Homelessness Seminar held in Can Massó; (Reus) to improve the assistance to people at risk of housing exclusion.

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Last Tuesday 24th of April a network to assist people at risk of housing was presented in Reus. This event was supported by Montserrat Vilella, councillor of the social welfare department of the Reus City Council, as well as other persons and entities related to this field.

Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar, Civil Law Full Professor and director of the UNESCO Housing Chair of URV, and Ms. Núria Lambea Llop, presented the European Study entitled Pilot Project – Promoting protection of the right to housing – Homelessness prevention in the context of evictions. This project was developed by the UNESCO Housing Chair and other international experts, covering the right to housing in Europe and the relationship between evictions and homelessness. Other entities from this network also participated and proposed different ways to help homeless people. The aim of this event is to create synergies between social entities to be able to help homeless people in their process to improve their personal autonomy and their social and interpersonal relationships.  

International Seminar ”Socio-technical aspects of the circular and collaborative economy”

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Last Friday 16th of March 2018 took place at the Rovira i Virgili University the International Seminar ‘’Socio-technical aspects of the circular and collaborative economy’’ organized by the UNESCO Housing Chair of this University. It was well attended by 70 researchers, professionals and academics from 15 countries. The Seminar started with a keynote speech by Prof. Gabriela Avram, director of the COST initiative ‘’From sharing to caring’’. Then, a parallel workshop took place, counting 40 papers’ presentations about collaborative tourism, collaborative mobility, co-working, platforms and their finance and housing and collaborative cities. In the afternoon session, there was a round table with academics and professionals of national and international relevance in this field. Finally, conclusions were drawn and were discussed with attendants.

Première of the documentary ”El Umbral”

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The première of ‘’El Umbral’’ [The threshold] in Tarragona took place in the the Municipal Institute of Education of Tarragona. It is a documentary film produced by the UNESCO Housing Chair of URV about evictions and homelessness. Members of the municipality, third sector entities and academics participated on this event. The première was such a success that some people couldn’t get a seat. This documentary film aims at raising awareness among the population and public authorities of the effects of evictions and homelessness. It puts faces to the results of the report asked for by the European Comission and co-cordinated by researchers of the Housing Chair, and directed by Dr. Padraic Kenna, which is available here.

Meeting with Sostre Civic

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Meeting today with Raül Robert, President of Sostre Cívic, in order to carry out joint projects with the URV’s Housing Chair. http://www.sostrecivic.org/es