Strasbourg, 21 September 2010                                                           CDLR(2010)OJ2 rev.  

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEMOCRACY

(CDLR)

DRAFT AGENDA

         

Opening of the meeting: Tuesday, 12 October 2010 at 2.30 pm

Close of the meeting: Thursday , 14 October 2010 at 5.00 pm

Council of Europe, Strasbourg, room 5

1.

Opening of the meeting

2.

Adoption of the agenda

[CDLR(2010)OJ2 rev.]

3.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

3.1

Report of the Bureau meeting on 5 July 2010

For information

[CDLR-Bu(2010)22]

3.2

Decisions of the Committee of Ministers concerning the CDLR

For adoption

[CDLR(2010)19]

-        Draft comments on Congress Recommendations 280 and 282

For adoption

[CDLR(2010)19 Addendum]

3.3

Information on other Council of Europe bodies

For information

[CDLR(2010)20]

3.4

Recent developments in member States

For preparatory action

3.5

EU member States High Level Group on Governance Meeting

For information

[CDLR(2010)21]

3.6

European Union Charter on Multi-level Governance – Recent developments

For guidance

[CDLR(2010)22]


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4.

FOLLOW-UP TO UTRECHT DECLARATION

4.1

Partnership between the Committee of Ministers and the Ministerial Conference

For guidance

[CDLR(2010)23]

4.2

Utrecht Reviews

For guidance

[CDLR(2010)24]

4.3

Steps and measures to follow-up on the Kiviniemi report

For guidance

[CDLR(2010)25]

4.4

Implementation of the Utrecht Agenda

4.4.1

Overview of activities

For adoption

[CDLR(2010)26]

4.4.2

Sub-committee meeting reports

For information

[LR-GG(2010)9]

[LR-IC(2010)6]

[LR-FS(2010)6]

4.4.3

Activities requiring particular attention

4.4.3.1

Tour de table on the implementation of the Additional Protocol to the European Charter of Local Self-Government on the right to participate in the affairs of a local authority

For preparatory guidance

[CDLR(2010)27]

4.4.3.2

Preparation of the Conference on removing obstacles and promoting good practices on cross-border cooperation

For guidance

[CDLR(2010)28]

4.4.3.3

Conference on the impact of the economic downturn on local government across Europe and the responses to it

For guidance

[CDLR(2010)29]

4.4.3.4

Guidelines for the funding of new local competences

For adoption

[CDLR(2010)30]

4.4.4

Centre of expertise on Local Government Reform

For information

[CDLR(2010)31 + Addendum]

4.4.5

Cooperation programmes

For information

[CDLR(2010)32]

4.4.6

Strategy for Innovation and good governance

For preparatory action

[CDLR(2010)33 + Addendum]

4.5

Communication relating to the CDLR and local and regional democracy

[CDLR(2010)34]

4.6

European Local Democracy Week

For preparatory action

[CDLR(2010)35]

4.7

Forum for the Future of Democracy

For information

[CDLR(2010)36]


5.

MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE

5.1

Preparation of the 17th Session of the Ministerial Conference

For guidance

[CDLR(2010)37]

6.

OTHER

6.1

Elections

For election

[CDLR(2010)38]

6.2

Terms of reference sub-committees

For adoption

[CDLR(2010)39]

6.3

Other business

6.4

Date of the next meeting

-          Calendar of meetings of the CDLR and its subordinate committees in 2011

For adoption

[CDLR(2010)40]

6.5

Adoption of the abridged meeting report

For adoption

[CDLR(2010)41]