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Category: Europe

Kosovo's Architecture Foundation

[Organization] - Posted by: Bekim Ramku - Tue 21 May, 2013
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The Kosovo's Architecture Foundation is ment to serve as an exchange platform for local and international architects and urban planners; a platform for raising the public awareness on pressing issues of sustainable urban development, social equality and inclusion, the importance of the profession of architecture and urban planning and the way they could chance the society they live in for good. 

Organization Profile
Mission statement: 
Working for a better Urban future...
Established: 
Mon 3 Dec, 2012
Products: 

*PAUS Publishing

*Prishtina Architecture Week

Services: 

*Surveys

*Studies

*Publications

 

Preferred Languages: 
English
Contact Details
Street Address: 
St.Hakif Zejnullahu, S11 #1/4 Ulpiana
Town / City: 
Pristina
Country: 
Kosovo
Email address: 
info@prishtinaarchitectureweek.com
Website: 
Prishtina Architecture Week
Telephone: 
+377(0)44124371
Tags
Themes: 
Housing and Construction,
Partnerships,
Social Inclusion and Community Development,
Urban Development and Management,
Urban Infrastructure and Services,
Urban Planning
Relevant Partner Type: 
Academic/Training,
Civil Society,
Local Government/Authority,
Private Sector,
Professional Association/Organization
Town / City: 
Pristina
Country: 
Kosovo
Continent: 
Europe
Developing Region: 
Europe and Central Asia
Country Group: 
Least Developed Countries
Networks: 
Global Housing Strategy to the Year 2025,
Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net),
World Urban Forum

Infrastructural Voids in Congested Cities

[Document] - Posted by: Joaquin Mosquera - Mon 6 May, 2013 - Author(s): Joaquin Mosquera
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Infrastructural Voids are empty spaces inside city congestion that have the peculiarity of having enough scale and proximity with dense city to be extremely relevant and, at the same time, that are completely underused as places of chaos, disorder and general infrastructures.

They are the symbols of present congestion, precisely because they are some of the only existing remaining free spaces in high-dense cities.

They are a consequence of fast-urbanization processes, and their relevance could be enormous if well understood and managed, mainly by public institutions.

Link: 
Infrastructural Voids in Congested Cities
Details
Published year: 
2012
Author: 
Joaquin Mosquera
Document Type: 
Research Item
Source Language: 
English
Tags
Themes: 
Environment and Climate Change,
Housing and Construction,
Human Settlements in Crisis,
Information and Knowledge Management,
Land Management,
Urban Development and Management,
Urban Infrastructure and Services,
Urban Planning
Relevant Partner Type: 
Civil Society,
Local Government/Authority,
Parliament/Policymaking Body,
Private Sector
Town / City: 
New York, USA,
Mumbai,
Lima
Location (Country): 
Spain
Continent: 
Europe
Country Group: 
European Union
Networks: 
Human Settlements in Crisis,
Global Energy Network for Urban Settlements (GENUS),
Global Housing Strategy to the Year 2025,
World Urban Forum

FUPOL Consortium

[Organization] - Posted by: Peter SONNTAGBAUER - Mon 29 Apr, 2013
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FUPOL is an EU-funded research program (2011 - 2015) with 9 Mio budget. It is focused on urban policy domains such as land-use, housing, segregation, urban infrastructure and sutainable development. Its main research focus are new technologies and methods for e-governance, e-participation and policy modeling. 

Organization Profile
Mission statement: 
POLITICS 2 STEPS AHEAD
Established: 
Sat 1 Oct, 2011
Products: 

ICT solutions to support e-participation, e-governance and policy modelling. 

