PLATFORMA FORUM Development and participatory governance Which multi-actor partnerships in Europe and in partner countries? 2-3 April 2012, Florence, Italy Cenacolo Santa Apollonia, Via San Gallo, 25 Draft programme (As of 26 March 2012) Further to the structured dialogue initiated by the European Commission on the involvement of local and regional authorities and civil society in international cooperation, this Forum intends pursuing the reflection on partnerships between these actors and their respective added-values in development. The Italian experience, and in particular the experience of the Tuscany region in managing local consultation groups, will feed in the discussions. The debates will focus on multi- actor partnership models with the perspective from both European development stakeholders and local and regional authorities and civil society from partner countries. Concrete partnerships between towns or regions with NGO that have led to wider ownership by local communities, improved participatory governance at local level and wider access to basic services will be discussed. PLATFORMA holds a European Forum on an annual basis, at the invitation of a European municipality or region involved in development cooperation. The discussions will strengthen the knowledge base for PLATFORMA’s activities as well as its ongoing dialogue with the EU institutions. 2 April 2012 9h00 – 13h00 Meeting for PLATFORMA members 14h15-14h30 Welcome of participants 14h30-15h15 Opening of the Forum Enrico Rossi, President of the Tuscany Region Michele Picciano, President of the Italian association of the European Council of Municipalities and Regions (AICCRE) Pierre Schapira, Deputy Mayor of Paris and Carles Llorens i Vila, Director General for development cooperation, Catalonia Region PLATFORMA spokespersons Leonardo Domenici, Member of the European Parliament 15h15-16h00 Governing development partnerships, the Italian experience Chaired by Francesco Petrelli, President of Oxfam Italy - The Italian framework for development cooperation Andrea Stocchiero, CESPI - Giorgio Garelli, Regione Piemonte* - Fabio Laurenzi, Representative of Tuscan NGOs Questions and answers 16h00-16h30 Coffee break 16h30-18h00 Consultation frameworks at the local level and division of labour between European development cooperation actors - Models and perspectives Chaired by: Eleni Marianou, Secretary General of the Conference of Peripheral and Maritime Regions (CPMR) - Xavi Tiana Casablancas, Head of the European Cooperation Office, Province of Barcelona, Spain - Paola Berbeglia, DARE Forum, Italy, CONCORD - Susanne Stephan, Project Manager "Partnership for Democratic Local Governance in Southeast-Asia", Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, and Francesca Traldi, Fondazione Magna Carta - Isabel Fezer, Deputy Mayor of the city of Stuttgart, Germany - Jean-Noël Gaultier, First vice-president of the international affairs Committee, Pays de la Loire Region, France Questions and answers 19h00 Cocktail dinner, Palazzo Vecchio 3 April 2012 9h00-10h45 Local democracy and participatory governance in partner countries – models and perspectives Chaired by: Carl Wright, Secretary General of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) - Maher Bouazzi, Mayor of Kasserine, Tunisia - Massimo Toschi, Advisor of the President of the Tuscany Region on International Cooperation - Cézar Busatto, Secretary for Political Coordination and Local Governance, City of Porto Alegre, Brazil, United Cities and Local Governments representative - Gidon Bromberg, Director of the Tel-Aviv office, Friends of the Earth Middle East Questions and answers Thanks to the hosting of the Tuscany Region With the support of the European Commission 10h45-11h15 Coffee break 11h15-13h00 Final Roundtable What lessons learnt from multi-actor partnerships? What added values for local democracy? Building on the results of the European structured dialogue, how should such partnerships evolve and be encouraged by the European institutions? Chaired by: Jean Bossuyt, Head of strategy, European centre for development policy management (ECDPM) - Patrice Tirolien, Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Development Committee - Angelo Baglio, Head of Unit Civil Society and Local Authorities, DG DEVCO, European Commission - Pierre Schapira, Deputy Mayor of Paris, PLATFORMA spokesperson - Carles Llorens i Vila, Director General for development cooperation, Catalonia Region, PLATFORMA spokesperson - Olivier Consolo, Director of CONCORD* - Marco Falcone, Development Cooperation Directorate General, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Questions and answers 13h00-13h30 Address of Mario Giro, Advisor of the Italian Minister for international cooperation and integration Conclusions and approval of the final declaration Frédéric Vallier, Secretary General, Council of European Municipalities and Regions 13h30 Closing of the Forum * : speaker to be confirmed Thanks to the hosting of the Tuscany Region With the support of the European Commission .