Strasbourg, 26 September 2011                                                 CDLR(2011)51 FINAL

                                                                                                                       

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEMOCRACY

(CDLR)

ABRIDGED REPORT OF THE 48th MEETING

19 – 21 September 2011

1.        Opening of the meeting

The CDLR met in Strasbourg from 19-21 September 2011, with Mr Andriy GUK, (Ukraine) in the Chair. The list of participants appears at Appendix 1.

2.        Adoption of the agenda

The agenda as adopted appears at Appendix 2. A proposal by Mr Robert Baumann (Switzerland) not to include item C.3 Partnership between the Committee of Ministers and the Ministerial Conference did not receive support.

A.           RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

1.            Report of the Bureau meeting on 29 June 2011

The Vice-Chair of the Committee, Mr Auke van der Goot (Netherlands), presented the results of the Bureau meeting of 29 June 2011 on the basis of the meeting report (CDLR-Bu(2011)19).

2.            Decisions of the Committee of Ministers concerning the CDLR

The CDLR took note of the decisions of the Committee of Ministers as they appear in document CDLR(2011)26.

3.            Information on other Council of Europe bodies

The Committee took note of the information provided in document CDLR(2011)27.

4.            Forum for the Future of Democracy

The Committee took note of the information contained in document CDLR(2011)28. It agreed with the proposal that Prof. Ken Davey at the Forum on 13-14 October 2011 in Cyprus make a presentation drawing on the information gathered in the preparation of the Report “Local government in ciritical times: policies for crisis, recovery and sustainable future”.

5.            Recent developments in member States

Mrs Nina Britt Berge (Norway) informed the committee about the recent local elections held in Norway and the pilot projects organised in a limited number of local authorities with internet voting and in others with lowering the age for voting to 16.

B.           FOLLOW-UP TO UTRECHT DECLARATION

1.            Overview of activities

The Committee took note of the state of implementation of the activities under the Utrecht Agenda.

2.            Sub-committee meeting reports

Mr Auke van der Goot (the Netherlands), Mr Markku Mölläri and the Secretariat introduced the reports and work respectively of the LR-IC, the LR-FS and LR-GG Committees [documents LR-IC(2011)8, LR-GG(2011)10]. The CDLR took note.

3.         Council of Europe Reform and Programme of activities 2012-2013

The Secretariat presented the most recent decisions on the reform of the Council of Europe (adoption of CM Resolution Res(2011)7, draft terms of reference of the CDLR, creation of new Directorate General Democracy). Mrs Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, current Director General of DGIV and appointed Director General of Programmes (as from 1 October 2011) provided further insight on the central place of local and regional democracy in the new structure, the extended opportunities for synergies and co-operation across departments and in member states, and the role of the new DG in enhancing flexibility, efficiency and accountability in the work of the Council of Europe.

4.            Report on the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the ECLSG

The two consultant experts, Professor Gérard Marcou and Professor Jean-François Akandji-Kombe, designated by the CDLR Secretariat and the Congress Secretariat respectively, presented their report on the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the ECLSG.

The Committee expressed its thanks to the authors. It agreed to study its content and proposals further. It agreed that the report should be sent to Minister Chaves and be included in the documents to be made availabe to Ministers at the 17th session of the Ministerial Conference in Kyiv. The CDLR also instructed the CDLR Bureau to consider the report and to make suggestions as to the follow-up to be given to it. Finally it was noted that this report might also be of interest to the High Level Group on Governance of EU member States and agreed that the latter be contacted to see about a possible presentation of the report at one of its next meetings.

It was also agreed that the report should be brought to the attention of the Ministers’ Deputies and that, to that end, it be appended to this meeting report (Addendum).

5.            Draft report on the CDLR survey of Participatory budgeting at local level

The draft report on the CDLR survey of the role of the central/regional government in the participatory budgeting at local level was presented to the CDLR by the rapporteur, Mrs Neza Vodusek (Slovenia). The document addressed the legal framework and current practice in member States in participatory budgeting at local level, based on the data obtained from the replies on the questionnaire sent to the member States, as well as input from the participants at the workshop on Participatory Budgeting held in Strasbourg on 9 May 2011.

The CDLR thanked Mrs Vodusek for her comprehensive report and adopted it. It also agreed to publish it as a booklet available for the Ministerial Conference in Kyiv.

