Strasbourg, 19 March 2013                                                                    CDLR(2013)3

Item A.2 of the agenda

                                                                                                                         

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEMOCRACY

(CDLR)

INFORMATION ON OTHER COUNCIL OF EUROPE BODIES

For guidance

Secretariat Memorandum

prepared by the

Directorate of Democratic Governance

Democratic Institutions and Governance Department


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.


Introduction

The calendar of events of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe for 2013 appears in Appendix 1. The 24th Session of the Congress took place from 19–21 March 2013. The draft agenda of the Session appears in Appendix 2. More detailed information on past and upcoming sessions of the Congress can be accessed on the Congress website www.coe.int/congress

The first part of the plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was held on 21-25 January 2013. The second part of the plenary session of the PACE will take place 22-26 April 2013. The draft agenda for this upcoming plenary session appears in Appendix 3. 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.

The working programmes of other organisations, whose activities can be of interest and relevance to members of the CDLR and its Bureau, can be found on the following websites:

Assembly of European Region - ongoing events

http://www.aer.eu/events.html

CEMR - provisional calendar

http://www.ccre.org/docs/general_calendar_en.pdf

Committee of the Regions  - calendar

http://cor.europa.eu/en/activities/Documents/Calendar-2013.pdf

UN Habitat - ongoing events

http://www.unhabitat.org/list.asp?typeid=11&catid=26&allcontent=1

Action required

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


APPENDIX 1

CONGRESS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

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

13/02/2013
13/02/2013

Caminha
PORTUGAL / PORTUGAL

Meeting of the Monitoring Committee
Réunion de la Commission de suivi

Congress : organiser
Congrès : organisateur

 

Stéphanie Poirel
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

24/02/2013
27/02/2013

Skopje
"THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA" / "L'EX-REPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACEDOINE"

Mission préélectorale
Pre-electoral mission

Congress : organiser
Congrès : organisateur

Andrée  BUCHMANN

Matej GOMBOSI

Yuri LANDBERG

Hana  RICHTERMOCOVA

Renate Zikmund
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

26/02/2013
26/02/2013

Tirana
ALBANIA / ALBANIE

Albania project: meeting of the Executive Body
Propjet Albanie : réunion de l'Organe exécutif

Congress : organiser
Congrès : organisateur

 

Sabrina Feletig
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

27/02/2013
27/02/2013

Tirana
ALBANIA / ALBANIE

Albania project: launching event and Steering Committee meeting
Projet Albanie : Lancement et réunion du Comité directeur

Congress : co-organiser
Congrès : coorganisateur

 

Sabrina Feletig
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

27/02/2013
28/02/2013

Tbilisi
GEORGIA / GÉORGIE

Fact-finding visit in Georgia
Mission d'enquête en Géorgie

Congress : organiser
Congrès : organisateur

Nigel MERMAGEN

Helena PIHLAJASAARI

Sedef Cankocak
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

01/03/2013
01/03/2013

Brussels
BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

Bureau of the Committee of the Regions
Bureau du Comité des Régions

Presidency / Présidence
(For information)

 

Giampaolo Cordiale
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

07/03/2013
10/03/2013

Podgorica
MONTENEGRO / MONTENEGRO

Official visit to Montenegro
Visite officielle au Monténégro

Presidency / Présidence

Herwig VAN STAA

Renate Zikmund
[email protected]
Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

08/03/2013
08/03/2013

Warsaw
POLAND / POLOGNE

AER Conference on the crisis and the regions
Conférence de l'ARE sur la crise et les régions

Congress : represented
Congrès : représenté

Johan VAN DEN HOUT

Giampaolo Cordiale
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

http://www.aer.eu/

08/03/2013
09/03/2013

Santiago de Compostela (Galicia)
SPAIN / ESPAGNE

AEBR Executive Committee meeting
Réunion du Comité exécutif de l'ARFE

For information
Pour information

 

