Agenda of the Conference

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International Conference:

„Regions with

legislative power in Council of

Europe and European Union –

challenges and strategic goals“

Agenda of the Conference

Innsbruck

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Wednesday 30 May 2012:

n Arrival of Presidents / delegates of the invited institutions

n 13:00 Start registration at the Congress Innsbruck for members of the Governance Committee of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

n 14:00-16:45 Seminar on Transfrontier Cooperation of the Governance Committee of the Congress of Local and Regional Autho-rities in cooperation with the Euro-Institute - Institute for cross-border cooperation (Room Innsbruck)

n 16:45-17:15 Coffee break (Casino Foyer)

n 17:15-18:30 Seminar on Transfrontier Cooperation of the Governance Committee of the Congress of Local and Regional Autho-rities in cooperation with the Euro-Institute - Institute for cross-border cooperation (Room Innsbruck)

n 18:30 Welcome Buffet (Congress Innsbruck, Restaurant Archiv and Orangerie Foyer)

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Thursday 31 May 2012:

n 08:00 Registration at the Congress Innsbruck

n 08:45-10:45 Meeting of the Governance Committee of the Congress of

Local and Regional Authorities (Room Innsbruck)

n 09:00-10:45 Meeting of the Coordination Committee of RegLeg (Room Aalborg)

n 10:45-11:00 Coffee break (Crystal Foyer)

n 11:00-13:00 Meeting of the Coordination Committee of RegLeg

(Room Aalborg)

n 13:00-14:00 Lunch in the Congress Innsbruck (Crystal Foyer)

n 14:00-16:00 Seminar of the Coordination Committee of RegLeg

(Room Aalborg)

n 16:30-18:30 Meeting of the Standing Committee of CALRE

(Room Innsbruck)

n 18:30-19:30 Meeting of the initiative “Twin a Region“ (Room Innsbruck)

n Guided visits of the City of Innsbruck at 10:30 and 14:30

n 20:00 Reception offered by the Mayor of the City of Innsbruck Christine Oppitz-Plörer, Hotel Goldener Adler,

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Friday 1 June:

n 09:00-09:30 International Conference: „Regions with legislative power in Council of Europe and European Union – challenges and strategic goals“ (Congress Innsbruck, Room Innsbruck) Welcome addresses by Günther Platter, Governor of the Tyrol, Herwig van Staa, President of the Regional Parliament of the Tyrol, President of the Chamber of Regions of the Con-gress in the Council of Europe, Andreas Kiefer, Secretary Ge-neral of the Congress of the Council of Europe

n 09:30-10:15 Statements by REGLEG: Harry Kopietz, President of the Re-gional Parliament of Vienna, CALRE: President Fernando Jesús Manzano Pedrera, CoR: Luc van den Brande, President of the CIVEX Commission of the CoR

Presentation of the »Declaration of Innsbruck« by Herwig van Staa on behalf of the Congress of the Council of Europe

n 10:45-12:30 Moderation by Harald Bürger, Secretary General of REGLEG

n 10:45-11:30 The various systems of regional democracy - federal countries

- regionalised countries - regions with special status - perspectives

Statement by Nicolas Levrat, Director of the European Insti-tute, University of Geneva

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n 11:30-12:00 Council of Europe: Representation and role of regional governments and parliaments (Congress, Parliamentary Assembly, National Delegations in the intergovernmental sector)

Statement by Andreas Kiefer, Secretary General of the Con-gress

Discussion

n 12:00-12:30 European Union: Participation of regions with legislative powers within the structure of the European Union

Statement by Jean-Luc Vanraes, former President of REGLEG Discussion

n 12:30 Family photo, Press Conference (Room New Orleans)

n 12:30-13:45 Lunch in the Congress Innsbruck (Crystal Foyer, Casino Foyer)

n 13:45-15:00 Round Table „Regionalization in Europe – challenges and strategic goals for regions with legislative powers“

Moderation by Peter Bußjäger, Head of the Federalism Institute, Innsbruck

Keynote-speakers: Josef Weidenholzer, MEP, Wolfgang Strei-tenberger, Advicer of the Director General, DG Regional Policy, European Commission, Anna Gamper, University of Innsbruck, Department of Public Law, State and Administra-tive Theory, Francesco Palermo, University of Verona. Exchange of views

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n 15:00-16:00 Round Table „Crossborder cooperation – new strategies and new challenges for European regions“

Moderation by Peter Bußjäger, Head of the Federalism Institute, Innsbruck

Keynote-speakers: Luis Durnwalder, President of the EGTC Euroregion Tyrol - South Tyrol - Trentino, President of the Autonomous Province Bozen/Südtirol, Harry Kopietz, Presi-dent of the Regional Parliament of Vienna, Katrin Böttger, Department of European Politics, Berlin, Nataliya Romano-va, Vice-President of the Congress.

Exchange of views

n 16:15-17:00 Round Table “Activities and regional actions - Democracy, Transparency and Human rights“

Moderation by Andreas Kiefer, Secretary General of the Con-gress

Keynote-speakers: Giovanni Kessler, Director General of the European Anti-Fraud-Office (OLAF), Burgi Volgger, Ombudswoman of South Tyrol and President of the Inter-national Ombudsman Institute, Isil Gachet, Head of office of the Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe.

Exchange of views

n 17:00-17:15 Adoption of the “Declaration of Innsbruck“

n 20:00 Reception offered by the Governor of the Tyrol, Günther Platter, in the Orangerie, Congress Innsbruck

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Saturday 2 June 2012:

n 09:45 Departure from the Congress Innsbruck, Entrance Rennweg

n 10:00-12:00 „Crossborder cultural cooperation“ - Excursion for partici-pants and accompanying persons to the „Berg Isel Ski Jump Arena“ and the Tyrolean Panorama at the Bergisel, Innsbruck

n 12:30-14:00 Lunch at Gasthof Riese Haymon, Innsbruck

or

n 09:45 Departure from the Congress Innsbruck, Entrance Rennweg

n 10:00-12:00 “TEN-project Nr. 1 Berlin-Palermo, Austrian section of the

New Lower Inn Valley railway“ - Excursion for participants and accompanying persons to the construction site of the New Lower Inn Valley railway

n 12:30-14:00 Lunch at Gasthof Riese Haymon, Innsbruck

optional

n 14:00 Departure from the Congress Innsbruck or from the Gasthof

Riese Haymon, respectively

n 14:30 Visit to the „Swarovski Crystal Worlds Wattens”

n 16:30 Award Ceremony of the Emperor-Maximilian-Prize,

Euro-pean Prize for Regional and Local Politics of the Land of Tyrol and the City of Innsbruck, in the Giant Hall of the Imperial Castle, Innsbruck

n 18:00 Reception offered by the Land of Tyrol and the City of

Inns-bruck in the Imperial Hall of the Stiftskeller, InnsInns-bruck

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Contact

DDr. Herwig van Staa

President of the Regional Parliament of the Tyrol President of the Chamber of Regions of the CLRAE herwig.vanstaa@tirol.gv.at

www.tirol.gv.at/landtag

Organisation

Mag.a_{Renate Fischler}

Office of the Regional Parliament of the Tyrol Eduard-Wallnöfer-Platz 3 6020 Innsbruck T +43 (0)512 508 3007 F +43 (0)512 508 3005 renate.fischler@tirol.gv.at www.tirol.gv.at/landtag

Registration & hotel accommodation

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