6.            Workshop on Democratic Participation by certain groups in society

Further to the Report on the low democratic participation by certain groups in society and taking stock of the member States’ policies adopted by the CDLR at its meeting in March 2011 and the agreement of the LR-GG Committee at its meeting on 9 May 2011 that the issue of low democratic participation by certain groups in society should be given additional consideration, the Rapporteur, Mr Edwin Lefebre (Belgium), presented a draft proposal on a workshop that could be organised after the Ministerial Conference in Kyiv, with a clear focus on concrete experience, successful and not-so-successful, of member States.

The CDLR agreed that it would be desirable to hold this workshop in conjuction with the CDLR meeting in spring 2012 in Strasbourg. The Secretariat indicated it would seek the input from other parts of the Council of Europe in order to ensure optimum synergy and results.

7.            Publication of SWOT report

The Committee agreed on the publication by the Council of Europe of the SWOT report entitled “Crossborder Co-operation in Europe: a comprehensive overview” and the contribution by the CDLR to a possible event to be organised by the Institute of International Sociology of Gorizia (ISIG) around the report. The Bureau was tasked with deciding the modalities of this contribution.

8.            Communication relating to the CDLR and local and regional democracy

The Secretariat gave a resumé of some of the main communication activities for 2011 which included the Strasbourg Colloquy on Transparency and Public Ethics, the drawing up of a list of external contacts (local associations, local press, news agencies) and the launch of the Communication Correspondents Network.  An outline was also given of the communications activities proposed for the remainder of year, notably the preparation of a promotional video using interviews carried out at the above-mentioned Colloquy, awareness-raising of the Ministerial Conference, during, before and after the conference, and continuation of expanding the list of external contacts.

The CDLR agreed that a document be prepared in time for the Kyiv Conference drawing on the replies to the questionnaire to the Bulgarian municipalities that received the Label of Good Democratic Governance (EloGE).

The Secretariat was also invited to improve the access to the local democracy pages of the new Council of Europe’s website.

Following a presentation on the efficacy of Twitter as a communication tool, the Committee agreed to the opening of a CDLR Twitter account.

9.            Centre of Expertise on Local Government Reform and Co-operation programmes

The Committee took note of the information contained in document CDLR(2011)36 and expressed its satisfaction with the high volume and quality of work carried out with limited resources. It considered that in many respects, this work is exemplary and a model for the future.

10.         Strategy for Innovation and Good Governance at Local Level

Further to an invitation by the GR-DEM, the Committee held a discussion on the implementation of the Strategy on the basis of document CDLR(2011)37.

The Committee agreed that its input should be channeled through the Stakeholders’ Platform so that the latter could take account of the views of all stakeholders in its response to the GR-DEM. The CDLR gave guidance to its representatives on the Stakeholders’ Platform.

11.         European Local Democracy Week

The Committee took note of the information contained in document CDLR(2011)38.

C.           MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE

1.            Preparation of the 17th session of the Ministerial Conference (Kyiv, November 2011) – Practical information

The Committee took note of the document and in particular the modalities for the organisation of the debates, the tabling of amendments and the adoption of the Kyiv Declaration.

It was noted that the Chair of the CDLR will write to the Presidents of both the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress inviting suggestions as to the topics to be discussed at the exchange of views between the ministers and PACE and Congress representatives on 3 November 2011.

2.            Draft agenda and draft programme

Mrs Olga Romanyuk, Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Housing of Ukraine presented the Committee with the draft programme for the Ministerial Session as well as with all information of a practical nature necessary for ministers and their delegations. The Conference web-site address is : http://17-session.kiev.ua.

The Committee welcomed the presentation and congratulated Mrs Romanyuk with the efforts Ukraine is making to prepare the Ministerial Session. It approved the draft programme.

The Committee also approved the draft agenda as it appears in document CDLR(2001)40.

3.            Partnership between the Committee of Ministers and the Ministerial Conference

The Committee noted that so far no reply had been sent to the proposal for a partnership  between the Committee of Ministers and the Ministerial conference put forward on behalf of the conference by Minister Tapani Tölli of Finland. The Committee was informed that a draft for the reply has been prepared by the GR-DEM, which, given the restricted nature of the document, could not be made available to the CDLR.

Mr Arto Luhtala (Finland) said that although his authorities were somewhat disappointed with results so far, improvement of the coherence of working arrangements in the democracy pillar of the Council of Europe was necessary and must be pursued. Other delegations also emphasized the need for close cooperation between the Committee of Ministers and the ministers with domestic responsibility for local and regional government.

The CDLR instructed the Bureau to prepare elements for possible inclusion in the Kyiv Declaration at its meeting on 7 October 2011 and agreed to proceed with the further preparation in the same way as agreed in respect of the draft Kyiv guidelines (see item C.5. below).

