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Opening session
Ilmar REEPALU Chairman of the City Executive Board and Mayor of Malmö, Sweden Vice President of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions Member of the CEMR Policy Committee Substitute Member of the Executive Bureau and World Council, UCLG Member of the Committee of the Regions
Hilde ZACH Mayor of Innsbruck, Austria, since 2002 Vice President of the Bureau of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
Dr. Michael HÄUPL Mayor and Governor of Vienna, Austria President of CEMR since 2004 President of the Austrian Association of Cities and Towns Chairman of the Vienna organisation of the SPÖ, since 1993
Jerker SWANSTEIN President of the Regional Executive Board, Region of Skåne, Sweden Vice President of the Öresundskomiteen Board Member of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities Former Lord Mayor of the Municipality of Helsingborg
Thriving or Surviving? - Meeting the international and European challenges
Anders KNAPE President, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) Vice President of the Committee of the Regions First Vice President of CEMR, Member of UCLG Executive Bureau and World Council Councillor of Karlstad Municipality, Sweden
Beate WEBER Former mayor of Heidelberg, Germany. During her term, Heidelberg was awarded twice the European Prize for Sustainable Cities Honorary member of ZMRN, association dedicated to the optimisation of regional policy for the Rhine-Neckar region Honorary member of ‘Sicheres Heidelberg’, association for urban security
Cecilia MALMSTRÖM Minister for European Union Affairs of Sweden Substitute Member of the European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Member of Västra Götaland Regional Council (1998-2001) Vice Chair of Göteborg Municipal Immigration Committee (1994-1998)
Valéry GISCARD D’ESTAING President of the French Republic (1974-1981). Played a crucial role in the creation of the European Council and creation of the European Monetary System. Former Minister of Economy and Finance, former President of the Commission of Foreign Affairs of the National Assembly, President of CEMR (1997-2004). President of the European Convention
Eva SREJBER Vice President, European Investment Bank, with responsibilities for financing operations, i2i programme (implementation of Lisbon strategy) Former First Vice Chairman of the Executive Board and First Deputy Governor, Sverige Riksbank, with responsibility in the asset management area. Crisis manager
Robert MANCHIN Managing Director of the Gallup Organisation Europe Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges leading the European Commission Flash Eurobarometer Head of the European Observatory of Human Safety and Security Chairperson of the Europa Nova Foundation
Nikitas KAKLAMANIS Mayor of Athens, Greece Executive President of CEMR President of the Central Union of Municipalities and Communities of Greece (KEDKE) Former Member of the European Parliament Former Minister of Health and Social Solidarity
Bärbel DIECKMANN Lady Mayor of the City of Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany Executive President of CEMR President of the German Section of CEMR Chair of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change
Håkan BUSKHE Chief Executive Officer and President of E.ON Nordic AB and E.ON Sverige AB, Member of the E.ON Group Executive Committee Member of the Board of Directors of the Transportation company Green Cargo AB M Sc at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg
Parallel sessions
Democracy and Governance, session 1 : Participation and inclusion – Towards a deeper democracy
Aina SIMONSEN Director of International Affairs, the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS), (work area : European Policy and EEA Agreement) Former Member of the Oslo City Council
Jocelyne BOUGEARD Deputy Mayor of Rennes, France, since 2001, in charge of equality and time management issues Councillor of the Rennes Metropolitan Community Member of the Policy Committee of AFCCRE, the French Section of CEMR Chair of the CEMR commission ‘women local elected representatives’
Rosa AGUILAR RIVERO Mayor of Cordoba, Spain, since 1999 Vice President of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) Member of the governing board of the Organisation of World Heritage Cities Former Member of the Andalusian Parliament
Patrizia DINI Secretary of the Tuscan Federation of AICCRE, Italy, since 2001 Vice President of the Regional Council of Tuscany Vice President of the Chamber of Regions, CLRAE, Council of Europe, since 1994
Annemarie JORRITSMA Mayor of Almere, Netherlands President of the Netherlands Association of Municipalities (VNG) Vice-President of CEMR Member of the Executive Bureau of CEMR and of UCLG Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economic Affairs Former Minister of Transport and Public Works (1994-1998)
Richard KEMP Liverpool City Councellor for 28 years (housing, community safety, education, finance) Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Local Government Association, where he is also Deputy Chair and European and International Portfolio holder
Jokin BILDARRATZ SORRON Mayor of Tolosa, Spain President of the Association of Basque Municipalities, EUDEL Deputy Chair of the Monitoring Committee of Kutxa, major financial institution in Gipuzkoa Former Member of the Basque Parliament and of the Spanish Senate
Carlos DIAS TEIXEIRA Mayor of Loures Municipality, Portugal Chair of the Board of Local Authority Services – Water and Environmental Sanitation for Loures and Odivelas, since 2002 Vice President of the Junta Metropolitana de Lisboa Vice President of both European and Portuguese Forum for Urban Safety
Risto RAIVIO Head of Unit, DG Education and Culture, European Commission, in charge of Citizenship policy and the Europe for Citizens programme Administrator of the Committee of the Regions (1996-2002) Researcher at the University of Tampere (1989-1996) Former Chair of the Executive Board of Pirkkala Municipality, Finland
Quality services for tomorrow’s Europe, session 1: Demographic change – what impact on our services and workforces?
