Strasbourg, 4-6 June 2002
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Members’ attention is drawn to:
. the deadlines for tabling written questions for oral reply (Office 1.081): in principle, each member should limit herself/himself to one question to the Presidency of the Parliamentary Assembly, one question to the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers and one question to the Secretary General - replies to supplementary questions will be provided only if time permits;
. the deadlines for tabling amendments (Office 1.081): at the latest at 16.00 on the eve of the day when the texts to which they refer are to be discussed.
Monday, 3 June (eve of the Session)
Morning
8.45 – 10.40
Parallel meetings of the Bureaux of the two Chambers:
- Bureau of the Chamber of Local Authorities
Room 8
- Bureau of the Chamber of Regions
Room 6
10.45 – 13.00
Meeting of the Bureau of the Congress
Room 6
Afternoon
Parallel meetings of the Associations of Local and Regional Authorities:
14.30 – 17.00
Assembly of European Regions (AER)
Room 10
14.30 – 16.00
Meeting of a Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) Working Group on the Convention on the Future of Europe
Room 9
16.00 – 17.00
Coordination meeting of CEMR members within the CLRAE
Room 9
Possibility of meetings of national delegations (meeting room reservation upon request)
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Tuesday, 4 June (morning)
8.15 – 10.45
Parallel meetings of the CLRAE’s three political groups:
- Socialist Group
Room 10
- Group European People’s Party/Christian Democrats
Room 9
- Independent and Liberal Democrat Group
Room 8
8.30 – 10.30
Meeting of Secretaries of national delegations with the Secretariat of the CLRAE (French/English interpretation only)
Room 6
11.00 – 13.00
PLENARY SESSION (Hemicycle)
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OPENING OF THE SESSION by the oldest member present Verification of the appointment procedures and credentials of new members of national delegations and special guest delegations to the CLRAE Rapporteurs: Halvdan SKARD (Norway, L) and Leon KIERES (Poland, R) [CG (9) 2] Election of the Congress President Presentation of the Session’s agenda and adoption of its draft order of business
[CG (9) OJ 1 prov] Activity report of the outgoing President [CG (9) 3] Llibert CUATRECASAS (Spain, R) Statement by Mr Dmitri KOZAK, Deputy Head of the Administration of the President and Chairman of the Committee to the President on the distribution of powers between different levels of public authorities, Russian Federation
Statement by Mr Peter SCHIEDER, President of the Parliamentary Assembly Communication by Mr Vladimir YAKOVLEV, Governor of Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the City of Saint Petersburg Adoption of the composition of the Culture and Education Committee and the Committee on Sustainable Development |
Opening of the exhibition on the 300th anniversary of the City of Saint Petersburg,
Ante-Room of the Committee of Ministers
Tuesday, 4 June (afternoon)
14.30
Press briefing of the President of the Congress (Press room, CEPI-301)
14.30 – 17.30
PARALLEL MEETINGS OF THE TWO CHAMBERS
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LOCAL AUTHORITIES OPENING by the oldest member present Election of the President of the Chamber Presentation of the Chamber’s agenda and adoption of the draft order of business for the Chamber Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Chamber
Statement by the outgoing President on the priorities and future objectives of the Chamber [CPL (9) 1] Statement by Mr Faik ARSLANI, Minister for Local Self-Government of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
Opinion on the 2nd draft World Charter of Local Self-Government prepared under the aegis of the United Nations [CPL (9) 3] Statement by Mr Oleg SYSUEV, President of the Congress of Local Authorities of the Russian Federation |
REGIONS OPENING by the oldest member present Election of the President of the Chamber Presentation of the Chamber’s agenda and adoption of the draft order of business for the Chamber Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Chamber
Statement by the outgoing President [CPR (9) 1]
Regional democracy in Hungary [CPR (9) 2]
Promoting transfrontier co-operation: an important factor of democratic stability in Europe [CPR (9) 3] |
At the end of the sitting of the Chambers, at approximately 17.30:
RECEPTION hosted by the Austrian Association of Cities on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of local self-government in the Austrian Constitution, Blue Restaurant of the Council of Europe Headquarters
18.00 - 19.30
Parallel meetings of the Bureaux of the two Chambers:
- Bureau of the Chamber of Local Authorities
Room 8
- Bureau of the Chamber of Regions
Room 6
Wednesday, 5 June (morning)
8.30 – 9.50
Meeting of the Bureau of the Congress
Room 6
8.30 – 9.50
MEETINGS OF STATUTORY COMMITTEES
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Culture and Education Committee
