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76th session of the Committee on Housing and Land Management

76th session of the Committee on Housing and Land Management

14 - 15 December 2015
Geneva Switzerland

Conference Room XII, Palais des Nations

The 76th session of the Committee on Housing and Land Management brought together high-level representatives of governments and stakeholders from the UNECE region and observers and discussed the implementation of the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing, the Committee's Strategy for Sustainable Housing and Land Management in the ECE region 2014-2020 and the preparations to the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development - HABITAT III, which took place on 17-21 October 2016 in Quito, Ecuador. The Committee was also expected to endorse Smart Sustainable City Indicators.

Draft detailed programme     ENG     RUS

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Official documents

Document ENG FRE RUS
Report of the session
ECE/HBP/184
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Provisional Agenda
ECE/HBP/183

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Recommendations of the Bureau on the current and future work of the Committee
ECE/HBP/2015/1
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Conclusions and recommendations of the UNECE Expert Consultation on Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings
ECE/HBP/2015/2
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Draft Programme of Work of the Real Estate Market Advisory Group
ECE/HBP/2015/3
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The UNECE-ITU Smart Sustainable Cities Indicators
ECE/HBP/2015/4
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Draft programme of work of the Working Party on Land Administration for 2016-2017
ECE/HBP/2015/5
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Draft revised guidelines for the preparation of ECE country profiles on housing and land management
ECE/HBP/2015/6

Corrigendum - ECE/HBP/2015/6/Corr.1

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Draft programme of work of the Housing and Land Management Component of Housing, Land Management and Population Subprogramme for 2016-2017
ECE/HBP/2015/7
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Draft Strategic Framework 2018-2019 Housing and Land Management Component of the Subprogramme 08: Housing, Land Management and Population
ECE/HBP/2015/8
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Informal documents

Document ENG RUS
Informal note 1 - Recommendations for implementation of the Charter PDF  
Informal note 2 - Leaflet: European Habitat PDF  
Informal note 3 - HABITAT III Regional Report on Housing and Urban Development
     for the UNECE Region
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     Key messages of the HABITAT III Regional Report for the UNECE Region PDF PDF
     Short National Reports on Housing and Urban Development PDF  
Informal note 4 - Prague Declaration PDF PDF

Informal note 5 - Report "Building Standards and Building Regulations in the UNECE Region"

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     Draft ToR of the Joint Task Force on Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings of the UNECE Region PDF  
Informal note 6 - Summary of activities on smart cities PDF  
Informal note 7 - Inputs to a possible thematic guide on informal settlements in the UNECE region PDF  
Informal note 8 - Draft Country Profile on Housing and Land Management of Uzbekistan PDF

 

Presentations - day 1

Title ENG FRE RUS

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Implementation and Follow-up
Michael Kunz, UNECE Office of the Executive Secretary

