Housing Initiative for Eastern Europe (IWO)
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IWO has been operating for 25 years as a non-profit association dedicated to promoting professional exchange and cooperation within the housing sector between Germany and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
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Eastern Europe – key region for climate protection
For a successful European and global energy transition and climate policy in the direction of the objectives of the Paris Agreement, the building sector is undoubtedly of the greatest relevance. There is immense potential for energy savings and efficiency in this sector, the exploitation of which also promotes environmental protection and decarbonisation. This is particularly true for the building stock in Eastern Europe due to the historical developments in the region in the residential building sector.
In questions of climate protection and sustainability, the countries of the Eastern European region have committed themselves to the same goals as their Western European neighbours and the international community of states. Their conditions and challenges, however, sometimes differ considerably.
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Based in the heart of Berlin, the Initiative Wohnungswirtschaft Osteuropa (IWO) e.V. – Housing Initiative for Eastern Europe brings together private and public partners from Germany and many other countries. Our common goal is to support a market-based, sustainable, ecologically and socially compatible development of the housing and building sectors in Eastern Europe (also beyond the EU), the Caucasus and Central Asia.
The NGO was founded in 2001 on the initiative of the then Federal Ministry of Construction and has since pursued exclusively and directly charitable purposes. Our work and topics concern a social interest that is not immediately apparent: But without increased efforts for more climate protection, higher energy-efficient (residential) building renovation rates and improved living and housing standards, also in the Eastern European region, whose derelict building stock currently represents a large and increasing burden on the climate, the achievement of European and global climate protection and sustainability goals is not possible.
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Launch Conference of the EU project “ENABLE – Civil Society for Sustainable Energy Efficient City”
On the 9th of April 2024, the launch conference in hybrid format of the project "ENABLE – Civil Society for Sustainable Energy Efficient City" on the topic "Perspectives for sustainable development of large residential areas – planning, energy modernisation and energy...
Announcement: Launch conference for the EU project “ENABLE – Civil society for a sustainable and energy-efficient city”
On the 9th of April 2024, the opening of the EU project “ENABLE – Civil Society for a Sustainable and Energy Efficient City” will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event will be held at the Almaty State College of Energy and Electronic Technologies Zhandosov...