Preferred Languages: 
English
Contact Details
Street Address: 
Cellent AG (FUPOL Coordinator) Lasallestr. 7b
Town / City: 
Vienna
Country: 
Austria
Email address: 
peter.sonntagbauer@cellent.at
Website: 
FUPOL
Telephone: 
+43-1-5327803-0
Mobile: 
+43-676-4284724
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Tags
Themes: 
Information and Knowledge Management,
Internet / Web Services,
Research,
Social Media,
Visual Communication,
Global Partnerships,
Multilateral Partnerships,
Regional Partnerships
Relevant Partner Type: 
Private Sector
Country: 
- Not Applicable -
Continent: 
Africa,
Asia,
Central America,
Europe,
North America,
South America
Developing Region: 
East Asia and Pacific,
Europe and Central Asia,
Latin America and the Caribbean,
Middle East and North Africa,
South Asia,
Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Group: 
European Union
Language Region: 
Chinese speaking countries,
English speaking countries,
French speaking countries
Networks: 
World Urban Forum

Future Megacities in Action Innovative Solutions for Energy- and Climate-Efficient Urbanisation

[Special Announcement] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Wed 24 Apr, 2013
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Title: Future Megacities in Action Innovative Solutions for Energy- and Climate-Efficient Urbanisation

Tags
Themes: 
Climate Change,
Urban Development and Management,
Energy
Relevant Partner Type: 
Inter-Governmental/Supranational,
Local Government/Authority,
National/State Government
Country: 
- Not Applicable -
Region: 
Europe

Blue and Green Spring in the Atlantic Arc Cities

[News] - Posted by: Cities AtlanticArc - Fri 19 Apr, 2013 - Author(s): Cities AtlanticArc
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Published date: 
19 Apr 2013
Authors
Authors: 
Cities AtlanticArc
Tags
Themes: 
Urban Development and Management
Relevant Partner Type: 
Local Government/Authority
Country: 
France,
Portugal,
Spain
Continent: 
Europe
Country Group: 
European Union

Contest: Atlantic City of the Year

[Award] - Posted by: Cities AtlanticArc - Fri 19 Apr, 2013
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Closing date: 
Sun 16 Jun, 2013
Open to: 
Cities of Atlantic Territories
Contact: 
General Secretariat generalsecretariat@atlanticcities.eu

Spring arrives and, with it, the moment has come to choose among all the Atlantic flowers.

Tags
Themes: 
Environment and Climate Change,
Social Inclusion and Community Development,
Urban Development and Management
Relevant Partner Type: 
Local Government/Authority
Country: 
- Not Applicable -
Continent: 
Africa,
Central America,
Europe,
North America

Grant Awards for the use of global health, poverty & development, education and information - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Posted by: Edna Osebe - Wed 17 Apr, 2013 - Author(s):
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF or the Gates Foundation) is the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. The foundation is "driven by the interests and passions of the Gates family." The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty globally to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology.

Details
Funding type: 
Research grants
Deadline: 
Tue 31 Dec, 2013
Organization
Organization: 
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
External Link
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/
Tags
Themes: 
Information and Knowledge Management,
Urban Development and Management,
Urban Economy,
Education Services,
Health Services
Relevant Partner Type: 
Academic/Training,
Civil Society,
National/State Government,
Private Sector,
Professional Association/Organization
Country: 
- Not Applicable -
Continent: 
Africa,
Asia,
Europe,
North America,
Oceania,
South America

OptiCits

[Organization] - Posted by: Ignasi Fontanals - Tue 16 Apr, 2013
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OptiCits, towards City Resilience

OptiCits Ingenieria Urbana S.L is a spin-off company founded in 2010 linked contractually to IQS - Ramon Llull University, working with the brand IQS, on the development of technological tools and new services to manage Urban Resilience as a new way of thinking urban systems and disturbances applied to cities.

 

Organization Profile
Mission statement: 
Urban Resilience as a new way of thinking urban systems and disturbances applied to cities
Established: 
Mon 5 Apr, 2010
Products: 

OptiCits, towards City Resilience

OptiCits Ingenieria Urbana S.L is a spin-off company founded in 2010 linked contractually to IQS - Ramon Llull University, working with the brand IQS, on the development of technological tools and new services to manage Urban Resilience as a new way of thinking urban systems and disturbances applied to cities.

