PROGRAMME OF THE WORKSHOP

Friday, 6^th October, 2000

Morning Session: Contemporary situation and trends in social housing sector in the European Union.

Welcome address by the director of the Housing Policy Department of the Ministry for Regional Development of Czech Republic (Ing. Daniela Grabmüllerová).

Introductory address by the director of the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic (Dr. Michal Illner).

Purpose and objectives of the Workshop (Ing. Mgr. Martin Lux).

The presentation of Prof. Hugo Priemus, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands - abstract.

The presentation of Dr. Kenneth Gibb, Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom - abstract.

Afternoon Session 1: The reality and prospects of social housing in the Central Europe

The presentation of Mr. Martin Lux, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic - abstract.

The presentations of Mr. Iván Tosics, Mr. Jozef Hegedüs, and Ms. Eva Geröhazi, Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary - abstract.

Saturday, 7^th October, 2000

Morning Session: The reality and prospects of social housing in the Central Europe

The presentation of Mr. Zdislaw Slabkowicz, Forum of Social Housing Associations, Warszawa - abstract
and
Ms. Alina Muziol-Weclawowicz, National Bank of Poland, Warszawa, Poland - abstract.

The presentations of Ms. Jaroslava Zapletalová, Institute of Housing, Bratislava - abstract
and
Ms. Elena Szolgayová, Ministry of Construction and Regional Development of Slovak Republic, Bratislava, Slovakia.

The presentations were dealing with:

Development of social housing sector in the EU countries during the last decades, ways of financing and subsidising, legal measures, evaluation of economic and "social" efficiency, trends and problems of social housing operation.
Variety of social housing forms in the EU countries with emphasis on France, Netherlands and Great Britain.
The influence of European Monetary Union on social housing finance.
The risks of social housing: financial demands, social exclusion, lower accessibility.
Social aspects of housing and new social housing legislation in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

The Workshop was organized in co-operation with:

Ministry for Regional Development,
Hungarian Cultural Institute,
Slovakian Institute,
Polish Cultural Institute.