Giampaolo Cordiale
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

http://www.aebr.eu/en/events/events.php

14/03/2013
15/03/2013

Baku
AZERBAIJAN / AZERBAÏDJAN

Visit of the Congress rapporteurs to Azerbaijan
Visite des rapporteurs du Congrès en Azerbaïdjan

Congress : represented
Congrès : représenté

Jos WIENEN

Stéphanie Poirel
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

18/03/2013
18/03/2013

Stuttgart
GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

Meeting of the jury of the European Award of Excellence: City for Children 2013
Réunion du jury du Prix européen d’excellence : une ville pour les enfants 2013

Congress : represented
Congrès : représenté

Alison COOK

Joanne Hunting
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

19/03/2013
21/03/2013

Strasbourg
FRANCE / FRANCE

24th Session of the Congress
24ème Session du Congrès

Presidency / Présidence

 

Dolores Rios
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

http://www.coe.int/congress-session

20/03/2013
20/03/2013

Strasbourg
FRANCE / FRANCE

Launch of the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion
Lancement de l'Alliance européenne des villes et des régions pour l'inclusion des Roms

Congress : organiser
Congrès : organisateur

John WARMISHAM

Ana Rozanova
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

http://www.coe.int/roma-alliance

21/03/2013
25/03/2013

Skopje and others
"THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA" / "L'EX-REPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACEDOINE"

Observation of local elections
Observation des élections locales



 

Renate Zikmund
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

15/04/2013
16/04/2013

Moscow
RUSSIAN FEDERATION / FÉDÉRATION DE RUSSIE

Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Culture
Conférence du Conseil de l'Europe des Ministres de la Culture

Presidency / Présidence

Herwig VAN STAA to be confirmed

Dmitri Marchenkov
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

18/04/2013
19/04/2013

Pula
CROATIA / CROATIE

ALDA General Assembly
Assemblée Générale ALDA

Congress : represented
Congrès : représenté

 

Enrico Vannucci
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

http://www.alda-europe.eu/

19/04/2013
20/04/2013

Skopje
"THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA" / "L'EX-REPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACEDOINE"

NALAS General Assembly
Assemblée Générale NALAS

Congress : represented
Congrès : représenté

 

Enrico Vannucci
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

http://www.nalas.eu/

22/04/2013
26/04/2013

Strasbourg
FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the Parliamentary Assembly
Session de l'Assemblée parlementaire

Presidency / Présidence
(President cannot attend)

 

Andreas Kiefer
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

22/04/2013
23/04/2013

Kiyv
UKRAINE / UKRAINE

Monitoring visit to Ukraine (2nd part)
Visite de suivi en Ukraine (2e partie)

Congress : organiser
Congrès : organisateur

 

Stéphanie Poirel
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

26/04/2013
27/04/2013

Helsinki
FINLAND / FINLANDE

Council of Europe Ministerial Conference on Education
Conférence ministerielle de l'Education du Conseil de l'Europe

Presidency / Présidence

Jean-Claude FRECON

Dmitri Marchenkov
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

30/04/2013
30/04/2013

Strasbourg
FRANCE / FRANCE

Bureau of the Congress and of its chambers
Bureau du Congrès et de ses chambres

Congress : organiser
Congrès : organisateur

Bureau participants

Dolores Rios
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

08/05/2013
08/05/2013

Innsbruck
AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE

Emperor Maximilian Prize
Prix Empereur Maximilian

Presidency / Présidence

Herwig VAN STAA

Sabine Zimmer
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

16/05/2013
16/05/2013

Strasbourg
FRANCE / FRANCE

123rd session of the Commitee of Ministers
123ème session du Comité des Ministres

Presidency / Présidence
(Handover ceremony (Andorra - Armenia))

Jean-Claude FRECON

Andreas Kiefer
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

16/05/2013
16/05/2013

Paris
FRANCE / FRANCE

3rd AER Summit on regions and the economic crisis
3ème Sommet de l'ARE sur les régions et la crise économique

Congress : represented
Congrès : représenté

 

