Fiabci Newsletter February

FIABCI News from Around the World

FIABCI Expands Around the World:
Three New Chapters Join the Federation

Three New Chapters were approved by the board and welcomed to FIABCI during the FIABCI Winter Business Meetings which were hosted in Brussels by FIABCI-Belgique in mid January. FIABCI-India, FIABCI-Egypt and FIABCI-Arabic Countries (a multinational Chapter of 5 countries) were officially welcomed during the General Assembly. Each Chapter includes several Principal Members representing various fields of expertise.

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FIABCI Conducts International Business at MIPIM:
Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
15-18 March, 2016

Great Opportunity for Chapters and Members to Increase their Global Presence

FIABCI will be showcasing and conducting business at one of the world’s premier international real estate exhibitions and conferences, MIPIM 2016. The MIPIM theme will focus on “Housing the World” and will approach the topic of housing from three different perspectives: urban development, investment and housing in the future.

New this year, FIABCI Chapters are invited to become involved and to participate and utilize the FIABCI Stand to host their own reception or program during specific times at MIPIM. Use of the FIABCI Stand must be reserved as soon as possible. It is a great opportunity to highlight your FIABCI Chapter and its accomplishments during this exciting event.

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Pre-MIPIM Events

Prior to MIPIM, FIABCI members are invited to attend an exciting program in Nice, France. Business networking, committee meetings, social events and a presentation by FNAIM are some of the highlights which will take place during the 13-14 of March.

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FIABCI Launches World Urban Campaign:

The City We Need is Affordable

We launched our 2016 World Urban Campaign in Dubai on January 10 with the slogan “The City We Need is Affordable.” We will focus on sharing best formulas and practices from around the world. We hope that it will contribute to substantially increase the supply of moderately-priced housing for rent and for sale for people working and living in cities and will showcase best solutions in October at Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador. The UN has designed the banners on the left for FIABCI in the six official languages of the United Nations.

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Dubai Real Estate Institute and FIABCI, the International Real Estate Federation, Organize First Comprehensive
Urban Thinkers Campus in the Middle East

More Than 150 Global Experts Assemble to Discuss ‘The City We Need’
The Dubai Real Estate Institute (“DREI”) in a strategic relationship with FIABCI, the International Real Estate Federation, joined forces to organize the first comprehensive Urban Thinkers Campus in the Middle East, one of 28 campuses worldwide which was held at the Maydan Hotel on 10th & 11th of January.
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European Professional Card Opens Borders for Estate Agents to Conduct Business Throughout The European Union

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FIABCI-Bulgaria Celebrates Professional Brokerage Days

On October 30th 2015 the Real Estate Agencies in Bulgaria celebrated for the second time the Professional Brokerage Day. Over 230 professionals and international official guests gathered in Sofia Hotel Balkan/A Luxury Collection Hotel. The event was held with support of FIABCI, CEREAN, CEPI-CEI and NAR.
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FIABCI-Nigeria held its inaugural New Year Dinner on the 27th of January 2016. The event held at the prestigious Metropolitan Club Victoria Island. Over 100 guests attended the dinner. Renowned economist Bismark Rewane gave the keynote address on the Nigerian Budget and its impact on real estate.

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Welcome to FIABCI-Ukraine Young Members

FIABCI Welcomes FIABCI-Ukraine’s New Members to the FIABCI Family. We Look Forward to Working with You

*Yevheniia Myroshnychenko
*Volodymyr Chervinsky
*Julia Kalina
*Anna Koval
*Oleksandr Sokol
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60+ Land, Property and Construction Professional Bodies Unite to Create Combined International Ethics Standards

FIABCI Supports Global Consultation to Create the Sector’s First Global Ethics Standard

A coalition of more than 60 professional bodies and standards setting organisations worldwide, launch a global consultation on ethics principles for those working in land, property, construction and infrastructure.

Property and the built environment play a huge role in our lives as well as being a major contributor to the economy worldwide. Ethics guides the behaviour of property professionals and builds trust in the profession. Producing one set of International Ethics Standards for real estate and related professions will help to bring greater transparency and consistency to global property markets.

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FIABCI-Korea Invites You to Cityscape Korea 2016:
Incheon, Korea 10-12 June 2016

East Asia’s premier international real estate event, Cityscape Korea 2016, promises to be one of the most prestigious reality congregations in the East Asia, exhibiting real estate development projects around the world for marketing and investment purposes. As one of the largest supporters of Cityscape Korea 2016, FIABCI Korean Chapter extends an invitation to the FIABCI members and member companies.

Invitation for Cityscape Korea 2016

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Meet the FIABCI Scholarship Foundation Grant Recipients

Nine international real estate students have been awarded grants to complete their studies by the FIABCI Scholarship Foundation. For twenty years, the Foundation has supported the next generation of cross border real estate professionals who have shown academic achievement, have clear international goals, financial need and a history of community involvement.

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FIABCI World President Danielle Grossenbacher meets with World Bank Officials

Following a successful Urban Thinkers Campus with the Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI) in January, World President Danielle Grossenbacher and Mahmoud El Burai, CEO, DREI met with Mr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, Senior Vice-President of the World Bank and his associates, to tell them about FIABCI and The City We Need is Affordable campaign launched in Dubai. They sought his advice on identifying the most successful financing formulas for affordable housing.

FIABCI Member in the News

Congratulations to Elizabeth Belenchia on her recent editorial which appeared in Upstate Business Journal

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FIABCI-USA ANNOUNCES UNITED NATIONS AS RECIPIENT FOR THE 2015 FIABCI-USA GRAND PRIX OF REAL ESTATE AWARD

The $2.15 Billion Capital Master Plan to renovate the United Nations Headquarters in New York was recognized as the best real estate development of the year by FIABCI-USA, the International Real Estate Federation’s U.S. Chapter. After 70 years of service as a center of world diplomacy, the United Nations and lead contractor Syska Hennessy completed its multi-year, multi-billion dollar phased Capital Master Plan last year and turned the aging compound into a more sustainable, secure, efficient, safer and accessible facility fit for the 21st century.
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REAL ESTATE TECH TIPS

Real Estate Tech Tips

Periodically we will be providing our members with Innovative Tech Tips courtesy of John Mayfield, the Business Tech Guy and President of the Marketing and Networking Committee. These two minute tips are sure to help you become more productive and effective within your business and to streamline your business process.
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