4.            Utrecht Reviews

Ms Paqui Santonja (Spain) presented to the Committee the draft report prepared by Minister Manuel Chaves.

5.            Local Government: Responses to recession across Europe

The Committee was given presentations on the draft Report “Local government in critical times: policies for crisis, recovery and sustainable future” by three members of the editorial team: Mr Gabor Peteri, Mr Sorin Ionita and Professor Ken Davey.

Following the presentations the CDLR examined and, agreeing on a number of final changes, approved the draft report for sending to the Ministerial Conference.

The Committee examined the draft for the Kyiv guidelines as contained in document CDLR(2011)44. Delegations made a number of proposals for changes to the guidelines and instructed the Bureau of the CDLR to prepare revised version at its meeting on 7 October. Following this meeting the revised version will be sent to delegations who will have one week for written comments. In the light of these comments a draft will be prepared by the Bureau. Any changes after that will have to be proposed and decided upon in accordance with the rules agreed for the conference session (see document CDLR(2011)39).

The CDLR examined the relevant part of the Kyiv Declaration on the basis of document CDLR(2011)45. The Committee made some proposals for changes to the text and agreed to proceed with the further preparation in the same way as agreed in respect of the draft Kyiv guidelines.

The Committee thanked the Editorial Group for the valuable work in had carried out and the quality of the resulting report.

6.            Overcoming obstacles to transfrontier co-operation

The CDLR reviewed and slightly modified the draft declaration on removing obstacles to transfrontier co-operation as revised following the consultation held in Strasbourg on 12 September 2011.

7.            Human rights at local level

The item was introduced by Mr Auke van der Goot (the Netherlands), one of the two co-rapporteurs. He explained that for health reasons the other co-rapporteur, Mr Paul-Henri Philips had unfortunately not been able to take part in the preparation of the report (CDLR(2011)47) beyond the initial stages. Mr van der Goot suggested that this experience should lead the CDLR to appoint two co-rapporteurs in all cases.

The Committee thanked Mr van der Goot for the thoughtful report and approved the proposals it contained for the preparation of the item. The Committee underlined the importance of Congress presenting at the Ministerial session its views on the question of and approach to human rights at local level. The Congress representative assured the Committee that Congress members would be pleased to do so.

The CDLR instructed the Bureau to take forward the preparation of the item at the session along the lines above, to prepare the documentation for Ministers and to prepare draft elements for inclusion in the relevant section of the draft Kyiv Declaration

8.            Progress report on the implementation of the Utrecht Agenda

The CDLR approved the proposal for the review report on the implementation of the Utrecht Agenda by the Council of Europe as set out in document CDLR(2011)48. The Committee agreed that Table D without column 10 from the document will be used as an addendum.

9.            Draft Kyiv Declaration

The Committee agreed on the proposed format of the Kyiv Declaration, consisting of an introduction and four separate statements covering the main four themes of the Conference. 

D.           OTHER

1.        Elections

The Committee renewed its Bureau whose composition in 2012 will be as follow:

Chair:           Mr Paul Rowsell (United Kingdom)

Vice-chair:     Mr Paul-Henri Philips (Belgium)

Members:     Mr Auke van der Goot (Netherlands)

                   Ms Miroslava-Nina Misković (Croatia)

                   Mr Jesper Lorenz Gradert (Denmark)

                   Mrs Viktória Zöld-Nagy (Hungary)

Mrs Paqui Santonja (Spain)

                  

2.        Other business

The CEMR informed the Committee that it is celebrating its 60th Anniversary on 12 December 2011 in Brussels and that the CDLR will be invited to attend. Also all CDLR members will be invited. It was agreed that forthcoming information will be sent to members by the CDLR Secretariat.

3.        Date of the next meeting

The CDLR decided not to fix a precise date at this stage because the holding of the next CDLR meeting will need to be decided in the light of the results of the Ministerial Session in Kyiv. The CDLR therefore entrusted the Bureau of the CDLR with making proposals for dates.

4.        Adoption of the abridged meeting report

The Committee adopted its meeting report.

