Ministry of Architecture and Construction of the Republic of Belarus Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Belarus State Enterprise Institute of Housing - NIPTIS named after Ataev S.S. UNDP-GEF Project Belarus: Supporting Green Urban Development in Small and Medium- Sized Cities in Belarus Sustainable urban planning and housing: national priorities of the Republic of Belarus and best international practices 31 May-1 June 2018 Location Grodno, Belarus The objectives of the seminar: - to promote building capacity of national and local authorities in Belarus on integrated urban planning and housing policies - to share and discuss good practices on green urban planning in Belarus and internationally. Target audience: It is expected that the seminar will be attendant by 50 national and international participants including: national experts of CIS countries in housing sector and urban development, representatives of regional executive committees in Belarus (Brest, Minsk, Minsk region, Vicebsk, Mahiliou, Homel, Vicebsk, Hrodna), chief architects of cities from Belarus (Polotsk, Novopolotsk, Novogrudok, Brest, Hrodna, Vileika and others), experts of Gosstroyexpertiza, Gosstrojnadzor and housing and communal services of regional and regional cities of Belarus, Ministry Housing and Communal Services, Ministry of Architecture and Construction, Ministry of environment, UNDP, UNECE, UN-Habitat. For more information, please contact Regina Khanbekova Consultant, Housing and Land Management UNECE regina.khanbekova@unece.org +41766232027 UNDP
2 Draft Agenda 31 May-1 June 2018 Location Grodno, Belarus 30 May Arrival day 9:00 23:00 Arrival of the participants. Hotel accommodation 31 May Day 1. Sustainable Urban Development 9:00 9:30 Registration of the participants 9:30 10:00 Opening of the seminar (Welcome notes, 5 minutes each) Vladimir Deshko - Deputy Chairman of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee. Alexander Kruchanov - First Deputy Minister of Architecture and Construction of the Republic of Belarus Representative of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Republic of Belarus Gulnara Roll, Head of the Housing and Land Management Unit, UNECE Ulrich Graute, Consultant, Regional and Metropolitan Planning Unit, Consultant, UN-Habitat 10:00 10:30 Session 1. Priority areas for cooperation of the Republic of Belarus with the UNECE, the UN-HABITAT and UNDP in sustainable urban development and housing (15 min each) 10:30 10:45 Coffee break Development of Country Profile on Housing and Land Management of the Republic of Belarus Elena Rakova, Consultant of the Department of the Main Directorate of Economics and Foreign Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Architecture and Construction of the Republic of Belarus Environmental Performance Review of Belarus and Supporting Green Urban Development in Small and Medium-Sized Cities in Belarus Representative of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus 10:45 11:30 Session 2. Housing policy in the Republic of Belarus Priorities of the housing policy in the Republic of Belarus Gorval Alexander Vitalievich - Head of Housing Construction Department of the Ministry of Architecture of the Republic of Belarus Representative of OJSC "Belarusbank" On state support for construction (reconstruction) and acquisition of housing
3 Town-planning basis for the formation of residential areas of energyefficient operation in the Republic of Belarus - Pilipenko Vladimir Mitrofanovich - Director of the State Enterprise Housing Institute - NIPTIS named after Ataev S.S., Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Union of Builders, National Expert of the UNDP-GEF Project, Dr.Tech.Sc, Professor 11:30 13:00 Session 3. International best practices in housing and housing finance (15-20 min each): Irina Gentsler Head of Housing Section, Institute for Urban Economics, Russian Federation Evgeniya Zhelezova, Specialist, Institute for Urban Economics, Russian Federation Arsen Karapetyan, Director of Development Solutions Institute Foundation, Republic of Armenia Serghei Munteanu, Chief Adviser, Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure, Republic of Moldova Discussion 13.00 14:00 Lunch break 14.00 15.30 Session 6. Energy efficiency in buildings Methodology of design and construction of energy-efficient buildings of the 2nd generation. Use of renewable and secondary energy resources - Danilevsky Leonid Nikolaevich First Deputy Director of the Housing Institute - NIPTIS named after Ataev S.S., national expert of the UNDP-GEF project, Dr.Tech.Sc On the results of the UNDP-GEF international project on improving the energy efficiency of residential buildings in the Republic of Belarus - Grebenkov Alexander Zhoresovich - UNDP-GEF Project Manager, Increasing the Energy Efficiency of Residential Buildings in the Republic of Belarus Life-support systems for energy-efficient residential buildings - Terekhov Sergey Vasilievich - Head of the Department at the Housing Institute - NIPTIS named after Ataev S.S., national expert of the UNDP- GEF project, Dr.Tech.Sc First results of assessment of energy efficiency performance for pilot cities: Polotsk, Novopolotsk and Novogrudok - Ivan Filiutich, National Consultants of the UNDP-GEF Project Belarus: Supporting Green Urban Development in Small and Medium-Sized Cities in Belarus 15:30 16:00 Reflections and summary of the day
4 Representatives of the Ministry of Architecture and Construction of the Republic of Belarus and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment 16.30 18.30 Visiting the historical center and significant objects of Grodno 19.00 20.00 Dinner The practice of construction and operation of energy-efficient residential buildings. Visiting energy-efficient buildings in Grodno 1 June Day 2. Sustainable urban development 9:00 9:10 Opening Objectives of the workshop second day Representatives of the Ministry of Architecture and Construction of the Republic of Belarus and the Grodno Regional Executive Committee 9.10 10.15 Session 5. Integrated urban planning in Belarus (10 minutes of presentation with follow-up questions and answers) 10:15 10:30 Coffee-break Territorial planning in Belarus Khizhnyak Alexander Nikolaevich - director of BelNIIPgradostroitelstvo Architectural and urban policy on the principles of sustainable development of the territory of the city of Grodno Representative of Grodno Regional Executive Committee, Chief Architect. Brest is a sustainable smart city: the first experience of developing an integrated strategic urban planning document in Belarus Representative of the Brest City Executive Committee, Chief Architect Analysis and assessment of sustainable development of Belarusian cities (KPI): by the example of the cities of Polotsk, Novopolotsk and Novogrudok Vera Sysoeva, Project Consultant 10.30 12.00 Session 6. Methodology and practices for urban and territorial planning Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning and its adaptation to regional planning (IG-UTP) - Ulrich Graute Consultant, UN-Habitat Questions and comments, discussion
5 12.00 13:00 Lunch break 13.00 15:30 Working groups sessions on IG-UTP (specialists in the field of urban planning, architects) to practice principles of collaborative and integrated approach and to develop planning proposals/approaches Moderated by Ulrich Graute- Consultant, UN-Habitat In parallel to the training on IG-UTP, from 13.00 to 15.30 working groups on housing policies and housing finance led by the international experts from the Session 3, national experts and specialists in the field of housing. 15:50 16:00 Reflections and summary of the day Representatives of the Grodno City Executive Committee, the Ministry of Architecture, UNECE and UNDP 16.00 16.30 Reception at the end of the seminar 16.30 Departure of International experts to Minsk