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Congress
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Wednesday,
22 September 2004 |
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Opening
Ceremony
at Dorint Hotel Schweizerhof, Congress Center
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Keynote
speech of Dr.
Gert Haller, Chairman of the Association of Private Building
Societies , Germany |
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Keynote
speech of Dr.
Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT delivered
by Uwe Lohse, UN-HABITAT, Kenya |
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Keynote
speech of Miguel
Capellà, President of the European Federation of
Building Societies, Spain |
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Session
1
“Prerequisites
for the establishment of working housing finance solutions
in emerging markets”
Introduction by chair of session Dr.
Hartwig Hamm, Bundesgeschäftsstelle Landesbausparkassen,
Germany |
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„Housing
subsidies – objectives, threats and experiences“
Rolf
Müller, Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning,
Germany |
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„Bridging
legal deficits – strengthening of housing legislation
by a new model of housing financing“
Dr.
Wolfgang Amann, FGW Research Institute for Housing, Austria |
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„Building
Societies' Business in Slovakia“
Ivan
Sramko, National Bank of Slovakia, Slovakia |
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„Housing
finance in developing countries“
Uwe
Lohse, UN-HABITAT |
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“Banking
sector reforms in transition countries”
Prof.
Detlev Hummel, University of Potsdam, Germany |
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“The
influence of special characteristics of transitional countries
on housing finance development (Russia as an example)“
Victor
Mints, Vneshtorgbank, Russia |
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„IT
solutions for housing finance institutes“
Tammo
van Leeuwen, Business Architects International, The Netherlands |
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Thursday,
23 September 2004 |
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Session
2 “Raising
housing affordability in emerging markets“
Introduction by chair of session Pamela
Lamoreaux, International Finance Corporation, USA
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“Housing
in emerging economices: a puzzle of challenges”
Krysztof
Ners, Council of Europe Development Bank, France |
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“ERBD’s
mortgage financing activities”
Nicholas
Kerigan, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
UK |
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“Housing
microfinance: A guide to practice“
Franck
Daphnis Jr., CHF International, USA |
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„DEG
targets, results and prospects“
Franz-Josef
Flosbach, DEG (German Investment and Development Society),
Germany |
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„The
role of mortgage insurers in emerging mortgage markets“
Sacha
Polverini, Genworth Financial, Belgium |
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“The
covered bond in Central and Eastern Europe”
Tim Lassen, Association
of German Mortgage Banks, Germany |
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„Just
a burden on the budget? - Home finance subsidies in Hungary“
Anikó
Dobricza; Széchenyi University Györ, Hungary |
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Session
3
“Housing finance experience
in developing countries / case studies“
Chair of session:
Achim Dübel, Financial Services and Policy Consulting,
Germany
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„Emerging
housing finance in Armenia“
Raymond
Struyk, The Urban Institute, Germany |
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„Housing
finance policy for low-income families – the case of the
State of Sao Paulo in Brazil“
Maria
O. G. Borba, Housing and Urban Development Corporation of
Sao Paulo State, Brazil |
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„Housing
Finance: The Pag-IBIG Fund Experience“
Vilma
Q. Flores, Pag-IBIG Fund (Home Development Mutual Fund),
Philippines |
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„The
current situation of housing finance in Thailand“
Khan
Prachuabmoh, Government Housing Bank, Thailand |
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„Bausparen
in India“
Dr. Joachim Klare,
BHW Bausparkasse AG, Germany |
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„An
assessment of the Nepal Housing Development Finance Company“
Kumar
Karki, Kathmandu Valley Town Development Committee, Nepal |
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„Financing
low-income housing in Pakistan“
Muhammad
A. Tirmizi, Dept. of Architecture, National College of Arts,
Ministry of Education, Pakistan |
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“Housing
finance experiences of developing countries: The case of selected
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States”
Presentation
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Joseph
Bailey, Caribbean Association of Housing Finance Institutions,
Jamaica
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„About
the federal housing mortgage loan refinancing program of the
Russian Federation“
Alexander
Semenyaka, Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending, Russia |
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„Making
housing finance accessible to low income communities“
Luthando
Vutula, National Housing Finance, South Africa |
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Friday,
24 September 2004 |
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Session
4
“Guidelines for implementing housing finance solutions
in emerging markets”
Introduction by chair of session Dr.
Peter Gurtner, Federal Office for Housing, Switzerland
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“Housing
finance systems for countries in transition – principles
and examples“
Dr.
Christina von Schweinichen, United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe, Switzerland |
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”Bausparen
– a cool evergreen conquers the world“
Rainer
Hager, Fundamenta-Lakáskassza, Hungary |
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“The
Danish mortgage system for housing finance“
Ole
Bus Henriksen, Former Director General of the European Commission
Denmark |
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“Mortgage-backed
securities: Another way to finance housing“
Prof.
Lawrence White, Stern School of Business, New York University,
USA |
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“Evaluation
of housing finance systems“
Professor
Michael Nadler, Technical University of Kaiserslautern,
Germany |
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Session
5
“Lessons learnt – experiences and challenges”
Introduction by Professor
Bengt Turner, Institute for Housing and Urban Research,
University of Uppsala, Sweden, followed by statements of the
following panellists
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Herbert
G. Pfeiffer, Prvá Stavebná Sporitelna, a.s.,
Slovakia: Statement |
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Dr.
Martin Murtfeld, former First Vice Governor, Council of
Europe Development Bank, France: Statement,
Presentation
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Walter
Tancsits, Parliamentary Club of the Austrian People’s
Party, Austria: Statement |
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Ole
Bus Henriksen, former Director General of the European Commission,
Denmark |
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Dr.
Sally Merrill, The Urban Institute, Washington, USA: Statement |
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