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Strasbourg, 11 August 2009                                                                     CDLR(2009)51

Item 9.2 of the agenda

                                                                                                                      

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEMOCRACY

(CDLR)

INFORMATION ON THE ACTIVITIES OF
OTHER COUNCIL OF EUROPE BODIES

Secretariat Memorandum

prepared by the

Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs

Directorate of Democratic Institutions


This document is public. It will not be distributed at the meeting. Please bring this copy.

Ce document est public. Il ne sera pas distribué en réunion. Prière de vous munir de cet exemplaire.


Foreword

The calendar of meetings of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe for 2009 appears in Appendix I. More detailed information on recent or next sessions or can be downloaded from the Congress website.

www.coe.int/congress

The second part of the Plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was held on 27–30 April 2009. The third part of the Session was held on 22-26 June 2009. The work programme (version of June 2009) of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs of the Parliamentary Assembly appears in Appendix II. Other information on the sessions of the PACE (order of business, working documents, other documents adopted, speeches and verbatim reports) may be found on its website.

http://assembly.coe.int

Action required

The CDLR members are invited to take note of the work of the above-mentioned bodies of the Council of Europe.


APPENDIX I

TIMETABLE OF EVENTS / CALENDRIER DES ÉVÉNEMENTS

 

Date / Date

Place / Lieu

Event / Evénement

Entity / Entité

Représentants du Congrès

Contact (Name/Nom & Email)

Web Site / Site Web

29/06/2009

Stuttgart

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

Conference "Cities for Children"

Conférence ''Des villes pour les enfants''

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

I  Micallef

Dolores Rios

[email protected]

06/07/2009

Maastricht

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS

VNG Conference

Conférence VNG

Congress : co-organiser

Congrès : coorganisateur

I Micallef, L Sfirloaga, JC Van Cauwenberghe, KH Lambertz

G Cordiale, J Hunting

[email protected]

07/07/2009

Maastricht

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS

Bureau of the Congress

Bureau du Congrès

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Bureau

Marie-Aude L'Hyver-Yésou

[email protected]

11/07/2009

13/07/2009

Dubrovnik

CROATIA / CROATIE

NALAS: Meeting of Members' Presidents

NALAS: Réunion des Présidents des membres

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

[A  Cagnolati]

Nichola Howson

[email protected]

http://www.nalas.eu/

09/09/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

President's statement to the Committee of Ministers

Intervention du Président devant le Comité de Ministres

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

I  Micallef

Ulrich Bohner

[email protected]

14/09/2009

17/09/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Ulrich Bohner

[email protected]

15/09/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

General Assembly ENELC

Assemblée générale RECEP

Congress : co-organiser

Congrès : coorganisateur

-- info

Giamapolo Cordiale

[email protected]

17/09/2009

18/09/2009

Uzhgorod

UKRAINE / UKRAINE

International scientific conference on "The ecological situation in the Carpathian Region, its social consequences and ways of improvement"

Conférence scientifique internationale sur "La situation écologique dans la région des Carpates et les moyens de l'améliorer"

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

Member of the Sustainable Development Committee to be appointed

Marité Moras

[email protected]

18/09/2009

Salamanca

SPAIN / ESPAGNE

Meeting of the Executive Committee of the AEBR

Réunion du Comité directeur de l'ARFE

For information

Pour information

-- info

Ulrich Bohner

[email protected]

http://www.aebr.net

18/09/2009

19/09/2009

Bydgoszcz

POLAND / POLOGNE

Hearing on creative cities, and meeting of the Culture and Education Committee

Audition sur les villes créatives, et réunion de la Commission Culture et Education

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Culture and Education Committee

Alexander Bartling

[email protected]

18/09/2009

Paris

FRANCE / FRANCE

Meeting of the Contact Group Committee of Regions/Congress

Réunion du Groupe de Contact Comité des Régions/Congrès

Congress : co-organiser

Congrès : coorganisateur

Members of  the Contact Group COR/Congress

Giampaolo Cordiale

[email protected]


