee Session

19429 _ Agenda item 4 - Matters arising since the last Committee session - Gulnara Roll, UNECE _ 361387 _ English _ 773 _ 339829 _ pdf

19429 _ Agenda item 5 - Towards Sustainable Smart City and post COVID-19 recovery - Amie Figueiredo, UNECE _ 361393 _ English _ 773 _ 339849 _ pdf

19429 _ UNDA COVID-19 RAPID RESPONSE PROJECT: Building Urban Economic Resilience during and after COVID-19 - Juan Valle Robles, UNECE _ 361394 _ English _ 773 _ 339850 _ pdf

19429 _ Agenda item 6 - Draft Guidelines for the Development of Voluntary Local Reviews in the ECE Region - Juan Valle Robles, UNECE _ 361395 _ English _ 773 _ 339851 _ pdf

19429 _ Agenda item 7a - Update on activities under the UNDA 12th tranche project on smart sustainable cities with innovative financing - Tommaso Bassetti, UNECE _ 361397 _ English _ 773 _ 339853 _ pdf

19429 _ Agenda item 7a - Outcomes of the Virtual Clinics for the city of Bishkek - Neil Chadder, CDIA _ 361398 _ English _ 773 _ 339854 _ pdf

19429 _ Agenda item 7b - Preparations for the Second Forum of Mayors - Martin Zbinden, Minister, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the WTO and EFTA; Chair of the Steering Committee for the 2022 UN Forum of Mayors _ 361399 _ English _ 773 _ 339856 _ pdf

19429 _ Agenda item 7c - Carbon-neutral and energy-efficient housing - Vahram Jalalyan, Joint Task Force on Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings _ 361382 _ English _ 773 _ 339821 _ pdf

19429 _ Agenda item 7c - Enhancing National Capacities to Develop and Implement Energy Efficiency Standards for Buildings in the UNECE Region - Oleg Dzioubinski, Sustainable Energy Division, UNECE _ 361383 _ English _ 773 _ 339822 _ pdf

19429 _ Agenda item 7c - Carbon-neutral and energy-efficient housing: activities of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management - Gulnara Roll, UNECE _ 361384 _ English _ 773 _ 339823 _ pdf

19429 _ Agenda item 7c - A broad toolkit to achieve affordable carbon-neutral and energy-efficient housing - Holger Wallbaum, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden _ 361385 _ English _ 773 _ 339824 _ pdf

19429 _ Agenda item 7c - Geneva UN Charter Centre of Excellence, Trondheim - Silja Ronningsen, Centre for Sustainable Development, Trondheim Kommune _ 361386 _ English _ 773 _ 339825 _ pdf

19429 _ Agenda item 7d - Geneva UN Charter Centres of Excellence Network - Kristian Mjoen, the Norwegian Centre of Excellence on SDG City Transition and Alexandre Babak Hedjazi, University of Geneva and Coordinator, Geneva UN Charter Centre in Geneva _ 361400 _ English _ 773 _ 339858 _ pdf

19429 _ Agenda item 7e - Activities of the Real Estate Market Advisory Group - Paloma Taltavull, Chair, Real Estate Market Advisory Group _ 361402 _ English _ 773 _ 339860 _ pdf

19429 _ Agenda itemj 7e - International Fire Safety Standards Coalition - Gary Strong, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS); International Fire Safety Standards Coalition _ 361401 _ English _ 773 _ 339859 _ pdf

19429 _ Agenda item 7f - WPLA: Report on the implementation of PoW 2020-2021 and PoW 2022-2023 - Fredrik Zetterquist, University of Gävle, Sweden; and Chair of the UNECE Working Party on Land Administration _ 361403 _ English _ 773 _ 339861 _ pdf

UNECE Ministerial Meeting on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management and the 82nd session of the Committee on Housing, Urban Development and Land Management

UNECE Ministerial Meeting on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management and the 82nd session of the Committee on Housing, Urban Development and Land Management

URL: https://unece.org/housing/cudhlm-session82

Ministers participating

Report of the session

Detailed programme of the UNECE Ministerial Meeting and 82nd Committee session / List of documents / other important information

Official documents

Information documents

Opening of the Ministerial Meeting - welcome speeches

Presentations - #Housing2030 study and the Place and Life in the ECE - Regional Action Plan 2030

Presentations and Statements of Ministers and heads of delegations

Presentations - 82nd Committee Session

Ministerial Meeting video (click on the image to play)