Strasbourg, 11 January 2010                                                                CDLR-Bu(2010)4

Item 6 of the agenda

                                                                                                                      

BUREAU OF THE

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEMOCRACY

(CDLR)

INFORMATION ON THE 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 2010 appears in Appendix I. More detailed information on sessions can be downloaded from the Congress website.

www.coe.int/congress

The fourth part of the Plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was held on 28 September – 2 October 2009. The work programme (version of January 2010) 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 Bureau 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

15/01/2010

Lugano

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

Bureaux of the Congress and its Chambers

Bureaux du Congrès et de ses chambres

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Bureau

Linette Taesch

[email protected]

18/01/2010

21/01/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Info:

[email protected]

18/01/2010

Andorra

ANDORRA / ANDORRE

Visit of the Acting President of the Congress to Andorra

Visite du Président a.i. du Congrès à Andorre

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

I Micallef

Stéphanie Poirel

[email protected]

19/01/2010

19/01/2010

Vienna

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE

CLIP Steering Committee meeting

CLIP - Réunion du Comité Directeur

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

 

Dolores RIOS

[email protected]

21/01/2010

Barcelona

SPAIN / ESPAGNE

First meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM)

Première réunion de l'Assemblée régionale et locale euro-méditerrannéenne (ARLEM)

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

Ian Micallef to be confirmed

Tim Lisney

[email protected]

25/01/2010

29/01/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the Parliamentary Assembly

Session de l'Assemblée parlementaire

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

to be confirmed

Antonella Cagnolati

[email protected]

28/01/2010

29/01/2010

Paris

FRANCE / FRANCE

Black Sea Conference

Conférence sur la Mer Noire

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

L Sfirloaga, K-H Lambertz to be confirmed

Jean-Paul Chauvet

[email protected]

http://www.aer.eu

05/02/2010

Paris

FRANCE / FRANCE

Bureaux of the Congress and its Chambers

Bureaux du Congrès et de ses chambres

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Bureau

Linette Taesch

[email protected]

08/02/2010

11/02/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Info:

[email protected]

09/02/2010

11/02/2010

Brussels

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

Plenary Session of the Committee of the Regions

Session plénière du Comité des Régions

For information

Pour information

-- info

Giamapolo Cordiale

[email protected]

15/02/2010

Utrecht

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS

Institutional Committee

Commission Institutionnnelle

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Institutional Committee

Stéphanie Poirel

[email protected]

17/02/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Meeting of the Working Group on Inter-regional Co-operation (GT/CIR)

Réunion du Groupe de travail sur la coopération interrégionale (GT/CIR)

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Working Group

Joanne Hunting

[email protected]

08/03/2010

11/03/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Info:

[email protected]


Date / Date

Place / Lieu

Event / Evénement

Entity / Entité

Représentants du Congrès

Contact (Name/Nom & Email)

Web Site / Site Web

16/03/2010

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

Linette Taesch

[email protected]

16/03/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Social Cohesion Committee

Commission de la cohésion sociale

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Social Cohesion Committee

Dolores Rios

[email protected]

16/03/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Sustainable Development Committee

Commission du développement durable

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Sustainable Development Committee

Marité Moras

[email protected]

16/03/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Culture and Education Committee

Commission de la culture et de l'education

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Culture and Education Committee

Alexander Bartling

[email protected]

17/03/2010

19/03/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

18th PLENARY SESSION OF THE CONGRESS

18ème SESSION PLENIERE DU CONGRES

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Congress

Dolores Rios

[email protected]

30/03/2010

Brussels

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

Meeting of the Secretaries General of the Committe of Regions, the Associations of Regional and Local Authorities and the Congress

Réunion des secrétaires généraux du Comité des Régions,  des Associations de pouvoirs locaux et régionaux et du Congrès

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

Secretary General of the Congress

Christine Ebel

[email protected]

13/04/2010

Brussels

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

Bureau of the Committee of the Regions

Bureau du Comité des Régions

For information

Pour information

-- info

Giampaolo Cordiale

[email protected]

14/04/2010

15/04/2010

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]

19/04/2010

22/04/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Info:

[email protected]

22/04/2010

24/04/2010

Uzhgorod

UKRAINE / UKRAINE

Conference on "Sustainable Development of the Carpathians and other mountain regions of Europe"

Conférence sur "Le développement durable des Carpathes et d'autres régions montagneuses d'Europe"

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

G Doganoglu  to be confirmed

Marité Moras

[email protected]

26/04/2010

30/04/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the Parliamentary Assembly

Session de l'Assemblée parlementaire

For information

Pour information

-- info

Antonella Cagnolati

[email protected]

03/05/2010

04/05/2010

St Gallen

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

Conference "Democracy and Decentralisation"

Conférence "Démocratie et decentralisation"

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

I Micallef, A Knape, J-C Frécon, K Whitmore, K-H Lambertz, D Ghisletta, K Hilber

Stéphanie Poirel

[email protected]

05/05/2010

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

Members of the Group of  Independent Experts

Stéphanie Poirel

[email protected]


Date / Date

Place / Lieu

Event / Evénement

Entity / Entité

Représentants du Congrès

Contact (Name/Nom & Email)

Web Site / Site Web

06/05/2010

Messina

ITALY / ITALIE

Contact Group Committee of the Regions / Congress

Groupe de contact Comité des Régions / Congrès

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

Members of  the Contact Group COR/Congress

Giampaolo Cordiale

[email protected]

07/05/2010

Messina

ITALY / ITALIE

Conference "The fight against corruption at local and regional level - a mandatory step towards good governance"

