PARTICIPANTS

GREEK CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS

Mr Nikos CHARDALIAS, Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Greece

Ambassador Panayiotis BEGLITIS, Permanent Representative of Greece to the Council of Europe, President of the Ministers’ Deputies

Ms Georgia VALATSOU, Permanent Secretary General, Ministry of the Interior

Mr Vassilis VIKAS, Deputy Permanent Representative of Greece to the Council of Europe

Ms Maria NIKOU, Head of Directorate of economic & development policy, Ministry of the Interior

Ms Regina VASILATOU, Head of Directorate of organisation and functioning of local government, Ministry of the Interior

Mr Georgios CHRYSAFIS, Directorate of organisation and functioning of local government, Ministry of the Interior

Ms Eleni KALLINIKOU, expert within the independent Department of international and European relations, Ministry of the Interior

Mr Ioannis MATHIOUDAKIS, Head of independent Department of international and European relations, Ministry of the Interior

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Ms Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General

Mr Miroslav Papa, Director of the Private Office of the Secretary General and the Deputy Secretary General

Ms Irène Kitsou-Milonas, Adviser, Private Office of the Secretary General and the Deputy Secretary General

ALBANIA / ALBANIE

Ms Romina KUKO, Deputy Minister of Interior

Mr Ledjon SHAHINI, Adviser at the Ministry of Interior

Ms Aida GJIKA, Adviser at the Ministry of Interior

Ms Albana Koçiu, Director of the Department of Public Administration

Mr Ened KERCINI, Director of Programs and Reforms in Public Administration, Department of

Public Administration

Ms Arvena DEDA, Head of Good Governance and Delivery Unit, Department of Public

Administration Albania

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE

Mr Peter ANDRE, Ministry of Interior, Senior Expert for Legal Affairs

AZERBAIJAN / AZERBAÏDJAN

Mr Seymur NAGHIYEV, Senior adviser of the Center for work with municipalities of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

Mr Paul-Henri PHILIPS, Coordinateur pour les organisations internationales – Région de Bruxelles-Capitale

Mr Edwin LEFEBRE, Ministry of the Flemish Community, Agency for Home Affairs

Ms Annemie LELIE, Représentante Permanente Adjointe, Représentation Permanente de la Belgique auprès du Conseil de l’Europe

Mr Matthew GREANT, Collaborateur Diplomatique Représentation Permanente de la Belgique auprès du Conseil de l’Europe

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / BOSNIE-HERZEGOVINE

Ambassador Almir ŠAHOVIĆ, Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

BULGARIA / BULGARIE

Ms Yana DOCHEVA, Head of Department, National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria

CROATIA

Mr Ivan MALENICA, Minister of Public Administration

Mr Matija PALJUG, Advisor to the cabinet of the Minister of Public Administration

Ms Katarina SERDAR, Head of Service for Decentralisation and Territorial Organisation at the Ministry of Public Administration

Ms Mislava BRKO, Counsellor, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union

CYPRUS / CHYPRE

Ms Kakia DEMETRIOU, Administrative officer, Ministry of Interior (Local Government Directorate)

CZECH REPUBLIC / REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE

Ms Jana TICHACKOVA, Ministry Expert on Public Governance and Public Administration

DENMARK / DANEMARK

Mr Mads HOLT, Administrative Officer, Department of Public Administrative Law, Ministry of

Social Affairs and the Interior

ESTONIA / ESTONIE

Mr Mart UUSJÄRV, Head of the Department of Regional Administration

Ms Ave VIKS, Adviser of Regional Administration Department

FINLAND / FINLANDE

Mr Markku MÖLLÄRI, Ministerial adviser, Department for Local Affairs and Regional Administration, Ministry of Finance

Mr Toni SANDELL, Deputy Permanent Representative of Finland to the Council of Europe

FRANCE

Mme Mathilde CISOWSKI, Bureau des structures territoriales (CIL2), Sous-direction

des compétences et des institutions locales, Direction générale des collectivités locales, Ministère de l'Intérieur