Date / Date

Place / Lieu

Event / Evénement

Entity / Entité

Représentants du Congrès

Contact (Name/Nom & Email)

Web Site / Site Web

21/09/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Bureaux of the Congress and its Chambers

Bureaux du Congrès et de ses chambres

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Bureau

Marie-Aude L'Hyver-Yésou

[email protected]

21/09/2009

23/09/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

CDLR - Steering Committee on Local and Regional Democracy

CDLR - Comité Directeur sur la Démocratie Locale et Régionale

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

I Micallef to be confirmed

Stefanie Poirel

[email protected]

22/09/2009

23/09/2009

Amsterdam

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS

8th CLIP meeting

Congress : co-organiser

Congrès : coorganisateur

to be confirmed

Dolores Rios

[email protected]

25/09/2009

Mulhouse

FRANCE / FRANCE

1st European Meeting of Territories of co-responsability

1ère Rencontre européenne des Territoires de Coresponsabilité

For information

Pour information

I Micallef tbc with V Prignachi and G Doganoglu

Dolores Rios

[email protected]

28/09/2009

02/10/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the Parliamentary Assembly

Session de l'Assemblée parlementaire

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

I Micallef to be confirmed

Antonella Cagnolati

[email protected]

29/09/2009

30/09/2009

St Gallen

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government

Groupe d'Experts indépendants sur la Charte européenne de l'autonomie locale

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

K Whitmore

Stefanie Poirel

[email protected]

30/09/2009

02/10/2009

Göteborg

SWEDEN / SUÈDE

37th General Assembly of the CPMR

37e Assemblée générale de la CRPM

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

I Micallef to be confirmed

Jean-Paul Chauvet

[email protected]

05/10/2009

09/10/2009

Brussels

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

Plenary Session & Open Days of the Committee of the Regions

Session plénière et "Open Days" du Comité des Régions

For information

Pour information

I Micallef to be confirmed

Giampaolo Cordiale

[email protected]

08/10/2009

09/10/2009

Malmö

SWEDEN / SUÈDE

8th Meeting of the Council of Europe on the European Landscape Convention on "Landscape and driving forces"

8e Réunion du Conseil de l'Europe des Ateliers pour la mise en oeuvre de la Convention européenne du paysage sur "Paysage et "driving forces"

For information

Pour information

to be  confirmed

Marité Moras

[email protected]

http://www.coe.int/Conventioneuropeennedupaysage

12/10/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Meeting of the Social Cohesion Committee of the Congress

Réunion de la Commission de la cohésion sociale du Congrès

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Social Cohesion Committee

Dolores Rios, Muriel Grimmeissen

[email protected]

12/10/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Meeting of the Institutional Committee of the Congress

Réunion de la Commission institutionnelle du Congrès

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Institutional Committee

Stefanie Poirel, Lilit Nikoghosyan

[email protected]


Date / Date

Place / Lieu

Event / Evénement

Entity / Entité

Représentants du Congrès

Contact (Name/Nom & Email)

Web Site / Site Web

12/10/2009

13/10/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

LR-IC - Committee of Experts on local and regional government institutions and co-operation

LR-IC - Comité d'experts sur les institutions et la coopération des collectivités locales et régionales

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

-- info

Stefanie Poirel

[email protected]

13/10/2009

15/10/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

17th PLENARY SESSION OF THE CONGRESS

17ème SESSION PLENIERE DU CONGRES

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Congress members

Marie-Aude L'Hyver-Yésou

[email protected]

19/10/2009

22/10/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Ulrich Bohner

[email protected]

19/10/2009

20/10/2009

Innsbruck

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE

Plenary Session of CALRE

Session plénière de la CALRE

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

-- info

Jean-Paul Chauvet

[email protected]

19/10/2009

20/10/2009

Innsbruck

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE

General Assembly and Plenary Meeting of CALRE

Assemblée Générale et Réunion Plénière du CALRE

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

to be confirmed

Jean-Paul Chauvet

[email protected]

http://www.calre.eu

21/10/2009

23/10/2009

Kyiv

UKRAINE / UKRAINE

Forum for the future of democracy

Forum pour l'avenir de la démocratie

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

to be confirmed

Renate Zikmund

[email protected]

