I OBSERVATORY: NEW TENDENCIES OF FEDERALISM IN EUROPE Palacio de la Aljaferia, Zaragoza, 8th November 2010 Organized by Manuel Giménez Abad Foundation (Zaragoza) Catalonian Institute for Public Law (Barcelona) in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Collaboration: Cortes of Aragón (Legislature of the Autonomous Community of Aragón) Ministry for Territorial Policy, Government of Spain Coordinated by: José Tudela, General Secretary, Manuel Giménez Abad Foundation Joan Vintró, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Barcelona, Instituto de Derecho Público de Cataluña 1 Palacio de la Aljafería – Calle de los Diputados, s/n– 50004 ZARAGOZA Teléfono 976 28 97 15 - Fax 976 28 96 65 fundació[email protected] www.fundacionmgimenezabad.es Our conference will inaugurate the 1st observatory on NEW TENDENCIES OF FEDERALISM IN EUROPE. This observatory will offer to academics and practitioners from Spain and other European countries a setting to discuss and analyze questions and tendencies related to federalism in Europe. The observatory has also the objective of disseminating best practices of federal and decentralized states and promoting scientific investigation in the field of federal studies. In this sense, the observatory pays attention to the different dimensions and aspects of federalism as a theoretical concept or as a subject of comparative studies. The observatory is coordinated by the Manuel Giménez Abad Foundation and the Catalonian Institute for Public Law. 2 Palacio de la Aljafería – Calle de los Diputados, s/n– 50004 ZARAGOZA Teléfono 976 28 97 15 - Fax 976 28 96 65 fundació[email protected] www.fundacionmgimenezabad.es Programme 09:30 h.: Welcome Francisco Pina Cuenca, President, Cortes de Aragón José Tudela, General Secretary, Manuel Giménez Abad Foundation Joan Vintró, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Barcelona, Catalonian Institute for Public Law Lothar Witte, Delegate of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Spain 10:00 h.: I Session: "The United Kingdom and the independence of Scotland – results and tendencies of the devolution process in the UK". Charlie Jeffery, Professor of Politics and Head of School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. 10:45 h.: II Session: "Federalism and the sustainability of Belgium". Lieven De Winter, Professor of Political Science, Catholic University of Louvain 11:30 h.: Coffee break 12:00 h.: III Session: "Objectives and results of the German federalism reforms". Roland Sturm, Professor of Political Science, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg 12:45 h.: Discussion 13:45 h.: Closure 3 Palacio de la Aljafería – Calle de los Diputados, s/n– 50004 ZARAGOZA Teléfono 976 28 97 15 - Fax 976 28 96 65 fundació[email protected] www.fundacionmgimenezabad.es .