 

OptiCit collaborates with cities, universities, research centers, multilateral organizations and city contractors, focused on the Urban Resilience, understood as security of supply of Basic Urban Services inspired by its equivalence to Industrial Resilience, and focused on the ability of a a city, and its network of networks, to absorb disturbances and recover after its function

Services: 

Specialties;
- Urban Resilience
- Energy Efficiency
- Technological & City Management

Services:
- System Design
- Re-engineering
- Analysis of vulnerability
- Training
- Project Management
- R&D Services

Specialties

Urban Resilience, Energy Efficiency, Technological & City Management

Preferred Languages: 
English
French
Spanish
Contact Details
Town / City: 
Barcelona
Country: 
Spain
Email address: 
ifontanals@opticits.com
Website: 
OptiCits
Tags
Themes: 
Information and Knowledge Management,
Urban Infrastructure and Services
Relevant Partner Type: 
Academic/Training,
Private Sector
Country: 
Spain
Continent: 
Europe
Developing Region: 
Europe and Central Asia
Country Group: 
European Union
Language Region: 
English speaking countries,
French speaking countries,
Spanish speaking countries
Networks: 
Human Settlements in Crisis,
Global Energy Network for Urban Settlements (GENUS),
Global Housing Strategy to the Year 2025,
Global Network on Safer Cities,
Habitat Partner University Initiative,
World Habitat Day,
Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net),
World Urban Campaign,
World Urban Forum

Housing Finance Information Network (HOFINET)

[Organization] - Posted by: Marja HoekSmit1 - Tue 9 Apr, 2013
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Housing finance is a growing concern exacerbated by a lack of information.

Organization Profile
Mission statement: 
HOFINET intends to consolidate global housing finance information and knowledge jointly with its international partners, and to make it widely accessible.
Established: 
Tue 4 Jun, 1985
Products: 

HOFINET intends to consolidate global housing finance information and knowledge jointly with its international partners, and to make it widely accessible.
 

  • A standardized set of initial housing market, housing finance and policy measures that is tested internationally & can be expanded & adjusted over time.
  • Housing finance laws and regulations for each country and pertinent research and consulting reports provided copyright laws allow posting.
  • Short assessments focusing on the unique features of country’s system.
  • A data download and analysis capability to facilitate research.
  • Up-to-date international housing sector scholarship through theme pages.
  • An ongoing forum for discussion with international experts.
Services: 

International Housing Finance Program (IHFP)

IHFP conducts training workshops on specific topics. Some examples are:
 

  • "Understanding Capital Adequacy, Income Recognition & Provisioning Norms"
  • "Alternative Variable Rate Mortgages & the Problems they Solve & Create"
  • "Different Secondary Mortgage Market Models"
  • "Financial Risk Management"
  • "Valuation of Mortgage Instruments"
  • "Privatizing Housing Finance Institutions"
  • "Housing Subsidy Policy and Design"
  • "Securitization of Mortgage Portfolios"

