Protecting Europe's most vulnerable through sustainable and affordable housing

On 27 November from 09.30 to 13.00 CET, the Civil Society Organisations' Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) will hold a conference entitled "Protecting Europe's most vulnerable through sustainable and affordable housing" at the EESC premises in Brussels.

The conference will discuss the ways in which the EU and its Member States can improve housing conditions across Europe, so that they become more inclusive, affordable and sustainable. The conference will explore innovative solutions that could help tackle housing poverty, and will hear about the specific housing challenges that certain groups face when looking for adequate housing.

The event will see the participation of Marcos Ros Sempere, Member of the European Parliament (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D Group), Spain) and other guest speakers, and will feature the presentation of a new EESC study entitled "Affordable sustainable housing in the EU", requested by the Civil Society Organisations' Group.

For more information, please consult the draft programme. Simultaneous interpretation will be available in French, German, English, Italian, Spanish and Hungarian.

This event is an in-person conference that will be live streamed on our website. Registration is closed. We kindly invite you to follow the live webstream.

For further information, please write to: Events-CSOGroup(at)eesc(dot)europa(dot)eu

Downloads

  • Biographies of the speakers
  • List of participants