Seminar Zero homelessness in Finland – 23.01.2020 Warsaw

10.01.2020

The Seminar Zero Homelessness in Finland will launch the project “Housing First – Innovation in Solving the Problem of Chronic Homelessness” implemented by international partnership led by the Cooperation Fund Foundation

and the partners: Housing Policy Office of the Municipality of Warsaw, The Y-Foundation (Finland) and The Housing First Poland Foundation.

Agenda of the seminar zero homelessness in finland

Moderator: Julia Wygnańska, Housing First Poland Foundation

9.30 – 9.55 Registration

10.00 – 10.20 Welcome

Magdalena Młochowska, Director of the Housing Policy Office, Municipality of Warsaw

Daniel Prędkopowicz, Director of the Project Management Office, Cooperation Fund Foundation

10.20 – 10.50 Implementaion of Housing First in Finland – From Shelters to Housing First

Juha Kaakinen, President of the The Y-Foundation/Y-Säätiö

10.50 – 11.20 Five Principles of Housing First: Housing, Choice Recover, Support, Community

Katarzyna Lech, Director of the HF Specialist Team, Cooperation Fund Foundation

11.20 – 11.50 Housing First in Europe

Taina Hytönen, Housing First Europe Hub

11.50 – 12.20 Coffee

12.20 – 12.50 Developing Housing First – Fidelity and the Context

Juha Kahila, Coordinator in Charge, National Development Project on Housing First in Finland

12.50 – 13.20 Project „Housing First – Innovation in Solving the Problem of Chronic Homelessness”

Agnieszka Siekiera, Director of the Equality Department, Cooperation Fund Foundation

13.20 – 14.00 Open Space

Seminar Zero Homelessness in Finland will take place on 23rd of January 2020 9.30 – 14.00 in Muzeum Warszawskiej Pragi at Targowa 50/52 Street in Warsaw.

The Seminar is free but in order to participate please register by sending your name, last name and name of your institution to an email najpierwmieszkanie@cofund.org.pl.

Seminar languages are Polish and English and translation is provided in those languages.