1.         OPENING OF THE SESSION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER

Herwig VAN STAA (Austria, R, EPP/CD)

2.         Adoption of the draft agenda of the Chamber

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3.         COMMUNICATION by the President of the Chamber

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4.         Round table on recent developments of regionalisation in Europe

·                        Introduction by Ignacio SANCHEZ AMOR, Vice-President of the Congress (Spain)

·                        Communications:

–    Austria: Herwig VAN STAA, President of the Regional Parliament of Tyrol

–    Greece: Konstantinos TSIMARAS, Professor Assistant of Constitutional Law, Hellenic Army Academy

–    Italy: Francesco PALERMO, Director, Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism, Bolzano / Bozen

–    Poland: Bartlomiej OSTROWSKI, Director of Unit for International Cooperation and Projects of Marshal's Office of Lower Silesia

–      Russian Federation: Sergei Morozov, Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region

–      Sweden: Uno ALDEGREN, Regional Government Commissioner, Region of Skane

·                     Exchange of views

5.         Round table on multi-level governance in Europe                          

·                     Statements by:

–    Karl-Heinz LAMBERTZ, Chair of the Governance Committee

–      Luc van den Brande, Chairman of the Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX), Committee of the Regions of the European Union

–      Mikhail MEN, Governor of Ivanovo Region (Russian Federation)

–    Susanne NEUWIRTH, President of the Federal Council (Austria)

·                     Exchange of views

6.         Participation of regions in the development of European macro-regional strategies

·                        Introduction by Jean-Marc Venineaux, Directorate General for Regional Policy, European Commission

·                        "Alpine macro-region" project, Herwig VAN STAA, President of the Regional Parliament of Tyrol

·                     Exchange of views

7.         Closing of the Session by the President of the Chamber

Herwig VAN STAA (Austria, R, EPP/CD)