18th SESSION
DRAFT AGENDA - CG(18)OJ1
(latest update: 17 March 2010)
PUBLIC MEETING
18th Session of the Congress
Strasbourg, Palais de l’Europe,
17-19 March 2010
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Members’ attention is drawn to: |
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· The deadlines for tabling written questions for oral reply (Office 1081): each member should limit herself/himself to one question to the Secretary General (deadline: 16 March at 15.00) and one question to the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers (deadline: 17 March at 15.00). |
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· The deadlines for tabling amendments (Office 1081): at the latest at 16.00 on the eve of the day when the texts to which they refer are to be discussed (Rule 27 of the Rules of Procedure of the Congress and its Chambers). |
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· Registration of speakers for the debates: the form for registration of speakers for the debates must be submitted to the Table Office seated at the President’s rostrum. |
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· Finance Office for reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses: Office 1040. |
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· Table Office for any further questions: Office 1081. |
Tuesday 16 March
Eve of the Session
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MEETINGS OF STATUTORY COMMITTEES 9.30 – 12.30 and 14.30 – 17.30 Culture and Education Committee (Room 9) Sustainable Development Committee (Room 7) Committee on Social Cohesion (Room 10) |
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BUREAUX MEETINGS Bureau of the Chamber of Local Authorities (Room 8) 8.30 – 10.10 Bureau of the Chamber of Regions (Room 6) 10.10 – 11.45 Bureau of the Congress (Room 8) 11.45 – 12.30 and 14.30 – 17.30 |
Wednesday 17 March (morning)
Parallel meetings of the three Political Groups of the Congress – 8.00 – 10.30:
· European People’s Party/Christian Democrats Group (EPP/CD) (Room 9)
· Socialist Group (SOC) (Room 10)
· Independent and Liberal Democrat Group (ILDG) (Room 8)
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Meeting of the Secretaries of Delegations (Room 6) – 9.00 – 9.30
Press Conference of the President of the Congress (Room 1) – 10.00
PLENARY SITTING – Hemicycle – 10.45 – 13.00
· Opening of the 18th Session
by the President of the Congress
· Verification of new members’ credentials and new appointment procedures
Presentation by the Rapporteurs:
Anders KNAPE, Sweden (L, EPP/CD) and Günther KRUG, Germany (R, SOC)
Debate and vote
[CG(18)2] (RES)
· Adoption of the draft agenda of the Session
[CG(18)OJ1PROV]
· Election of the Secretary General of the Congress
Voting will close at 13.00
· Communication by the President of the Congress
[CG(18)3]
Debate
· Current affairs debate: The financial crisis and its effect at local and regional level
Statements by:
Svetlana ORLOVA, Russian Federation (R, EPP/CD), Vice-President of the Congress
Olivier TOUCHET, Regional Director, DEXIA, France
Debate
Wednesday 17 March (afternoon)
PLENARY SITTING – Hemicycle – 15.00 – 18.00
· Election of the Secretary General of the Congress (possible 2nd round)
Voting will close at 17.30
· Adoption of the composition of the Standing Committee, statutory committees and
working groups [CG(18)5PROV]
· Statement by Thorbjørn JAGLAND,
Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Oral reply to written questions
Deadline for tabling written questions: 16 March at 15.00
· Debate: territorial democracy and human rights
The role of local and regional authorities in the implementation of human rights
Presentation by the Rapporteur: Lars O. MOLIN, Sweden (L, EPP/CD)
Statements by :
Dieter Von BLARER, Ombudsman for the Basel-city Canton, Switzerland
Stefan WOLF, Lord Mayor of Weimar, Germany
Debate and vote
[CG(18)6] (REC and RES)
· Debate: North-South co-operation
Statements by:
Rachid SASSI, Vice-President of the Municipality of Rabat, Morocco
Eberhard KOELSCH, Vice-Chair of the European Centre for Global Interdependence and
Solidarity (North-South Centre)
Launch of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) and
the role of the Congress
Presentation by the Rapporteurs: Ian MICALLEF, Malta (L, EPP/CD) and
Ludmila SFIRLOAGA Romania (R, SOC)
Debate and vote
[CG(18)8] (RES)
