The Threshold
On the website https://llindar.cat/en/ you will find information about homelessness, the documentary “The Threshold” and the gamified experience ” The Threshold”. The website is in catalan, spanish and english.
Archive for month: November, 2019
Appointment as coordinator of the Southern European Housing Working Group of the ENHR network
Dr. Héctor Simón has been appointed coordinator of the Southern European Housing Working Group of the European Network for Housing Research, which brings together more than 800 researchers and 100 European institutions and aims to be a platform to encourage research in housing from an interdisciplinary perspective. The group addresses a variety of issues related to housing policies in Southern European countries and meets with an annual frequency. More information is available at https://www.enhr.net/southern.php.
Maltese Law
5/11/2019: the Parliament of Malta unanimously approved the Private Residential Leases Act, a new law that will come into force on the 1st January 2020 and that will regularise the liberalised private rented sector in Malta. The new law will make it obligatory for every lessor to register the rental agreement with the Housing Authority and it has also fixed a minimum contractual duration of one year, with the lessor being further bound to notify the lessee about any eventual renewal or termination of the agreement at least three months before its expiration. The Private Residential Leases Act is the product of a research team co-ordinated by Kurt Xerri, a PhD graduate of the UNESCO Housing Chair, who is currently serving as an advisor to the Parliamentary Secretary for Social Accommodation, the Hon. Roderick Galdes.
IV International Congress for the Study of Mediation and Conflict
Mrs Emma López attended the IV International Congress for the Study of Mediation and Conflict, which took place in Murcia between the 3rd and 5th of October with the communication “The use of mediation in conflicts derived from contract leases”.
Conference: 360º housing
On October 31st, the Chair organized the Conference “Housing in 360º” at La Pedrera in Barcelona. You may find the program in the following link: https://housing.urv.cat/la-pedrera-habitatge-360/
https://tarragonadigital.com/area-metropolitana/catedra-habitatge-urv-sensellarisme-jornades
Predoctoral seminar
Second predoctoral seminar today with PhD candidates at the Unesco Housing Chair where they presented their progress on housing research. Have participated Paula Rodríguez, Silvana Canales, Andrés Labella and LLuc Font (06/11/2019).
Posters in the I Congress on the right to personal autonomy
On October 21 and 22, 2019, the I Congress on the Right to Personal Autonomy took place at the International Convention Center of Barcelona (CCIB). The conclusions and presentations can be consulted in the following link: https://www.autonomiapersonal.org/. The UNESCO Housing Chair of the URV contributed to the presentation of two of the twenty participating posters.
The first poster presents the SOCATEL Project, which consists of a co-creative platform to implement long-term care laws for the elderly. It is a research project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Program. Information can be expanded at the link: http://www.antropologia.urv.cat/es/investigacion/proyectos/socatel/
The second poster with the name COMBIO240 tries to disseminate the knowledge of article 240 of the Civil Code of Catalonia on the mutual relations of mutual support and its potential to accomplish with article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) and Observation General 5 of the Convention Committee (2017).
Jury of the ADR Awards
On September 20, the jury of the ADR Awards, of which Emma López Solé is part, met to evaluate the candidates received in the 2019 edition of the ADR Awards of the Department of Justice of the Generalitat of Catalonia.
http://justicia.gencat.cat/ca/detalls/Noticia/valoracio-premis-adr