Carl CEDERSCHIÖLD President of the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises with General Economic Interest (CEEP) High Representative of the Mayor of Stockholm for European and International Relations of the City ; former Mayor of Stockholm Former President, KFS, Swedish employers organisation of local public enterprises Lenia SAMUEL Deputy Director General of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission, since 2005. Responsible for the European Social Fund She coordinated the preparatory work for the Cyprus accession to the EU (labour law, gender equality, non-discrimination, working conditions, health)
Ilija BATLJAN Chair of the Executive Committee of the municipality of Nynäshamn, Sweden Former Director and Chief Analyst at the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs Ph.D. in Economics
Jolanta BARSKA Mayor of the municipality of Nysa, Poland Former Deputy Mayor Former Director of “Opole”, national foundation for the disabled
Carola FISCHBACH-PYTTEL General Secretary of the European Federation of Public Service Unions, EPSU Former Trade Union Secretary, German Public Service and Transport Union (ÖTV), 1979-1986, and Regional secretary, Public Services International (PSI), 1986-1992
Marku JALONEN Director General of the Commission for Local Authority Employers in Finland (CLAE) CLAE pleads for the interests of local and joint authority employers and negotiates the collective agreements of the sector.
Democracy and Governance, session 2: Local and regional government facing change
Christophe CHAILLOU Local elected representative in the conurbation of Orléans, France CEO of the French Association of CEMR (AFCCRE) Former researcher, DATAR (Delegation for territorial planning and regional action) Head of Cabinet of the Secretaries General, CEMR (1992-2007)
Daniel LILJEBERG Political Adviser to the State Secretary of Local Government and Public Administration of Sweden
Hanna Birna KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR Mayor of Reykjavik (Iceland) Chairperson of the Council for City Planning (2006-2008) Former Chairperson of the Minister of Educations’s Committee on Continuing Education Former Member of the Board, Conference “Women and Democracy”
Roberto DI GIOVAN PAOLO Secretary General of AICCRE, Italian Association of CEMR, since 2006 Member of CEMR Policy Committee Founding member of ELANET Member of the Italian Senate, since 2008 Journalist
Emile EICHER Mayor of the municipality of Munshausen, Luxembourg, from 1994 Vice President of SYVICOL, Association of Luxembourg Towns and Municipalities, since 2007 Full member of the Permanent Committee of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe and Delegate in the Chamber of Local Authorities, from 2004
Mårten JOHANSSON Mayor of the new municipality of Raseborg, Finland, (Raseborg being the result of the consolidation of three former municipalities) Twenty years experience of central administration in Finland, as senior councillor and as negotiator of EU regional policy reforms. Responsible for twinning cooperation projects with Baltic countries.
Prof. (em.) Dr. Hellmut WOLLMANN Professor of public policy and public administration at Humboldt University, Berlin. Research and publications on comparative (local) government. Recent work: “Comparing local government reforms in Great Britain, Sweden, France and Germany”
Quality services for tomorrow’s Europe, session 2: Focus on quality – improving and evaluating what we do
Angelika POTH-MÖGELE Having worked for different local and regional government associations in Brussels since 1992, Angelika Poth-Mögele joined CEMR in 2004 where she leads the policy team which is in charge of influencing EU legislation and policy. She is herself responsible for the 'internal market and public services' issues.
Håkan SÖRMAN Chief Executive, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions Former CEO of two Swedish municipalities, Södertälje and Täby Former consultant in the field of public management
Philippe LAURENT Mayor of Sceaux, France, since 2001 Member of the Hauts-de-Seine Department Council Chair of the committee of finances, French Association of Mayors (AMF) Executive President of the French Association of CEMR Expert in the field of local financial management and strategy
Andrzej PORAWSKI Executive Director of the Association of Polish Cities since 1991 Former President of the Regional Committee in Poznan and Member of Lech Walesa’s Civic Committee Solidarność Former Member and Vice Chair of Poznan City Council, Secretary of the Joint Committee of Central and Local Government
Prof. Dr. Gunnar SCHWARTING Managing Director of the Association of Cities in Rheinland-Pfalz Member of the Executive Committee, Deutscher Städte- u. Gemeindebund Former Deputy Mayor and Treasurer, Municipality of Frechen, Germany Member of the Schmalenbach working group Public & Non-Profit Management
Cllr Derek VAUGHAN Leader of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council As a councellor, held the position of Cabinet Member for economic development Leader of the Welsh Local Government Association in 2005 and since 2008 election Deputy Leader.