Thursday 18 March (morning)
Meeting of the Bureau of the Congress – 9.00 – 10.00 (Room 6)
CHAMBER OF REGIONS – Hemicycle – 10.00 – 13.00
· Opening by the President
Ludmila SFIRLOAGA, Romania (SOC)
· Adoption of the draft agenda of the Chamber
[CPR(18)OJ1PROV]
· Communication by the President of the Chamber
Ludmila SFIRLOAGA, Romania (SOC)
[CPR(18)1]
· Regional democracy in Switzerland
Presentation by the Rapporteur: Marjan HAAK-GRIFFIOEN, The Netherlands (NR)
Debate and vote
[CPR(18)2] (REC)
· Minority languages: an asset for regional development
Presentation by the Rapporteurs:
Karl-Heinz LAMBERTZ, Belgium (SOC) and Farid MUKHAMETSHIN, Russian Federation (ILDG)
Statements by:
Ivan Jakovčić, Croatia, President of the Istrian Region
Sigve GRAMSTAD, Norway, Vice-Chair of the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages of the Council of Europe
Debate and vote
[CPR(18)3] (REC and RES)
· Intra-regional transport: a challenge for sustainable development and regional cohesion
Presentation by the Rapporteur: Adam BANASZAK, Poland (NR)
Statements by:
Valerio PRIGNACHI, Italy, President of Brescia Mobilità SpA
Stepan KIRICHUK, Russian Federation, President of the Russian National Congress of Municipalities
Debate and vote
[CPR(18)4] (REC and RES)
· Closing by the President
Ludmila SFIRLOAGA, Romania(SOC)
Thursday 18 March (morning)
CHAMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES – Room 1 – 10.00 – 13.00
· Opening by the President
Ian MICALLEF, Malta (EPP/CD)
· Adoption of the draft agenda of the Chamber
[CPL(18)OJ1PROV]
· Communication by the President of the Chamber
Ian MICALLEF, Malta (EPP/CD)
[CPL(18)1]
· Observation of municipal elections in Azerbaijan
Presentation by the Rapporteur: Francis LEC, France (SOC)
Debate and vote
[CPL(18)2] (REC and RES)
· Status of capital cities in the South Caucasus
Statement by Gagik BEGLARYAN, Mayor of Yerevan, Armenia
Debate
· Local democracy in Iceland
Presentation by the Rapporteur: Esther MAURER, Switzerland (SOC)
Debate and vote
[CPL(18)3] (REC)
· Local democracy in Portugal
Presentation by the Rapporteur: Davor ZMEGAC, Croatia (ILDG)
Debate
[CPL(18)4]
· Closing by the President
Ian MICALLEF, Malta (EPP/CD)
Thursday 18 March (afternoon)
Meeting of the Bureau of the Chamber of Regions – 14.15 – 15.00 (Room 6)
PLENARY SITTING – Hemicycle – 15.00 – 18.30
· Statement by Kathrin HILBER, State Councillor for the St. Gallen Canton
on behalf of the Swiss Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Oral reply to written questions
Deadline for tabling written questions: 17 March at 15.00
· Statement by Joachim HÖRSTER, Vice-President, on behalf of the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
· After Copenhagen, cities and regions take up the challenge
Presentation by the Rapporteur: Dubravka SUICA, Croatia (L, EPP/CD)
Statement by Klaus BONDAM, Vice-Mayor of Copenhagen, Denmark
Debate and vote
[CG(18)4] (REC and RES)
· Follow-up by the Congress of the Conference of Ministers responsible
for Local and Regional Government
(Utrecht, Netherlands, 16-17 November 2009)
Presentation by the Rapporteurs:
Knud ANDERSEN, Denmark (R, ILDG) and Jean-Claude FRECON, France (L, SOC)
Debate and vote
[CG(18)7] (REC and RES)
· Local and regional democracy in Albania
Follow-up to the 2006 Congress report[1]
Statement by Ferdinand PONI, Deputy Minister of the Interior
Debate
· Ceremony awarding the Congress Medal to Valerio PRIGNACHI, Honorary Member
former President of the Committee on Social Cohesion of the Congress
Friday 19 March (morning)
Meeting of the Bureau of the Congress – 9.00 – 10.00 (Room 6)
PLENARY SITTING – Hemicycle – 10.00 – 13.00
· Formal adoption of texts approved by the Chambers
[CG(18)9]
· Achieving sustainable gender equality in local and regional political life
Presentation by the Rapporteur: Britt-Marie LÖVGREN, Sweden (L, ILDG)
Statements by:
Ana BARCELÓ CHICO, Mayor of Sax, Spain, President of the Women’s Committee
of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP)
Fabienne KELLER, Member of the French Senate for the Bas-Rhin, France, and
former Mayor of Strasbourg
Lydie ERR, Member of the Parliament of Luxembourg, member of the Sub-Committee on equal participation of women and men in decision-making of the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe
Debate and vote
[CG(18)10] (REC and RES)
· Closing of the session by the President of the Congress