20 SEPTEMBER 2019 BRUSSELS An opportunity for young liberal democrat local and regional politicians to meet, share ideas and best practice amongst themselves, and afterwards to meet with experienced local and regional politicians in a joint meeting with Renew Europe (former ALDE-CoR). EUROPEAN LIBERAL YOUTH YOUNG LEADERS Vincent CHAUVET Maja FREIERMUTH Szymon GODYLA Tom GORDON Mayor of Autun Local Parliamentarian (Zongen) City Councillor (Opolskie Voivodeship) City Councillor (Wakeeld Council) Communal Representative Vice-President of Commission for International Cooperation LibDem Group Leader Adrián JANKOVIČ Kilian KARGER Marc NAETHER Tilde NIELSEN City Councillor (Devínská Nová Ves) City Councillor (Hofheim) City Councillor (Saint-Gilles) City Councillor (Nyborg Municipality) Communal Representative Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Youth Deputy Group Leader Chair of a Local Committee _ _ Noemí Otero NAVARES Tomas RASKEVIČIUS Deimantė RIMKUTĖ Mohammed SAIAH City Councillor (Segovia) City Councillor (Vilnius) City Councillor (Vilnius) City Councillor (Utrecht) Group Leader Spokesperson on LGBT rights Night Mayor Spokesperson on Diversity, Education, Youth _ ­ James STEEL LAURENZ VAN GINNEKEN Gaby van den WAARDENBURG City Councillor (Guildford Borough) City Councillor (Schilde) City Councillor (Helmond) Lead Councillor for Leisure, Heritage, Tourism Communal Representative Alderman _ PROGRAMME DRAFT European Committee of the Regions Room: JDE70 and JDE51 Brussels, 20 September 2019 19 September - Thursday 09:00 Arrival and check-in at Hotel Radisson RED, Brussels 18:00 Informal drinks (tbc) 20 September - Friday 08:15 Departure from the hotel to the European Committee of the Regions 09:00 Opening of the summit 09:10 – 10.00 Introductions by participants 10:00 – 11:20 Main summit discussion (tbc) 11:20 – 11:30 Closing of the meeting and future actions 11:30 – 11.45 Coffee break 11:45 – 13.30 Joint meeting with Renew Europe CoR Group I 13:30 – 14:30 Lunch break 14.30 – 16.00 Joint meeting with Renew Europe CoR Group II CONTACTS ALDE-CoR | Edgaras Mascinskas - [email protected] +32 487 024 733 LYMEC | Danica Vihinen - [email protected] BRIEF Renew Europe is the successor of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) – a political group that represents liberal & democrat city mayors, regional presidents and ministers, and local and regional councillors in the process of developing EU policies and laws. The CoR is a political assembly that exists to improve and safeguard a key part of European democracy: the proper involvement in the EU policy process of all the forms of subnational government that can be found in Europe’s Member States. Renew Europe’s MISSION » to ensure that the liberal and democrat goals of helping every individual to achieve their full potential, of defending in equal measure individual and economic freedom in a way which protects the weakest in society, is represented in the policy positions of the CoR, and ultimately of the EU; » to act as a strong pillar of the European liberal family – the ALDE/Renew Europe caucus -, bringing added value to its policy proposals from the local and regional perspective, creating new opportunities for action and nding synergies, strengthening the caucus over time, and contributing to a stronger and more liberal European Union. L YOUTH The European Liberal Youth, abbreviated as LYMEC, is a pan-European youth organisation LIBERA PEAN seeking to promote liberal values throughout the EU as the youth organisation of the ALDE Party EURO and its parliamentarygroup in the European Parliament (ALDE, Alliance of Liberals and Demo- crats for Europe). The Young Democrats for Europe is the youth wing of the European Democratic Party and of Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, Parliamentary Group. It was announced on 9 May 2007, the 50th Anniver- sary of the Treaty of Rome, and formally established at its rst conference on 22 September 2007 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The founding members are the youth wings of the seven EDP founding political parties. The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the European Union's (EU) assembly of local and regional representatives that provides sub-national authorities (i.e. regions, counties, provinces, municipalities and cities) with a direct voice within the EU's institutional framework. Established in 1994, the CoR was set up to address two main issues. First, about three quarters of EU legislation is implemented at local or regional level, so local and regional representatives needed to have a say in the development of new EU laws. Second, there were concerns about a widening gap between the public and the process of European integration; involving the elected level of government closest to the citizens was one way of closing the gap. Renew Europe is the successor of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) – a political group that represents liberal & democrat city mayors, regional presidents and ministers, and local and regional councillors in the process of developing EU policies and laws. The CoR is a political assembly that exists to improve and safeguard a key part of European democracy: the proper involvement in the EU policy process of all the forms of subnational government that can be found in Europe’s Member States. @RenewEuropeCoR RenewEuropeCoR www.reneweurope-cor.eu Renew Europe - European Committee of the Regions 101 Rue Belliardstraat 1040 Brussels - BELGIUM Phone: +32 (0)2 282 2059 Fax: +32 (0)2 282 2331 www.reneweurope-cor.eu.