APPENDIX 1

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

MEMBERS / MEMBRES

CHAIRMAN / PRESIDENT

Mr Andriy GUK, Head of Department, State Foundation for Local  Self-Government in Ukraine, L.Ukrainka bld. 26, Building A, KIYV 01133, UKRAINE

Tel: 380 44 223 68 10 ; Fax: 380 44 286 37 81; E-mail: [email protected]

ALBANIA / ALBANIE

Mr Ferdinand PONI, Deputy Minister, Ministry of the Interior, Bvd. “Dëshmorët e Kombit”, TIRANA, Albania

Tel: (355) 42 23 3545; Fax: (355) 42233544; E-mail: [email protected]

ARMENIA / ARMENIE

Apologised for absence / excusé

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE

Mr Stefan UMNIG, Ministry of the Interior – III/2, Landstrasser Hauptstrasse 169, A - 1030 WIEN

Tel: (43) 1 53126 5385 ; Fax: (43) 1 53126 5569; E-mail: [email protected]

Ms Patricia Sylvia BUKOVACZ, Vienna City Administration, Chief Executive Office, Rathaus, A – 1082 VIENNA

Tel: (43) 1 4000 82343; E-mail: [email protected]

AZERBAIJAN / AZERBAÏDJAN

Dr Gadir KHALILOV, Senior adviser, Centre of work with municipalities, Ministry of Justice, B. Safaroglu str. 141, AZ 1009

Tel: (994) 12 596 34 08; Fax: (99412) 59 63 408; E-mail: [email protected]

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

Mme Annie BIEFNOT-VANBOTERDAL, Directeur général, Chargée de mission auprès du Gouvernement Wallon, 18/19 Rue de la Seuwe, 7000 MONS

Tél: (32) (0) 65 22 06 84; Fax: (32) (0) 65 22 06 99; cel-phone : (32) 475 46 79 38 ;

E-mail: [email protected]

Mr Edwin LEFEBRE, Deputy of the Director, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Flemish Region, Agency for Home Affairs, Boudewijnlaan 30, B - 1000 BRUSSELS

Tel : (32) 2 553 40 16; Fax :(32) 2 553 39 52; E-mail : [email protected]

M. Xavier KALBUSCH, Ministerium der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft, Gospert 1, 4700 EUPEN

Tél : (32) (0)87 59 63 00 ; Fax : (32) (0)87 55 28 91 ;

E-mail : [email protected]; [email protected]

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/ BOSNIE-HERZEGOVINE

Mrs Radmila BJELIC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Counsellor, Council of Europe Department, Musala 2, 7100 SARAJEVO

Tel: (387) 33 281 160; E-mail: [email protected]

BULGARIA / BULGARIE

Mrs Zornitsa HADZHIDIMITROVA-GEORGIEVA, Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, 17-19 St. Kiril I Metodii Str., 1202 SOFIA;

Tel : (359) 2 9405 223, 224 ; E-mail: [email protected]

CROATIA / CROATIE

Mrs Miroslava-Nina MIŠKOVIĆ, Head of Independent Division for International Cooperation, Ministry of Public Administration, Maksimirska 63, 10000 ZAGREB

Tel: (385) 1 2357 532; Fax: (385) 1 2357 609; E-mail: [email protected]

CYPRUS / CHYPRE

Mr Georgios ANTONIADES, Famagusta District Officer

Tel: (357) 24801002; Fax: (357) 24304168; E-mail: [email protected]

CZECH REPUBLIC / REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE

Mr Petr FEJTEK, Department for Public Administration, Unit for Conceptions in Public Administration, Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic, nám. Hrdinů 3, 140 21 Praha 4
Tel.: + 420 974 816 267; Fax: + 420 974 916 632; E-mail: [email protected]

DENMARK / DANEMARK

                                

Mr Jesper LORENZ GRADERT, Head of Section, Ministry of the Interior and Health, Slotsholmsgade 10-12, 1216, COPENHAGEN K

Tel: (45) 7228 2524; E-mail: [email protected]

ESTONIA / ESTONIE

Ms Olivia TALUSTE, Legal Adviser to the Regional Development Department, Ministry of the Interior, Pikk 61, TALLINN, 15065

Tel: (372) 612 5051; Fax: (372) 612 5183; E-mail: [email protected]

FINLAND / FINLANDE

Mr Arto LUHTALA, Ministerial Councelor, Department for Municipal Affairs, Ministry of Finance, PO Box 28, FIN – 00023 GOVERNMENT

Tel: (358) 40 830 9194; E-mail: [email protected]

Mr Markku MÖLLÄRI, Senior Officer, Department for Municipal Affairs, Ministry of Finance, PO Box 28, FIN – 00023 GOVERNMENT

Tel: (358) 40 568 1492; Fax: (358) 9 160 32230; E-mail: [email protected]

FRANCE

Mme Marie-Christine BERNARD-GELABERT, Chef du Bureau des structures territoriales, Direction Générale des Collectivités locales, Ministère de l'Intérieur, 1 bis, place des Saussaies, F - 75800 PARIS

Fax: (33) 01 49 27 49 79 ; E-mail: [email protected]

