Nadacia Habitat for Humanity International
Budget
€18,060,334
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
9
2.5 FTE
EU Grants
€765,056
Mission & Goals
MAIN FIELDS OF ACTIVITIES: -Community Impact: building and renovating new houses, housing support services, community development -Sector Impact: market development and policy advocacy -Societal Impact: Awareness Raising and Citizen Mobilization MAIN THEMES OF THE WORK: Habitat for Humanity seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness around the world, and make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat builds and rehabilitates homes through volunteer labour and donations of money and materials. Europe and Central Asia: water and sanitation, energy efficiency, advocacy and housing rights, housing micro finance, skills training and financial literacy, housing of vulnerable groups (Roma), alternatives for affordable and social housing, tacacnt building conversion Africa: wash, land rights, community development, slum upgrading, skills training and housing microfinance. NHFHI raises funds to support affordable housing and disaster response initiatives globally.
EU Legislative Interests
-National Building Renovation Strategies under EPBD -EU/National Roma Integration Strategies -European Green Deal: Renovation Wave Strategy, Just Transition, New European Bauhaus, Affordable Housing Initiative -EU Pillar of Social Rights - Social Climate Fund - Energy Efficiency Directive - NECP - EU Affordalbe Housing Plan - EU Budget review
Communication Activities
PRESENTATIONS AT EVENTS -C4E Forum session Community support centers as a prerequisite for multi-apartment building renovations and vacant buildings -EUSEW Extended Program session How to make the Renovation Wave a success in Central and Eastern Europe to address energy poverty UN-ECE events in Geneva World Urban Forum and COPs ORGANIZED CONFERENCES: Europe Housing Forum Europe Housing Day POLICY PAPERS: - EU Manifesto, 2024: https://www.habitat.org/emea/impact/what-we-do/advocacy/advocacy-resources -Recommendations for the EU-ACP Partnership Agreement - Housing at the Center (2019) https://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/documents/Recommendations%20for%20the%20EU-ACP%20Partnership%20Agreement%20-%20Housing%20at%20the%20center.pdf -Recommandations d’Habitat pour l’Humanite pour le nouvel Accord de Partenariat UE – ACP (2019) https://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/documents/Recommandations%20d%E2%80%99Habitat%20pour%20l%E2%80%99Humanite%20pour%20le%20nouvel%20Accord%20de%20Partenariat%20UE%20%E2%80%93%20ACP_0.pdf -Feedback to Renovation Wave Roadmap - Scaling Up Retrofitting of Multi-apartment Buildings in Central and Eastern Europe (2020) https://getwarmhomes.org/resource/scaling-up-retrofitting-of-multi-apartment-buildings-in-central-and-eastern-europe-hfhi-2/ -Promoting Energy Efficiency Standards And Technologies To Enhance Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2020) https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/energy/se/pdfs/geee/pub/ECE-ENERGY-121_energy-series-60.pdf How Energy Efficiency Retrofits Contribute to Energy Poverty Alleviation. Theory, Best Practice in the European Union and Case Studies from the REELIH Project in Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia (2021) https://getwarmhomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MRI-BPIE-full-research-Final.pdf Compendium of best practices for housing in Africa (2021) https://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/documents/compendium_best_cases_Africa.pdf Building Solid Ground for a transformative DEAR program: Lessons learned from European engagement on critical urban issues (2021) https://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/documents/Building%20Solid%20Ground%20for%20a%20transformative%20DEAR%20program.pdf Housing at the Center of Recovery: Building black better through policies and systems in the developing world (2021) https://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/documents/Housing%20at%20the%20Center%20of%20Recovery-Policy%20Brief%20Discussion.pdf Building on Solid Ground: The Relevance of the Housing and Urban Renewal Sector in the EU-Africa Partnership (2021) https://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/documents/HFHI%20EU-Africa%20Paper.pdf Access to Land for Housing Based on Security of Tenure and Equal Land Rights in Africa: Habitat for Humanity’s Recommendations for the New Africa-EU Partnership in the Framework of the New EU-ACP Agreement (2021) https://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/documents/Habitat_for_Humanity%E2%80%99s_recommendations_for_the_new_Africa-EU_Partnership_in_the_framework_of_the_new_EU-ACP_Agreement.pdf Progress Report: Sustainable Development Goal 11 Target 11.1 (2021) https://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/documents/SDG%20Progress%20Report.pdf CAMPAIGNS: Home Equals: https://www.habitat.org/home-equals Video: BBC Building Communities campaign: REELIH as one of the video stories (2021-2022)
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
-VOICE: http://www.ngovoice.org/ -CONCORD: http://concordeurope.org/ -European Housing Forum: http://www.europeanhousingforum.eu/ -Microfinance Center: https://mfc.org.pl/ - Right to Energy coalition: https://righttoenergy.org/ -Housing Europe: https://www.housingeurope.eu/ -New European Bauhaus: https://europa.eu/new-european-bauhaus/about/official-partners_sk -We are following and participating at EDD and EUSEW Conferences
Organisation Members
Africa and Middle East and Europe and Central Asia: http://www.habitat.org/where-we-build
Additional Information
Information about the ongoing financial year, will be available in 2026.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.