05/11/2009

06/11/2009

Turin

ITALY / ITALIE

10th Conference of Presidents of Regions with Legislative Powers (REGLEG)

10ème Conférence des présidents des régions à pouvoirs législatifs

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

Members of  REGLEG

Joanne Hunting

[email protected]

http://www.regleg.eu

05/11/2009

07/11/2009

Ghent

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

General Assembly and annual conference of the AEBR

Assemblée générale et conférence annuelle de l'ARFE

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

President of the Congress to be confirmed

Joanne Hunting

[email protected]

09/11/2009

10/11/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

ENTO - General Assembly and Annual Conference

ENTO - Assemblée Générale et Conférence Annuelle

Congress : co-organiser

Congrès : coorganisateur

-- info

Martin McMillan

[email protected]

16/11/2009

17/11/2009

Utrecht

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS

16th Session of the Council of Europe Conference of European Ministers responsible for local and regional government

16ème Session de la Conférence du Conseil de l'Europe des Ministres responsables des collectivités locales et régionales

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

President of the  Congress

Stefanie Poirel

[email protected]

23/11/2009

26/11/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Ulrich Bohner

[email protected]

01/12/2009

03/12/2009

Brussels

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

Plenary Session of the Committee of the Regions

Session plénière du Comité des Régions

For information

Pour information

-- info

Giampaolo Cordiale

[email protected]

Date / Date

Place / Lieu

Event / Evénement

Entity / Entité

Représentants du Congrès

Contact (Name/Nom & Email)

Web Site / Site Web

04/12/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Bureaux of the Congress and its Chambers

Bureaux du Congrès et de ses chambres

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Bureau

Marie-Aude L'Hyver-Yésou

[email protected]

07/12/2009

18/12/2009

Copenhagen

DENMARK / DANEMARK

Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Climate Change Convention (COP 15)

Conférence des Parties des Nations Unies sur le changement climatique COP 15

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

to be confirmed

Marité Moras

[email protected]

http://cop15.dk/

08/12/2009

09/12/2009

Brussels

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

CLIP - High-Level Conference  - 9th CLIP meeting

CLIP - Conférence de haut niveau - 9ème réunion CLIP

Congress : co-organiser

Congrès : coorganisateur

President of the Congress to be confirmed

Dolores Rios

[email protected]

10/12/2009

11/12/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

LR-FS - Committee of Experts on local and regional finance and public services

LR-FS - Comité d'experts sur les finances aux niveaux local et régional et les services publics

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

-- info

Stefanie Poirel

[email protected]

14/12/2009

17/12/2009

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Ulrich Bohner

[email protected]

15/01/2010

(to be confirmed )

Bellinzona

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

Bureaux of the Congress and its Chambers

Bureaux du Congrès et de ses chambres

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Bureau

Marie-Aude L'Hyver-Yésou

[email protected]


APPENDIX II

WORK PROGRAMME OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT,

AGRICULTURE AND LOCAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS
OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY

Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs

Commission de l’environnement, de l’agriculture et des questions territoriales

AS/ENA (2009) 02 rev. 5

24 June 2009

aena09_02rev5

Work Programme

This document indicates in chronological order:

o    Reports in preparation and rapporteurs

o    Committee and sub-committee meetings / Sessions / Standing Committee (in bold) and

Other events relevant to the Committee’s work or fields of competence:

Ø    “for information”

Ø    to which representatives have been appointed

Ø    to which representative are to be appointed (“to decide” or “to confirm”)

Abbreviations are explained on the final page.