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Progress with SDG Indicators
Tiina Luige, UNECE Statistical Division
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HABITAT III - Towards a New Urban Agenda
Roi Chiti, HABITAT III Secretariat
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European Habitat
Daniela Grabmullerova, Ministry of Regional Development, Czech Republic
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Preparations to the HABITAT III at the UNECE
Marco Keiner, UNECE Forests, Land and Housing Division
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HABITAT III Regional Report on Housing and Urban Development for the UNECE Region
Brian Evans, Mackintosh School of Architecture, The Glasgow School of Art, UK
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Implementation of the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing
Gulnara Roll, UNECE Housing and Land Management Unit
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Challenges and progress made by Albania in the areas of sustainable housing, urban development and land management
Eglantina Gjermeni, Ministry of Urban Development, Republic of Albania 
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Sustainable Housing in the Republic of Macedonia
Nurhan Izairi, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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Spatial Planning - an integrated approach
Michael Falzon, Parliamentary Secretary for Planning and Simplification of Administrative Processes, Malta
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Implementation of the Geneva UN Charter in Switzerland
Ernst Hauri, Federal Office for Housing, Switzerland
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Implementation of Renovation Programme of Buildings by Increasing Energy Efficiency in Lithuania
Daiva Matonienė, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Lithuania
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Best practices of Public-Private partnership is a key to the new housing and utilities sector
Andrey Chibis, Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities, Russian Federation
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Implementation of the Geneva UN Charter
Carlo Maria Medaglia, Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea, Italy
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Implementation of the Geneva UN Charter
Alena Rakava, Ministry of Architecture and Construction, Belarus
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Social Housing in the UNECE region: Trends and Challenges
Orna Rosenfeld, Sciences Po, L'Institut d'études politiques (IEP) de Paris, France
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Financial aspects of Danish social housing
Lise Nielsen, Ministry of Immigration, Integration and Housing, Norway
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Overcoming challenges in access to affordable and social housing
Marc Calon, Housing Europe, the Netherlands
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Why affordable housing is important
Magnus Hammar, International Union of Tenants, Sweden
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Formation of affordable rental housing and the development of non-profit housing in the Russian Federation
Galina Khovanskaya, State Duma of the Russian Federation
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Social housing
Marc Uhry, Abbe Pierre Foundation, France
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For smarter sustainable housing and human settlements
Reiner Lux, HypZert, Germany
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The problem of housing provision and sustainable urban development in Kyrgyzstan
Tolobai Keneshov, State Agency on Architecture and Construction, Kyrgyzstan
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Activities on the standards for energy efficiency in buildings
Gulnara Roll, UNECE Housing and Land Management Unit
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Committee on Sustainable Energy: Energy efficiency activities in 2016-2017
Stefanie Held, UNECE Energy Division
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Energy efficiency in ISO: the  buildings example
Anna Caterina Rossi, ISO
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Promoting sustainable building materials and the implications on the use of wood in buildings
Christoph Dürr, UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry
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Energy efficiency in housing in Quebec
David Guilbert, Quebec Wood Export Bureau
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Presentations - day 2

Title ENG FRE RUS
Agenda item: United Smart Cities

United Smart Cities: Towards smarter and more sustainable cities
Domenica Carriero, UNECE secretariat

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Key Performance Indicators for smart sustainable cities
Gundula Prokop, Environment Agency, Austria
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Joined Smart Laboratories for Smart Cities
Artem Sedov, Laboratory "Smart City", Russian Federation
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For smarter sustainable cities and human settlements: a perspective from Italy
Andrea Gumina, Ministry of Economic Development, Italy
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Goris Smart City - trends in development
Nune Harutyunyan, Ministry of Urban Development, Armenia
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Baltic Sea Region Urban Forum for Smart Cities
Krista Kampus, The Council of the Baltic Sea States, Sweden
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Agenda item: Land administration and management
Activities of the UNECE Working Party on Land Administration since the 75th session of the Committee
Elshad Khanalibayli, UNECE WPLA Chair
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UNECE WPLA Programme of Work 2016-2017
Amie Figueiredo, UNECE WPLA Secretary
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Land Registry and Cadastre: one or two agencies?
Rik Wouters, EULIS; Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency, the Netherlands
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Marine Cadastre: a support to the Blue Economy
Rik Wouters, EULIS; Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency, the Netherlands
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Survey on Land Administration Systems
James O'Boyle, Property Registration Authority, Ireland
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Fit for Purpose Formalization of Informal Settlements
Chryssy Potsiou, International Federation of Surveyors
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ELRA: current projects and future plans
ELRA
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IPRA-CINDER: International Property Registries Association
IPRA-CINDER
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CLGE: The Council of European Geodetic Surveyors
Maurice Barbieri, CLGE President
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Agenda item: Country Profiles on Housing and Land Management
UNECE Country Profiles on Housing and Land Management
Cecilia Batac, UNECE secretariat
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UNECE Country Profile on Housing and Land Management of the Republic of Moldova: recommendations and next steps
Elena Bejenaru, Ministry of Regional Development and Construction, Republic of Moldova
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Towards sustainable development: regional examples in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Turlybek Mussabayev, State Urban Planning Cadastre, Kazakhstan
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Real Estate Market Advisory Group (REM)
REM planning 2016-2017
Giampiero Bambagioni, REM Chair
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Overview of the financial support to the work of the Committee on Housing and Land Management
Marco Keiner, UNECE secretariat
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UNDP Ukraine - UNECE current and future cooperation
Oksana Remiga, UNDP Ukraine
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