Dear EFL member/ associate,
 
This year's study visit will take us to the capital of Latvia, Riga, and takes place on September 12 and 13.
The organisation of the study visit is dedicated to IWO - our partner and specialist in Eastern European housing (www.iwoev.org).

Participation is free for paying  EFL members and associates (max 2 participants per organisation). Non EFL members or non paying associates (universities) are charged a fee for participation which covers diner, lunches, drinks and bus tour.

The fee for non-members/ non paying EFL associates is € 200,00 to be paid after registration and upon invoicing (issued by IWO).

Tentative program:

Thursday 12 September

10.00 - 10.15  Coffee and Registration
10.15 - 10.20  Welcome & Opening
10.20 - 11.20  Housing in Eastern Europe: Focus on the Baltic states, Knut Höller, Executive Member of the Board Housing Initiative for Eastern Europe IWO e.V.
11.20 - 12.30 Q&A, Discussion
12.30 - 13.45  LUNCH at Radisson Blu Elizabete Hotel
13.45 - 14.00  Walk to City Architect´s Office
14.00 - 14.05  Short welcome to the later ones
14.05 - 17.00  Sustainable Development/Urban Strategy of Riga. Brief workshop on realization of urban development concepts and site visit by bus guided by representative of the Riga City Architect´s office -Kristaps Kaugurs, incl. Q&A
19.00 DINNER (venue tbc


Friday 13 September
08.50 - 09.00 Meeting in front of ALTUM
09.00 - 09.20 Housing and Real Estate in Latvia:   A Parliamentarian´s View, Viktors Valainis
Member of the Latvian Parliament   (Saeima) / Public Administration and Local Government Committee
09.20 - 09.40 Housing Situation in Latvia , Edmunds Valantis (tbc)
Deputy State Secretary, Director of EU Funds Implementation Department at the Ministry of Economics
09.40 - 09.50 First Round Q&A
09.50 - 10.10 Energy Efficiency Programme for Multi-Apartment Residential Buildings in Latvia
N.N., Department for the Energy Efficiency Programme at ALTUM State-owned Development Finance Institution
10.10 - 10.30 Practice of Finance for Real Estate and Housing, Ilze Kukute (tbc)
Head of Unit, Government and Municipal Client Banking, Corporate ,Banking Swedbank
10.30 - 10.45 COFFEE BREAK
10.45 - 11.45 Second Round Q&A, Discussion, Moderation: Knut Höller, IWO e.V.
11.45 - 12.00 Walk to lunch
12.00 - 13.00 LUNCH (venue tbc)
13.00 - 13.15 Walk to Black Heads House
13.15 - 13.35 Bringing Riga to Life: Management of Non-Residential Buildings in Riga, Ervins Straupe
Member of the Board Rigas Nami, Management of Public Buildings
13.40 - 14.00 Residential Buildings: Renovation in Riga and Latvia, Aivars Gontarevs
Head of the Board, Municipal Housing Administration Company Rīgas namu pārvaldnieks
14.00 - 14.20 Q&A, Discussion
14.30 - 15.30 Guided Tour at Black Heads House
15.30 Goodbye


This registration form only serves to register your presence.

Best regards,

Saskia Lührs (IWO)
Joost Nieuwenhuijzen (EFL)