European High-level Roundtable on Housing 2019 | Housing Europe | 7 June 2019 | TBA, Lyon

Housing affordability is currently one of the most complex policy challenges our societies in Europe are faced with. Although housing is without any doubt at the top of the political agenda, different levels of policy-making are struggling to identify and implement solutions to this challenge. This is particularly the case for major cities where the mismatch between supply and demand is most extreme. Building on the efforts of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe which endorsed in 2015 the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing; Action Plan of the Housing Partnership under the Urban Agenda for the European Union, State of Housing Report, Housing Europe and CoR own-initiative report ‘Towards a European Agenda on Housing’ .This high-level roundtable will bring together senior officials responsible for housing and urban affairs, representatives of local authorities and housing providers, experts and representatives of international organisations to discuss and exchange experiences on how to move forward in bridging the gap in affordable housing.

2019 Speakers

Cédric Van Styvendael
President, Housing Europe, General Manager of Est Metropole Habitat, Villeurbanne Region, France

David Kimelfeld
President of Lyon Metropole

Elena Szolgayova
Chair of UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management, UNECE; and Director General, Ministry of Transport and Construction, Slovak Republic

Hicham Imane
Member of the European Committee of the Regions

Christophe Lalande
Leader, Housing Unit - Housing and Slum Upgrading Branch, UN-Habitat

Ms. Beatriz Corredor Sierra
Member of the Parliament and Former Minister of Housing, Spain

Ales Prijon
State Secretary Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenia

Maja-Marija Nahod
Assistant Minister, Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning of Croatia

Jens Schumacher
Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU, Germany

Reinhard Six
Senior Engineer Energy Efficiency Division, European Investment Bank

Mårten Lilja
Vice-Chairman, Rijkbyggen, Swedish Housing Cooperatives

Marnix Norder
Chairman, Aedes - Dutch Social Housing Federation

Andres Jaadla
Chairman, EKYL - Estonian Association of Housing Coopertives

Sven Bergenstråhle
President, International Union of Tenants

Bent Madsen
Chairperson, BL - Danish Social Housing Federation

Javier Martin
Secretary General Director for Architecture, Housing and Urban Policy, Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Housing, Spain

Daniela Grabmüllerová
Director, International Relations Department, Ministry of Regional Development, Czech Republic

Doris Andoni
Director of Housing, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Albania

Willem Adema
Labour and Social Affairs, OECD

Tony Mulhall
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, UK

Jaana Närö
Chairperson, KOVA - Finnish Social Housing Federation

Bjorn Mallants
Chairperson, VVH - Flemish association of social housing companies

Edoardo Reviglio
Chief Economist of CDP,Cassa Depositi e PrestitiRepresentatives of national, regional and local governments

Elena Szolgayova
Chair of UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management, UNECE

Sorcha Edwards
Housing Europe, Secretary General: presentation of Housing Europe’s Affordability Review

Michaela Kauer
City of Vienna, Co-Coordinator of the EU Urban Agenda Housing Partnership and Member of EUROCITIES Executive Committee

Kerstin Jorna
Deputy Director General, DG ECFIN