Helping establish professional networking among ENI countries is an extremely important part of USAID's program close-out strategy in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Over the last decade, the Urban Institute Consortium has developed a broad network of institutions and professionals in Poland and other CEE countries that are involved in housing finance issues.

POLAND

Cracow Real Estate Institute

Cracow Real Estate Institute is a non-profit policy and research foundation whose mission is to enhance economic development in Polish communities through improvements to the functioning of land, housing, and real estate markets. The Institute has helped municipalities throughout Poland increase urban productivity by working with local officials in reforming land management and urban planning practices. Since its beginnings in 1992, CREI has been involved in legislative reform in the areas of land, housing, real estate and urban development. In solving real estate problems, staff use an interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach that promotes the development of efficient and market-oriented land management practices.

ul. Mokotowska 26/89,
00-561 Warszawa
Poland
tel.(+48) (22) 622 62 97
fax (+48) (22) 621 60 22
http://www.kin.cc.pl/
Contact: Edward Kozlowski
e-mail: kin_waw@kin.cc.pl

Polish Banks Association

The Polish Banks Association is an effective and active professional organization supporting the interests of banking in Poland. In 1997, in response to rapidly increasing interest in housing finance among its members, PBA formed a permanent Housing Committee. Among its activities in assisting the development of housing finance, PBA has lobbied to improve a variety of legal and administrative impediments to housing finance; has sponsored conferences and workshops to address numerous issues including regulation and supervision and appraisal practices; has reached out to similar professional organizations in CEE, Europe, and the U.S. to develop lines of communication on issues of regional and international interest; and has sought to supply its members with educational material on housing finance from both the U.S. and Europe.

Ul. Smolna 10A
00-375 Warsaw
Poland
Tel (+48) (22) 828-1405
Fax. (+48) (22) 828-1406
Email: mkowa@zbp.pl
Contact: Marek Kowalski
http://www.zbp.pl/

Foundation on Mortgage Credit
ul. Genewska 21
03-940 Warsaw
tel. +48 22 616 06 53
fax: +48 22 616 12 76

Polish Federation of Valuers Associations
ul. Kopernika 30
00-950 WARSZAWA
tel.: (048-22) 826-41-62, 827-11-30, 826-10-81
fax: 826-41-62
http://www.pfva.com.pl/

Polish Members of the Housing Finance Policy Advisory Group

NAME	POSITION	ADDRESS	CONTACT INFORMATION
Jan Brzeski	Advisor to Minister of Finance	ul. Swietokrzyska 12 00-912 Warsaw	Jbrzeski@kki.krakow.pl Tel. (+48)(22) 694 58 85 Fax (+48)(22) 694 47 04
Edward Kozlowski	Cracow Real Estate Institute	Ul. Mokotowska 26/89 00-561 Warszawa	Edwardk@kin.cc.pl Tel. (+48)(22) 622 62 97 Fax (+48)(22) 621 60 22
Lech Gajewski	Director Bank Slaski	Plac Trzech Krzyzy 10/14 Holland Park 00-499 Warszawa	Tel. (+48)(22) 820 49 30 Fax (+48)(22) 820 58 30
Jacek Laszek	Advisor Bank Slaski	Plac Trzech Krzyzy 10/14 Holland Park 00-499 Warszawa	Tel. (+48)(22) 820 39 47 Fax (+48)(22) 820 49 49
Marek Koziarek	Deputy Director of Loan Department, Hypo Bank Polska	ul. Chmielna 132/134 00-184 Warszawa	Tel. (+48)(22) 656 21 70 Fax (+48)(22) 656 21 67
Krzysztof Pietraszkiewicz	General Director, Polish Banks Association	Ul. Smolna 10A 00-375 Warsaw	Dyrektor@zbp.pl Tel. (+48)(22) 627 14 10 Fax (+48)(22) 627 14 11