http://ihfp.wharton.upenn.edu/

Preferred Languages: 
English
Contact Details
Street Address: 
1462 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall 3620 Locust Walk
Town / City: 
Philadelphia, PA
Country: 
United States of America
Email address: 
hofinet@wharton.upenn.edu
Website: 
Housing Finance Information Network (HOFINET)
Telephone: 
215.898.3313
Mobile: 
215.898.9734
Tags
Themes: 
Housing and Construction,
Human Settlements in Crisis,
Information and Knowledge Management,
Land Management,
Urban Economy and Finance,
Urban Planning
Relevant Partner Type: 
Academic/Training,
Civil Society,
Inter-Governmental/Supranational,
Local Government/Authority,
National/State Government,
Parliament/Policymaking Body,
Press and Media,
Private Sector,
Professional Association/Organization
Country: 
Afghanistan,
Albania,
Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of,
Andorra,
Angola, Republic of,
Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina,
Armenia,
Aruba,
Australia,
Austria,
Azerbaijan,
Bahamas,
Bahrain,
Bangladesh,
Barbados,
Belarus,
Belgium,
Belize,
Benin, Republic of,
Bhutan,
Bolivia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Botswana, Republic of,
Brazil,
British Virgin Islands,
Brunei Darussalam,
Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso,
Burundi, Republic of,
Cambodia,
Cameroon, Republic of,
Canada,
Cape Verde, Republic of,
Central African Republic,
Chad, Republic of,
Chile,
China,
Colombia,
Comoros, Union of,
Congo, Democratic Republic of,
Congo, Republic of,
Cook Islands,
Costa Rica,
Cote d’Ivoire, Republic of,
Croatia,
Cuba,
Cyprus,
Czech Republic,
Denmark,
Djibouti,
Dominica,
Dominican Republic,
East Timor,
Ecuador,
Egypt,
El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea,
Estonia,
Ethiopia,
Fiji,
Finland,
France,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Georgia,
Germany,
Ghana,
Greece,
Grenada,
Guatemala,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Guyana,
Haiti,
Holy See, Vatican,
Honduras,
Hungary,
Iceland,
India,
Indonesia,
Iran, Islamic Republic of,
Iraq,
Ireland,
Israel,
Italy,
Jamaica,
Japan,
Jordan,
Kazakhstan,
Kenya,
Kiribati,
Korea, Republic of,
Kosovo,
Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan,
Lao, People’s Democratic Republic,
Latvia,
Lebanon,
Lesotho,
Liberia,
Libya, Libyan arab Jamahariya,
Liechtenstein,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg,
Macao, China,
Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of,
Madagascar,
Malawi,
Malaysia,
Maldives,
Mali,
Malta,
Marshall Islands,
Mauritania,
Mauritius,
Mayotte,
Mexico,
Micronesia, Federated States of,
Moldova, Republic of,
Monaco,
Mongolia,
Montenegro,
Morocco,
Mozambique,
Myanmar,
Namibia,
Nauru,
Nepal,
Netherlands,
Netherlands Antilles,
New Zealand,
Nicaragua,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Norway,
Oman,
Pakistan,
Palau,
Palestine,
Papua New Guinea,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Philippines,
Poland,
Portugal,
Qatar,
Romania,
Russian Federation,
Rwanda,
Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Samoa,
San Marino,
Saudi Arabia,
Senegal,
Serbia,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
Singapore,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Solomon Islands,
Somalia,
South Africa,
Spain,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan,
Suriname,
Swaziland,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
Syria, Arab Republic,
Tajikistan,
Tanzania, United Republic of,
Thailand,
Timor-Leste,
Togo,
Tokelau,
Tonga,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Tunisia,
Turkey,
Turkmenistan,
Tuvalu,
Uganda,
Ukraine,
United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
United States of America,
Uruguay,
Uzbekistan,
Vanuatu,
Venezuela,
Vietnam,
Yemen,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe
Continent: 
Africa,
Asia,
Central America,
Europe,
North America,
Oceania,
South America
Developing Region: 
East Asia and Pacific,
Europe and Central Asia,
Latin America and the Caribbean,
Middle East and North Africa,
South Asia,
Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Group: 
African Union,
Arab World,
European Union,
Least Developed Countries,
OECD Members
Language Region: 
Arabic speaking countries,
Chinese speaking countries,
English speaking countries,
French speaking countries,
Russian speaking countries,
Spanish speaking countries
Networks: 
Human Settlements in Crisis,
Global Energy Network for Urban Settlements (GENUS),
Global Housing Strategy to the Year 2025,
Global Network on Safer Cities,
Habitat Partner University Initiative,
World Habitat Day,
Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net),
World Urban Campaign,
World Urban Forum

International Housing Finance Program

[Event] - Posted by: Marja HoekSmit1 - Tue 9 Apr, 2013
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IMPROVING AND EXPANDING HOUSING FINANCE SYSTEMS

