Water management: A shared responsibility
Strasbourg, 20-21 October 2005 Palais de l’Europe (Room 1)
Conference co-organised by the Parliamentary Assembly and
the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
in co-operation with
the Directorate General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport
Programme
Thursday 20 October 2005
9-9.30 am Registration of participants
OPENING SESSION
Co-Chairs:
Mr Walter Schmied, Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Mr Keith Whitmore, Chair of the Committee on Sustainable Development, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
9.30-10 am. Addresses by:
Ms Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Mr Frantisek Dohnal, Vice-President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
Ms Elsa Papadimitriou, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
10-10.45 am General introduction:
Mr Loïc Fauchon, President of the World Water Council, co-chair of the World Water Forum
Ms Heidi Storsberg, Director for Communication, Mexico’s National Water Commission
Mr. Ernesto Céspedes, Director General for Global Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
Mr Pedro Arrojo, President of the Foundation for a New Culture of Water, Professor at the University of Saragossa, Spain
10.45-11 am Coffee break
11 am-12.45 pm 1st SESSION - WATER MANAGEMENT: A CHALLENGE FOR LOCAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
Chair: Ms Gaye Doganoglu, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Sustainable Development of the Congress
Rapporteur/moderator: Mr Bernard Barraqué, Research Director, National Centre for Scientific Research, Laboratory of Technology, Land and Society, France
· Responsibilities of local decision-makers: a survey
Mr Henri Begorre, Vice-President of the Grand Nancy Urban Community, President of NanCIEau, Representative of the Cercle Français de l’Eau, France
· Case-studies:
Mr Imre Kern, Member of the Congress, Member of the Municipal Assembly of Subotica, Serbia and Montenegro,
Mr Jürgen Bolder, representative of the City of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Ms Myriam Constantin, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of water and sanitation, France, representative of the Committee on Water of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
· Inter-municipal co-operation
Mr Dany Dietmann, Mayor of Manspach, President of the Inter-municipal Association for Land-planning and renaturalisation of the Largue, France
Mr Valerio Prignachi, Deputy Mayor of Treviso Bresciano, Italy, Member of the Congress
· Training of local decision-makers: the keystone
Mr Dominique Preux, Director of the National Training Centre for Water, International Office for Water, France
Exchange of views
12.45-2 pm Lunch break
2-4 pm 2nd SESSION – WATER MANAGEMENT: A DUTY TO ADOPT A CONCERTED REGIONAL APPROACH
Chair: Mr Keith Whitmore, Chairman of the Committee on Sustainable Development of the Congress
Rapporteur/moderator: Mr Bernard Barraqué, Research Director, National Centre for Scientific Research, Laboratory of Technology, Land and Society, France
· Regional responsibilities (necessary conditions, instruments and obstacles):
Mr Pierre Strosser, Director, ACTeon Innovation, policy, environment
· Case studies:
Mr Alfredo Boné Pueyo, Regional Minister for the Environment, Autonomous Community of Aragon, Spain
Mr Leen Harpe, member of the Parliament of the Province of Zeeland,
The Netherlands
· Inter-regional co-operation
Mr Jean-Paul Heider, Vice-President of the Regional Council of Alsace, France, Member of the Congress
Mr Liviu Nicolae Dragnea, President, Teleorman County Council, Romania, Member of the Congress
· International management of water basins : an opportunity for inter-regional co-operation
Ms Anemarie Ciurea, Deputy Director, Ministry for the Environment of Romania / Mr Dominique Preux, International Office for Water (OIEau)
Exchange of views
4-4.15 pm Coffee break
4.15-5.30 pm 3rd SESSION : THE ROLE OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Chair: Ms Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Director General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe (DG IV)
· National and intergovernmental responsibilities
The European Union Water Framework Directive:
Mr Pierre Strosser, Director, ACTeon Innovation, policy, environnment
Spain:
Mr Jaime Palop Piqueras, Director-General of Water, Spanish Ministry of the Environment
The Council of Europe:
Mr Károly Misley, Member of the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials, Hungary, Chair of the Initiative on the Sustainable Spatial Development of the Tisza/Tisa River Basin
European co-operation:
Mr Jeroen van der Sommen, Regional co-ordinator for Europe of the preparatory process for the 4th World Water Forum, Managing Director of Netherlands Water Partnership
Exchange of views
Friday 21 October 2005
9.30-10.45 am 4th SESSION: WHAT ROLE CAN PARLIAMENTS PLAY?
Parliamentarians: the institutional “interface” between citizens and governments
Chair: Mr Bill Etherington, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Sustainable Development, Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs, Parliamentary Assembly.
Rapporteur/moderator: Mr André Santini, Member of Parliament, Mayor of
Issy-les-Moulineau, President of the Water Board of Ile de France, France
· The parliamentarian as the people’s spokesman:
Mr André Santini, Member of the Parliament, Mayor of Issy-les-Moulineau, President of the Water Board of Ile de France, France
· The parliamentarian as legislator:
Mr Tiberiu Aurelian Prodan, Member of the Committee on Public Administration and Land-use Planning, Senate of Romania
Ms Georgina Trujillo Zentella, Chair of Committee on Water Resources, Senate of Mexico
Exchange of views
10.45-11 am Coffee break
11 am-12 pm 4th SESSION (continued)
· European parliamentary co-operation:
Ms Elsa Papadimitriou, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs
Mr Joseph Daul, Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairmen of the European Parliament, Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Exchange of views
12 pm – 2 pm Lunch break
2-4 pm CONCLUSIONS – EUROPEAN CO-OPERATION: ON COURSE FOR THE
4th WORLD WATER FORUM
A Message from Europe to the 4th World Water Forum in Mexico
Co-Chairs:
Mr Walter Schmied, Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs, Parliamentary Assembly
Ms Gaye Doganoglu, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Sustainable Development of the Congress
· Presentation of the results of the previous days of the European Solidarity Week for Water:
Mr Raymond Jost, Secretary General of the International Secretariat for Water
· Conclusions:
Mr Daniel Zimmer, Executive Director of the World Water Council
· Presentation of the Draft Declaration
Mr Pierre Strosser, Director, ACTeon Innovation, policy, environment
· Adoption of the Declaration
· Closing of proceedings
Practical Information
Working languages
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.
The working documents will only be available in English and French.
Press
The Conference is open to the press.
Press contacts :
Mr Francesc Ferrer, Tel. + 33 3 88 41 32 50
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly e-mail : [email protected]
Mr Dmitri Marchenkov Tel. + 33 3 88 41 38 44
Secretariat of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities e-mail : [email protected]
Secretariats
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
Mrs Antonella Cagnolati, Deputy Chief Executive Tel. : +33 3 88 41 21 07
e-mail : [email protected]
Mrs Marité Moras, Co-Secretary, Tel. : +33 3 88 41 22 23
Committee on Sustainable Development e-mail : [email protected]
Mrs Armelle Rizzo, Assistant, Tel. : +33 3 90 21 41 59
Committee on Sustainable Development e-mail : [email protected]
Secretariat fax n°: +33 3 90 21 56 59
Parliamentary Assembly: Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs
Mr Alfred Sixto, Head of Secretariat of the Committee Tel. +33 3 88 41 22 44
e-mail: [email protected]
Mrs Carolina Lasen-Diaz, Co-Secretary Tel.: +33 3 88 41 37 16
e-mail: [email protected]
Mrs Hazel Bastier, Assistant Tel.: +33 3 88 41 30 93
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Mrs Eliza Kopec, Assistant Tel : +33 3 90 21 45 95
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Secretariat fax n°: +33 3 88 41 27 17