Calendar

The next meeting of the ICA Housing board will take place in Brussels on the 25th April 2012.  This will be followed by a seminar on Good Governance led by Nicholas Gazzard of CHF Canada in the afternoon along with the launch of the UK's new Code of Governance. 

On the 26 April ICA Housing will join with our co-operative colleagues at CECODHAS Housing Europe to discuss the future of housing co-operatives as "a key model for sustainable housing in Europe" followed by a site visit to the co-operative garden cities of Brussels

2-4pm 16 November 2011: Moon Palace Golf and Spa Resort, Cancun, Mexico

In October 2010 at the London Symposium “Cooperative Responses to the Climate Challenge”, ICA Housing made a commitment to ask all its members to sign-up to only use timber and other forest products in their housing construction, refurbishment and repair projects from sources that certify sustainable forest management through internationally recognised sustainable forestry management schemes such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification. To further this commitment ICA Housing is pleased to host this seminar during the Cancun General Assembly entitled : “Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change: Sustainable Sources of Timber and Forest Products.

Co-operative and Community-led Regeneration Partnerships

28-29 June 2011

Türkkent, the Central Co-operative Housing Union of Turkey, and ICA Housing, the global Housing Sector Organisation of the International Co-operative Alliance have joined forces to offer you an inspiring and informative Symposium which will explore how national, regional and local governments can work constructively with the communities they serve to regenerate urban communities in partnership with co-operatives and community based organisations.

The next meeting of the ICA Housing Board will take place on Monday June 27 2011 in Istanbul.  This will be followed by visits to local housing co-operatives on the 28th and a Symposium on 29th June. 

Community Land Trusts (CLTs) offer a way of providing homes and locally-owned business and community premises that are not at the mercy of the markets. They provide long term affordability and are assets for their communities, not for speculators. This year's national CLT conference, organised for the third successive year by New Start magazine and Community Finance Solutions, will hear from leading policymakers and from individuals and organisations at the cutting edge of practice. It will explore how CLTs can be a sustainable solution in a wide range of settings - encompassing housing, economic development and community empowerment. 

You can book online at www.clt-conference.co.uk/registration  and view the programme at www.clt-conference.co.uk/programme. For more background information, click here.  

Do not miss an opportunity to attend the International Conference on Social Economy and Social Entrepreneurship in Prague, April 2009.

Still time to register at discounted rate at www.seconference.cz.  

For more information about the conference click here and a reservation please visit www.seconference.cz or contact Ms Lucie Brančíková directly by e-mail brancikova@scmvd.cz  or phone +420 224 109 255. Please note, there is a discount on the reservation fee until 25th March 2009.

Programme up-dates are available at: http://seconference.cz/aj/program.html