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

Mrs Tanja LAIER, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Head of Division 02, Local Government Affairs, Alt Moabit 101d, D - 10559 BERLIN

Tel: (49) 30 18 681 1431; Fax: (49) 30 18 681 5 1431; E-mail: [email protected]

Mr Gottfried KONZENDORF, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Head of Division 02, Local Government Affairs, Alt Moabit 101d, D- 10559 BERLIN

Tel: (49) 30 18 681 2137; Fax: (49) 30 18 681 5 1431;

E-mail: [email protected]

Mr Ulrich DRESSLER, Representative of the “Laender” (Regions), Ministry of the Interior of Hesse, Head of Division IV1, Local Government Affairs, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 12, Postfach 31 67, 65185 WIESBADEN

Tel : (49) (0) 611 353 1536; Fax : (49) (0) 611 353 31536;

E-mail: [email protected]

GREECE / GRECE

Mrs Isidora PETROPOULOU, Deputy to the Permanent Representative, Permanent Representation of Greece, 21 place Broglie, 67000 STRASBOURG

Tel: 33 3 88 32 88 18; E-mail: [email protected]

ICELAND / ISLANDE

Apologised for absence / excusé

IRELAND / IRLANDE

Mr Des DOWLING, Head of Division, Local Government Division, Department of the Environment Heritage and Local Government, Custom House, EI – DUBLIN; Tel: (353 1) 888 24 75; E-mail: [email protected]

Mr Tom SHERIDAN, Local Government Policy Section, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Custom House, DUBLIN 1

Tel: (353) 1 888 2361; Fax: (353) 1 888 2643; E-mail: [email protected]

ITALY / ITALIE

Mr Antonio CAPONETTO, Director, Department of Regional Affairs of the Italian Presidency of Council of Ministers, Via della Stamperia, 8, I – 00187 ROMA

Tel: (39) 06 677 96 138; E-mail: [email protected]

Mr Francesco GIUSTINO, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, D.A.R. - Ufficio Attività Internazionali, ROMA

Tel. +39.06.6779.5130; E-mail: [email protected]

LATVIA / LETTONIE

Ms Anda VECTEVA, Director, Local government monitoring department, Ministry of Environmental protection and Regional development, Peldu street 25, LV – 1494 RIGA

Tel : (371) 6777 0382; Fax: (371) 67770479; E-mail: [email protected]

Mrs Fatma FRIDENBERGA, Riga City Council Legal Office, Ratslaukums 1, LV - 1539 RIGA

Tel: (371) 6 7026022; Fax: (371) 6 7026326; E-mail: [email protected]

LITHUANIA / LITUANIE

Mr Paulius SKARDŽIUS, Director of Public Governance Policy Department, Ministry of the Interior, Šventaragio Str. 2, LT - 01510 VILNIUS, LITHUANIA

Tel: (370) 5 271 7071; Fax: (370) 5 271 8915; E-mail: [email protected]

LUXEMBOURG

Mme Christiane LOUTSCH-JEMMING, Conseiller de Gouvernement 1^ère classe, Ministère de l’Intérieur et à la Grande Région, 19 rue Beaumont, L – 1219 Luxembourg

Tél : (352) 247 84615 ;  Fax : (352) 26 20 26 93 ; E-mail : [email protected]

MALTA / MALTE

Mr Adrian MIFSUD, Local Government, Department for Local Government, Office of the Prime Minister, 26 Archbishop Street, Valletta VLT1443

E-mail: [email protected]

MOLDOVA

Ms Felicia COJOCARU, Principal advisor, Policy of Decentralisation Department, The State Chancellery, CHISINAU

Tel: (373) 22 250 582; E-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected]

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS

Mr Auke van der GOOT, Senior Adviser, Europe and Local and Regional Governance Unit, Directorate-General for Governance and Kingdom Relations, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, P.O Box 20011, NL - 2500 EA THE HAGUE

Tel: (31) 70 426 7386; Fax: (31) 70 426 7655; E-mail: [email protected]

NORWAY / NORVEGE

Mrs Greta Ulland BILLING, Deputy Director General, Department of Local Government, The Royal Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Postbox 8112 DEP, N - 0032 OSLO

Tel: (47) 22 24 72 25; Mobile: (47) 92 61 37 27; Fax: (47) 22 24 27 35;

E-mail: [email protected]

Mrs Nina Britt BERGE, Senior Adviser, Department of Local Government, The Royal Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Postbox 8112 DEP, N - 0032 OSLO

Tel: (47) 22 24 72 55; Mobile: (47) 99 72 43 14; Fax: (47) 22 24 27 35;