Giampaolo Cordiale
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

http://www.aer.eu

17/05/2013
18/05/2013

Paris
FRANCE / FRANCE

AER General Assembly
Assemblée Générale de l'ARE

Congress : represented
Congrès : représenté

 

Giampaolo Cordiale
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

http://www.aer.eu

04/06/2013
04/06/2013

Strasbourg
FRANCE / FRANCE

Meeting of the Governance Committee
Réunion de la Commission de la gouvernance

Congress : organiser
Congrès : organisateur

 

Tim Lisney
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

14/06/2013
15/06/2013

to be confirmed / à confirmer
IRELAND / IRLANDE

AEBR Executive Committee Meeting
Réunion du Comité exécutif de l'ARFE

For information
Pour information

 

Giampaolo Cordiale
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

http://www.aebr.eu/en/events/events.php

19/06/2013
19/06/2013

Erevan
ARMENIA / ARMÉNIE

Conference “Participatory democracy at local level”
Conférence « Démocratie participative au niveau local »

Congress : represented
Congrès : représenté

 

Dolores Rios
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

24/06/2013
28/06/2013

Strasbourg
FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the Parliamentary Assembly
Session de l'Assemblée parlementaire

Presidency / Présidence

 

Andreas Kiefer
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

26/06/2013
26/06/2013

Ankara
TURKEY / TURQUIE

Current Affairs Committee meeting
Réunion de la Commission des questions d'actualité

Congress : organiser
Congrès : organisateur

Farid  MUKHAMETSHIN

Dmitri Marchenkov
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

27/06/2013
27/06/2013

Ankara
TURKEY / TURQUIE

Conference “Communicating diversity – walking on eggshells? Changing perceptions of diversity through effective communication strategies”
Conférence « Communiquer sur la diversité – marcher sur des œufs ? Changer la perception de la diversité par une stratégie de communication efficace »

Congress : organiser
Congrès : organisateur

 

Dmitri Marchenkov
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

02/09/2013
02/09/2013
(Dates TBC)

Vilnius
LITHUANIA / LITUANIE

CORLEAP General Assembly
CORLEAP assemblée générale

Congress : represented
Congrès : représenté

 

Enrico Vannucci
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

02/09/2013
03/09/2013

Yerevan
ARMENIA / ARMÉNIE

2013 Council of Europe Exchange on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue
L’Echange du Conseil de l’Europe 2013 sur la dimension religieuse du dialogue interculturel

Congress : represented
Congrès : représenté

Herwig VAN STAA

Dmitri Marchenkov
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

13/09/2013
13/09/2013

Strasbourg
FRANCE / FRANCE

Bureau of the Congress and of its chambers
Bureau du Congrès et de ses chambres

Congress : organiser
Congrès : organisateur

Bureau participants

Dolores Rios
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

25/09/2013
27/09/2013

St Malo
FRANCE / FRANCE

41st CPMR General Assembly and 40th CPMR Anniversary
41ème Assemblée Générale et 40ème Anniversaire de la CRPM

For information
Pour information

 

Giampaolo Cordiale
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

http://www.crpm.org/

25/09/2013
27/09/2013

Rijeka & Opatija
CROATIA / CROATIE

NEXPO International Municipal Fair - “Paving the road towards EU Integration”
Exposition municipale internationale NEXPO - "Paver la route vers l'intégration européenne"

For information
Pour information

 

Enrico Vannucci
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

http://www.nalas.eu/

30/09/2013
04/10/2013

Strasbourg
FRANCE / FRANCE

Session of the Parliamentary Assembly
Session de l'Assemblée parlementaire

Presidency / Présidence

 

Andreas Kiefer
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

01/10/2013
04/10/2013

Rabat
MOROCCO / MAROC

4th World Congress of CGLU
4e Congrès Mondial de CGLU

Presidency / Présidence
(President's participation to be confirmed)

 

Enrico Vannucci
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

04/10/2013
04/10/2013

Rize
TURKEY / TURQUIE

4th AER Black Sea Summit
4ème Sommet de l'ARE sur la mer Noire



 

