Brussels, 08/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - The theme of the conference on 31 January and 1 February 2007 in Brussels, organised by the European Liaison Committee for Social Housing (CECODHAS) and the Committee of the Regions (CoR), is “The Social Habitat: a tool at the service of EU cohesion -New Period of Programming for Structural Funds 2007-13”. This event is organised with the support of the EIB, the Council of Europe Development Bank and DEXIA. A press release explains that the conference aims to “raise the awareness of project builders at a local and regional level, as well as that of social housing bodies and the local authorities, as to the new possibilities in their actions as part of the cohesion policy for 2007-13”. Info: (http://www.cecodhas.org ). (gb)