Since 1992, SDC's Department for Humanitarian Aid (the Europe and CIS Division) has been implementing durable housing solutions in the Western Balkans. From 2001 onwards, these programmes have predominantly focused on the residents of collective centres. As SDC's activities in the Balkans are currently being drastically reduced, SDC has decided to organise a workshop on Durable Housing Solutions in order to make the accumulated experiences available to other actors and to explore their replication in the Caucasus.