Start of the 13th Edition of the Estate Agent and Property Management course

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On Monday, October 19th, the first session of the 13th edition of the Estate Agent and Property Management course took place. This training course, organized by the UNESCO Housing Chair of University Rovira i Virgili, responds to the need to have some kind of specific training backed up by a diploma on the part of people working as estate agents, as per Law 18/2007, of 28 December, on the Right to a Home, and Decree 12/2010, of 2 February, which regulates the requirements to exercise the activity of estate agent and creates the Registry of Estate Agents in Catalonia.

More information available at: https://housing.urv.cat/portada/docencia/curs-agent-immobiliari/

2nd TEDxTarragonaWomen

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Dr. Gemma Caballé participated in the 2nd TEDxTarragonaWomen—the “Supernova” edition—which took place on Friday, October 16, at the auditorium of the Tarragona Provincial Council (Diputació de Tarragona).

More information at: https://www.tarragona.cat/la-ciutat/agenda/2026/octubre/ii-tedxtarragona-women

Conference

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Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar delivered a lecture titled “Housing, Property, and Family” at the 3rd Legal Conference on Housing, held at the University of La Rioja. The event took place in Logroño on October 8, 2026.

More information at: https://www.unirioja.es/actividades/iii-jornadas-juridicas-sobre-vivienda-vivienda-familiar/

New issue Journal Housing

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The no. 24 of the biannual journal “Housing” (July 2025-June 2026) of the UNESCO Housing Chair is already available. 

Registration is now open for the 13th Edition of the Real Estate Agent and Property Management Course

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The Real Estate Agent and Property Management course organized by the UNESCO Housing Chair at the URV offers comprehensive training to real estate agents and those who want to start in this profession. Registration for the 13th edition is now open:

https://www.fundacio.urv.cat/ca/formacio-permanent/oferta/fitxa/?pe_codi=CAIPE-A12-2026-13

Participation in the Housing Council of Tarragona

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Dr. Héctor Simón took part on Wednesday, 8 July, in the plenary session of the Housing Council of Tarragona on behalf of the UNESCO Housing Chair. This Council is a consultative body with the capacity to prepare constructive proposals so as to guide the city’s housing policy. Its constitution was proposed in the Tarragona Housing Local Plan 2021-2026, drawn up by the UNESCO Housing Chair.

More information at: https://smhausa.cat/consell-de-lhabitatge-de-tarragona/

Serra Húnter Talent Recognition 2026

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Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre has been awarded the Serra Húnter Talent Recognition 2026. Promoted by the Department of Research and Universities and the Consortium of University Services of Catalonia (CSUC), the recognitions highlight the excellence of the teaching staff of the Catalan public universities affiliated with the Serra Húnter Programme.

More information at: https://recercaiuniversitats.gencat.cat/ca/serra-hunter/noticies/HC_reconeixement-_Talent_SerraHunter_2026

Radio

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Radio tot IB3 of the Balearic Islands interviewed Dr. Héctor Simón on Thursday, June 11, 2026, to discuss the lack of affordable housing in the Balearic Islands.

The interview can be heard at: https://totib3.org/play/radio/entreavuiidema/e20260610220403/40

 

Workshop MUDEC

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Dr. Annie Rivera Cruz, Assistant Professor of Civil Law at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, will participate on Tuesday, May 26, in the Seminar on the subject “Real Estate Contracts” of the Master’s Degree in Business and Contract Law (MUDEC) at the Rovira i Virgili University, with the presentation “Puerto Rican legal duality: between civil law and common law”.

More information about the Master’s Degree at: https://www.urv.cat/ca/estudis/masters/oferta/dret-empresa/

Rac 1

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Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre participated, on April 29, 2026, in the program El Món a Rac 1 in relation to the Decree not validated in the Congress of Deputies on the Decree that provided for the two-year extension of rental contracts.

It can be consulted at: https://www.rac1.cat/a-la-carta