DRAFT PROGRAMME

EUROCITIES will hold its second mayors campaign, cities are now leading the summit next 20-21 March 2019 in way towards the creation of societies to launch our political manifesto ahead where people come first and where trust of the European elections and to present between people and public authorities is the results of our cities’ work in bridging strengthened. the gap between Europe and its citizens. As mayors and city leaders from across At a time when Europe is striving to Europe we are committed to being retain its legitimacy and relevance, strategic partners to the EU institutions cities can provide a critical link with and working towards a more positive people. The mismatch between citizens’ future for Europe and its people. That is expectations and what can be done to why the summit will be the opportunity tackle our most pressing challenges is to launch our political manifesto ahead causing an increasing distance between of the European elections in May: ‘The political institutions and the public. With city leaders’ agenda for the EU’. our ‘Cities4Europe – Europe for citizens’

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version 19.03.2019 Thursday, 21 March 2019 Committee of the Regions, room JDE52-JDE70, Rue Belliard 99-101, 1000 Brussels

Moderator: Greg Clark, urbanist

08:30 - 09:00 Registration and coffee

09:00 - 09.15 SETTING THE SCENE Welcome by Anna König Jerlmyr, EUROCITIES president and mayor of

09:15 - 10.20 A NEW DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE? CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT Cities4Europe and citizens panels results Anna Lisa Boni, EUROCITIES secretary general Addresses by Karl-Heinz Lambertz, president, Committee of the Regions Isabelle Moncarey, citizen, Ghent , vice president, European Commission Cities interventions by Mathias de Clercq, Ghent Ritva Viljanen, Vantaa Ullrich Sierau, Dortmund Ricardo Rio, Braga Eneko Goia, Donostia San Sebastian Burkhard Jung, Leipzig Frank Ross, Edinburgh Further contributions Andre Sobczak, Nantes Florian Staudt, Hamburg Thursday, 21 March 2019 Committee of the Regions, room JDE52-JDE70, Rue Belliard 99-101, 1000 Brussels

Jukka Mäkäla, Espoo Gian Andrea Garancini, Heraklion Nabilla Ait Daoud, Antwerp Adam Nyman, Friends of Europe 10:20 - 10:30 Intervention of Jyrki Katainen

10:30 - 11:15 Coffee break and family photo Signing opportunity for EUROCITIES declaration on citizen engagement

11:15 - 13:00 A NEW DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE - NOW WHAT? Official presentation of the EUROCITIES ‘city leaders agenda for Europe’ by Anna König Jerlmyr First reaction from president of S&D group Udo Bullmann, S&D Interventions by EUROCITIES mayors Ada Colau, Barcelona Jan Vapaavuori, Philippe Close, Brussels city Dario Nardella, Florence Roland Ries, Strasbourg Frank Mentrup, Karlsruhe Minna Arve, Turku Jacek Jaśkowiak, Poznan John Jorritsma, Eindhoven Päivi Laajala, Oulu Thursday, 21 March 2019 Committee of the Regions, room JDE52-JDE70, Rue Belliard 99-101, 1000 Brussels

Responses from European party representatives Jan Olbrycht, EPP Petra de Sutter, Greens Colombe Cahen-Salvador, Volt

Interventions by EUROCITIES mayors Klaus Lederer, Hermano Sanches Ruivo, Brigid Jones, Birmingham Alessandro Ghinelli, Arezzo Javier Ayala Ortega, Fuenlabrada Karine Dognin Sauze, Lyon Piotr Borawski, Gdansk Ralf Heinen, Cologne Jean-Claude Dardelet, Toulouse Filipe Araujo, Porto Xabier Ochandiano, Bilbao Sjoerd Feitsma, Leeuwarden

13.00 - 13.10 CONCLUSIONS AND CLOSING Dario Nardella, EUROCITIES vice president and mayor of Florence

13.15 - 14.15 Lunch

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