9th December

09:30 – 10:30 Opening Session (Aud. 3)

10:30 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:30 Panel (Aud. 3) Housing first and Public Policies Change Housing First and systems change Sam Tsemberis (Pathways to Housing, USA) Research and public policy change Geoffrey Nelson (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada) Workshop (Room 1) How to start an Housing First program Ronni Greenwood (University of Limerick, Ireland) & Ana Stefancic (Pathways to Housing, USA) Workshop (Room 2) Research and evaluation methods Tim Aubry (University of Ottawa, Canadian Coalition for Ending Homelessness, Canada)

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 Panel (Aud. 3) Implementation of housing first programs At home / Chez soi in Canada Tim Aubry (University of Ottawa, Canadian Coalition for Ending Homelessness, Canada) Un chez-soi d’abord in France Pascale Estecahandy (Un chez-soi d’abord, France) Casas Primeiro in Portugal José Ornelas (ISPA – Instituto Universitário, Portugal) Workshop (Room 1) Housing First Program Fidelity Ana Stefancic (Pathways to Housing, USA) Workshop (Room 2) Qualitative studies on housing first Geoffrey Nelson (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)

15:30 – 16:00 Break

16:00 – 17:30 Panel (Aud. 3) European perspectives of housing first programs Critical analysis of evaluation results of housing first europe project Volker Busch-Geertsema (GISS – Gesellschaft für Innovative Sozialforschung und   Sozialplanung, Germany) FEANTSA perspectives Freek Spinnewijn (FEANTSA – European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless, Belgium) Transnational coalitions on housing first Marco Iazzolino (FIOPSD – Federazione Italiana degli Organismi per le Persone Senza Dimora, Italy) Workshop (Room 1) Funding strategies: Social Impacts Bonds Steve Golberg (Independent Social Investment Advisor, USA) Workshop (Room 2) Housing first and harm reduction Sam Tsemberis (Pathways to Housing, USA)

10th December

09:30 – 11:00 Workshop (Aud. 3) Structural funds and opportunities at EU level Ruth Owen (FEANTSA – European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless, Belgium) & a representative of European Comission Workshop (Room 1) Support services: housing management, neighbors and community integration Patrícia Jacob (Casas Primeiro AEIPS, Portugal), Ricardo Caldeira (Câmara Municipal de Cascais, Portugal) & Américo Nave (Crescer na Maior, Portugal) Workshop (Room 2) Cost-Benefit studies of Housing First programs Tim Aubry (University of Ottawa, Canadian Coalition for Ending Homelessness, Canada)    

11:00 – 11:30 Break

11:30 – 13:00 Panel (Aud. 3) Housing First participants speak out about their experience Housing First participants Workshop (Room 1) Housing and mental health recovery Myra Piatt (McGill University, Canada) Workshop (Room 2) Working with landlords Teresa Duarte (Casas Primeiro AEIPS, Portugal)

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 Workshop (Aud. 3) Dissemination: demonstrating value in Housing First services Cameron Keller (Mental Health Comission of Canada) & José Ornelas (ISPA – Instituto Universitário, Portugal) Workshop (Room 1) Housing First for homeless with substance misuse: The role of peer support providers Ian Irvine (Turning Point Scotland, United Kingdom) Workshop (Room 2) Supported employment and education Rita Silva (AEIPS, Portugal) & Tânia Madeira (AEIPS, Portugal)    

16:00 – 16:30 Break

16:30 – 17:30 Roundtable (Aud. 3) Building an international network of housing first Chair: Geoffrey Nelson (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)

Visits to the «Casas Primeiro-Lisboa» Program will be organized on the 11th December.

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