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Wednesday 20 April

11.30 - 15.30

CEMR Policy Committee (CEMR members only)

16.00 - 18.00 Opening Ceremony of the 25th Congress of European Municipalities and Regions

Welcoming words:

Constantinos Yiorkadjis, Mayor of Nicosia Alexis Galanos, Mayor of Famagusta, President of the Union of Cyprus Municipalities Iñigo de la Serna, Mayor of Santander, CEMR Co-President and Acting President

Opening session: “Listen to the world, invent a brighter future!” Keynote speech:

Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Film-director and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme

Plenary debate with :

Markku Markkula, President of Committee of the Regions Mpho Parks Tau, Mayor of Johannesburg Yvan Mayeur, Mayor of Brussels Stefano Bonaccini, President of Emilia-Romagna, president of AICCRE Eva Paunova, Member of the European Parliament (tbc)

With contributions from participants to the Congress Moderator: Martin Watson

18.00

Cypriot evening reception

19.00

Projection of the movie “HUMAN” directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

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Thursday 21 April

9.30 - 11.00

Parallel sessions

1

Local finances under pressure Moderator: Martin Watson

Philippe Laurent, Mayor of Sceaux, CEMR Spokesperson on Local Finances, (France)

Carmen Kiefer, Austrian Association of Municipalities, Deputy Mayor of Kuchl (Austria)

Esa Kalio, European Association of Public Banks (Finland)

E & F

2

Governing with citizens: using SMART technologies to fight municipal corruption

Kyriakos Hadjittophis, Mayor of Ayios Athanasios (Cyprus) Vincent Ncho, Vice-Governor of Abidjan (Ivory Coast) Juana Lopez Pagán, Deputy Director for International Relations, Spanish

Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (Spain) Valentina Rigamonti, Senior Regional Coordinator for Western Europe,

Transparency International Diana Lopez Caramazana, Head of the Local Government Unit, UN-Habitat.

B, T & I

3

Integrating refugees in our local communities

Moderator : Santo Caruso, CEMR Spokesperson on Asylum and Integration, Mayor of Aci Sant'Antonio (tbc)

Irena Guidikova, Head of Division, Directorate of Democratic Governance, Council of Europe

Lena Micko, President of SALAR (Sweden) Agnese Papadia, Legal Migration and Integration Unit, DG Migration and

Home Affairs of the European Commission Nawel Rafik -Elmrini, Deputy Mayor of Strasbourg (France)

S & C



4

Bringing Europe closer to you!

Florence Forzy – Rafford, Municipal Councillor for European Affairs - City of Bordeaux (France)

Gary Robinson, Leader of Shetlands Islands Council (United Kingdom) Georgios Markopouliotis, Head of European Commission Representation in

Cyprus Andreas Kiefer, Secretary General of the Congress of Local and Regional

Authorities, Council of Europe

EU

5

Tools towards green, inclusive and prosperous cities

Ilmar Reepalu, CEMR Spokesperson on Urban Policies, Councillor of Malmö (Sweden)

François Bertrand, Deputy Director for Sustainable Planning, French Ministry of Housing and Sustainable Home (France)

Holger Robrecht, Deputy Regional Director, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives - ICLEI

G & L

11.30 – 13.00 Parallel sessions

6

Which opportunities and responsibilities for cities and regions after COP21?

Moderator: Martin Watson

Ronan Dantec, Spokesperson for United Cities of Local Governments (UCLG) on the International negotiations on climate, French Senator (France)

Sian Reid, Councillor for the Environment - City of Cambridge, CEMR spokesperson on Climate and Energy (United Kingdom)

Jean Pierre Mbassi, Secretary General UCLG Africa, member of PLATFORMA, partner in the Covenant of Mayors Sub-Saharan Africa

Lucio Botarelli, Head of the Climate and agrometerological unit of Arpae (Regional agency for prevention, environment and energy of Emilia-Romagna)

Aurelien Lechevallier, Diplomatic advisor to the Mayor of Paris (France)

E, C & E



7

No decentralised cooperation without citizens’ empowerment! How to take on board civil society?

Moderator: Patrizio Fiorilli

Michel Laloge, Head of sector unit B2 - Civil Society Organisations and Local Authorities, DG DEVCO, European Commission

Miguel de Clerk, Director of Echos Communication Massimo Toschi, Advisor to the President of the Region Tuscany for

cooperation and international relations (Italy) Célestine Ketcha Courtes, UCLG Champion for Development Cooperation,

President of REFELA, Mayor of Bangangté (Cameroon) (tbc) Secou Sarr, Director of ENDA Energy-Environment-Development Roland Ries, Mayor of Strasbourg, President of Cités Unies France (tbc)

C & P

8

The Covenant on Demographic change: adapting our cities and communities to the ageing society

Helen Campbell, Vice-President of AGE Platform Europe Serge de Patoul, CEMR Spokesperson on Demographic Change, Deputy

Mayor of Woluwe Saint Pierre (Belgium) Rui Gonçalves Dos Santos, Mayor of Vila Real (Portugal)

S & C

9

Local public services in 2030: challenges and opportunities

Gunilla Westenberg-Dupuy, Deputy Mayor of Suresnes (France) Victor Proença, Mayor of Alcácer do Sal (Portugal) Ronny Frederickx, President of UDITE, European Federation Local Authority

Chief Executive Officers Mads Samsing, President of the EPSU Standing Committee for local and

regional governments

E & F

10

The role and impact of private investors in local development

Concepción Gamarra Ruiz-Clavijo, Mayor of Logroño (Spain)

Sabine Van Dooren, Deputy mayor of Kapellen, CEMR Spokeperson on local governments as employers

…

B, T & I



14.00 - 15.30 Parallel sessions

11

What place for local governments in Europe's future architecture?


