Draft programme 15-16 December 2014 Sheraton Roma Hotel & Conference Centre – Rome, Italy
31/10/2014
Monday, 15 December 2014
13:00 - 14:00 Registration
14:00 – 16:00 Opening session
Citizen participation: the new dimension of local and regional democracy Welcoming words Ignazio MARINO, Mayor of Rome Anders KNAPE, Councillor of Karlstad (Sweden), President of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR), Executive President of CEMR, President of the Congress’ Chamber of Local Authorities * Maria Carmela LANZETTA, Italian Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies or other representative of Italian government
Keynote address Giovanni ALLEGRETTI, Senior Researcher at the Center for Social Studies (CES) – Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra (Portugal) *
Debate with Anne HIDALGO, Mayor of Paris, Co-President of UCLG * Dimitris AVRAMOPOULOS, European Commission in charge of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship * Cécile KYENGE, former Italian Minister of Integration, Member of the European Parliament * Jean-Marc ROIRANT, President of European Civic Forum
Moderator: Adam NYMAN, Director of Debating Europe * Audience facilitator: Frédéric VALLIER, Secretary General of CEMR
16:00 - 16:20 Coffee break
16:30 – 17:00 Keynote address
Valéry GISCARD D’ESTAING, former President of France, former President of the Convention on the future of Europe, President emeritus of CEMR *
* To be confirmed 31/10/2014
17:00 - 18:30 History in action
From Jean Monnet to Altiero Spinelli: the founding fathers’ legacy Vaira VIKE-FREIBERGA, former President of Latvia, former Vice-Chair of the Reflection Group on the Future of Europe * Isabelle DURANT, Councillor of Schaerbeek (Belgium), former Vice- President of the European Parliament Michel LEBRUN, President of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union * António VITORINO, Former European Commissioner in charge of Justice and Home Affairs, President of Notre Europe – Institut Jacques Delors * Moderator: Frédéric VALLETOUX, Mayor of Fontainebleau (France), Secretary General of AFCCRE *
Followed by Gianfranco Martini Prize Award Ceremony The Gianfranco Martini Prize was created by the AICCRE, to pay a tribute to its former President, long-time President of CEMR committee on twinning. The 2014 Prize rewards best practices in town-twinning with municipalities from countries of the 2004 EU enlargement
19:30 Networking cocktail
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
09:00 - 10:30 Workshop 1
The local dimension of mobility, diversity and migration Giuseppina NICOLINI, Mayor of Lampedusa e Linosa (Italy) * Anna TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, Director of the Global Governance Programme Research Strand on Cultural Pluralism at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute * Matthias RUETE, Director General, DG HOME, European Commission * National Contact Point for Italy, European Migration Network *
Moderator: Christophe BERTOSSI, Director of the Centre for Migrations and Citizenship, Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI) *
Workshop 2
Citizens equality: from the signature of the European Charter for equality to its implementation Ewa SAMUELSSON, Former Deputy Mayor of Stockholm, Chair of CEMR’s Standing Committee for Equality
* To be confirmed 31/10/2014
Ibone BENGOETXEA, Deputy Mayor of Bilbao, President of the Association of Basque Municipalities (EUDEL) Mohamed OURIAGHLI, Deputy Mayor of Brussels * Pavle RADANOV, Mayor of Pancevo (Serbia) *
Moderator: TBC *
Audience facilitator : Sandra CECIARINI, Director of Sandra Ceciarini Advice
Workshop 3
Seniors: active and engaged citizens Iwan WILLIAMS, Older People's Commissioner for Wales Anne-Sophie PARENT, Secretary General at AGE Platform EU Bernd VÖHRINGER, Mayor of Sindelfingen (Germany) * Spanish Mayor to be determined
Moderator: SALAR *
10:30 - 10:50 Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00 Workshop 4
“Governing in partnership”: Challenges of new European governance
Introductory speech Wolfgang SCHUSTER, former President of CEMR, former Lord Mayor of Stuttgart *
Local practices Philippe LAURENT, Mayor of Sceaux (France) on Living Labs * LEADER, Austria * Regional Growth Forums, Denmark City of Barcelona *
Reaction Member of the cabinet of European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu *
Moderator: TBC
* To be confirmed 31/10/2014
Workshop 5
European forum: Giving the floor to citizens In partnership with the Observatory on dialogue and social intelligence (ODIS) Case studies: G1000 Europe participe
Workshop 6
World café: Town-twinning in the 21ˢᵗ century: Innovative forms of cooperation
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 Workshop 7
Citizen in Europe – citizen of the world In partnership with PLATFORMA Manuel BALLBÉ, Professor of Law at Autonomous University of Barcelona Alfonso POLANCO, Mayor of Palencia (Spain), Chair of the Commission on Development Cooperation of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) * Jocelyne BOUGEARD, Deputy Mayor of Rennes (France) Angelo BAGLIO, Head of Unit “Civil society organisations – Local authorities”, DG DEVCO – EuropeAid, European Commission Antonella VALMORBIDA, Director of the Association of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA)
Moderator: Pep ROIG, Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) * Audience facilitator: Swati Sain GUPTA, Coordinator of PLATFORMA
Workshop 8
World café: Young European leaders engaged for active citizenship
16:30 – 16:50 Coffee break
* To be confirmed 31/10/2014
17:00 - 18:30 Closing session
From disillusion to hope: a call to revive the European project! Annemarie JORRITSMA, Mayor of Almere, President of CEMR, President of the Dutch Association of Municipalities (VNG) Anne HIDALGO, Mayor of Paris, Co-President of UCLG * Piero FASSINO, Mayor of Turin, President of ANCI * Antonio COSTA, Mayor of Lisbon, Executive President of CEMR * Giorgos KAMINIS, Mayor of Athens * European Youth Forum *
Moderator: Angelika POTH-MÖGELE, Director of Policy of CEMR Audience facilitator: Diogo PINTO, Secretary General of the European Movement International *
19:30 Gala dinner
* To be confirmed 31/10/2014
* To be confirmed