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Manuel Pizarro

Manuel Pizarro is Member of the European Parliament. He is Doctor of Internal Medicine, and was High Commissioner of the Portuguese Health Convention and City Councillor at the Municipality of Porto. As City Councillor, he was responsible for Housing and Social Action in Porto from 2013 to 2017. From 2008 to 2011 he held the […]

Paolo Ciccarelli

Paolo Ciccarelli is Head of Unit “Sustainable Transport and Urban Development” at DG INTPA. He is an Architect who has specialised in development cooperation in the private and public sectors, and has more than 35 years of experience in managing a broad range of infrastructure projects in Europe and Africa. He has the experience of […]

Judit Rózsa

Judit Rózsa is Director of Resources, Coordination and Aid Programme in the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support of the European Commission. Since joining the European Commission in 2007 she led various units in DG Employment and Social Policy and in DG Regional and Urban Policy in charge of planning and implementation of Structural Funds, European […]

Ciarán Cuffe

Ciarán Cuffe is a member of the European Parliament for Dublin with the Green Party. He sits on the Energy and Transport Committees of the Parliament, and serves as president of EUFORES, a European NGO that promotes the deployment of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. He is an architect and planner, and graduated in […]

Stefan Moser

Stefan Moser is head of unit in DG Energy since 2015, serving firstly on energy security and safety, and now on energy efficiency of buildings and products. He was born in Munich in 1971 and trained as an economist and a lawyer. He joined the Commission in 2000 in DG Competition to work on control […]

Doris Andoni

Doris Andoni is Chair of the UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management,  Director of Housing at the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Albania, and Chair of the Steering Board of the National Housing Agency. Doris Andoni studied architecture and urban planning and had several specializations and trainings in the field of […]

Julie Lawson

Dr Julie Lawson is Honorary Associate Professor with the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University (Australia, based in Europe 2023) and a leading international housing researcher. She is principle author of the comprehensive study #Housing2030, which examines a range of policy tools and best practices to promote affordable, low carbon and energy efficient housing. Julie […]

Rick Hathaway

Rick Hathaway

Rick Hathaway is a vice president for Habitat for Humanity International, responsible for the overall success of Habitat’s affordable housing activities in dozens of countries throughout Europe and Middle East.  Previously Rick served as the Vice President for Asia-Pacific – with 25 plus years of Asia experience. Hathaway joined Habitat for Humanity in 1989 as […]

Jonathan Reckford

Jonathan Reckford is Chief Executive Officer of Habitat for Humanity International. Jonathan is also the chair of Leadership 18 and is a member of the Freddie Mac Housing Advisory Council. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Urban Steering Committee for the World Economic Forum. He graduated from the […]

Joseph Muturi

Joseph Muturi, Chair of the Slum Dwellers International (SDI) Board of Directors, is a social activist and leader of Muungano wa Wanavijiji, the national federation of slum dwellers in Kenya. Joe joined Muungano in 1998 after demolitions and forced evictions in Nairobi’s Toi market. Muungano is the largest social movement in Kenya, which for over 20 years […]

Anacláudia Rossbach

Anacláudia Rossbach is the Regional Manager for Cities Alliance in LAC and Manager of the Global Programme on Informality. She supports the design of programs, leverage of communities of practice, advisory services, transfer & knowledge exchange, and technical assistance in housing and urban public policies in the global south through projects such as the Urban […]

Ronita Bardhan

Ronita Bardhan is Assistant Professor of Sustainability in Built Environment at the Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge. She is Director of MPhil in Architecture and Urban Studies (MAUS) and leads the Sustainable Design Group at the Martin Centre: Sustainable buildings and cities, Department of Architecture. Dr Bardhan is an architectural engineer and urban studies […]