Venue: Conference Room XXV, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Languages: English, French and Russian
The 79th session of the Committee on Housing and Land Management will take place from 4 to 5 October 2018 in Geneva.
79th session of the Committee on Housing and Land Management
79th session of the Committee on Housing and Land Management
04 - 05 October 2018
Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland
Documentation
| Official documents | ENG | FRE | RUS |
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| Report of the seventy-ninth session ECE/HBP/194 |
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| Annotated provisional agenda for the seventy-ninth session ECE/HBP/193/Rev.1 |
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| Activities of the Committee on Housing and Land Management since the 78th session and its future activities for 2019-2020 ECE/HBP/2018/1 |
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| Information on the development of the guidance document of the activities of the Committee on Housing and Land Management with the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, the New Urban Agenda, the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing and other agreements ECE/HBP/2018/2 |
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| Capacity building on affordable and decent housing ECE/HBP/2018/3 |
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| Draft Executive Summary on the publication "Country Profile on Housing and Land Management - Belarus" ECE/HBP/2018/4 |
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| Proposals for changing the name of the Committee and updating its area of work ECE/HBP/2018/L.1 |
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| Draft Terms of Reference of the Real Estate Market Advisory Group for 2019-2020 ECE/HBP/2018/L.2 |
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| Draft Programme of Work of the Real Estate Market Advisory Group for 2019-2020 ECE/HBP/2018/L.3 |
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| Information documents | |||
| Document 1 - Draft Guidance for the alignment of the activities of the Committee on Housing and Land Management with the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, the New Urban Agenda, the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing and other agreements (ECE/HBP/2018/Inf.1) | |||
| Document 2 - Progress report on the elaboration of "Guidelines for evidence-based policies for urban development with focus on housing" (ECE/HBP/2018/Inf.2) | |||
| Document 3 - Guidelines on the Management and Ownership of Condominium Housing (ECE/HBP/2018/Inf.3) | |||
| Document 4 - Mapping on Existing Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings in the UNECE Region (ECE/HBP/2018/Inf.4) - draft for consideration of the Committee | |||
| Document 5 - Information on launch of the International Fire safety Standards Coalition (ECE/HBP/2018/Inf. 5) | |||
| Document 6 - Update of the Policy Framework on Sustainable Housing (ECE/HBP/2018/Inf.6) | |||
| Document 7 - Guidelines on strategies for circular cities (ECE/HBP/2018/Inf.7) | |||
| Document 8 - Guidelines for the Development of a Smart Sustainable City Action Plan (ECE/HBP/2018/Inf.8) | |||
| Document 10 - Smart Sustainable City Profile of Voznesensk, Ukraine (ECE/HBP/2018/Inf.10) | |||
| Document 11 - Pilot project exploring the opportunities of applying people first public private partnership model to solve urban infrastructure issues and regenerate the low-income residential district “Zhastar” in Astana, Kazakhstan (ECE/HBP/2018/Inf.11) | |||
| Document 12 - Draft technical guidelines on Informal Development: formalization of informal constructions in the ECE Region (ECE/HBP/2018/Inf.12) | |||
| Document 13 - Study on Land Consolidation: Preliminary results (ECE/HBP/2018/Inf.13) | |||
| Document 15 - Reform of the United Nations Budget planning and budgeting process (ECE/HBP/2018/Inf.15) | |||
| Document 16 - Vienna Conference: promoting access to adequate, affordable and decent housing for all through the implementation of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, the New Urban Agenda and Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing (ECE/HBP/2018/Inf.16) | |||
Presentations, plenary sessions
Plenary, 4 October 2018
| Title and presenter | ENG | FRE | RUS |
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| Keynote speech Kevin McCloud, Grand Designs |
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| Draft guidance document for the alignment of the activities with global and regional agreements Pedro Neves, Global Solutions |
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| Guidelines to evidence-based policies for sustainable housing and urban development Agata Krause, UN-Habitat/UNECE |
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| Guidelines on the Management and Ownership of Condominium Housing Kat Grimsley, George Mason University |
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| Summary of the activities on smart sustainable cities Domenica Carriero, UNECE |
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| Challenges and opportunities to promoting sustainable urban development Susanne Bauer, Policy Advisor, City of Vienna |
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| Report on the implementation of the WPLA programme of work 2018-2019 Fredrik Zetterquist, Chair, UNECE WPLA |