Giampaolo Cordiale
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

http://www.aer.eu/

29/10/2013
31/10/2013

Strasbourg
FRANCE / FRANCE

25th Session of the Congress
25ème Session du Congrès

Congress : organiser
Congrès : organisateur

 

Dolores Rios
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

http://www.coe.int/congress-session

13/11/2013
13/11/2013

Strasbourg
FRANCE / FRANCE

1183bis meeting of the Committee of Ministers
1183bis réunion du Comité des Ministres

Presidency / Présidence
(Handover ceremony (Armenia - Austria))

Herwig VAN STAA to be confirmed

Andreas Kiefer
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

27/11/2013
29/11/2013

Strasbourg
FRANCE / FRANCE

World democracy Forum
Forum mondial de la démocratie

Presidency / Présidence

Herwig VAN STAA to be confirmed

Congress delegation to be confirmed

Andreas Kiefer
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]

02/12/2013
02/12/2013

Strasbourg
FRANCE / FRANCE

Bureau of the Congress and of its chambers
Bureau du Congrès et de ses chambres

Congress : organiser
Congrès : organisateur

 

Dolores Rios
[email protected]

Submitted by / Soumis par :
[email protected]


APPENDIX 2

CG(24)OJ1PROV

13 March 2013

24th Session of the Congress

Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe,
19-21 March 2013

DRAFT AGENDA

PUBLIC MEETING

THEME FOR 2013:

EUROPE IN CRISIS – CHALLENGES

TO LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEMOCRACY


Members’ attention is drawn to:

·  Deadline for submission of candidatures: election of the vice-chair of the Current Affairs Committee and of the Governance Committee: at the latest by 18.00 on 18 March.

·  Electronic voting on texts will take place in the hemicycle and in Room 1. The voting handsets will be distributed at the entrance to the meeting rooms upon signature of the attendance register. [cid:image001.jpg@01CE1C23.5605D920]

·  Participants are reminded that access to the hemicycle is strictly limited to holders of badges which indicate the specific hemicycle symbol. Seating in the hemicycle and Room 1 will be allocated according to the seating plans available for consultation at the entrance to the meeting rooms.

·  Tabling written questions for oral reply (Office 1081): each member should limit herself/himself to one question to the Secretary General (deadline: Monday 18 March at 15.00), one question to the First Deputy-Minister for Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia (deadline: Monday 18 March at 10.00), one question to the Chairperson of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (deadline: Tuesday 19 March at 10.00) and one question to the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers (deadline: Wednesday 20 March at 10.00).

·  The conditions and deadlines for tabling amendments (Office 1081): at the latest at 10.00 on the eve of the day when the texts to which they refer are to be discussed except for texts to be debated on Tuesday 19 March for which the deadline is 16.00 on Monday 18 March.  Amendments must be signed by 5 delegates from at least two delegations for texts debated in plenary sittings or in the chambers. Each amendment must specify the name of the delegate who will submit it.

·  Registration of speakers for the debates: the form for registration of speakers for the debates, available at the entrance of the hemicycle, must be submitted to the Table Office secretariat seated in front of the President’s rostrum.

·  Finance Office: Office 1040.

·  Table Office for any further questions: Office 1081.

Monday 18 March 2013 (eve of the session)


Bureaux meetings

9.30-10.30, Room 6

9.30-10.30, Room 7

10.30-12.30 and

14.00-16.00, Room 8

Bureau of the Chamber of Local Authorities

Bureau of the Chamber of Regions

Bureau of the Congress

Seminar on election observation and monitoring missions
13.30 – 16.00

Room 1

Open to all members of the Congress, secretaries of delegation and advisers


Political group meetings
16.30 – 18.30

Room 6

Room 9

Room 10

Room 11

European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR)

European People’s Party Group in the Congress (EPP/CCE)

Independent and Liberal Democrat Group (ILDG)

Socialist Group (SOC)

013

Tuesday 19 March 2013

Committee meetings

8.30 – 10.45

Room 6

Room 8

Current Affairs Committee (vote in Room 7)

