AUTUMN SESSION

(Strasbourg, 20-21 November 2007)

STANDING COMMITTEE

INSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE

DRAFT AGENDA - CG/SA(14)OJ1PROV
(latest update: 16/11/2007)

Plenary Sitting (public)

20 November 2007(2.30 pm – 6 pm) – Room 1

1.         OPENING OF THE SESSION

            by Halvdan SKARD (Norway, L, SOC),

President of the Congress

2.         AGENDA

      Adoption of the draft agenda

      Coffee will be available outside the room between
      3.30 pm and 4 pm

[CG/SA(14)OJ1prov.]

3.         IMPLEMENTATION OF CONGRESS RECOMMENDATION             143(2004) ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEMOCRACY IN THE             RUSSIAN FEDERATION

           

[REC143(2004)]

[CG(11)5PART2]

3.1        Statement by Vitaly SHIPOV, Vice-Minister for Regional             Development of the Russian Federation

3.2        The particular example of Novosibirsk Region
           
            Presentation by Victor TOLOKONSKY, Governor of the             Novosibirsk Region, former Mayor of Novosibirsk and President             of the Association of Towns of Siberia and Far-East,
            Russian Federation

3.3        Debate notably with the Rapporteurs:

            Guido RHODIO (Italy, L, EPP/CD) and
            Hans Ulrich STÖCKLING (Switzerland, R, ILDG)

4.         15th SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN             MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL             GOVERNMENT

            Valencia, Spain, 15-16 October 2007 and
            EUROPEAN LOCAL DEMOCRACY WEEK

[MCL-15(2007)5]

[MCL-15(2007)14]

[Press release 687e07]

            Statement by Jaime PEREZ DE LA CRUZ, Deputy Director
            General of the Legal Regime and Local data bases,
            Directorate General of Local Co-operation, Spain

     

      Debate[1]


5.         SLOVAK CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE OF             MINISTERS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
            (November 2007 – May 2008)

           

            Statement by Emil KUCHÁR, Ambassador Extraordinary and             Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Slovak             Republic to the Council of Europe

[CM/Inf(2007)46]

            Debate

6.         REPORT SUBMITTED FOR EXAMINATION AND

            ADOPTION ON BEHALF OF THE CONGRESS

            (Article 8 of the Congress Charter and Article 15.6

            of the Congress Rules of Procedure)

            Local and regional democracy in Croatia

Presentation by the Rapporteurs:

      Karsten BEHR (Germany, R, EPP/CD) and
      Cees BIJL (The Netherlands, L, SOC)

[CG(14)21REP]

            Debate

            Examination and vote on the draft Recommendation

[CG(14)21REC]

7.         INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE

[Belgrade Programme]

            Preparation of a White Paper by the Council of Europe

            Statement by Maud de BOER-BUQUICCHIO,
Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

            Statement by Gabriella BATTAINI-DRAGONI, Director General,             Directorate General IV - Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth             and Sport,
            Council of Europe Coordinator for intercultural dialogue

           

            Debate

8.         CLOSING OF THE SESSION


[1] Congress delegation in Valencia:

Halvdan SKARD (Norway, L, SOC), President of the Congress

Yavuz MILDON (Turkey, R, EPP/CD), President of the Chamber of Regions

Ian MICALLEF (Malta, L, EPP/CD), President of the Chamber of Local Authorities

Keith WHITMORE (United Kingdom, R, ILDG), President of the Institutional Committee and Rapporteur on the European Local Democracy Week

Karsten BEHR (Germany, R, EPP/CD), Vice-President of the Institutional Committee of the Chamber of Regions

Irina PEREVERZEVA (Russian Federation, L, SOC), Vice-President of the Institutional Committee of the Chamber of Local Authorities

Jean-Claude VAN CAUWENBERGHE (Belgium, R, SOC), Rapporteur on Regionalisation in Europe