Geneva / Prague, 14 April 1999
ECE/TRADE/99/6
UNITED NATIONS
CONFERENCE ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH DEVELOPING REAL
ESTATE MARKETS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND THE CIS TO BE
HELD IN PRAGUE
14 - 15 April 1999
For two days Prague will host the
Conference on Economic Opportunities through Developing Real
Estate Markets in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS, jointly
held by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(UN/ECE) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD). The purpose of the Conference is to address the problems
and bottlenecks that prevent the realisation of fully functioning
real estate markets and to identify some of the actions and
initiatives that are taking place to help remove them. Several
case studies will be presented during the sessions on the second
day.
The Conference will bring together
representatives of the public and the private sector with
interests in the development of fully functioning real estate
markets. Among the participants are the Vice-Prime Minister of
the Czech Republic, Pavel Mertlík, Yves Berthelot,
Executive Secretary of UN/ECE, Jan Havelka of CzechInvest
and representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD) and a number of state agencies from the region
as well as from private sector, including Hypo Vereinsbank, Price
Waterhouse Coopers, Volksbank Austria, West LB Bank and
others. Welcome remarks will be addressed by Mayor of Prague Jan
Kasl.
In 1997 the UN/ECE Committee for Trade,
Industry and Enterprise Development established the Real Estate
Advisory Group (REAG) to promote real estates markets in
transition economies. It provides technical assistance to
Governments by conducting advisory missions and undertaking
analyses of land markets to identify opportunities for
investment. To assist the missions of REAG in transition
economies, the Terre Initiative was launched by UN/ECE and EBRD.
The Terre Initiative, in association with the UN/ECE and the EBRD
is the organiser of the Conference.
For further
information, please contact:
Mr. Jean Michel Jakobowicz
Information Officer
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE)
Palais des Nations, Room 356
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 917 4444
Fax: +41 22 917 0505
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.unece.org/