Portimão, Portugal
Thursday 4 April 2024 - Friday 5 April 2024

#ProgressivesSpeakUp: School of Young Politicians 2024 on Housing

#ProgressivesSpeakUp: School of Young Politicians 2024 on Housing

13.00 - 17.00
Rua D. Carlos I Zona Ribeirinha, 8500-607 Portimão, Portugal
from: English

The 2024 edition of our #ProgressivesSpeakUp School of Young Politicians took place on Thursday 4 -  Friday 5 April, 2024 in Portimão, Portugal, at the invitation of  PES Group member Isilda Gomes, mayor of Portimão, and in cooperation with the Foundation for European Policy Studies (FEPS), the Young European Socialists (YES), PES Women and the Party of European Socialists (PES).

We delved  into the pressing issue of housing – a critical challenge facing citizens, cities, and regions across Europe. This event offered a transformative experience like no other, one that empowered the audience to address the housing crisis politically and strategically. Additionally, we also considered its significance in the context of the last EU elections. 

Programme

📍 Museu de Portimão, Rua D. Carlos I Zona Ribeirinha, 8500-607 Portimão, Portugal
 

Thursday, 4 April 2024

12:30 – 14:00 Networking lunch & Registration 

14:00 – 15:00 Welcome & Opening

Presentation of the PES Group CoR/YES Who are you? 
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! 

  • Isilda Gomes, Mayor of Portimão and Member of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR)
  • Christophe Rouillon, PES Group President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR)
  • Enric López Jurado, President of the Young European Socialists (YES)

15:00 – 16:00 Session I: Introduction of the topics

Moderated by Sorcha Edwards, Secretary General of Housing Europe

  • Challenges (why are rents so high?) & lack of social housing with Johan Mirtorp, International Union of Tenants (IUT)
  • Mixed social neighbourhoods and affordable housing with Veronika Iwanowski, International Relations of Wiener Wohnen
  • Energy poverty & housing with Christos Papagiannis, Director of the Eteron Institute for Research and Social Change, Researcher

16:00 – 16:30 ☕︎ Coffee Break 

16:30 – 17:15 Session II: Time for action! Be part of the #HousingForAll campaign

  • João Albuquerque, S&D MEP
  • Vanessa Paget, Communications officer, PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions

17:15 Family picture

19:00 - 20:30 Session III: Citizens' Debate on Youth & Europe

  • Opening by Christophe Rouillon, President of the PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions and Mayor of Coulaines, France
  • Enric López Jurado, President of the Young European Socialists
  • Kata Tüttő, Member of the European Committee of the Regions, Vice-Mayor of Budapest, Hungary
  • Isabel Carvailhais, Member of the European Parliament 
  • Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

Moderated by Isilda Gomes, Chair of the commission "Natural Resources" in the European Committee of the Regions, Mayor of Portimão, Portugal
 

20:30 Cocktail reception

 

Friday, 5 April 2024

09:00 – 12:30: Session IV: Conference “Progressive cities and regions building the future of housing policy” (Programme here)

12.30 Family picture

12:35 – 14:00: Lunch

14:00 – 15:30: Session V: World Café | Access to housing: Progressive Local Stories

  • Access to housing for the Youth
    Moderated by Alison Gilliland, City councillor in Dublin and member of the European Committee of the Regions
  • Access to housing for Women 
    Moderated by Oonagh Wallace, PES Women
  • Access to housing for Migrants & vulnerable communities 
    Moderated by Luka De Lacey, Young European Socialist and Bruno Gonçalves, Secretary General of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY)

15:30 – 16:00 ☕︎ Coffee break

16:00 – 17:00 Session VI: The Future of Housing

  • Funding opportunities with João Santos Fonseca, European Investment Bank
  • New forms of living together / Intergenerational housing with Alison Gilliland, City councillor in Dublin and Member of the European Committee of the Regions
  • Inclusive Urban planning with Mikko Aaltonen, Member of a Local Assembly, Tampere and CoR representatives in the Steering Board of the EU platform for Combatting Homelessness EPOCH

17:00 – 17:10  Closing remarks 

  • Kata Tüttő, Deputy Mayor of Budapest, Vice President of the PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions    

17:10 Family picture

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