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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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SEMINAR EUROPEAN SOCIAL FORUM 2006

Development of a European mobilisation against the violations of housing rights

Thursday, May 4 2006/// h. 14:30 – 17:30///Athens, Room: F 04

The seminar will contribute to creating an international common space which would be independent of the European organizations and urban social movements with the goal to:
Promote the sharing of experiences by the protagonists of the different organizations fighting for housing rights in various countries and across continental Europe (tenants unions, committees representing the homeless and poorly housed, social centers, networks).
Promote a reasoned analysis of the impact of neoliberal globalization and the European institutions on inhabitants and on the cities.
Support the development of a common strategy to foster the integration of the single efforts.
Create a continent-wide network of organizations for housing rights and against social exclusion.
 
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Session one: The fight for housing rights in Europe
The development of the public housing services, privatization and demolitions
Security of tenure and evictions : the Zero Evictions Campaign
Housing rights and racial, social and gender discrimination

Session two: Development of a European Mobilisation for housing rights and of a European common space of urban social organizations and movements
The proposal of European Marches for housing rights and against social exclusion
Proposal of a continent-wide Alert system against evictions and housing rights violations.
Looking ahead towards a European Inhabitants’ Assembly

Organizers: International Alliance of Inhabitants; Droit au Logement, France; Popular coordination against house demolition, Istanbul, Turkey; Local Social Forums, UK; Women for Another Europe, Greece; Soviets Co-ordination Union, Russian Federation.

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