Governance Committee (vote in Room 9)

Timing

90

Tuesday 19 March 2013

11.00 – 12.30, Hemicycle

Plenary Sitting

11.00

5’

11.00

Opening of the 24th Session of the Congress by the President of the Congress

Herwig VAN STAA, Austria, (R, EPP/CCE)

11.05

15

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Verification of new members’ credentials [CG(24)2] (RES)

Presentation by the rapporteurs:

Anders KNAPE, Sweden (L, EPP/CCE) and Ludmila SFIRLOAGA, Romania (R, SOC)

Debate and vote                                     amendments tabled by 16.00 Monday 18 March

11.20

3’

Adoption of the draft agenda of the session [CG(24)OJ1PROV]

Adoption of the draft minutes of the last sitting of the 23rd Session (18 October 2012) [CG(23)PV3]

11.23

2’

Adoption of the composition of the Congress committees [CG(24)3]

11.25

20’

Communication by the President of the Congress

Debate

11.45

45’

Statement by Thorbjørn JAGLAND

Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Oral reply to written questions

Deadline for tabling written questions: Monday 18 March at 15.00

Total 90’

12.30

Suspension of the sitting

12.30

At the close of the sitting:

EVENT:

“Andorra’s parishes: land, country, state”, Inauguration of an exhibition presented by the Permanent Representation of Andorra

In the lobby of the Hemicycle


Timing

240’

Tuesday 19 March 2013

14.30 – 18.30 Hemicycle

Plenary Sitting

14.30

45

14.30

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Local and regional democracy in Georgia [CG(24)10PROV] (REC)
Presentation by the rapporteurs:
Nigel MERMAGEN, United Kingdom (L, ILDG) and Helena PIHLAJASAARI, Finland
(R, SOC)

Debate and vote                                         amendments tabled by 16.00 Monday 18 March

Statement by Tengiz SHERGELASHVILI, First Deputy-Minister for Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia

Oral reply to written questions

Deadline for tabling written questions: Monday 18 March at 10.00

15.15

30’

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The budget and resources of the Congress in 2014-2015 [CG(24)5PROV] (REC)

Presentation by the rapporteurs: Jean-Claude FRECON, France (L, SOC) and
Svetlana ORLOVA, Russian Federation (R, EPP/CCE)

Debate and vote                                         amendments tabled by 16.00 Monday 18 March

15.45

45’

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Local and regional democracy in Spain [CG(24)6PROV] (REC)

Presentation by the rapporteurs:

Marc COOLS, Belgium (L, ILDG) and Leen VERBEEK, Netherlands (R, SOC)

Debate and vote                                         amendments tabled by 16.00 Monday 18 March

16.30

45’

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Local and regional democracy in Italy [CG(24)8PROV] (REC)

Presentation by the rapporteurs:

Knud ANDERSEN, Denmark (R, ILDG) and Marina BESPALOVA, Russian Federation
(L, EPP/CCE)

Debate and vote                                         amendments tabled by 16.00 Monday 18 March


17.15

75’

18.30

Fostering active citizenship

·         Making local democracy thrive

Statements by:
Blanca SOLANS GARCÍA, General Director of Citizen’s Participation, External Activities and Co-operation, Government of Aragón, Spain

Katharina WALLENBORG, Municipal commissioner with responsibility for democracy and equality, Huddinge (12-star city), Sweden

·         Involving the community: new forms of democratic participation

Statements by:

Joe IRVIN, Chief Executive of NAVCA (National Association for Voluntary and Community Action), United Kingdom

Speaker from the Enter! project on access to social rights for young people

Debate

Total 240

18.30

End of the sitting

At the close of the sitting

EVENT:
Reception and musical event to launch an exhibition on the XXVII Summer Universiade (Student Olympic Games) in Kazan, Tatarstan (Russian Federation)

In the lobby of the Hemicycle


Wednesday 20 March 2013

Chamber of Regions

9.00 - 12.00, Hemicycle

9.00

Opening by the President of the Chamber

Nataliya ROMANOVA, Ukraine (ILDG)