Robert Bright, Leader of Newport Council (United-Kingdom) Cor Lamers, Mayor of Schiedam, CEMR Spokesperson on Air quality,

(Netherlands) Nuria Marín Martínez, Mayor of Hospitalet de Llobregat (Spain) Rainer Haas, President of Ludwigsburg County (Germany) Andreas Kettis, Head of European Parliament Information Office in Cyprus

EU

12

Fighting poverty and social exclusion: what role for cities and regions?

Moderator : Prof. Dr. Jens S. Dangschat, Head of the Institute of Sociology for Spatial Planning and Architecture, Vienna University of Technology

Luc Martens, CEMR-Vice-President, Municipal Councillor of Roeselare, President of VVSG and the Research Centre of the Flemish Cities (Belgium)

Melia Avraam, Municipal Councillor and President of the Social Welfare Committee of Nicosia (Cyprus)

Maria Stratigaki, Deputy Mayor of Athens in charge of Social Affairs (Greece)

S & C

13

Reviving local public finances: facts and figures

Gerry Muscat, Head of Division, Regional and Urban Development Division,

Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank Nathalie Le Denmat, head of the Committee on Local Finance and

Development UCLG Representatives of Cities with EIB Framework Loans (TBC)

E & F



14

Circular economy in Europe: the way forward Moderator : Linda Gillham, CEMR Spokesperson on Environment, Councillor of Runnymede

Josep Maria Tost, President of ACR+, Association of cities and regions for Recycling and sustainable resource management

Monika Romenska, Regulatory & Public Affairs Manager, Extended Producer Responsibility - EXPRA

Tjaša Ficko, Deputy Mayor of Ljubljana (tbc) Member of the European Parliament (tbc)

E, C & E

15

Projects, you said? Meet and find partners!

C & P

16.00 - 17.30

Parallel sessions

16

Facing conflicts consequences in the Southern Neighbourhood: the role of towns and regions

Moderator: Patrizio Fiorilli

Aqel Biltaji, Mayor of Amman (Jordan) Eleni Loucaidou, Deputy Mayor of Nicosia (Cyprus) Cor Lamers, Mayor of Schiedam (The Netherlands) Jean Roatta, Deputy Mayor of Marseille (France) Mayor from Lebanon (tbc)

Respondent : Francisco de la Torre Prados, Mayor of Málaga, CEMR Spokesperson on

International cooperation / European Neighbourhood Policy

C & P

17

Innovative forms of financing local development

Konrad Ritter, international expert on crowdfunding projects for public infrastructures & on local climate finance

Elise Steyaet Representative of CITYnvest Kenroy Quellenec-Reid, Financial engineering manager, Greater London

Authority (UK) Paul Swinney, Economist, Center for Cities (UK) Dimitris Kafantaris, Mayor of Pylos (Greece) (tbc)

E & F



18

How can I become a green city? Moderator: Martin Watson

Linda Gillham, CEMR Spokesperson, Councillor of Runnymede, LGA Sandra Pedro, Head of Urban Management Division of Torres Vedras

(Portugal) Nicole Wanders Wengler, DG ENVI, European Commission François Bertrand, Deputy Director for Sustainable Planning in the French

Ministry of Housing, Territorial Equality and Rural Areas (France)

E, C & E

19

Lobbying national & EU institutions: raising your game Moderator: Thomas Prorok, KDZ

Betty De Wachter, Coordinator of the Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities VVSG (Belgium)

Simona Wolesa, Austrian Association of Cities and Towns (Austria) Kelmend Zajazi, Executive Director NALAS Graeme Preston, former European Commission official, DG Transport

EU

20

Promoting diversity and fighting radicalisation at local level

Luc Martens, CEMR-Vice-President, Municipal Councillor of Roeselare, President of VVSG and the Research Centre of the Flemish Cities (Belgium)

Christiane Overmans, Councillor of the Federal City of Bonn, Member of the Board of the German Section of the CEMR (RGRE) (Germany)

Lola López, Commissioner for Migration Affairs, Barcelona City Hall (tbc) Sebastian Sperber , Programme Manager of the European Forum for Urban

Security (tbc)

S & C

20.00 - 23.00

Gala Dinner Hosted by his Excellency Mr Nicos Anastasiades,

President of the Republic of Cyprus



Friday 22 April

9.30 - 11.00 Parallel sessions

21

Moderator: Martin Watson Decentralisation in Europe: a state of affairs and vision for the future