E-mail: [email protected]

POLAND / POLOGNE

Mr Lukasz KRYSZTOFIAK, Head of Unit, Unit of Projects, Department of Public Administration, Ministry of the Interior and Administration, ul. Wspólna 2/4, PL – 00-505 WARSZAWA

Tel: (48) 22 661 87 38; Fax: (48) 22 661 94 08;

E-mail: [email protected]

PORTUGAL

Mr Rui Pedro Viveiros Pereira DIAS, Direction Générale des Collectivités Locales, Rua José Estevão, 137-7°, P – 1169-058 LISBOA

Tel : (351) 213 133 000; E-mail: [email protected]

ROMANIA / ROUMANIE

Mrs Raluca HEREPEAN, Manager Public, Ministry of Administration and Interior

Tel: 40 021 316 59 73; E-mail: [email protected]

RUSSIAN FEDERATION / FEDERATION DE RUSSIE

Mr Vladimir LEBEDENKO, Deputy Director, Department for relations with the subjects of the Federation, Parliament, political and public Organisations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Arbat Street 57, 119200 MOSCOW, Russia

Tel : 7.499.244.35.70 ; Fax : 7.499.244.44.78 ; E-mail: [email protected]

Ms Elena KODINA, Head of the Department for Development of Regions and Municipalities, Ministry of Regional Development, Sadovaya-Samotechnaya Street 10/23, 127994 MOSCOW, Russia

E-mail: [email protected]

SAN MARINO / SAINT-MARIN

Apologised for absence / excusé

SERBIA / SERBIE

Mr Saša MOGIĆ, Deputy Minister, Ministry for Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-Government, Bircaninova 6, 11000 BELGRADE, Republic of Serbia

Tel. +381 11 361 64 32; Fax:+ 381 11 268 53 96; E-mail: [email protected]

Mrs Milica MARKOVIC, Advisor in the Sector for Local Self-Government, Ministry for Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-Government, Bircaninova 6, 11000 BELGRADE, Republic of Serbia

Tel. +381 11 268 67 86; Fax:+ 381 11 268 53 96;

E-mail: [email protected]

SLOVAK REPUBLIC / REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE

Mrs Eva CHMELOVA, Adjointe du Directeur Général, Section de l'Administration Publique (Directeur du Département d'Organisation) Ministère de l'Intérieur de la République slovaque, Drieňová 22, 826 86 BRATISLAVA

Tél : + (421) 2 43 33 86 60; Fax: + (421) 2 43 33 42 28;

E-mail: [email protected]

SLOVENIA / SLOVENIE

Mr Roman LAVTAR, Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy, Dunajska cesta 58, 1501 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia

Tel: + 386 1 32 01 630; Fax: + 386 1 32 01 633; E-mail: [email protected]

Mrs Neza VODUSEK, Rapporteur on Participatory Budgeting at Local Level, Senior Advisor, Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy, Dunajska cesta 58, 1000 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia

Tel: + 386 1 3201 631; Fax: + 386 1 3201 633; e-mail: [email protected]

SPAIN / ESPAGNE

Mrs Fonsi ACEVEDO, Adviser to Vice-President Chaves

Ms Paqui SANTONJA, Special Adviser, Directorate General for Regional Cooperation, Ministry of Territorial Policy, MADRID

Tel: (34) 91 273 46 59; Fax: (34) 91 273 46 10; E-mail: [email protected]

SWEDEN / SUEDE

Mr Johan HÖÖK, Director, Division for Local Government Affairs, Ministry of Finance, S - 103 33 STOCKHOLM

Tel: (46) 8 405 3798; Fax: (46) 206 196; E-mail: [email protected]

Mr Henrik KÄLLSBO, Division for Local Government Affairs, Ministry of Finance, S - 103 33 STOCKHOLM

Tel: (46) 8 405 43 50; Fax: (46) 206 196; E-mail: [email protected]

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

Dr Robert BAUMANN, Responsable du Service du Fédéralisme/Responsible for the Service of Federalism, Office fédéral de la Justice, Bundesrain 20, CH – 3003 BERNE

Tél : (41) 31 322 41 61 ; Fax : (41) 31 322 84 01 ;

E-mail : [email protected]

TURKEY / TURQUIE

Mr Ekrem CANALP, Chief of Section, Department for Legislation and Strategy Development, General Directorate of Local Administrations, Ministry of the interior, Devlet Mahallesi Inönü Bulvari No. 4 Bakanliklar – 06644 ANKARA

Tel: +90 312 4190781; Fax: +90 312 425 17 91;

