Implementing organisation: Housing Initiative for Eastern Europe (IWO), GER ‒ Coordinator;  Association of the organizations of professionally managing and serving housing funds, UZB; Association “Shanyrak” of management entities, services and energy service in housing sector, KAZ.

Duration: 01/01/2020 ‒ 23/12/2023

Total budget: € 962,898

EU contribution: € 866,609

Project partners: European educational centre for the housing and real estate industry (EBZ), GER; UNDP KAZ as associate

Location: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

Keywords: Housing manager, Vocational Education and Training (VET), Energy Efficiency Refurbishment

Contract No: ACA/2019/413-463

Project Description, Objectives

I. Expanding the vocational education system for housing management and maintenance - develop and approve professional standards for housing managers and caretakers; based on them developing educational programs, launching them in colleges; starting training of vocational students

II. Enhancing the involvement of business intermediary organizations (BIOs) in housing policy decision-making processes in the partner countries and increasing their capacity

Target groups

• micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) of housing management and maintenance, BIOs
• educational institutions and colleges
• national and local authorities

Results

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
• new specialties ´housing manager´ and ´caretaker´ have been introduced into vocational training in partner countries
• professional standards and training programmes for colleges have been developed and approved
• the first intake of students was carried out in Kazakhstan:
− 2022: 25, Almaty construction and technical college
− 2023: 100, Astana construction and technical college

TRAINING DURING THE PROJECT AND EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE

• 2020–2023: educational programme “Training of Trainers” (ToT) for the target groups (see above) – 256 academic hours, 1300 participants, experts from 9 countries in Europe and Central Asia, all materials on the project website, in the library section: http://uyushma.uz/biblioteka
• BIOs have developed concepts for providing advanced training services for housing managers. In accordance with the concepts, a series of seminars were held in Uzbekistan: 20 days, 363 participants, events in Kazakhstan will be held before the end of the year
• 5 study tours (Berlin, Bochum, Germany / Tallinn, Estonia / Almaty, Kazakhstan / Tashkent, Samarkand, Almalyk, Uzbekistan)
• 3 regional conferences

INVOLVEMENT OF BIOS

• partners conducted 2020–2022 round tables, consultations, and information events on project topics:
74 / 3820 participants in Kazakhstan
30 / 543 participants in Uzbekistan
• 2023: statistics at the end of the year