Stéphane Guérard, Observatory of Local Autonomy Agnès Le Brun, Mayor of Morlaix (tbc) Benedikt Herrmann, Team Leader – Behavioural Economics Team, Joint

Research Centre, European Commission Ispra Benoit Cathala, French National Institute for training of LRGs Civil Servants Daniel Popescu, Centre of Expertise of the Council of Europe

G & L

22

The European Charter for Equality of women and men in local life after 10 years: Results and Ways Forward Moderator: Ibon Uribe, CEMR Spokesperson on Equality, Mayor of Galdakao (Spain)

Maria Kremmou, Councillor of Lapithos (Cyprus) Martina Schröck, Deputy Mayor Graz (Austria) Anders Knape, Chaiman of Karlstad City Council, CEMR’s Executive President

(Sweden)

G & L

23

Networking for better cities: opportunities and benefits

Moderator: Evgenia Koutsomarkou, Partnership Officer, URBACT Secretariat

Martina Rauter, Councilor for youth, City of Maribor (Slovenia) Albert García Macian, European projects officer, City of Mollet del Vallès

(Spain) Pat Kussé, Department of education policy, City of Antwerp (Belgium)

C & P



24

2030 Emission impossible? The new integrated Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy

Moderator : Mr. Juan Espadas Cejas, Mayor of Sevilla (Spain) Anthi Charalambous, Director of the Cyprus Energy Agency (Cyprus) Sandra Pedro, Director of the Urban Areas Management Division, Torres Vedras

(Portugal) Michael Kristensen, Chairman of Engineering and Environmental Committee,

Samsø (Denmark)

E, C & E

25

Sustainable food in urban communities

Markéta Braine-Supkova, Founder and General Director, International Urban Food Network (IUFN)

Antoine Limouzin, City of Lyon (France) Yanis Evmolpidis , City of Athens (Greece) Sara Jervfors , City of Sodertalje (Sweden) FAO representative (tbc)

S & C

11.30 - 13.00

Parallel sessions

26

European territorial development: vision and scenarios towards 2050


Carola Gunnarsson, Mayor of Sala, CEMR Spokesperson on Territorial development (Sweden)

Oldřich Vlasák, Councillor of Hradec Králové CEMR Executive President (Czech Republic)

Peter Mehlbye, European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion - ESPON

Normunds Popens, Deputy Director-General For Implementation, DG REGIO Carlos Martinez Minguez, Mayor of Soria (Spain) Valérie Letard, Vice-President of the Regional Council of Nord Pas de Calais

Picardie (France) (tbc)

EU



27

Culture in sustainable cities: learning with Culture 21 Actions in Europe

Catherine Cullen, UCLG Special Adviser on culture and sustainable cities Catarina Vaz Pinto, Deputy Mayor of Lisbon, in charge of culture (Portugal) Mieke Damsma, Deputy Mayor of Maastricht, in charge of culture (The

Netherlands)

S & C

28

Building a toolkit for the localisation of the SDGs

Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Mayor of Seberang Perai (Malaysia) David Lucas Parrón, Mayor of Móstoles (Spain) Peter Kurz, Mayor of Mannheim (Germany) Marloes Borsboom, Vice Mayor of Rijswijk (The Netherlands) Denise Fampou Tchaptchet, Mayor of Douala II (Cameroon)

C & P

29

Innovation at local level: inspiring solutions to transform our cities

David Ludlow, Smart Cities Research Director, University of West England (United Kingdom)

Marie Cugny-Seguin, Project Manager, Urban and Territorial Affairs, Environmental European Agency

Uwe Ferber, PhD, Director of STADT+ (Germany) Katerina Jupova, GISAT (Czech Republic) Jocelyne Bougeard, Deputy-Mayor of Rennes (France) (tbc)

B, T & I

30

Young European Leaders for Active Citizenship

Ahmad Alhendawi, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth (tbc) YELAC Participants (30)

G & L



14.00 - 15.30 Closing Plenary

Towards a local and regional vision of Europe 2030

Jan Olbrycht, President of the Urban Intergroup, Member of the European Parliament Frédéric Valletoux, Mayor of Fontainebleau, Coordinator of Debating Europe 2030 Eleni Loucaidou, Deputy Mayor of Nicosia and Member of the Committee of the Regions Jean-Claude Frécon, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of

Europe Moderator: Martin Watson With contributions of participants to the Congress

Technical visits in Nicosia Municipality

31 21 April – 10.00 to 12.30

32 21 April – 14.30 to 17.00

33 22 April – 10.00 to 12.30

Cultural excursions (optional & at own cost)

A 22 April - 16.00 to 19.00

B 23 April - All day

EU EU Integration

G & L Governance & Leadership

S & C Society & Culture

E & F Economy & Finance

E, C & E Environment, Climate & Energy

B, T & I Business, Technology & Innovation

C & P Cooperation & Partnerships

Contacts and questions

All questions may be redirected to Amélie Laussucq, Advisor on Statutory Affairs at CEMR by email ([email protected]) or phone (+32 2 500 0545).


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