Europe and the territorial dimension: Priorities for a new cohesion policy - beyond the urban-rural divide
Åsa EHINGER BERLING Director of International Affairs, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions. Managing Director of SALAR international development agency. Consulted as an Expert by the Swedish Government on Regional Public Sector Responsibilities. Previously Brussels representative of the former Federation of Swedish County Councils
Michele PASCA-RAYMONDO Deputy Director General of DG Regional Policy, European Commission Director of Rural Development Direction in Directorate General of Agriculture (2000-2004) Former Deputy Head of Cabinet for Vice President Pandolfi, then Head of Cabinet for Commissioner Vanni D’Archirafi and Commissioner Emma Bonino
Louis LE PENSEC President of AFCCRE, Vice President of CEMR, Member of the Bureau, UCLG Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Mellac, France. (Former Mayor 1971- 1997). Elected representative of the Finistère Département (1973-1997). Former Minister for Maritime Affairs, former Minister for Overseas Départements, former Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Senator
Jana FIŠEROVÁ Mayor of Havličkův Brod, Czech Republic Chair of the Committee for International Relations of the Executive Board, Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic Member of the CEMR Policy Committee Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe
Johannes PEINSTEINER Mayor of the Municipality of St. Wolfgang, Austria Member of the Federal Chamber of the Austrian Parliament Member of CEMR, of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe and of UCLG
Paul BEVAN Secretary General of Eurocities Former Chief Executive of the South East England Regional Assembly, the representative regional planning body for this region which he founded and developed. Secretary General for the Eurotowns Network (1997-1999)
Europe and the territorial dimension: The EU and its neighbours: co-operation for peace, stability and integration
Dušica PERIŠIĆ Executive Director, ZELS (Association of local governments of Macedonia) for 8 years. 13 years of experience in trade promotion, commercial management, administration, accounting. Graduate mechanical Engineer.
Gisela GAUGGEL-ROBINSON In charge of information and communication in the Directorate General for Enlargement of the European Commission. Responsible the communication strategy in the field of Enlargement. Formerly responsible for “Europe Direct”.
Omar El JAZOULI Mayor of the city of Marrakech, Morocco Chairman of the Committee on Inland, Regions and Local Authorities at the Chamber of Councellors Senator Former elected Representative
Serhiy ODARYCH Mayor of Cherkassy, Ukraine Vice President of the Association of Ukrainian Cities (AUC), initiating and supporting fundamental reforms in the field of local self-government Former founder and editor of an Ukrainian oppositional newspaper, formed a human rights organisation and led an anti-corruption movement.
Tarzan MILOŠEVIĆ Mayor of the Municipality of Bijelo Polje, Montenegro, since 2002 President of the Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS), since 2005 President of the Managing Board, Union of Municipalities of Montenegro (2003-2007), Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (2003-2007)
Ahmad AL ADSANI Assistant General Secretary of the Arab Towns Organisation
Fabio PELLEGRINI Councillor of Rapolano Terme Municipality, Italy, since 1995 First Vice President of AICCRE, Italian section of CEMR Member of the World Council and of the Executive Bureau of UCLG Vice President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe Founding member of COPPEM
Plenary sessions: New roles, new partnerships for international development
Sandra CECIARINI CEMR Director of Citizenship and International Cooperation (First European Platform of local/regional authorities in development), Conducted cooperation with European Commission for town twinning, Responsible for equality (drawing-up and promotion of the European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life)
Dr. Wolfgang SCHUSTER Mayor of Stuttgart, Germany, since 1997 First Vice President of the German Section of CEMR Vice President of CEMR Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe Member of the Executive Committee and World Council, UCLG
Angelo BAGLIO Head of unit „Relations with the Civil Society and coordination”, EuropeAid, where he had been successively in charge of eradication of poverty issues and social development within the MEDA programme. Former head of MACHREK Department.