Adoption of the draft agenda of the Chamber [CPR(24)OJ1PROV]

Communication by the President of the Chamber [CPR(24)1]

Round table on: “Regionalisation and devolution in Europe in a context of economic crisis”

Introduction by:

Herwig VAN STAA, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Austria (R, EPP/CEE)

Ulrike GUEROT, Director of the Bureau in Berlin of the European Council on Foreign Relations, Germany

Statements by:

Michèle SABBAN, President of the Assembly of European Regions, France

Françoise DUPUIS President of the Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE), Belgium

Jean-Marie BELLIARD, President of the Commission of Cross-border and Decentralised
Co-operation of the Regional Council of Alsace, France

Bruno MARZIANO, Member of the Regional Assembly of Sicily, Italy

Marie-Madeleine MIALOT MULLER, Vice-President of the Regional Council of the Région Centre, Congress rapporteur on regionalisation, France

12.00

Close by the President of the Chamber

Wednesday 20 March 2013

Chamber of Local Authorities

9.00 - 12.00, Room 1

9.00

Opening by the President of the Chamber

Jean-Claude FRECON, France (SOC)

Adoption of the draft agenda of the Chamber [CPL(24)OJ1PROV]

Communication by the President of the Chamber [CPL(24)1]

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Local by-elections in Armenia [CPL(24)2PROV] (RES and REC)

Presentation by the rapporteur: Henry FERAL, France (L, EPP/CCE)

Statement by Brian MEANEY, on behalf of the members of the Committee of the Regions participating in the observation mission

Debate and vote                                               amendments tabled by 10.00 Tuesday 19 March

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Local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina [CPL(24)3PROV] (RES and REC)

Presentation by the rapporteur: Amy KOOPMANSCHAP, Netherlands (L, SOC)

Statement by Uno SILBERG, on behalf of the members of the Committee of the Regions participating in the observation mission

Debate and vote                                               amendments tabled by 10.00 Tuesday 19 March

Debate “Smart cities: new technologies serving democracy”

Statements by:

Raimond TAMM, Deputy Mayor of Tartu, Estonia

Ilmar REEPALU, Mayor of Malmö, Sweden

Debate

12.00

Close by the President of the Chamber

12.30

EVENT:

“Smile – a real value of life”: the delegation of the Republic of Moldova presents an exhibition of caricatures of the heads of delegation of the Congress

In the entrance hall of the Palais


Timing

270’

Wednesday 20 March 2013

14.30 – 19.00, Hemicycle

Plenary Sitting

14.30

60’

14.30

Russia-Council of Europe: Building a Europe of democracy and prosperity together

Statement by Valentina MATVIENKO, Chairperson of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Oral reply to written questions

Deadline for tabling written questions: Tuesday 19 March at 10.00

15.30

30’

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The development of political dialogue on Congress post-monitoring/post-observation of elections [CG(24)7PROV] (RES)
Presentation by the rapporteur: Jean-Marie BELLIARD, France (R, EPP/CCE)

Debate and vote                                   amendments tabled by Tuesday 19 March at 10.00

16.00

45’

Situation of local and regional politicians in Turkey

Debate

16.45

75’

18.00

30’

Combating social exclusion

Statements by:

Maria ANDRIKOPOULOU-ROUVALI, Deputy-Mayor of Patras, Greece

Damien EGAN, Cabinet Member for Strategy and Communications, Lewisham Council, United Kingdom

Bernard MULLER, Mayor of Commercy, France

Debate

Launch of the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion

[see separate programme]

18.30

5’

Adoption of the draft minutes of the sittings of the Congress of 19 March 2013 [CG(24)PV1am] and [CG(24)PV1pm]

18.35

25’

Ceremony awarding the Congress Medal to honorary members:

Valery KADOKHOV, Russian Federation, former member of the Congress

Fabio PELLEGRINI, Italy, former Vice-President of the Congress

Keith WHITMORE, United Kingdom, former President of the Congress

19.00

19.00

End of the sitting

20.00

EVENT:

