Housing and Land Management

 
Housing and Urban Management Advisory Network

Terms of reference:

1. The Housing and Urban Management Advisory Network of the UNECE Committee on Housing and Land Management consists of experts from the private sector, financial institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), professional associations, research institutions and local authorities dealing with housing, spatial planning and land administration. The Bureau of the Committee on Housing and Land Management invites experts to become members of the Network in their personal capacity. The Advisory Network works in close cooperation the secretariat and the Committee's Bureau and participates in its meetings. The objectives of the Advisory Network are to:
   
   
   1. Advise the Committee and the UNECE member States on practical arrangements for the implementation of policy recommendations and specific activities to achieve optimal results in member countries;
      
   2. Assist the Committee in capacity-building activities and dissemination of information, good practices and know-how in UNECE member countries in those specific policy areas which are the most important for practical activities and projects in individual countries;
      
   3. Expand the contacts for relevant activities through networking with global and regional financial institutions, lender and donor organizations; NGOs and the business community, with a view to making the activities and its assistance to the UNECE member countries more effitient and practical; and
      
   4. Submit to the Committee annual progress reports.
      
      
2. The Network creates no additional financial implications for the United Nations.