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| Draft Technical Guidelines on Informal Development in the ECE region Rik Wouters, Vice-Chair, UNECE WPLA |
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| Country Profiles on Housing and Land Management: Republic of Belarus - key recommendations Irina Gentsler, Institute of Urban Economics, Russian Federation |
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| Country Profiles on Housing and Land Management: Republic of Belarus - key recommendations Rik Wouters, the Netherlands |
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| Country Profiles on Housing and Land Management: Republic of Belarus Alena Rakava, Ministry of Architecture and Construction of the Republic of Belarus |
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Plenary, 5 October 2018
| Title and presenter | ENG | FRE | RUS |
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| Summary of work on Cities and Urbanization Alice Charles, World Economic Forum |
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| Planning of work to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the New Urban Agenda and other relevant agreements in the UNECE region Lise Heinesen, Danish Transport, Construction and Housing Authority |
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| Planning of work to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the New Urban Agenda and other relevant agreements in the UNECE region Fredrik Zetterquist, Ordnance Survey, Sweden |
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| Reporting back from roundtable on measuring progress towards smart sustainable cities Daniela Grabmüllerová, Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic |
Presentations, roundtables
Roundtable: Providing access to decent, affordable adequate and healthy housing for all
| Title and presenter | ENG | FRE | RUS |
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| Housing affordability in cities Abel Schumann, OECD |
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| Housing First: A Case Study - Delivering the Right to Housing for Homeless People Ruth Owen, FEANTSA |
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| A 15-year Housing Policy Instrument: The Territorial Housing Plan of Catalonia Jordi Bosch and Josep Casas, Government of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain |
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| London Community Land Trust - Case Study Dave Smith, National Housing Federation, United Kingdom |
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Roundtable: Promoting energy efficiency and climate neutral cities
| Title and presenter | ENG | FRE | RUS |
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| Developing a Sustainable Financing Mechanism for Energy Efficiency Investment in Multi-apartment Buildings Andrew Popelka, USAID |
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| Ukraine: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Konstiantyn Gura, State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine |
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| The Latvian City of Jelgavia - a city in a transition country: what has been achieved, what remains to be done Knut Höller, Housing Initiative for Eastern Europe (IWO) |
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| Passive House: A Smart City Solution - Case Study Innsbruck, Austria Giorgia Tzar, Passive House Institute |
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| Passive House: A Smart City Solution - Case Study Vancouver, Canada Rob Bernhardt, Passive House Canada |
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Roundtable: Measuring progress towards smart sustainable cities
| Title and presenter | ENG | FRE | RUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21st Century Procurement in the UK - Supporting Smart Sustainable Cities and the UN Sustainable Development Goals Warren Smith, Global Digital Marketplace |
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| Implementation of the U4SSC KPIs on smart and sustainable cities: the case of Pully Alexandre Bosshard, Department for Industrial Services and Technical Office, City of Pully, Switzerland |
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| Gijon (ES) Project and Use Case Daniel Michel, Deutsche Telekom |
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| A Hollistic Assessment of Infrastructure and Urban Development: A Case Study of IFC Engagement in Izmir, Turkey Enrique Lora, IFC |
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Roundtable: Integrated urban planning and development for resilient cities
| Title and presenter | ENG | FRE | RUS |
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| National support for sustainable urban mobility planning Aljaz Plevnik, Urban Planning Institute, Slovenia |
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| Défis pour l’aménagement du territoire et la planification des transports en Suisse Aurelio Vigani, Federal Office of Spatial Development, Switzerland |
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| The role of public space in planning and development: some new approaches Kyle Farrell and Tigran Hass, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
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| THE PEP - Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme Roel Janssens, UNECE |
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| Renovation of the Housing Stock in the Russian Federation Galina Khovanskaya, State Duma of the Deral Assembly of the Russian Federation |