Secretariat of the Committee        (Fax: +33 3 88 41 27 17)

Mrs Agnès NOLLINGER, Head of Secretariat             tel: +33 3 88 41 22 88        [email protected]

Mr Bogdan TORCATORIU, co-Secretary                      tel: +33 3 88 41 32 82        [email protected]

Mrs Dana KARANJAC, co-Secretary                             tel: +33 3 90 21 48 77        [email protected]

Mrs Marie-Anne MENGER (Europe Prize)                   tel :+33 3 88 41 21 08        [email protected]

Mrs Hazel BASTIER, Senior Assistant                           tel: +33 3 88 41 30 93        [email protected]

Mrs Eliza KOPEC, Assistant                                            tel: +33 3 90 21 45 95        [email protected]
REPORTS IN PREPARATION[1]

·         Military waste and the environment (Doc. 11462, ref. 3404 of 21/01/08) (Mr Ivanov, Bulgaria, EPP/CD)

·         Towards a new ocean governance (Doc. 11463, ref. 3405 of 21/01/08) (Mrs Melo, Portugal, SOC)

·         Biodiversity and climate change (Doc. 11484, ref. 3409 of 25/01/08) (Mrs Cortajarena Iturrioz, Spain, SOC)

·         Noise and light pollution: serious risks for the environment (Doc. 11551, ref. 3439 of 18/04/08) (Mr Huseynov,  Azerbaijan, ALDE)

·         The challenges posed by climate change (Doc. 11581, ref. 3447 of 29/05/08, opinion AS/Mig) (Mr Prescott, United Kingdom, SOC)

·         Water: a strategic challenge for the Mediterranean Basin (Doc. 11582, ref. 3448 of 29/05/08) (Mr Marquet, Monaco, ALDE)

·         The fight against harm to the environment in the Mediterranean (Doc. 11586, ref 3452 of 23/06/08) (Mr Falzon, Malta, EPP/CD)

·         Drafting an additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights, concerning the right to a healthy environment (Doc. 11729, ref. 3497 of 28/11/08) (Mr Mendes Bota, Portugal, EPP/CD)

·         Forests: the future of our planet (Doc. 11634, ref. 3500 of 28/11/08, modifying ref. 3471 of 27/06/08) (Mr Timchenko, Russia, EDG)

·         Geothermal energy: a solution for the future? (Doc. 11740, ref. 3504 of 26/01/09) (Mr Rouquet, France, SOC)

·         Armed conflicts and the environment (Doc. 11741, ref 3505 of 26/01/09) (Mr Ducarme, Belgium, ALDE)

·         Draft additional protocol to the European Charter of local self-government on the right to participate in the affairs of a local authority (Doc. 11935, ref. 3576 of 29 May 2009) (Mr Dorić, Croatia, ALDE) (adopted by the Committee on 11 June 2009)

·         Draft Protocol No. 3 to the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities concerning euroregional cooperation groupings (Doc. 11936, ref. 3577 of 29 May 2009) (Mr Dorić, Croatia, ALDE) (adopted by the Committee on 11 June 2009)

·         Genetically modified organisms (GMOs): a solution for the future? (Doc. 11816, ref. 3532 of 29 May 2009) (M. Le Grand, France, EPP/CD)

·         The need for independent and credible environmental assessments (Doc. 11892, ref. 3562 of 29 May 2009) (Mr Preda, Romania, EPP/CD)

·         The potential dangers of electromagnetic fields and their effect on the environment (Doc. 11894, ref. 3563 of 29 May 2009) (Mr Huss, Luxembourg, SOC)

·         Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (Doc. 11902, ref. 3583 of 22 June 2009) (Mr Korkeaoja, Finland, ALDE)


OPINIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

·         Euro-Mediterranean: call for a Council of Europe strategy (Doc. 11507, ref. 3420 of 14/04/08) (Report by the Political Affairs Committee, with opinion AS/Ec) (Mr Ducarme, Belgium, ALDE)

·         Regional co-operation (Doc. 11592, ref. 3454 of 23/06/08) (Report by the Political Affairs Committee (Mr Doric, Croatia, ALDE)

·         The socio-economic potential of the Baltic Sea Region (Doc. 11678, ref. 3483 of 29/09/08, modified on 26/01/09) (Report by the Economic Committee) (Mr Lotman, Estonia, UEL)