Reception given by the City of Strasbourg and the Conseil Général
du Bas-Rhin, at the Hôtel de Ville, Place Broglie (departure by shuttle bus to the Hôtel de Ville at 19.30 and 19.45)


Thursday 21 March 2013

Bureau meeting

8.30 - 9.15, Room 8

Bureau of the Congress

Timing

Thursday 21 March 2013

9.30 - 12.00, Hemicycle

150’

Plenary Sitting

9.30

3’

9.30

Formal adoption of texts approved by the chambers [CG(24)9]

9.33

2’

Adoption of the draft minutes of the sittings of the Congress and of the chambers on 20 March 2013 [CG(24)PV2, CPL(24)PV1 and CPR(24)PV1]

9.35

50’

Andorran Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (November 2012-May 2013)

Statement by Gilbert SABOYA SUNYÉ, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Andorra

Oral reply to written questions

Deadline for tabling written questions: Wednesday 20 March at 10.00

10.25

94’

End @

12.00

Promoting ethics, preventing corruption

Statements by:

Marin MRČELA, President of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) of the Council of Europe

Jean-Pierre GUIS, President of ANTICOR, Association of elected representatives and citizens against corruption, France

Petra KNEUER, Director of Investigations of the European Anti-Fraud Office, European Commission, (OLAF)

Sir Alan MEALE, General Rapporteur on Local and Regional Authorities, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Debate

Total = 150

12.00

Close of the 24th Session by the President of the Congress


APPENDIX 3

PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY

Monday 22 April 2013

Sitting No. 10 (11:30-13:00)

1. OPENING OF THE PART-SESSION

1.1. Statement by the President

1.2. Examination of credentials

1.3. Election of Vice-Presidents of the Assembly with respect to Monaco and Romania

1.4. Changes in the membership of committees

1.5. Request(s) for current affairs debate or debate under urgent procedure

1.6. Adoption of the agenda

1.7. Approval of the minutes of proceedings of the Standing Committee (Paris, 8 March 2013)

2. ADDRESS (12:00-13:00)

2.1. Mr Joachim GAUCK, President of Germany

Questions

Sitting No. 11 (15:00-17:00)

3. ADDRESS (15:00-16:00)

3.1. Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly

Presentation by:

Mr Gilbert SABOYA SUNYE, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Andorra, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers

Questions

4. DEBATE

4.1. Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

Presentation by:

Mr Pietro MARCENARO (Italy, SOC), Rapporteur AS/Bur (Doc. )

4.2. Observation of the presidential election in Armenia (18 February 2013)

Presentation by:

Ms Karin S. WOLDSETH (Norway, EDG), Rapporteur (Doc. )

List of speakers

[possibly] Vote

Tuesday 23 April 2013

Sitting No. 12 (10:00-13:00)

5. DEBATE

5.1. Violence against religious communities

Presentation by:

Mr Luca VOLONTÈ (Italy, EPP/CD), Rapporteur AS/Pol (Doc. )

Mr Tuğrul TÜRKEŞ (Turkey, EDG), Rapporteur for opinion AS/Mig (Doc. )

List of speakers

Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 22 April, 16:00)

Vote on ... ()

6. ADDRESS (12:00-13:00)

6.1. Mr Bidzina IVANISHVILI, Prime Minister of Georgia

Questions

Sitting No. 13 (15:30-20:00)

7. ADDRESS (15:30-16:30)

7.1. Mr Didier BURKHALTER, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland

Questions

8. JOINT DEBATE

8.1. Fighting “child sex tourism” through committed legal and political action

Presentation by:

Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI (Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD), Rapporteur AS/Soc (Doc. )

8.2. Parliaments united in combating sexual violence against children: mid-term review of the ONE in FIVE campaign

Presentation by:

Ms Sílvia Eloïsa BONET PEROT (Andorra, SOC), Rapporteur AS/Soc (Doc. )

List of speakers

Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 22 April, 16:00)

