Draft programme 15-16 December 2014 Sheraton
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Draft programme 15-16 December 2014 Sheraton
Draft programme 15-16 December 2014 Sheraton Roma Hotel & Conference Centre – Rome, Italy 26/11/2014 Monday, 15 December 2014 13:00 - 14:00 Registration 14:00 – 16:00 Opening session Citizen participation: the new dimension of local and regional democracy? Welcoming words Ignazio MARINO, Mayor of Rome Anders KNAPE, Executive President of CEMR, Councillor of Karlstad (Sweden), President of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR), President of the Congress’ Chamber of Local Authorities Dimitris AVRAMOPOULOS, European Commission in charge of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship * Maria Carmela LANZETTA, Italian Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies Keynote address Giovanni ALLEGRETTI, Senior Researcher at the Center for Social Studies (CES), Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra (Portugal), Co-chair of the Independent Authority for Participation of Tuscany Region Debate with Carla REY, Vice-President of AICCRE, Deputy Mayor of Venice (Italy) Adam NYMAN, Director of Debating Europe Jean-Marc ROIRANT, President of European Civic Forum Moderator: Joanna MAYCOCK, Secretary General of the European Women’s Lobby * Audience facilitator: Frédéric VALLIER, Secretary General of CEMR 16:00 - 16:20 Coffee break 16:30 – 17:00 Keynote address Valéry GISCARD D’ESTAING, former President of France, former President of the Convention on the future of Europe, President emeritus of CEMR * * To be confirmed 26/11/2014 17:00 - 18:30 History in action From Jean Monnet to Altiero Spinelli: the founding fathers’ legacy Isabelle DURANT, Councillor of Schaerbeek (Belgium), Member of the Brussels-Capital Region Parliament, Vice-President of the Union of European Federalists, former Vice-President of the European Parliament Piero FASSINO, Mayor of Turin, President of ANCI Oldřich VLASÁK, Executive President of CEMR, Councillor of Hradec Králové (Czech Republic), Vice-President of the Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic, former Vice-President of the European Parliament Moderator: Lucio LEVI, President of the Altiero Spinelli Institute of Federalist Studies 19:30 Gianfranco Martini Prize Award Ceremony & Networking cocktail The Gianfranco Martini Prize was created by the AICCRE, to pay a tribute to its former President, long-time President of CEMR committee on twinning. The 2014 Prize rewards best practices in town-twinning with municipalities from countries of the 2004 EU enlargement. Welcoming words Michele PICCIANO, President of AICCRE Tuesday, 16 December 2014 09:00 - 10:30 Workshop 1 The local dimension of mobility, diversity and migration Giuseppina NICOLINI, Mayor of Lampedusa e Linosa (Italy) * Assya KAVRAKOVA, Director of the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) Gunn Marit HELGESEN, Vice-President of CEMR, Councillor of the Telemark County and Porsgrunn City (Norway), President of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) Lazaros S. SAVVIDES, Mayor of Strovolos Municipality (Cyprus), VicePresident of CEMR Jesus GALLEGO, European Public Service Unions (EPSU) Moderator: Dominique GUIBERT, President of the European Association for the Defense of Human Rights (AEDH) * To be confirmed 26/11/2014 Workshop 2 Citizens equality: from the signature of the European Charter for equality to its implementation Discussion with Ewa SAMUELSSON, Former Deputy Mayor of Stockholm, Chair of CEMR’s Standing Committee for Equality Ibone BENGOETXEA, Deputy Mayor of Bilbao, President of the Association of Basque Municipalities (EUDEL) Pavle RADANOV, Mayor of Pancevo (Serbia) Contributions from Alexandre VAN DER LINDEN, Office of Mohamed OURIAGHLI, Deputy Mayor of Brussels Emilia SAIZ, United Cities and Local Governments * Closing words Patrizia DINI, Secretary General of AICCRE Tuscany Moderator: Sandra