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Towards Housing Justice and Solidarity between Maribor and its Twin City Kharkiv, Ukraine<\/p>\n

EPEKA Association, Social Enterprise is within the framework of the European project Building Our Future Together organizing <\/strong>a three-day international meeting between Maribor and Kharkiv, taking place in Maribor from 21 to 23 October 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The project brings together citizens of Maribor and Kharkiv and addresses the issues of housing justice, affordable housing, cooperative housing, solidarity and democratic participation. Particular attention will be devoted to exploring how Maribor\u2019s experience and housing cooperative models can contribute to the future reconstruction of Kharkiv and to the development of long-term affordable housing solutions.<\/p>\n

The project is coordinated by EPEKA Association, Social Enterprise<\/strong>, in cooperation with the Regional Development Agency of the Kharkiv Region<\/strong>, the City Municipality of Maribor<\/strong> and the European Housing Cooperative EPEKA, SCE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The City Municipality of Maribor has been twinned with the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv since 2012:<\/p>\n

Twin and Partner Cities | City Municipality of Maribor<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/maribor.si\/mestna-obcina\/zupan\/kabinet-zupana\/mednarodno-in-medmestno-sodelovanje\/prijateljska-in-partnerska-mesta\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Within the project, EPEKA Association, Social Enterprise, intends to present the City Municipality of Maribor with an initiative proposing that, within the framework of the twin-city cooperation programme, a multi-apartment residential building in Kharkiv be reconstructed after the war.<\/p>\n

There are, of course, still many uncertainties surrounding this initiative \u2013 including when this senseless war will end, what the required budget would be, and other practical questions. Nevertheless, we want Maribor and Slovenia to take a more active role in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

For this reason, we have designed the main institutional event as follows:<\/p>\n

Thursday, 22 October 2026, at 13:30<\/strong>
\nCity Municipality of Maribor \u2013 General Maister Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

The event will be opened by Aleksander Sa\u0161a Arsenovi\u010d, Mayor of the City Municipality of Maribor<\/strong>. The central theme of the meeting will be the future of cooperation between the twin cities of Maribor and Kharkiv and the possibilities for transforming the solidarity developed so far into concrete joint projects in the fields of housing policy and post-war reconstruction.<\/p>\n

EPEKA will present an initiative for the development of a pilot housing cooperative model in Kharkiv<\/strong>, through which Slovenian and Ukrainian institutions could jointly develop an affordable, community-based and long-term sustainable housing model.<\/p>\n

The three-day programme will include:<\/p>\n