Vote on ... ()

Vote on ... ()

9. DEBATE

9.1. Ending discrimination against Roma children

Presentation by:

Ms Nursuna MEMECAN (Turkey, ALDE), Rapporteur AS/Ega (Doc. )

List of speakers

Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 22 April, 16:00)

Vote on ... ()


Wednesday 24 April 2013

Sitting No. 14 (10:00-13:00)

10. DEBATE

10.1. Post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey

Presentation by:

Ms Josette DURRIEU (France, SOC), Rapporteur AS/Mon (Doc. )

List of speakers

Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 23 April, 10:30)

Vote on ... ()

11. ADDRESS (12:00-13:00)

11.1. Mr Moncef MARZOUKI, President of Tunisia

Questions

Sitting No. 15 (15:30-20:00)

12. ADDRESS (15:30-16:30)

12.1. Mr Victor PONTA, Prime Minister of Romania

Questions

13. DEBATE

13.1. Culture and education through national parliaments: European policies

Presentation by:

Ms Anne BRASSEUR (Luxembourg, ALDE), Rapporteur AS/Cult (Doc. )

List of speakers

Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 23 April, 16:00)

Vote on a draft resolution ()

14. JOINT DEBATE

14.1. Young Europeans: an urgent educational challenge

Presentation by:

Ms Polonca KOMAR (Slovenia, ALDE), Rapporteur AS/Cult (Doc. )

14.2. Young people's access to fundamental rights

Presentation by:

Mr Michael CONNARTY (United Kingdom, SOC), Rapporteur AS/Cult (Doc. )

Mr Luca VOLONTÈ (Italy, EPP/CD), Rapporteur for opinion AS/Soc (Doc. )

List of speakers

Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 23 April, 16:00)

Vote on ... ()

Vote on ... ()


Thursday 25 April 2013

Sitting No. 16 (10:00-13:00)

15. [Possibly] DEBATE UNDER URGENT PROCEDURE OR CURRENT AFFAIRS DEBATE2

16. ADDRESS (12:00-13:00)

16.1. Mr Antoni MARTÍ, Head of Government of Andorra

Questions

Sitting No. 17 (15:30-20:00)

17. ADDRESS (15:30-16:30)

17.1. Annual activity report 2012 by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

17.1.1. Statement by Mr Nils MUIZNIEKS, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

Questions

18. JOINT DEBATE

18.1. Frontex: the need to improve its human rights role and capabilities

Presentation by:

Mr Mikael CEDERBRATT (Sweden, EPP/CD), Rapporteur AS/Mig (Doc. )

Mr James CLAPPISON (United Kingdom, EDG), Rapporteur for opinion AS/Jur (Doc. )

18.2. Management of mixed migration and asylum challenges beyond the European Union’s

Eastern border

Presentation by:

Mr Andrea RIGONI (Italy, ALDE), Rapporteur AS/Mig (Doc. )

List of speakers

Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 24 April, 16:00)

Vote on ... ()

Vote on ... ()

19. DEBATE

19.1. Free debate

List of speakers


Friday 26 April 2013

Sitting No. 18 (10:00-13:00)

20. DEBATE

20.1. Draft Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights

Presentation by:

Mr Christopher CHOPE (United Kingdom, EDG), Rapporteur AS/Jur (Doc. )

List of speakers

Amendments (deadline for tabling: Thursday 25 April, 10:30)

Vote on ... ()

21. JOINT DEBATE

21.1. Nanotechnology: balancing benefits and risks to public health and the environment

Presentation by:

Mr Valeriy SUDARENKOV (Russian Federation, SOC), Rapporteur AS/Soc (Doc.

13117)

21.2. Ethics in science and technology

Presentation by:

Mr Jan KAŹMIERCZAK (Poland, EPP/CD), Rapporteur AS/Cult (Doc. 13141)

List of speakers

Amendments (deadline for tabling: Thursday 25 April, 10:30)

Vote on a draft recommendation (Doc. 13117)

Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13141)

22. CLOSURE OF THE PART-SESSION