Deadline for Abstracts – June 30, 2005

The objectives of the conference are:

·  To bring together people working on issues of homelessness to provide opportunities to improve their knowledge and experience of homelessness in a global context.

·  To celebrate interventions for homeless people and the work of NGOs in Mumbai and learn from the Indian experience.

·  To inform and influence policy in many countries to support homeless people and improve their lives

Through field visits and a film festival delegates will have the opportunity to see how the Indian context of homelessness is managed.

Who should attend

The conference is targeted at several groups:

·  Professionals in organisations working with homeless people, both in industrialised countries and elsewhere, who wish to improve their knowledge of homelessness in developing countries.

·  Researchers with interests in development and homelessness.

·  Officers in government, non-government and international organisations with responsibility for development, secure tenure and poverty issues.

·  Mayors and elected representatives in cities with homeless populations.

·  Any other people interested in homelessness issues.

Themes of the conference

We invite papers on a range of themes as follows and would hope to receive papers relating to age and gender under all themes. Suggestions for additional themes are welcome.

Experiences of homelessness
·  Characteristics of homeless people and homelessness
·  Narratives of homeless life
·  Country case studies
·  Destitution / Rights
·  Right to Shelter
·  Children’s rights
Legality and policing
Interventions in homelessness
·  Policy
·  Practice
·  Homelessness in the Millennium Development Goals / Research approaches
·  Defining and quantifying
·  Ethics of research in homelessness
·  Methods
·  Participation of homeless people
·  Cross cultural working
Causes of homelessness
·  Housing shortage
·  Evictions
·  Globalisation
·  Rural to urban migration / Suggestions for other themes are welcome

The GURU Film Festival on homelessness

Videos and DVD productions relevant to the conference themes are invited from anyone concerned with homelessness. We will select a shortlist for judging by the delegates. A small prize will be awarded and we will try to raise sponsorship for the short listed film-makers to send a delegate to the conference.

Bursaries

We hope to make this a truly international event. Delegates from less developed countries are invited to apply for bursaries to cover their costs. However, these are limited and you are advised to try other sources of sponsorship. Those wishing to be considered for a bursary should apply to the committee including:

CV of applicant / delegate

Organisation

Contacts: telephone, Fax, e-mail, postal address

Justification for participating (not more than 150 words)

Abstract if wishing to present paper

Scientific Committee:

Graham Tipple, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, (Chair)

Suzanne Speak, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Sheela Patel, SPARC, Mumbai

Arvind Adarkar, RS Academy of Architecture, Mumbai

Miloon Kothari, Habitat International Coalition, New Delhi

Farouk Tebbal, UN-Habitat, Secure Tenure Campaign

Willem van Vleit--, University of Colorado (ISA Committee 43)

Ruth McLeod, Habitat International, UK

Lilianda Miranda, FORUM, Lima

Olusola Olufemi, Newfoundland, Canada

Patricia Kennett, University of Bristol

Bill Edgar, University of Dundee

Scott Leckie, COHRE


International conference on

Homelessness: A Global Perspective

Global Urban Research Unit - School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape

University of Newcastle upon Tyne

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Homelessness: A global Perspective

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Homelessness: A Global Perspective

Accommodation in Mumbai

The conference will be held at the Rachana Sansad Academy of Architecture 274 S.G Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai 400 025. This is located between the airport to the north and the central business district to the south.

Mumbai is a major international business city with very many hotels. However, it is very large and you are advised to book a hotel near to the venue or in the Dadar area (see map). There are plenty of good, reasonably priced hotels but please note that all Indian hotels also charge a government tax, currently at 6%, on top of quoted tariffs.

The conference organisers are not responsible for booking delegates’ accommodation or travel; nor can they recommend accommodation. However, the following is a list of accommodation close to the conference venue at the Academy of Architecture, from which delegates can be collected during the conference each day and taken to the conference venue. Approximate prices were quoted in October 2004.

1. Hospitality Management Applied Training Centre

Veer Savakar Marg,

Dadar

Mumbai -400 028

E-mail:

Tel: Mumbai (91, 22) 2444 6204

Fax: Mumbai (91, 22) 2446 9164

Approximate Tariffs

Single / Double
Standard room / RS 1550 / £20 / RS 1700 / £21
Deluxe / RS 1700 / £21 / RS 1900 / £24

2. Kohinoor Hospitality Management Applied Training Centre

Kohinoor College

B. W. Pathare Marg

Sane Guruji Vidyalya Compound

Dadar (west) Mumbai 400 028

Website: www.kokaneskohinoor.com

Tel: Mumbai (91, 22) 244 59884

Fax: Mumbai (91, 22) 24445980

Approximate Tariffs

Single / Double
Deluxe / RS 2,000 / £25 / RS 2,500 / £31
Executive / RS 3000 / £38 / RS 3,500 / £45

3. Hotel Rang Sharda

Bandra Reclamation Road

West Mumbai 400 050

Tel: Mumbai (91, 22) 640 1919 / 643 0543 / 643 8120

Fax: Mumbai (91, 22) 640 2529

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Approximate tariffs

Double room / RS 2,950 / £37
With breakfas / RS 3,200 / £40


Map of Mumbai, India