In order to reach the goals, the project is designed with the following specific objectives in mind:

• enhance the capacities of MSMEs and BIOs to represent their interests and encouraging them to take an active role in housing policy decision-making processes
• improve professionalism as well as organisational and institutional capacities of BIOs to provide training and skill development activities for MSMEs (e.g. on housing management, financial management, energy efficiency (EE) in buildings et al.)
• initiate vocational education and training (VET) for housing managers at Central Asian VET institutions
• increase professional capacities of entrepreneurs and job seekers, in order to stimulate job creation and MSMEs development
• support innovation through testing and disseminating new building and maintenance technologies, materials, and the involvement in local networks and clusters
• strengthen links and networks between European and Central Asian BIOs and local authorities.

Duration of the PROMHOUSE project: 2020 - 2023:

• Analyses of the economic potential of professional housing management in the countries
• Recommendations for further implementation of professional housing management & qualifications of specialised staff
• Professional standards for housing management
• Curricula for VET education of housing managers
• Development of a new edition of the guide to housing management and energy-efficient refurbishment
• Study trips to Germany and Estonia.

The work programme of the project and its individual activities are designed to meet the demands of the target groups as much as possible: professional housing managers; BIOs; service providers; MSME enterprises and entrepreneurs; education institutions (colleges); companies from the construction sectors; national and local authorities.

During 2019, the Housing Initiative for Eastern Europe (IWO e. V.), Germany, together with the partners the Association of the organizations of professionally managing and serving housing funds from Tashkent and the Association of management entities, services and energy service in housing sector „SHANYRAK“ from Nur-Sultan, developed and submitted to the European Union (Central Asia Invest V, Boosting Small Businesses Competitiveness) a concept for a new project that would continue to implement and strengthen the achievements and results of the project completed in 2019 Pro House „Professional housing management in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan“.  The application was approved and at the beginning of 2020 the abovementioned partners started implementation of the PROMHOUSE project „Promoting professional housing management in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan“.

The project activities are aimed at introduction of vocational education and training of housing managers (work with colleges and industry organizations). The project will develop the professional potential of the BIOs, including the provision of services to their members.