In particular, election of |
Committee on Sustainable Development
In particular, election of |
10.00 – 13.00 PARALLEL MEETINGS OF THE TWO CHAMBERS
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LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Relations between the citizens, the assembly and the executive in local democracy - 5th General Report on the monitoring of the implementation of the European Charter of Local Self-Government – the institutional organisation of local democracy (article 3.2) [CPL (9) 2]
Local authorities and public services in Europe [CPL (9) 4]
Participation of foreign residents in local public life [CPL (9) 5] |
REGIONS
Regions with legislative powers [CPR (9) 5]
The state of regional print media in Europe - Pluralism, independence and freedom in Regional Press: an analysis of current trends [CPR (9) 4]
Draft European Charter of Regional Self-Government [CPR (9) 6] Statement by Mr Aslan ABASHIDZE, Head of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara (Georgia) |
Wednesday, 5 June (afternoon)
15.00 – 19.00
PLENARY SESSION (Hemicycle)
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Presentation of a “Pro Merito” medal to Mr Alain CHENARD (France), Official signature of the Convention between the Council of Europe and the Association of Local Democracy Agencies
Statement by Mr Walter SCHWIMMER, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Statement by Mr Michel WOLTER, Minister of the Interior of Luxemburg, on behalf of the Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Message from Mr Anatoly KINAKH, Prime Minister of Ukraine Local and regional democracy in: Greece [CG (9) 5] Rapporteurs: Guido RHODIO (Italy, L) and Lambert van NISTELROOIJ (Netherlands, R) Moldova [CG (9) 6] Rapporteurs: Claude CASAGRANDE (France, L) and Yavuz MILDON (Turkey, R) Adoption of the composition of the Institutional Committee and the Committee on Social Cohesion |
Opening ceremony of the exhibition of the Association of Local Democracy Agencies,
Hall of the Hemicycle
At approximately 19.30:
RECEPTION offered by the City of Strasbourg and by the “Conseil Général du Bas-Rhin”, Pavillon Joséphine, Parc de l’Orangerie
Thursday, 6 June (morning)
8.30 – 9.50
Meeting of the Bureau of the Congress
Room 6
8.30 – 9.50
MEETINGS OF STATUTORY COMMITTEES
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Institutional Committee
In particular, election of |
Committee on Social Cohesion
In particular, election of |
10.00 – 12.45 PLENARY SESSION (Hemicycle)
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Adoption of the composition of the Standing Committee Statement by Mr Pekka KILPI, Director-General of the Department for Administration, Ministry of the Interior, Finland - Preparation of the 13th Conference of European Ministers Responsible for Local and Regional Government (Helsinki, 27-28 June 2002) and, in particular, the follow-up to the draft European Charter of Regional Self-Government Statement by Mr Serban MIHAILESCU, Minister responsible for the coordination of the General Secretariat of the Romanian Government - Developments in local and regional democracy in Romania Partial revision of the Congress’ Rules of Procedure and of the procedure for electing the Chief Executive [CG (9) 4] Rapporteurs: Halvdan SKARD (Norway, L) The exercise of women’s individual voting rights: a democratic requirement [CG (9) 7] Rapporteur: Diane BUNYAN (United Kingdom, R) |
Around 12.00: Press Conference by the President of the Congress and the Presidents of the Chambers (Press Room, CEPI-301)
Thursday, 6 June (afternoon)
14.30 – 16.30
PLENARY SESSION (Hemicycle)
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Forums of Cities and Regions of South-East Europe [CG (9) 8] Rapporteurs: Owen MASTERS (United Kingdom, R) and Yavuz MILDON (Turkey, R) Message from Mr Erhard BUSEK, Special coordinator of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe The International Year of Mountains - A new political project for Europe’s mountains: turning disinherited mountain areas into a resource [CG (9) 9] Rapporteurs: Enrico BORGHI (Italy, L) and Miljenko DORIC (Croatia, R) Integrated transport policies [CG (9) 10] Rapporteurs: Gheorghe CIUHANDU (Romania, L) and Keith WHITMORE (United Kingdom, R) Statement by Mr Jack SHORT, Secretary General of the European Conference of Ministers for Transport, OECD CLOSING OF THE SESSION |
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16.45 – 17.45 approx.
Room 1
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Meeting of the STANDING COMMITTEE |
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For information: Friday, 7 June (from 9.00 to 13.00)
Room 3
3rd Meeting of Local and Regional Elected Representatives from South-East Europe (CLRAE members) – (public meeting)
1 Deadline for tabling written questions: 3 June 2002 at 16.00.
2 Report presented by Mr Tamaz SULADZE (Georgia)
3 Deadline for tabling written questions: 4 June 2002 at 15.00.
4 Deadline for tabling written questions: 4 June 2002 at 13.00.