Conférence "Lutte contre la corruption aux niveau local et régionale - un passage obligé vers la bonne gouvernance"

Congress : co-organiser

Congrès : coorganisateur

to be confirmed

Giampaolo Cordiale

[email protected]

17/05/2010

20/05/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Info:

[email protected]

24/05/2010

25/05/2010

Baku

AZERBAIJAN / AZERBAÏDJAN

7th Council of Europe Conference of ministers responsible for gender equality

7ème Conférence du Conseil de l'Europe des ministres responsables de l'égalité entre les femmes et les hommes

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

to be confirmed

Dolores Rios

[email protected]

08/06/2010

Brussels

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

Bureau of the Committee of the Regions

Bureau du Comité des Régions

For information

Pour information

-- info

Giampaolo Cordiale

[email protected]

09/06/2010

10/06/2010

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]

14/06/2010

17/06/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Info:

[email protected]

21/06/2010

25/06/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the Parliamentary Assembly

Session de l'Assemblée parlementaire

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

to be  confirmed

Antonella Cagnolati

[email protected]

05/07/2010

08/07/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Info:

[email protected]

06/09/2010

09/09/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Info:

[email protected]

20/09/2010

23/09/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Info:

[email protected]

04/10/2010

07/10/2010

Brussels

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

Plenary Session & Open Days of the Committee of the Regions

Session plénière et "Open Days" du Comité des Régions

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

to be  confirmed

Giampaolo Cordiale

[email protected]

04/10/2010

08/10/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the Parliamentary Assembly

Session de l'Assemblée parlementaire

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

to be  confirmed

Antonella Cagnolati

[email protected]

05/10/2010

Brussels

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

Bureau of the Committee of the Regions

Bureau du Comité des Régions

For information

Pour information

-- info

Giampaolo Cordiale

[email protected]

18/10/2010

21/10/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Info:

[email protected]


Date / Date

Place / Lieu

Event / Evénement

Entity / Entité

Représentants du Congrès

Contact (Name/Nom & Email)

Web Site / Site Web

21/10/2010

23/10/2010

Dundalk-Newry

IRELAND / IRLANDE

AEBR General Assembly and Annual Conference

Assemblée générale et conférence annuelle de l'ARFE

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

to be confirmed

Jean-Paul Chauvet

[email protected]

http://www.aebr.eu

25/10/2010

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

Linette Taesch

[email protected]

26/10/2010

28/10/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

19th PLENARY SESSION OF THE CONGRESS

19ème SESSION PLENIERE DU CONGRES

Congress : organiser

Congrès : organisateur

Members of  the Congress

Marie-Aude L'Hyver-Yésou

[email protected]

10/11/2010

12/11/2010

Istanbul

TURKEY / TURQUIE

AER General Assembly

Assemblée générale de l'ARE

Congress : represented

Congrès : représenté

to be confirmed

Jean-Paul Chauvet

[email protected]

http://www.aer.eu

22/11/2010

25/11/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Info:

[email protected]

30/11/2010

Brussels

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

Bureau of the Committee of the Regions

Bureau du Comité des Régions

For information

Pour information

-- info

Giampaolo Cordiale

[email protected]

01/12/2010

02/12/2010

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]

13/12/2010

16/12/2010

Strasbourg

FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the European Parliament

Session du Parlement européen

For information

Pour information

-- info

Info:

[email protected]


APPENDIX II

WORK PROGRAMME OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT,

AGRICULTURE AND LOCAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS
OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY

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 January 2008, prolonged to 31 July 2010 by the Standing Committee on 20 November 2009) (Mr Toshev, Bulgaria, EPP/CD)

·         Biodiversity and climate change (Doc. 11484, ref. 3409 of 25 January 2008) (Mrs John-Calame, Switzerland, SOC)

·         Noise and light pollution: serious risks for the environment (Doc. 11551, ref. 3439 of 18 April 2008) (Mr Huseynov,  Azerbaijan, ALDE)

·         The fight against harm to the environment in the Mediterranean (Doc. 11586, ref 3452 of 23 June 2008) (Mr Falzon, Malta, EPP/CD)

·         Forests: the future of our planet (Doc. 11634, ref. 3500 of 28/11/08, modifying ref. 3471 of 27 June 2008) (Mr Timchenko, Russia, EDG)

·         Geothermal energy: a solution for the future? (Doc. 11740, ref. 3504 of 26 January 2009) (Mr Rouquet, France, SOC)

·         Armed conflicts and the environment (Doc. 11741, ref 3505 of 26 January 2009) (Mr Ducarme, Belgium, ALDE)

·         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)

·         Need to assess progress in implementation of the Bern Convention (Doc. 11983, ref. 3605 of 2 October 2009) (Rapporteur to be appointed)

·         Preventing natural disasters (Doc. 12049, ref 3616 of 20 November 2009 for report to the Standing Committee) (Rapporteur to be appointed)

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)

·       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

2 0 1 0







Date and place

Event

Participant(s)

JANUARY

25-29, Strasbourg

Assembly session

MARCH

5, Paris (CoE Office)**

Committee meeting**

To be confirmed

12, Paris (National Assembly)**

Standing Committee**

17-19, Strasbourg

18th session of the Congress

To decide

APRIL

26-30, Strasbourg

Assembly session

JUNE

21-25, Strasbourg

Assembly session

JULY

7-8, Moscow

European Conference of Ministers of Regional Planning (CEMAT)

To decide

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

In addition the Committee has been asked by the Bureau of the Assembly to organise a debate on “the future of nuclear energy” following the debate held during the June 2009 part-session.


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

IPU

Interparliamentary Union



[1] References to committee are valid for two years