1.         OPENING OF THE SESSION

            by Halvdan SKARD (Norway, L, SOC),

President of the Congress

Welcome speech by Francisco DE LA TORRE PRADOS,
(Spain, L, EPP/CD), Mayor of the City of Malaga

2.         AGENDA

      Adoption of the draft agenda

[CG/SP(14)OJ1PROV]

3.         PRIORITIES AND WORK OF THE COMMITTEE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

      Communication by Gaye DOGANOGLU (Turkey, L, EPP/CD),       President of the Committee on Sustainable Development
     

4.         REPORTS 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)

4.1        Local and regional authorities committed to sustainable             consumption

Presentation by the Rapporteur:

      Valery KADOKHOV (Russian Federation, R, SOC)

[CG(14)32REP]

      Communication by Antero HONKASALO, Director of the Unit of       Environmental Protection in Trade and Industry, Ministry of the       Environment of Finland
     

      Debate
                 

            Examination and vote on the draft Recommendation and            Resolution

[CG(14)32REC]

[CG(14)32RES]

4.2        Climate change : building adaptive capacity of local and             regional authorities

Presentation by the Rapporteurs:

      Svetlana ORLOVA (Russian Federation, R, EPP/CD) and
      Ingrid FRANZEN (Germany, R, SOC)

[CG(14)33REP]

      Communication by Jerzy ZAJAKALA, President of the       Committee for Sustainable Development of the Committee of the       Regions of the European Union, Poland
                 

      Debate
                 

            Examination and vote on the draft Recommendation and            Resolution

[CG(14)33REC]

[CG(14)33RES]

5.         LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEMOCRACY IN SPAIN

            Evolution of the situation since the report of the Congress (2002)

[REC121(2002)]

[CG(9)22PART2]

            Statement by María TENA, Director General for Local Administration, Spain

            Debate in particular with the Rapporteur:

            Alan LLOYD (United Kingdom, L, SOC)

6.         LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEMOCRACY IN TURKEY

            Evolution of the situation since the report of the Congress (2005)

[REC176(2005)]

[CG(12)25PART2]

[REC229(2007)]

[CG/BUR(14)29REV2]

            Statement by Zekeriya ŞARBAK, Deputy Undersecretary, responsible for Local and Regional Authorities,
Ministry of Interior of Turkey

            Debate in particular with the Rapporteurs:

            Anders KNAPE (Sweden, L, EPP/CD), apologised for absence             and Hans-Ulrich STÖCKLING (Switzerland, R, ILDG)

7.         CLOSING OF THE SESSION