Room 1

FIRST SESSION : Tuesday 20 May 2003 (2.30 – 5.30 pm)¹

SECOND SESSION : Wednesday 21 May 2003 (10.00 a.m. – 13.00 p.m.)

Part I : Tuesday, 20 May 2003

2.30 – 5.30 p.m

1. OPENING BY Mr DI STASI, PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER

2. PRESENTATION OF THE AGENDA AND ADOPTION OF THE DRAFT CALENDAR

[CG (10) 1]
[CPR (10) OJ 1 rev]

3. THE CHAMBER OF REGIONS FACED WITH DECENTRALISATION AND REGIONALISATION IN EUROPE

Activity report of the President

[CPR (10) 1]

Statement by Mr Giovanni DI STASI (Italy)

§ Statements by the Presidents of the Statutory Committees

- Mr Lambert VAN NISTELROOIJ (Netherlands), Institutional Committee
- Ms Noreen RYAN (Ireland) Culture and Education Committee
- Ms Doris ANSARI OBE (United Kingdom), Social Cohesion Committee
- Ms Suvi RIHTNIEMI (Finland), Sustainable Development Committee

Discussion

4. REGIONAL DEMOCRACY IN HUNGARY

Hearing on the follow-up given by the Hungarian Government to Recommendation 116 (2002) on regional democracy in Hungary

Rapporteur : Mr Frantisek DOHNAL (Czech Republic)

§ Statement by Mr Tibor PÁL, State Secretary, Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Hungary

§ Discussion
§ Conclusions by the Rapporteur

5. DRAFT EUROPEAN CHARTER OF REGIONAL SELF-GOVERNMENT : PROGRESS OF WORK FOR ITS ADOPTION AS AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

Rapporteurs : Mr Peter RABE (Germany) & Mr Giovanni DI STASI (Italy)

[Draft Resolution CPR (10) 2 Res]
[Explanatory Memorandum CPR (10) 2 Part II]

§ Presentation by the Rapporteurs
§ Discussion
§ Vote of the draft Resolution

6. REGIONAL DEMOCRACY AND THE ROLE OF REGIONAL ASSEMBLIES

§ Statement by Mr Luigi FEDELE, President of the Regional Assembly of Calabria, Member of the Executive Committee of the Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE)

Part II : Wednesday, 21 May 2003

(10.00 – 13.00 p.m)

7. ELECTION OF A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER

“Candidatures must be notified in writing to the Secretariat of the Chamber, at the latest three hours before the scheduled opening of the ballot”.

§ Article 6.3 of the Rules of Procedure of the Chamber of Regions

8. CONSEQUENCES OF DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENTS ON REGIONS IN EUROPE: ANALYSIS AND PROSPECTS

Rapporteur : Mr Lambert VAN NISTELROOIJ (Netherlands)

[Draft Recommendation CPR (10) 3 Rec]
[Draft Resolution CPR (10) 3 Res]
[Explanatory Memorandum CPR (10) 3 Part II]

§ Presentation by the Rapporteur
§ Discussion
§ Vote of the draft Recommendation
§ Vote of the draft Resolution

9. THE ROLE OF TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF RIVER BASINS

Water management in the regions of the Danube basin based on the experience of the Rhine basin regions

Rapporteurs : Mr Liviu Nicolae DRAGNEA (Romania) & Ms Carolina W. JACOBS (Netherlands)

[Draft Recommendation CPR (10) 4 Rec]

[Draft Resolution CPR (10) 4 Res]
[Explanatory Memorandum CPR (10) 4 Part II]

§ Presentation by the Rapporteurs
§ Discussion
§ Vote of the draft Recommendation
§ Vote of the draft Resolution

10. SUSTAINABLE REGIONS UNDER GLOBAL RULES

Rapporteur : Ms Ute KOCZY (Germany)

[Draft Recommendation CPR (10) 5 Rec]
[Draft Resolution CPR (10) 5 Res]
[Explanatory Memorandum CPR (10) 5 Part II]

§ Presentation by the Rapporteur
§ Discussion
§ Vote of the draft Recommendation
§ Vote of the draft Resolution

11. CLOSING OF THE SESSION BY THE PRESIDENT

¹ At the end of the sitting, at approximately 5.30 until 7.00 pm : meeting of the Bureau of the Chamber