Mr Maxime HUOT, Représentation Permanente de la France auprès du Conseil de l’Europe

GEORGIA / GEORGIE

Mr Giorgi DIDIDZE, Head of Department of Regional and Mountainous Areas Development, Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure

Ms Maya TALAKHADZE, Head of Infrastructure Partners Relation Division, Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia

Mr David KALATOZISHVILI, Deputy Head of European Integration Department, Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

Ms Christiane BÖDDING, Policy Officer, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community

HUNGARY / HONGRIE

Mr David KOJSZA, Officer for International Relations, Prime Minister’s Office, State Secretariat for Territorial Public Administration

Ms Beáta BAKA, Officer for International Relations, Prime Minister’s Office, State Secretariat for Territorial Public Administration

Ms Julianna KISNÉ MÁTRAI, Senior Advisor, Prime Minister’s Office, State Secretariat for Territorial Public Administration

Ms Orsolya BICZI, Ministerial Commissioner, Prime Minister’s Office, State Secretariat for Territorial Public Administration

ICELAND / ISLANDE

(Apologised for absence/excusée)

ITALY / ITALIE

Mr Francesco GIUSTINO, Statistician Economist senior auprès de la Présidence du Conseil des Ministres

LATVIA / LETTONIE

Ms Agnese PABERZA DRAUDINA, Senior expert, Local Governments Department, Local Governments Supervision Division, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development

LITHUANIA / LITUANIE

Mr Paulius SKARDŽIUS, Senior Adviser, Ministry of the Interior

LUXEMBOURG

Mr Pol HENROTTE, Conseiller de Gouvernement, adjoint, Ministère de l‘Intérieur, Direction de la sécurité civile

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / REPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA

Ms Rodica CIOCHINA, Deputy to the Permanent Representative

MONTENEGRO

(Apologised for absence/excusée)

NORTH MACEDONIA / MACEDOINE DU NORD

Ms Gordana GAPIKJ-DIMITROVSKA, State Advisor, the Ministry of Information Society and Administration

NORWAY / NORVEGE

Ms Nina Britt BERGE, Senior Adviser, Department for Local Government, Ministry

of Local Government and Modernisation

POLAND / POLOGNE

Ms Agnieszka HERMEL, Team Leader for Project Implementation, Analyses and Publishing-

The National Institute of Local Government

Ms Aneta MACIEJEWSKA–JAKS, Senior Specialist for Analyses and Studies - the National

Institute of Local Government

ROMANIA / ROUMANIE

Mr Mihai Adrian GROȘAN, Head of Division, Ministry of Public Works, Development and Administration, Directorate General of Public Administration, Romanian Government

Ms Sorana POPA, Deputy to the Permanent Representative of Romania to the Council of Europe

RUSSIAN FEDERATION / FEDERATION DE RUSSIE

Mr Oleg YAKIMOVICH, First Secretary of the Department for Relations with the Subjects of

the federation, Parliament and Public Associations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

SERBIA / SERBIE

Mr Ivan BOŠNJAK, State Secretary, Ministry of public administration and Local Self-Government

Ms Nataša GOLUBOVIĆ, Senior adviser, Department for European Integration and international cooperation, Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government

SLOVAK REPUBLIC / REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE

Ms Nad’a KURILOVÁ, Self-Government and Foreign Relations Department, Public

Administration Section, Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic

SPAIN / ESPAGNE

Ms Rocío DÍAZ MARTÍN, Deputy Director for European and International Relations,

Secretary General for Territorial Coordination, Ministry for Territorial Policy

SLOVENIA / SLOVENIE

Mr Roman LAVTAR, Head of Office for Local Self-Government, Ministry of Public Administration

Mr Jurij MEZEK, Senior Adviser, Office for Local Self-Government, Ministry of Public Administration