·         The real situation of rural women in Europe (Doc. 11773, ref. 3519 of 26/01/09) (Report by the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men) (Mrs John-Calame, Switzerland, SOC)

·       Contribution of the Committee to the report on the activities of OECD (Mr Vis, UK, SOC)

·       Transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by river and river-sea-going vessels as an efficient facility for solving the gas crisis (Doc. 11827, ref. 3537 of 29 May 2009) (Report of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development) (Mr Etherington, United Kingdom, SOC)

·       The economic importance of raw materials contained in “end-of-life products” including their energy potential (Doc. 11896, ref. 3565 of 29 May 2009) (Report of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development) (Mr Waalkens, Netherlands, SOC)


MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE AND SUB-COMMITTEES / SESSIONS / STANDING COMMITTEE and OTHER EVENTS WITHIN THE COMMITTEE’S COMPETENCE

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Date and place

Event

Participant(s)

JULY

2-3, Strasbourg

Group of Experts on Biodiversity and Climate Change (Bern Convention)

Mrs Cortajarena

6-7, Maastricht (NL)

Conference on transfrontier co-operation

Mr Doric

AUGUST

27-28, Reykjavik

Conference “Efficient Fisheries Management”

Mr Korkeaoja

SEPTEMBER  

2, Zwolle (NL)

Working Group “Interregional co-operation” (Congress)

Chair S/c LOC (to confirm)

4, Paris (CoE Office)

Committee meeting

28 – 2 October, Strasbourg

Assembly session

OCTOBER       

7-9, Ankara (Turkey)* **

Meeting of the Sub-Committee of the Europe Prize (on the occasion of the Prize-giving ceremony)* **

To be confirmed

13-15, Strasbourg

17th plenary session of the Congress

Chair + Chair S/c LOC

NOVEMBER    

15-17, Stockholm

Forum on Human Rights (on climate change)

To decide

16-17, Utrecht * (Netherlands)

Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Local and Regional Democracy* ** on the occasion of the 16th Conference of European Ministers responsible for Local and Regional Government

S/c LOC** *

20, Bern

Standing Committee

23, Paris (CoE Office)

Committee meeting

DECEMBER    

16-18, Copenhagen

IPU Parliamentary meeting on the occasion of the  COP15 UN 15th Climate Change Conference and participation in the conference

To decide

* Subject to authorisation of the Bureau                   ** To be confirmed


The Committee’s terms of reference

1. The committee shall consider all matters relating to the environment, regional planning, agriculture, food and consumer protection as well as those relating to local and regional government.

2. The committee shall in particular consider:

i. issues related to sustainable development from local to global level (protection of the environment, regional planning, natural resources management) as well as sectoral policies (transport, energy, etc.) as they contribute to a sustainable environment and well-balanced spatial planning;

ii. issues relating to agricultural policies, rural development, fisheries, forestry, food and consumer protection;

iii. issues relating to local and regional authorities, such as local and regional democracy and self-government, transfrontier and interregional co-operation and urban planning and policies.

3. The committee shall, on behalf of the Assembly, select the candidates for, and the winners of, the Europe Prize and the other awards (European Diplomas, Flags of Honour and Plaques of Honour) for local authorities.

4. The committee shall follow the activities and maintain working relations with the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.

5. The committee shall follow the activities of and maintain working relations with the relevant European and international organisations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (Unece) and the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (Icamas).

6. The committee shall follow the activities of the relevant European organisations and associations of local and regional co-operation.

7. The committee shall represent the Assembly in and follow the work of the relevant intergovernmental expert committees of the Council of Europe

Abbreviations

S/c DEV

Sub-Committee on Sustainable Development

S/c LOC

Sub-Committee on Local and Regional Democracy

S/c AGR

Sub-Committee on Agriculture and Food

S/c PRIX

Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize

CALRE

Conference of European Regions with Legislative Powers

CDLR

European Committee on Local and Regional Democracy

CEMAT

European Conference of Ministers of Regional Planning

Congress

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

CIHEAM

International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies



[1] References to committee are valid for two years