With the participation of the Standing Committee and the Institutional Committee of the Chamber of Regions

of the meeting which will be held
on 25 November 2003 in Strasbourg
9.30 to 11.30 am
Room 7

1. OPENING OF THE MEETING BY MR DI STASI, PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER

2. DRAFT AGENDA

[CPR/SA (10) OJ 1 prov]

Adoption of the draft agenda

3. DRAFT MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING held in Strasbourg on 20 March 2003

[CPR/SP (9) PV 1]

Adoption of the draft minutes

4. DRAFT EUROPEAN CHARTER OF REGIONAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

§ Current state of the draft European Charter of Regional Self-Government

Information by the Secretariat

[CPR/INST (10) 16]

§ Follow-up discussions

Statement by Mr DI STASI, President of the Chamber of Regions

5. REGIONAL DEMOCRACY IN NORWAY

Presentation of a monitoring report on the situation of regional democracy in Norway
Rapporteur: Mr Roberto RUOCCO (Italie)

[CPR (10) 6 Recommendation]
[CPR (10) 6 Resolution]
[CPR (10) 6 Part]

- Presentation by the Rapporteur of the draft Recommendation and Resolution
- Discussion
- Vote of the presented texts

6. THE PROMOTION OF REGIONALISATION AND INTER-REGIONAL CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE THROUGH THE SUMMER SCHOOLS AND THE CENTURIO PROGRAMME RUN BY THE ASSEMBLY OF EUROPEAN REGIONS

Presentation of the report

Rapporteur: Mr Miljenko DORIC (Croatia)
Co-rapporteur: Mr Mihai ARBAGIC (Romania)

[CPR (10)7 Recommendation]
[CPR (10)7 Resolution]
[CPR (10)7 Part II]

- Presentation by the Rapporteurs of the draft Recommendation and Resolution
- Discussion
- Vote of the presented texts

7. STATEMENT BY Mrs Liese PROKOP, PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY OF EUROPEAN REGIONS (AER)

8. NEW EUROPEAN EXPERIENCES ON GOVERNANCE AT REGIONAL LEVEL

Contributions of delegations concerned

- Norway : statement by Mrs Hildur Horn ØIEN, County Mayor, Akershus County

- Sweden : statement by Mrs Birgitta HALVARSSON, Head of the Swedish Delegation to the Congress, Councillor of Torsby

- Finland : information document presented by Ms Helena PIHLAJASAARI, Vice-President of the Chamber of Regions

[CPR/BUR (9) 9]

Debate

Conclusions by the President

9. REGIONAL DEMOCRACY IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

9.1. Romania

Information on the current state of the political debate concerning the regionalisation

Intervention of members of the Romanian delegation

Discussion

9.2. Other contributions

Decentralisation policy in France

Statement by Mrs Colette HUVENNE-VAN HOYE, Regional Councillor of Nord-Pas de Calais

10. WORK OF THE INSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE AND OTHER STATUTORY COMMITTEES OF THE CHAMBER

Working structures of the Chamber Committees

[Timetable of meetings]

Institutional Committee (29 October 2003)

[CPR/INST (10) DEC 1]

Institutional Committee (24 November 2003)

[CPR/INST (10) OJ 1]

Committee on Social Cohesion (13 October 2003)

[CPR/SOC (10) DEC]

Committee on Sustainable Development (6 November 2003)

[CPR/DEV (10) DEC]

Committee on Culture and Education (15 October 2003)

[CPR/CULT (10) DEC]

Information by the Secretariat

11. OTHER BUSINESS

12. DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT MEETING