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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Michele PICCIANO, President of AICCRE
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
09:00 - 10:30
Workshop 1
The local dimension of mobility, diversity and migration
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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
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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
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Alexandre VAN DER LINDEN, Office of Mohamed OURIAGHLI, Deputy
Mayor of Brussels
Emilia SAIZ, United Cities and Local Governments *
Closing words
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Patrizia DINI, Secretary General of AICCRE Tuscany
Moderator: Sandra CECIARINI, Director of Sandra Ceciarini Advice
Workshop 3
Seniors: active and engaged citizens
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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
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(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:
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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:
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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
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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!
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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