Affordable and sustainable housing in the EU

PROGRAMME

09.00-09.05 Introductory remarks

  • Baiba MILTOVIČA, President of the EESC Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and Information Society

09.05-09.30 Opening remarks

  • Christa SCHWENG, EESC President
  • Ilze INDRIKSONE, Latvian Minister for Economics
  • Zane PETRE, Head of Representation of the European Commission in Latvia

09.30-11.00 Panel 1 - Who should benefit from affordable housing? - Defining households in need

Moderator: Gunārs VALDMANIS, Latvian Association of Power Engineers and Energy Constructors

  • Sorcha EDWARDS and Alice PITTINI, Housing Europe
  • Gunta ANČA, European Disability Forum
  • Anna NORVELE, Latvian National Youth Council
  • Michaela KAUER, Brussels office of the City of Vienna
  • Jānis BAIKS, Valmiera Municipality Council, Latvia

Debate

11.00-11.30 Coffee break

11.30-13.00 Panel 2 - Which financial instruments? – Identifying the best funding practices

Moderator: Gunārs VALDMANIS, Latvian Association of Power Engineers and Energy Constructors

  • Marcin IDCZAK, European Investment Bank
  • Céline TOUGERON, European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
  • Anke MÖLLERS, European City Facility Initiative, Energy Cities
  • Reinis BĒRZIŅŠ, Altum, Latvia

Debate

13.00-14.00 Lunch break

14.00-15.30 Panel 3 - How to boost investments in energy efficiency of buildings? – How to better integrate the EU, national and local levels?

Moderator: Gunārs VALDMANIS, Latvian Association of Power Engineers and Energy Constructors

  • Edmunds VALANTIS, State Secretary of Latvian Ministry of Economics
  • Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, European Parliament
  • André VIOLA, Rapporteur on European Performance of Building Directive, Committee of the Regions
  • Gaspard DEMUR, National renovation strategies, DG Energy, European Commission
  • Peter SWEATMAN, Climate Strategy
  • Alejandro INURRIETA, Inurrieta Consultoría Integral, Spain

Debate

15.30-16.00 Closing remarks

  • Baiba MILTOVIČA, President of the EESC Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and Information Society

Participants can speak in and listen to Latvian, English, French and German.


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