CECIARINI, Director of Sandra Ceciarini Advice Workshop 3 Seniors: active and engaged citizens Iwan WILLIAMS, Representative of the Older People's Commissioner for Wales Anne-Sophie PARENT, Secretary General at AGE Platform EU Robert ZEMAN, Deputy Mayor Prachatice (Czech Republic), Chairman of SMO CR Committee for Foreign Cooperation Moderator: Lars GAHNBERG, Gothenburg University Audience facilitator: Mudite PRIEDE, Secretary General of the Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments 10:30 - 10:50 Coffee Break 11:00 - 13:00 Workshop 4 “Governing in partnership”: Challenges of new European governance Opening remarks Wolfgang SCHUSTER, former President of CEMR, former Lord Mayor of Stuttgart Local practices Philippe LAURENT, Executive President of AFCCRE, Mayor of Sceaux * To be confirmed 26/11/2014 (France) Carmen KIEFER, Vice-Mayor of Kuchl (Austria), former Member of the regional LEADER Committee Peter MADSEN, Regional Growth Forums, Denmark Luigi VELTRO, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) Reaction Sophie BEERNAERTS, European Commission, DG COMM, Head of Unit – Citizens programme Moderator: Diogo PINTO, Secretary General of the European Movement International Workshop 5 European forum: Giving the floor to citizens In partnership with the Observatory on dialogue and social intelligence (ODIS) Case studies: G1000, presented by Harm van Dijk, G1000 Amersfoort (The Netherlands) Europe participe, presented by Manuel Becerril, Secretary General of the European Foundation for Information Society (Spain) Workshop 6 World café: Town-twinning in the 21ˢᵗ century: Innovative forms of cooperation Projects presented: Light in the City Project, presented by Elli Räsänen, City of Light Coordinator from City of Jyväskylä (Finland) Village à Vocation Européenne, presented by Francis Borceux, Chair of the Twinning Committee of Court-Saint-Etienne (Belgium) Cities for you, cities for Europe (CT4EU), presented by Nawel RafikElmrini, Deputy Mayor of Strasbourg, Councillor of the Urban community of Strasbourg Citizens Caravans, presented by Daphné Bullesbach, European Alternatives Active Citizens Take Action, presented by Bojana Skrt, Debate Academy Cobraman * 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch 14:30 - 16:30 Workshop 7 Citizen in Europe, citizen of the world In partnership with PLATFORMA * To be confirmed 26/11/2014 Carl WRIGHT, Secretary General of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) * Alfonso POLANCO, Mayor of Palencia (Spain), Chair of the Commission on Development Cooperation of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) * Jocelyne BOUGEARD, Deputy Mayor of Rennes (France) Angelo BAGLIO, Head of Unit “Civil society organisations – Local authorities”, DG DEVCO – EuropeAid, European Commission Antonella VALMORBIDA, Secretary General of the Association of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA) Pep ROIG, Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Moderator: Octavi DE LA VARGA, Head of the European Union and International Strategy, Diputació de Barcelona Workshop 8 World café: Young European leaders engaged for active citizenship 16:30 – 16:50 Coffee break 17:00 - 18:30 Closing session From disillusion to hope: a call to revive the European project! Annemarie JORRITSMA, Mayor of Almere, President of CEMR, President of the Dutch Association of Municipalities (VNG) Ramon ROPERO, Mayor of Villafranca de los Barros (Spain), Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) Christophe ROUILLON, Mayor of Coulaines (France), Rapporteur for the Committee of the Regions’ Opinion “Reconnecting Europe with the citizens : better communication on the local level” Giorgos KAMINIS, Mayor of Athens * European Youth Forum * Moderator: Frédéric VALLETOUX, Mayor of Fontainebleau (France), Secretary General of AFCCRE Audience facilitator: Angelika POTH-MÖGELE, Director of Policy of CEMR 19:30 * To be confirmed Gala dinner 26/11/2014 * To be confirmed