THE REGION

Regional Housing Finance Policy Advisory Group

NAME	POSITION	ADDRESS	CONTACT INFORMATION
Ivan Iskrov	Executive Director, Roseximbank	6 Dondukov Blvd. 1000 Sofia Bulgaria	Tel. (359 2) 930 7141 Fax (359 2) 980 2623
Tzveta Dimitrova	Researcher, Institute for Market Economics	P.O. Box 803, 32 Patriarch Evtimii Blvd. Sofia 1000 Bulgaria	Tel. (359 2) 87 4135 Tel. (359 2) 981 2975 Fax (359-2) 980 2472 tzveta@ime.bg
Frantisek Pavelka	Czech-Moravian Mortgage Bank	Budejovicka 1, 140 00 Praha 4 Czech Republic	Tel. (420-2) 6112-2834 Fax (420-2) 6112-2833 pavelka.frantisek@cmhb.cz
Daniella Grabmuellerova	Housing Policy Department, Ministry for Regional Development	Staromestske nam. 6, 110 15 Prague 1 Czech Republic	Tel. (420-2) 2486-1341 Fax (420-2) 2486-1176
Pavel Kuhn	Czech Savings Bank	Czech Saving Bank, POB 838, 113 98 Praha 1 Czech Republic	Tel. (420-2) 6107-2538 Fax (420-2) 6107-2620 pkuhn@csas.cz
Jozsef Hegedus	MRI	Lonyay u. 34, H-1093 Budapest IX	Tel. (36-1) 216-0578 Tel. (36-1) 217-9041 Fax (36-1) 216-3001 hegedus@mri.hu
Peter Biro	K&H Bank	Budapest, Hungary	Email: peter.biro@khb.hu
Jozsef Csomos	Land and Mortgage Bank	Hungaria Krt., Pf. 38, H-1143 Budapest Hungary	Tel. (36-1) 251-6640 Fax (36-1) 252-2159 Csomos98@yahoo.com
Jarmila Jurkovicova	Slovak Savings Bank	Suche myto 4, 816 07 Bratislava Slovakia	Tel. (421-7) 5850-4710 Fax (421-7) 5957-4026 jurkovivova.jarmila@slsp.sk
Herbert Pfeiffer	First Construction Savings Bank	Bajkalska 30, 820 05 Bratislava Slovakia	Tel. (421-7) 5231-301 Fax (421-7) 5215-082 hpfeiffer@pss.sk
Jaraslava Zapetelova	Institute Byvania	Presovska 39 821 08 Bratislava Slovakia	Tel. (421-7) 555-75219 Fax (421-7) 526-74919 Instbyv@psgnetba.sk
Stelian Tomozei	Bank Transylvania	St. Grigore Moisil 2, Bl. 6A, Apt. 6, Sector 2, Bucharest 723134, Romania	Tel (40-1) 687-85-21 stelian_tomozei@hotmail.com
Georgeta Stoica	National Housing Association	Stefan Stoica 20, Sector 1, Bucharest Romania	Tel. (40-1) 666-85-54 georgetas@yahoo.com
Roxana Paula Ghita	Commercial Bank of Romania	Bd. Elisabeta 5, 70348 Bucharest Romania	Tel. (40-1) 311 19 70 Tel. (40-1) 310 27 86 Tel. (40-1) 312 16 78
Maria Doina Alecu	Bancpost Bank	Libertatii 18, Bl. 104, Sector 5, Bucharest Romania	Tel. (40-1) 336 07 78 Tel. (40-1) 336 11 25 Fax (40-1) 336 07 72
Andrei Suchkov	UEI	18 building 3, Staraya Basmannaya str., Moscow 107066, Russia	Tel. (7 095) 937 60 35 Fax (7 095) 937 60 38 andrey_suchkov@ahml.ru
Nadezhda Kosareva	The Institute for Urban Economics (IUE)	36 Prospect Mira, Moscow, 129010	Tel. (7-095) 245 07 46 Tel. (7-095) 246 86 56 Fax (7-095) 245 99 93 urbaninst@glasnet.ru

Romanian Banks Association

Romanianian Banks' Assocotiation
13, Calca 13 septembrie
Casa Academici Romane/Etaj 1 cam. 237-244, Sector 5
Bucharest Romania
tel 40 1 411 53 75
fax 40 1 411 53 39

Bulgarian Banks Association

Association of Commercial banks
36 Vitosha Blvd
BG-1000 SOFIA
tel 359 2 87 68 45
fax 359 2 981 43 91

The TPN: A Regional Network of Research Institutions

The Transition Policy Network (TPN) is a group of like-minded institutions that provide technical assistance in the transitional countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Newly Independent States (NIS). TPN was formally established in 1997, but member organizations have jointly implemented projects since 1990. Members include the following:

Administrative Offices
Ray Struyk Director Szilvia Jenkovszky Coordinator Vl Jokaj u. 34 III/I Budapest, Hungary H-1065 Tel: (36 1) 312-4896 Fax: (36 1) 332-2900 Email: TPN@mail.matav.hu	Peter Epstein Deputy Director Brien Desilets Coordinator 2100 M St NW Washington, DC 20037 Tel: 202-261-5254 Fax: 202-466-3982 E-mail: TPN@ui.urban.org
http://www.urban.org/tpn

