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.              ELECTION OF A vice-president OF THE CHAMBER of regions

4.         COMMUNICATION by the President of the Chamber

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5.         Round table on recent developments of regionalisation

·                     Introduction by Michèle SABBAN, President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER)

·                     Statements by:

–    Belgium: Karl-Heinz LAMBERTZ, Minister-President, German Community

–      Slovenia: Stane VLAJ, Associate Professor at the Faculty of the State and European Studies of Ljubljana

–      Russian Federation: Svetlana ORLOVA, Vice-President of the Congress, Vice-President of the Federation Council of Federal Assembly

·                     Morocco: Abdelkébir BERKIA, Member of Parliament, former President of Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer Region

·                     Exchange of views

6.         Round table on regional governance in EUROPE: efficiency, transparency and control

·                     Introduction by Stephen TAYLOR, President of the Management Committee of the European Organisation of Regional External Public Finance Audit Institutions (EURORAI)

·                     Statements by representatives of regional Courts of auditors:

–      France: Christophe ROSENAU, President of the regional Court of auditors of Alsace

–      Austria: Reinhard KRISMER, Director of the regional Court of auditors of Tyrol

·                     Exchange of views

7.         TRANSFRONTIER COOPERATION

·                     Euroregion “Yaroslavna”

–      Russian Federation: Alexandr MIKHAYLOV, Governor of Kursk Region

–      Ukraine: Yuriy CHMYR, Head of Sumy Regional Administration

·                     Exchange of views

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

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