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Habitat Norway is a Norwegian non governmental organisation with the overall aim to promote the interest and awareness of settlement issues around the world. The organisation was established in order to put settlement issues on the Norwegian Development Policy Agenda.  Habitat Norway is a member of the Habitat International Coalition.

The organisation was founded in 1988 as a result of the activities carried out during the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless. The organisation is attached to the Norwegian Branch of International Federation of Housing and Planning, and is open  to all professionals; it has members representing many different disciplines such as architecture, engineering, sociology, human geography, and social anthropology. The activities consist mainly of lectures and seminars, sometimes in cooperation with other organisations. Habitat Norway arranges a seminar in October each year in celebration of the World Habitat Day.

 
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Habitat Norway's theme for the World Habitat Day PDF Print E-mail

Tuesday 13.06 Habitat Norway arranged an open meeting where the theme for this years World Habitat Day was discussed. The overall theme set by UN Habitat is "Cities - Magnets of Hope", but Habitat Norway wishes to further define this topic for the seminar on the 2. Oct.

The summary of our meeting will be posted here later. 

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World Urban Forum 3 PDF Print E-mail
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World Habitat Day PDF Print E-mail

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Seminar on the violations of housing rights PDF Print E-mail



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IAI Newsletter PDF Print E-mail

THE IAI NEWSLETTER

5/2006



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Report from New Orleans 4 months after PDF Print E-mail
Sarah Silliman and Shannon Hayes, both staff members of GROOTS International and the Huairou Commission and students pursuing their Master of Arts in International Affairs at the New School, along with another New School student-Stefan Barbic-are currently in New Orleans, assessing the state of the city and the organizing that is taking place in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and as the city and its communities rebuild. The effort is taking place as the first stage of an initiative of the National Congress of Neighborhood Women, which hopes to identify women organizing in New Orleans and to provide them with national and international linkages and leadership support training in order to support and strengthen their work.
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