Member Offices
Albanian Center for Economic Research Auron Pasha Acting Director "A Frasheri" Str., Bldg. No. 4 Entr. 3 Apt 24 P.O. Box 2934 Tirana, Albania Tel/fax: (355 42) 25021 Cell: (355 38) 203-3982 E-mail: gshke@mail.adanet.com.al Internet: http://www.online.bg/ACER	Center for Policy Analysis Dr. Lucig Danielian Deputy Director American University of Armenia 40 Marshal Bagramian Street Yerevan, Armenia 375019 Tel: (37 42) 27-16-02 Fax: (37 42) 27-10-13 E-mail: lucig@aua.am Internet: http://www.aua.am/aua/cpa.htm
Center for Political Studies and Comparative Analysis Dorel Sandor Director Analysis 22b Madragan Alley, Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania Tel: (401) 230-67-10 Fax: (401) 230-2548 E-mail: cpsca@kappa.ro	Center for the Study of Democracy Alexander Stoyanov Director of Research 1 Lanzar Staner Street 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria Tel: (359 2) 971-3000 Fax: (359 2) 971-2233 E-mail: alex@online.bg Internet: http://www.csd.bg
Cracow Real Estate Institute E. Kozlowski, President W. Jan Breski, Director Ul. Kanonicza 7 31-002 Cracow Tel: (4812) 422-3128 Tel/fax: (4812) 423-1988 E-mail: crei_kin@cc.pl / jbrzeski@kki.krakow.pl Internet: http://www.kin.cc.pl	Institute of Housing Jaroslova Zapletalova Director 821 08 Bratislava, Presovska 39 Tel: (421 7) 555-75219 Fax: (421 7) 555-74919 E-mail: instbyv@psgnetba.sk
The Institute for Urban Economics Nadezhda Kosareva, President Alexander Puzanov, Director 22/39 Zubovsky Blvd, 6th floor Moscow, 119870 Tel: (7-095) 246-8656 (7-095) 246-9193 Fax: (7-095) 245--9993 E-mail: URBANINST@glas.apc.org Internet: http://www.furbin.ru	Metropolitan Research Institute József Hegedüs Iván Tosics Managing Directors Lonyay ut 34 Budapest Hungary H-1093 Tel: (36 1) 217-9041 Fax: (36 1) 216-3001 E-mail: mri@mri.hu
The Urban Institute Jeff Telgarsky Director International Activities Center 2100 M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 Tel: (202) 857-8775 Fax: (202) 466-3982 E-mail: jtelgars@ui.urban.org Internet: http://www.urban.org

TPN's primary objectives are to support and accelerate the regional movement toward market-oriented economies, and to develop a regional community of public policy analysts with common perspectives and approaches. We seek to contribute to the policy reform debate by producing high-quality analyses of complex social and economic problems and by building strong local leadership capacity in the region at the sector level.

Participants in the Regional Housing Finance Conference (download PDF file)

THE UNITED STATES

The Urban Institute

Since 1983, the Urban Institute, through the International Activities Center, has delivered assistance to policymakers and citizen groups in more than forty countries, from developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to the reform-oriented countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. We have earned a distinguished reputation among the public, research, and policy-making communities for our nonpartisan objective analysis. In recent years, we have applied our expertise toward developing, reforming, and strengthening the performance of governments, enhancing private-sector markets, and improving the quality of life wherever we work.

The Urban Institute
2100 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Tel. (202) 833-7200
http://www.urban.org/
Contact: Sally Merrill
Email: smerrill@ui.urban.org

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20523-7100
http://www.info.usaid.gov/

Mortgage Bankers Association
1919 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20006-3438
(202) 557-2700
http://www.mbaa.org/
Contact: Ed Martinez
Email: ed_martinez@mbaa.org

EUROPE AND WORLD-WIDE

Societas - International Institute for Real Estate Finance
1919 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006
Ph: 1-202-577-2951
Fx: 1-202-833-2039
http://www.societasinternational.org
Contact: Ed Martinez
Email: ed_martinez@mbaa.org

European Mortgage Federation
Avenue de la Joyeuse Entrée 14/2,
B-1040 Bruxelles, Belgium
Tel. +32-2-285-40-30
fax. +32-2-286-30-31
Contact: Judith Hardt
email: jhardt@hypo.org

European Network for Housing Research
Institute for Housing Research
Uppsala University
P.O. Box 785, SE-801 29
Gavle, Sweden
Email: enhr@ibf.uu.se
http://www.enhr.ibf.uu.se

Poland Housing Finance Program
c/o The Urban Institute
2100 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037