E-mail: [email protected]

UKRAINE

Ms Olga ROMANYUK, Minister Deputy of regional development and housing of Ukraine

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

Mr Paul ROWSELL, Deputy Director, Democracy, Department for Communities and Local Government, 3/J1, Eland House, Bressenden Place, LONDON SW1E 5DU, GB

Tel: (44) 303 44 42568; E-mail: [email protected]

Ms Victoria JONES, Team Leader, Democratic Local Governance, Department for Communities and Local Government,3/J1, Eland House, Bressenden Place, LONDON SW1E 5DU, GB

Tel: (44) 303 44 42585; E-mail: [email protected]

PARTICIPANTS

PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY / ASSEMBLEE PARLEMENTAIRE

Sir Alan MEALE, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Local and Regional Democracy of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs

CONGRESS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE / CONGRES DES POUVOIRS LOCAUX ET REGIONAUX DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE

Mr Andreas KIEFER, Secretary General / Secrétaire Général

Tel : +33 (0)3 88 41 22 48; Fax : +33 (0)3 88 41 27 51;

E-mail : [email protected]

Mme Maria BARONI, Project Manager / Chef de projet – European  Local Democracy Week / Semaine Européenne de la Démocratie Locale

Tel : +33 (0)3 88 41 59 94; Fax : +33 (0)3 88 41 27 51; [email protected]

Mr Tim LISNEY, Deputy Secretary of the Chamber of Local Authorities / Secrétaire adjoint de la Chambre des pouvoirs locaux – Secretary of the Governance Committee / Secrétaire de la Commission de la gouvernance

Tel: (33) 3.88.41.35.73; Fax: (33) 3.88.41.27.51;  E-mail: [email protected]

Mrs Nichola HOWSON, co-secretary to the Governance Committee / co-secrétaire de la Commission de la gouvernance

Tel: (33) 3.88.41.22.39; Fax: (33) 3.88.41.27.51;  E-mail: [email protected]

CONFERENCE OF INGOS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE / CONFERENCE DES OING DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE

M. Rémy BERTHIER, 2 rue des Marronniers, 67310 Wasselonne, France

Tél : 06 30 52 34 53 ; E-mail: [email protected]

OTHER PARTICIPANTS / AUTRES PARTICIPANTS

HOLY-SEE / SAINT-SIEGE

Maître Marc LEYENBERGER, Avocat honoraire au Barreau de Strasbourg, 26, rue Aubry et Rau, 67000 STRASBOURG

Tel: (33) (0)3 88 41 14 94; E-mail: [email protected]

MEXICO / MEXIQUE

Mme Andrea BARBOSA, Mission Permanente du Mexique auprès du Conseil de l’Europe
8, boulevard du Président Edwards - 67000 Strasbourg
Tél.: 03 88 24 26 81 – Fax: 03 88 24 10 87 ; E-mail: [email protected]   

OBSERVERS / OBSERVATEURS

ASSEMBLY OF EUROPEAN REGIONS (AER) / ASSEMBLEE DES REGIONS D'EUROPE (ARE)

Mme Agnès CICCARONE, Responsable du Comité Permanent, Affaires Institutionnelles, 6 rue Oberlin, 67000 STRASBOURG

Tél : (33) (0)388 227 432 ; E-mail : [email protected]

ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN BORDER REGIONS (AEBR) / ASSOCIATION DES REGIONS FRONTALIERES EUROPEENNES (ARFE)

Mme Silvia BANCOD, Chargée de Recherches au sein de l’Université du Val d’Aoste et du CŒUR, Conseiller national de la SIOI (Société Italienne des Organisations Internationales)

Tel : (39) 0165 066700 ; Fax : (39) 0165 066749 ; E-mail : [email protected]

COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS (CEMR) / CONSEIL DES COMMUNES ET REGIONS D’EUROPE (CCRE)

Mr Boris TONHAUSER, Policy Officer, Council of European Municipalities and Regions, Square de Meeûs, 1, B – 1000 BRUXELLES, BELGIUM

Tel: (32) 2 500 05 39 ; Fax: (32) 2 511 09 49; E-mail : [email protected]

EXPERT-CONSULTANTS / CONSULTANT-EXPERTS

M. le Professeur Gérard MARCOU, GRALE, Université Paris I, Centre Universitaire Mahler, 9 rue Mahler, 75181 PARIS, France

Tél : (33 3) 20 90 74 51 / (33 1) 44 78 33 44 ; E-mail : [email protected]

M. le Professeur Jean-François AKANDJI-KOMBE, Professeur de Droit Public, Ecole de Droit de la Sorbonne, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris

E-mail : [email protected]

Mr Algirdas PETKEVICIUS, Project Manager, Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative, Open Society Foundations, Oktober 6 ut 12, 1051 Budapest, Hungary

Tel: +36 1 882 3835; Fax: +36 1 882 3105; E-mail: [email protected]

M. Paul Robert HERTZOG, Professor, Université de Strasbourg

Tel : (33) 6 08 77 33 24 ; E-mail : [email protected]

Editorial Group CDLR/LGI / Groupe éditorial CDLR/LGI

Prof. Jørgen LOTZ, Sonderengen 66, 2870 DYSSEGAARD, Denmark

Tel : (45) 39 42 21 92 ; E-mail: [email protected]

Prof. Ken DAVEY, Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (LGI), Haymesbrook - Haymes Drive, Cleeve Hill – Cheltenham GL52 3QQ, UK

Tel : +44 (0) 124 25 26 232; E-Mail: [email protected]

Mr Paul Bernd SPAHN, Ohlystrasse 74, 64285 DARMSTADT, Germany

E-mail: [email protected]

Mr Sorin IONITA, 37 Dinicu Golescu, sector 1, BUCHAREST, Romania

E-mail: [email protected]

Mr Gabor PETERI, Kolozsvár utca 22/a, 2094 NAGYKOVÁCSI, Hungary

E-mail: [email protected]

SECRETARIAT

Mrs Gabriella BATTAINI-DRAGONI, Director General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport / Directrice Générale de l’éducation, de la culture et du patrimoine, de la jeunesse et du sport

Tel : +33 (0)3 88 41 21 78 ; Fax : +33 (0)3 88 41 27 50;

E-mail : [email protected]

Mr Robert PALMER, Director of Culture, and Cultural and Natural Heritage / Directeur de la culture et du patrimoine culturel et naturel, Directorate General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport / Direction générale de l’éducation, de la culture et du patrimoine, de la jeunesse et du sport

Tel : +33 (0)3 88 41 22 50 ; Fax : +33 (0)3 88 41 27 55; E-mail : [email protected]

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Mr Alfonso ZARDI, Head of the Department of Local and Regional Democracy and Good Governance / Chef du Service de la démocratie locale et régionale et de la bonne gouvernance - Directorate of Democratic Institutions/ Direction des institutions démocratiques, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs / Direction générale de la démocratie et des affaires politiques

Tel : +33 (0)3 88 41 39 06; Fax : +33 (0)3 88 41 27 84; E-mail : [email protected]

Mr Frank STEKETEE, Administrator / Administrateur – Directorate of Democratic Institutions/ Direction des institutions démocratiques, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs / Direction générale de la démocratie et des affaires politiques

Tel: +33 (0)3 88 41 39 61; Fax: +33 (0)3 88 41 27 84; E-mail: [email protected]

Mrs Vesna ATANASOVA, Administrator / Administratrice – Directorate of Democratic Institutions/ Direction des institutions démocratiques, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs / Direction générale de la démocratie et des affaires politiques

Tel: +33 (0)3 88 41 31 68; Fax: +33 (0)3 88 41 27 84;

E-mail: [email protected]

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M. Daniel POPESCU, Head of Centre of Expertise on Local Government Reform / Chef du Centre d’Expertise pour la Réforme de l’Administration Locale - Directorate of Democratic Institutions / Direction des institutions démocratiques, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs / Direction générale de la démocratie et des affaires politiques

Tel: (33) 03 88 41 36 08; Fax: (33) 03 88 41 27 84; E-mail: [email protected]

Mrs Gabriela MATEI, Division of Programmes for Democratic Stability / Division des Programmes pour la Stabilité démocratique – Directorate of Democratic Institutions/ Direction des institutions démocratiques, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs / Direction générale de la démocratie et des affaires politiques

Tel: (33) 3 88 41 54 73; Fax: (33) 3 88 41 27 84; E-mail: [email protected]

Ms Siobhán MONTGOMERY, Communication, Directorate of Democratic Institutions, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs

Tel: (33) 3 88 41 24 14; Fax: (33) 3 88 41 27 84; E-mail: [email protected]

Mme Isabelle ETTER, Mme Yvonne MANGOLD - Secretariat / Secrétariat

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Mr Michael REMMERT, Project Manager / Directeur de Projet - Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs / Direction Générale de la Démocratie et des Affaires politiques

Tel: +33 3 88 41 34 05; Fax: +33 3 90 21 52 85; e-mail: [email protected]

APPENDIX 2

AGENDA