June 3-13, 2013

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Event Details
Event start: 
3 Jun 2013 - 13 Jun 2013
Event location: 
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Event type: 
Conference
External Link
External link: 
International Housing Finance Program
Tags
Themes: 
Administration,
Housing and Construction,
Housing Finance,
Housing Management and Maintenance,
Human Settlements Rehabilitation and Upgrading,
Low-income housing,
Shelter Policies/Strategies,
Slum Upgrading,
Human Settlements in Crisis,
Information and Knowledge Management,
Land Management,
Partnerships,
Urban Development and Management,
Urban Economy and Finance,
Urban Infrastructure and Services,
Urban Planning
Relevant Partner Type: 
Civil Society,
National/State Government,
Parliament/Policymaking Body,
Private Sector,
Professional Association/Organization
Town / City: 
Philadelphia
Country: 
Afghanistan,
Albania,
Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of,
Andorra,
Angola, Republic of,
Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina,
Armenia,
Aruba,
Australia,
Austria,
Azerbaijan,
Bahamas,
Bahrain,
Bangladesh,
Barbados,
Belarus,
Belgium,
Belize,
Benin, Republic of,
Bhutan,
Bolivia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Botswana, Republic of,
Brazil,
British Virgin Islands,
Brunei Darussalam,
Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso,
Burundi, Republic of,
Cambodia,
Cameroon, Republic of,
Canada,
Cape Verde, Republic of,
Central African Republic,
Chad, Republic of,
Chile,
China,
Colombia,
Comoros, Union of,
Congo, Democratic Republic of,
Congo, Republic of,
Cook Islands,
Costa Rica,
Cote d’Ivoire, Republic of,
Croatia,
Cuba,
Cyprus,
Czech Republic,
Denmark,
Djibouti,
Dominica,
Dominican Republic,
East Timor,
Ecuador,
Egypt,
El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea,
Estonia,
Ethiopia,
Fiji,
Finland,
France,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Georgia,
Germany,
Ghana,
Greece,
Grenada,
Guatemala,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Guyana,
Haiti,
Holy See, Vatican,
Honduras,
Hungary,
Iceland,
India,
Indonesia,
Iran, Islamic Republic of,
Iraq,
Ireland,
Israel,
Italy,
Jamaica,
Japan,
Jordan,
Kazakhstan,
Kenya,
Kiribati,
Korea, Republic of,
Kosovo,
Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan,
Lao, People’s Democratic Republic,
Latvia,
Lebanon,
Lesotho,
Liberia,
Libya, Libyan arab Jamahariya,
Liechtenstein,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg,
Macao, China,
Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of,
Madagascar,
Malawi,
Malaysia,
Maldives,
Mali,
Malta,
Marshall Islands,
Mauritania,
Mauritius,
Mayotte,
Mexico,
Micronesia, Federated States of,
Moldova, Republic of,
Monaco,
Mongolia,
Montenegro,
Morocco,
Mozambique,
Myanmar,
Namibia,
Nauru,
Nepal,
Netherlands,
Netherlands Antilles,
New Zealand,
Nicaragua,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Norway,
Oman,
Pakistan,
Palau,
Palestine,
Papua New Guinea,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Philippines,
Poland,
Portugal,
Qatar,
Romania,
Russian Federation,
Rwanda,
Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Samoa,
San Marino,
Saudi Arabia,
Senegal,
Serbia,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
Singapore,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Solomon Islands,
Somalia,
South Africa,
Spain,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan,
Suriname,
Swaziland,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
Syria, Arab Republic,
Tajikistan,
Tanzania, United Republic of,
Thailand,
Timor-Leste,
Togo,
Tokelau,
Tonga,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Tunisia,
Turkey,
Turkmenistan,
Tuvalu,
Uganda,
Ukraine,
United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
United States of America,
Uruguay,
Uzbekistan,
Vanuatu,
Venezuela,
Vietnam,
Yemen,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe
Continent: 
Africa,
Asia,
Central America,
Europe,
North America,
Oceania,
South America
Developing Region: 
East Asia and Pacific,
Europe and Central Asia,
Latin America and the Caribbean,
Middle East and North Africa,
South Asia,
Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Group: 
African Union,
Arab World,
European Union,
Least Developed Countries,
OECD Members
Language Region: 
Arabic speaking countries,
Chinese speaking countries,
English speaking countries,
French speaking countries,
Russian speaking countries,
Spanish speaking countries
Networks: 
Human Settlements in Crisis,
Global Energy Network for Urban Settlements (GENUS),
Global Housing Strategy to the Year 2025,
Global Network on Safer Cities,
Habitat Partner University Initiative,
World Habitat Day,
Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net),
World Urban Campaign,
World Urban Forum