Nandi MAYATHULA KHOZA Member of the Board of the South African Local Government Association, member of the Johannesburg city council
Pierre SCHAPIRA Deputy Mayor of Paris, France, for international relations, European affairs and French speaking communities, since 2001. Member of the European Parliament since 2004. Vice President of the Economic and Social Council Former Chair of the committee on Responsible Procurement and Consumption, Eurocities
Elisabeth GATEAU First Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (from 2003) Former Secretary General of CEMR (1990-2002) She was a member of the Secretariat of the European Convention which prepared the draft Constitution of the European Union
Olivier CONSOLO Director of the European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development, CONCORD, from its creation in 2003 CONCORD participates in the campaign « Global Call to Action against Poverty »
Fernando DE CARVALHO RUAS Mayor of the municipality of Viseu, Portugal President of the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities, ANMP Member of the CEMR World Affairs Committee Member of the Executive Bureau and of the World Council of UCLG Member of the Committee of the Regions
Ronald BANDELL Mayor of the city of Dordrecht, Netherlands, since 2000 Member of the Committee for International Co-operation of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities VNG Chair of the Dutch Association of Mayors Chair of the South-Holland Collaboration Group of Municipalities
Climate change – what can we do, what must we do?
Emilio d’ALESSIO Deputy Mayor of the municipality of Ancona, Italy, for environment, ICT, energy, innovation, European policy and international relations Member of the World Executive Committee of ICLEI President of the Italian Local Agenda 21 Association Vice President, Mediterranean Commission for Sustainable Development
Lars-Erik LILJELUND Director General at the Swedish Prime Minister’s Office (responsibility climate change and Baltic Sea) Former Director General of the Swedish Environment Protection Agency Member of the China Council (environmental advisory board to the Chinese government)
Ronan DANTEC Vice President of the Communauté Urbaine of Nantes Métropole, France Deputy Mayor of Nantes for sustainable development, environmental issues, Agenda 21 and biodiversity Co-chair of the « Eurocities »working group on climate change Chair of the Environment Committee of the French Association of CEMR
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang STEIGER Director Future Technologies, Group External Affairs, Volkswagen, (responsible for powertrain development and design) Chairman of the European Road Transport Advisory Council ERTRAC Steering team member, European Biofuels Technology Platform Steering team member, Alliance for Synthetic Fuels For Europe
Pedro CASTRO VÁSQUEZ Mayor of the municipality of Getafe, Spain Vice President of CEMR President of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) Member of the International Committee of UCLG
Henning JENSEN Mayor of Naestved, Denmark Member of the Board of Local Government Denmark and Chairman of the International Committee of LGDK First Vice President of the Commission for Sustainable Development of the Committee of the Regions
Economic recovery: leading the way to a third Industrial Revolution
Jeremy RIFKIN President of the Foundation on Economic Trends and author of seventeen books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on economy, society, workforce and environment Advisor to the European Commission, the European Parliament, Heads of State, global corporations
New horizons for twinning in a changing Europe: Special session to mark the 20th anniversary of the EU’s support for twinning
Janusz MARSZAŁEK Mayor of Oświęcim, since 2002 Chair of CEMR’s working group on twinning Co-Chair of the Polish-German Committee for coordination of municipal co- operation (established by the German Section of CEMR and the Association of Polish Cities)
Odile QUINTIN Director General, DG Education and Culture, European Commission, since 2006 (education policy, youth, culture, sports and citizenship) Also in charge of the policy of multilingualism former Director General, DG Employment, 2000-2005 former Director of the European Social Fund
Francisco Javier LEÓN DE LA RIVA Mayor of Valladolid, Spain, since 1995 Vice President of CEMR and of the World Council of UCLG Member of the Executive Committee and President of the International Relations Commission, FEMP, Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces Member of the Committee of the Regions
Nils BELL Deputy Mayor of the municipality of Aalborg, Denmark Alderman of the School and Cultural Department (1998-2006) Chairman of the Liberal Group in the City Council Member of the municipal employment committee Substitute in the Children and Youth Committee
The future starts now !
Jeremy SMITH Secretary General CEMR from 2002. Until May 2004, Secretary General to IULA, playing a key role in the establishment of UCLG Director of the Local Government International Bureau, UK (1996-2001) Chief Executive, London Borough of Camden (1990-1995) Former Senior Legal Adviser to the Greater London Council
Luc VAN DEN BRANDE President of the Committee of the Regions Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, since 2001 Member of the Belgian House of Representatives (1977-1991), Senator Minister-President of the Government of Flanders (1992-1999) Chairman of the Assembly of European Regions (1996-2000)
Dr. Ian MICALLEF President ad interim of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe ; President of the Chamber of Local Authorities, CLRAE, Council of Europe ; Vice President of the Bureau (Bureau of the Congress) Full Member (Contact Group Congress/Committee of the Regions) Chair (Standing Committee). Councillor of Gzira (Malta)