SWEDEN / SUEDE

Ms Karolina GUSTAFSON, Desk Officer, Ministry of Finance

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

Mr Bertrand BISE, Chef suppléant de l’unité Projets législatifs I, Département fédéral de

justice et police DFJP, Office fédéral de la justice OFJ, Domaine de direction Droit public

Mr Christian MEUWLY, Ambassadeur, Représentation Permanente de la Suisse auprès du Conseil de l’Europe

Mme Carlotta MANZ, Stagiaire, Représentation Permanente de la Suisse auprès du Conseil de l’Europe

TURKEY / TURQUIE

Mr Esra DOGAN GRAJOVER, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Representation of Turkey to the Council of Europe

UKRAINE

Ms Olha KAVUN, Deputy to the Permanent Representative, Permanent Representation of Ukraine to the Council of Europe

Mr Ruslan POPIUK, State Expert of the Мinistry of community and territorial development of Ukraine

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

Mr Paul ROWSELL, Head of Governance Reform and Democracy, Ministry of Housing

Communities and Local Governance

Ms Siobhan SMYTH, Senior Policy Adviser, Governance Reform and Democracy

OTHER PARTICIPANTS AND OBSERVERS / AUTRES PARTICIPANTS ET OBSERVATEURS

PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE / ASSEMBLEE PARLEMENTAIRE DU CONSEIL DE

L’EUROPE

Mr Jean-Pierre GRIN, Switzerland, ALDE

SECRETARIAT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Ms Yulia Pererva

CONGRESS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES OF THE COUNCIL OF

EUROPE / CONGRES DES POUVOIRS LOCAUX ET REGIONAUX DU CONSEIL

DE L’EUROPE

Mr Leendert Verbeek (Netherlands, SOC/G/PD), Chair of the Monitoring Committee, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

Mr Róbert Grüman (Romania, EPP/CCE), Chair of the Governance Committee, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

SECRETARIAT OF THE CONGRESS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Ms Renate Zikmund

Ms Stéphanie Poirel

Mr Kjartan Magnusson

Ms Saida Theophile-Garouit

Ms Emma Zanichelli

CONFERENCE OF INGOS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE / CONFERENCE

DES OING DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE

Mr Gerhard ERMISCHER, CIVILSCAPE, Representative of the INGOs Conference to the CDDG

JAPAN / JAPON

Ms Chihiro SAITO AKIBA, Consulat Général du Japon

ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) / ORGANISATION DE COOPERATION ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUES (OCDE)

Mr Sean DOUGHERTY, Senior adviser, OECD Network on Fiscal Relations

COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS (CEMR) /

CONSEIL DES COMMUNES ET REGIONS D’EUROPE (CCRE)

Ms Carol THOMAS, Advisor, Governance and Institutional Relations

SECRETARIAT, COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Ms Snežana Samardžić-Marković, Director General, Directorate General of Democracy, Council of Europe

Ms Claudia Luciani, Director of Human Dignity, Equality and Governance / Directorate General

of Democracy

Mr Daniel Popescu, Head of Democratic Governance Department / Directorate of Human Dignity, Equality and Governance / Directorate General of Democracy

Ms Sonia Sirtori, Head of the Democratic Governance Division / Secretary of the CDDG - Directorate of Human Dignity, Equality and Governance / Directorate General of Democracy 

Mr Christophe Speckbacker, Administrator / Democratic Governance Division /  Directorate of Human Dignity, Equality and Governance / Directorate General of Democracy

Mr Denis Bribosia, Secretariat of the Committee of Ministers

Ms Jutta Gützkow, Council of Europe Office in Tirana

Ms Cécile Greboval, Human Dignity and Gender Equality Department

Mr Villano Qiriazi, Directorate General of Democracy

Ms Isabelle Etter, Directorate of Human Dignity, Equality and Governance / Directorate General of Democracy

Ms Mihaela Partig, Directorate of Human Dignity, Equality and Governance / Directorate General of of Democracy