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The Regions and Globalisation Study Seminar Agenda THE REGIONS AND GLOBALISATION STUDY SEMINAR Friday 23 & Saturday 24 June 2006 - Ponta Delgada (Azores, Portugal) Initiative under the high patronage of: Mr Manuel DURÃO BARROSO, President of the European Commission Mr Kemal DERVIS, Director General of the UNDP Mr Pascal LAMY, Director General of the WTO. With the participation of the OECD and the European Policy Center. Meeting venue: Hotel Royal Garden Rua de Lisboa - 9500-216 PONTA DELGADA Tel.: + 351 296 30 73 00– Fax: + 351 296 30 73 07 AGENDA Friday 23 June 2006 INTRODUCTORY SESSION 9.30 Welcome address by Mr Carlos Manuel César, President of the Azores Regional Government (Portugal) 9.45 Presentation of the aims of the seminar by Mr Claudio Martini, President of CPMR and President of the Tuscany Region (Italy) 10.15 The conditions for a successful globalisation process by Mr Michel Barnier, Former European Commissioner, Former French Minister of Foreign Affairs 10.45: Coffee break 11.15 Speech by Mr Salil Shetty, Director of the United Nations Millennium Campaign: what the UN expect from the Regions in the efforts to achieve the Millennium Goals? 11.45 Speech by Mr Eneko Landaburu, Director General for External Relations, European Commission: The European Union and globalisation – The place of the Regions 12.15 Debate with the Regions 13.00: Lunch Ref. 7 June 2006 Friday 23 June 2006 FIRST THEMATIC SESSION: THE REGIONS AND GLOBALISATION under the chairmanship of Mr Eneko Landaburu, Director General for External Relations at the European Commission 14.30 INTRODUCTION - A comparative analysis of regional situations in 30 States by Mr Vincenzo Spiezia, Head of the OECD Territorial Indicators and Statistics Unit 15.00 ACCOUNT OF EXPERIENCES BY REGIONAL LEADERS: PLACING REGIONAL ECONOMIES IN A GLOBALISED ECONOMY - The experience of Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil) by Mr J. Orcirio Miranda dos Santos, State Governor - The experience of Sousse (Tunisia) by Mr A. Limam, Governor - The experience of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region (France) by Mr. Michel Vauzelle, President of the Region - The experience of the East of England Regional Assembly (UK) by Mrs Kathy Pollard, Co-Chair of the Europe and International Affairs Panel 16.30: Coffee break 17.00 EXPERIENCES (CONT.) AND DEBATE - The experience of the French Regions by Mr Yves Morvan, Member of the Scientific Council for Spatial Planning - The experience of the Extremadura Region (Spain) by Mr. José Ignacio Sanchez Amor, Vice-President of the Region 18.30 SUMMING UP by Mr Hans Martens, Executive Director of the European Policy Centre 20.00: Dinner Saturday 24 June 2006 SECOND THEMATIC SESSION: THE REGIONS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT under the chairmanship of Mr Jean-Yves Le Drian, President of Brittany Regional Council (France) 9.00 INTRODUCTION - The contribution of the Regions towards sustainable development objectives, by Mr. Alberto Jimenez de Aberasturi, Director for Planning, Evaluation and Environmental Control of the Basque Government (Spain) and Mrs Laurine Platzky, Deputy Director General - Special Projects, Western Cape Province (South Africa), Co-Chairing Regions of the nrg4SD network. 10.00 ACCOUNT OF EXPERIENCES BY REGIONAL LEADERS - The experience of Chaco (Argentina) by Mr Roy Nikisch, Governor of the Province - The experience of EU maritime policies, by Mr Jean-Yves Le Drian, President of Brittany Regional Council (France) 11.00: Coffee break Ref. 7 June 2006 11.30 EXPERIENCES AND VIEWS (CONT.) - The experience of Brazilian Regions by a representative of the ABEMA (Associação Brasileira de Entidades Estaduais de Meio Ambiente) - The integration of the Agenda 21 criteria into the decentralised cooperation programmes of Aquitaine Region (France) by Mr Jean Guérard, Vice-President of Aquitaine Regional Council - The experience of the Valencia Region (Spain) by Mr Juan Manuel Revuelta Pérez, Director General of the Valencia delegation in Brussels 12.30 SUMMING UP by Mr Jean-Yves Le Drian, President of Brittany Regional Council (France) 13.00: Lunch THIRD THEMATIC SESSION: REGIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE under the chairmanship of Mr Roy Nikisch, Governor of the Province of Chaco (Argentina) 14.30 INTRODUCTION - The emergence of new forms of governance by Mr. Christophe Nutall, Director Hub for Innovative Partnerships, UNDP 15.00 ACCOUNT OF EXPERIENCES BY REGIONAL LEADERS - The progress of regionalisation by Mr. Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Member of the Walloon Region Parliament (Belgium) and rapporteur at the Council of Europe - The European experience by Claudio Martini, President of the CPMR - The polar experience by Mr Filipenko, Governor of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (Russia) and President of the Board of Governors of the Northern Forum - The South American experience by Mr Juan Carlos Romero, Governor of the Salta Province (Argentina) 16.15: Coffee break 16.45 REACTION by Mr Christophe Nutall, Director Hub for Innovative Partnerships, UNDP 17.15 SUMMING UP by Mr Xavier Gizard, Secretary General of the CPMR 17.30 CLOSING SESSION - Speech by Mr Joe Borg, European Commissioner on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, representing the President of the European Commission - Summing up by Mr Claudio Martini, President of the CPMR - Speech by Mr. Bruce Jenks, Assistant Secretary General, Director of the Bureau for Resources and Strategic Partnerships, UNDP - Signature of the Memorandum of understanding between CPMR and UNDP 18.00: End of the seminar Ref. 7 June 2006 .
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