Legislative Assembly of the Conference of European Autonomous Region of the Regional Legislative Assemblies Azores
GENERAL INFORMATION About the region
State - Belgium
Region - Wallonia
Location - Sout Belgium
Border regions - Nordr ein Westalenn Alsace C ampagne Ardennes Lorrainen Picardien Luxembourgn Flandersn Net erlands.
Total Population - 3.589.744 Walloons
Capital City (if applicable) and population - Namur (110.628)
Main Cities and population - C arleroi (201.256)n Liège (197.885)n Namur (110.628)n Mons (95.220)
Land Area - 16.844n3 km2
Currency - EUR
Official Language(s) - Frenc
Day of t e Region - t ird sunday of september.
Administrative Division - Provinces and municipalities.
Unemployment Rate - 12%
Yout Unemployment Rate - About 32%
Percentage of immigrants on total population and main countries of origin - 8%n from Italian Francen Germanyn Moroccon Spainn Romanian Portugaln Turkeyn Net erlandsn Congon Algeria and Poland.
ww w .alra.pt ww w .calrenet.eu About the Parliament/ Assembly:
Name of Parliament and logo - Parliament of Wallonia
Political System - proportional
President of t e Parliament - Mr André ANTOINE
Date of election - 2014
Election results – see beloe
Number of Parliament Members - 75
ww w .alra.pt ww w .calrenet.eu Political parties and current distribution of seats in regional parliament -
Distribution by sex and average age – average age in t e Parliament of Wallonia is 48 years old. 41% of Representatives are eomen.
PS – Socialist party : 30/75 seats
MR – Reform movementn liberal : 25/75 seats cdH – Democratic and umanist center : 12 13/75 seats
Ecolo – Green party : 4/75 seats
Ptb- Go! - Communist party : 2/75 seats
Independent – 1/75 seat
Lengt of term - 5 years
Date of next elections - may 2019
Functions / Main political competencies - Land planningn employmentn energyn environmentn economyn sport infrastructuresn ousingn agriculturen scientiic researc n local governmentn international relationsn ealt n public eorksn transportsn tourismn etc.
Governing Bodies -
1) T e Bureau consist of t e President of t e Parliamentn assisted by 2 Vice-presidents and 2 secretaries. It deals eit t e internal afairs of t e Parliament suc as uman resourcesn facilitiesn building maintenancen etc.
2) T e conference of Presidents consist of t e Bureau plus speakers of t e political groups as eell as c airmen of t e permanent committees. T e Conference of Presidents deals eit t e political agenda of t e parliamentary committees and plenary session.
3) T e administration of t e Parliamentn knoen as “le Grefee is eaded by t e Greffiern or Secretary General.
Biograp y/CV of t e President - Speaker of the Walloon Parliament – Member of the CDH Party (Centre Démocrate Humaniste - Humanist Democratic Center) Mr Antoine is also Mayor of the city of Peruwelz since 2001. Before being appointed Speaker, he was Minister & Vice-President of several Walloon Governments, mainly in charge of Budget, Finance, Sports, Employment, Housing, Transports, Airports and Territorial Development. Coming from a farm family, he holds a University Degree in Law and also in European Studies.
Name and date of autonomous political statute – Special lae of institutional reformsn 1980.
Link to Englis version of autonomous political statute - / About the Government:
President of t e Government - Mr Willy Borsus
Date of election - 28 july 2017
Political party - MR – Reform movementn liberal.
Lengt of term - 5 years (end : may 2019)
Date of next elections - May 2019 INFORMATION ON ECONOMY
Regional GDP – 97n291 billions euros
Regional GDP per capita – 24.600 euros
Percentage of national GDP per capita - about 33.600 euros
Percentage of EU GDP per capita -
Member-State GDP – 421n611 billions euros
Member-State’s EU GDP per capita - 2n8% of t e EU GDP
Main economic sectors - Industrial (C emistryn metal industryn glassn agro-industry) ; tec nology (aeronautic & spatialn mec anical engineeringn life sciencesn telecommunicationsn green tec nologiesn etc.) ; services (transports and logistics).
Products exported - p armaceuticals productsn mineral fuels and mineral oilsn cast-ironsn irons and steeln plasticsn
Destination of exports - Francen Germanyn Net erlands
Products imported - p armaceuticals productsn mineral fuels & mineral oilsn plasticsn cast-ironsn irons and steelsn automobile parts
Origin of imports - Francen Germanyn Net erlands
INFORMATION ON EU FUNDING
Total of EU Funding (2014-2020) -
ERDF (2014-2020) - 681 millions euros
ESF (2014-2020) - 397 millions euros
CF (2014-2020) - For t e 2014-2020 periodn t e Co esion Fund concerns Bulgarian Croatian Cyprusn t e Czec Republicn Estonian Greecen Hungaryn Latvian Lit uanian Maltan Polandn Portugaln Romanian Slovakia and Slovenia.
EAFRD (2014-2020) - European agricultural fund for rural development : 264 millions euros
EMFF (2014-2020) - 5.698.309 euros (21n7% of t e 41.746.051 euros endoement to Belgium)
Ot er (2014-2020) - /
More developed / less developed / transition region - Provinces of Hainautn Namurn Liège and Luxembourg are transition regions. Brabant-eallon is a more-developed region.
Main evolution on EU GDP per capita (1989n 1994n 2000n 2007n 2013n more recent data) - /
S are of EU funding on regional annual investment budget - /
Implementation rate of EU funds (2007/2013) - / OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
Members ip to interregional cooperation bodies :
T e Parliament of Wallonia is member of t e Interparliamentary Assembly of t e Benelux as eell as t e interregional Parliamentary council (CPI) of t e Great Region.
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) - /
Main bilateral cooperation agreements :
T e Parliament of Wallonia as bilateral agreements eit t e Parliements of Québec and Morocco.
EU’s territorial cooperation transnational and cross border areas :
Wallonia is member of t e Interreg V-A : ttps://eee.interreg-fevl.eu eit France and Flandersn as eell as Interreg V-A Great Region : ttp://eee.interreg-gr.eu/fr/presentation
Main areas of interest in cooperation eit ot er regional entities -
All areas within the competencies of the walloon region.
Contact details for CALRE -
Mr Olivier DE DECKERn Head of t e International relation Directorate of t e Parliament of Wallonia (o.dedecker@parlement- eallonie.be).
+32479/57.58.70