STANDING COMMITTEE

RESTRICTED

DRAFT AGENDA - CG/CP(16)OJ1PROV
(last update : 2/06/2009)

Standing Committee
Wednesday 10 June 2009
from 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 2.30pm to 6pm approx. – room Grandis

Conference Centre of Brdo
JGZ BRDO
Predoslje 39
4000 Kranj
Slovenia

Copy to:                                   the titular members and substitutes of the Standing Committee,
                                                the Secretaries of National Delegations,
                                                the Presidents and Secretaries of the political groups.

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Working documents are available on the Congress website. Please bring your copy.
Only the agenda and the documents submitted for adoption and decision will be available.


9.30am


1.         OPENING OF THE MEETING

            By Ian MICALLEF (Malta, L, EPP/CD),
            President a.i. of the Congress

2.         Adoption of the draft agenda

[CG/CP(16)OJ1PROV]

PUBLIC MEETING

3.         COMMUNICATION OF THE PRESIDENT
            CONGRESS ACTIVITIES SINCE THE 16th PLENARY SESSION

            (3-5 March 2009)

[CM(2009)50 – Declaration
60th anniversary
12 May 2009 - Madrid]

·                     Presentation by Ian MICALLEF (Malta, L, EPP/CD), President a.i.

·                     Debate

towards 10am

4.         THE ASSETS OF CROSS-BORDER CO-OPERATION FOR
            LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES OF THE SOUTH-EAST
            EUROPE: THE VIEWPOINT OF SLOVENIA

           

            Introduction by Ian MICALLEF (Malta, L, EPP/CD), President a.i.

            Statements by:

                       

·                     Mrs Zlata PLOŠTAJNER, Minister responsible for local self-
government and regional development, Slovenia

           

·                                 Mr Jean-Paul HEIDER (France, R, EPP/CD), Rapporteur and
member of the working group on transfrontier co-operation,
Vice-President of the Alsace Regional Council

           

·                     Debate,
with notably the contributions of:

·                     Mrs Bernardka KRNC (Slovenia, R, NR), Mayor of Smarjeske
Toplice,
Head of the Slovenian delegation to the Congress

·                     Mr Robert  SMRDELJ, President of the Association of Municipalities
of Slovenia (ZOS)

           

·                     Mr Franc KANGLER, President of the Association of Municipalities
and Towns of Slovenia (SOS)

           

·                     Mr Refik RRUGEJA, member of the Network of National
Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS),
Mayor of Kavaja, Albania, President of the Association of Albanian
Municipalities


5.         SLOVENIAN CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE - THE PRIORITIES

[CM/Inf(2009)22]
[PressRelease390a09]

            Contribution by Mr Damian BERGANT, Head of the Task Force for
            the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of
            Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia

DEBATES RESTRICTED TO MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE

6.         THE WORKING METHODS AND POLITICAL ROLE OF THE
            CONGRESS

            Results of the survey carried out end of 2008 and proposals

[CG/CP(16)4]

·                     Presentation by the Rapporteur:
Halvdan SKARD (Norway, L, SOC)

           

·                     Debate

           

·                     Conclusions by the Rapporteur
Halvdan SKARD (Norvège, L, SOC)

7.         2009 AND 2010 CONGRESS BUDGET

           

            Presentation by Jean-Claude FRECON (France, L, SOC)

            Debate

PUBLIC MEETING

towards 2.30pm

8.         BELARUS: PROGRESS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL
            DEMOCRACY AND PROSPECTS OF FUTURE CO-OPERATION

           

[CG/CP(16)3]
English only
[CommPresse418a09]

·                     Introduction by Ian MICALLEF (Malta, L, EPP/CD), President a.i.

·                     Statements by:

Mr Anatoly RUBINOV, Deputy Chairman of the Council for Co-
operation of Local Self-Governance Bodies under the Council
of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of
Belarus,
Observer to the Congress since 2008

Mr Miroslav KOBASA, President of the Lev Sapieha Foundation,
Observer to the Congress since 2001

Mrs Sinikka HURSKAINEN, Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on
Belarus of the Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe

·                     Debate,

notably contribution on the role of national associations of local and
regional authorities
The exemple of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and
Regions (SALAR) by Anders KNAPE (Sweden, L, EPP/CD),
President of the Association

·                     Conclusions by Ian MICALLEF (Malta, L, EPP/CD), President a.i.

towards 3.30pm

9.         OBSERVATION OF ELECTIONS – REPORTS SUBMITTED FOR
            ADOPTION[1]

9.1        Local elections in « the former Yugoslav Republic of
            Macedonia » (22 March 2009)

           

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[CG(16)16REP)]
[PressRelease241.09]

·                     Presentation by the Rapporteur:
Paolo RONDELLI (San Marino, L, SOC)
           

·                     Debate with the participation of:

Ludmila SFIRLOAGA (Romania, R, SOC), President of the
Chamber of Regions, Head of Delegation to the Observation
mission and of Mrs Doreen HUDDART, member of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union who participated in the Observation mission

·                     Vote on the draft Recommendation

9.2        Election of the mayor of Yerevan, Arménia (31 May 2009)

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·                     Presentation by the Rapporteur:
Nigel MERMAGEN (United Kingdom, L, ILDG) and Head of
Delegation to the Observation mission
           

·                     Debate
           

·                     Vote on the draft Recommendation
(
deadline for tabling amendments: 4pm at the latest on the eve of
the day when the texts to which they refer are to be discussed
(Rule 27 of the Congress Rules of Procedure
))


10.        DRAFT OPINIONS FOR ADOPTION[1]

10.1      Opinion on the preliminary draft additional Protocol on the
            European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation
            between Territorial Communities or Authorities
           
(Madrid Convention, CETS No. : 106)

[CG(16)18OPINION]

·                     Presentation by the Rapporteur:
Jean-Paul HEIDER (France, R, EPP/CD)

·                     Debate
           

·                     Vote on the draft Opinion

10.2      Opinion on the draft Code of good practice for civil
            participation in the decision-making process

[CG(16)19OPINION]

·                     Rapporteur: Anders KNAPE (Sweden, L, EPP/CD)
Presentation by Ann BESKOW (Sweden, L, SOC)
           

·                     Debate
           

·                     Vote on the draft Opinion

DEBATES RESTRICTED TO MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE

11.        NATIONAL DELEGATIONS AND VERIFICATION OF NEW
            MEMBERS’CREDENTIALS AND NEW   APPOINTMENT
            PROCEDURES

            Modification of national delegations, composition of the Standing
            Committee, statutory committees and working groups since the
            16th Plenary Session (3-5 March 2009)

[CG/CP(16)2bilingual]

·                     Presentation by the Rapporteurs:
Anders KNAPE (Sweden, L, EPP/CD) and
Günther KRUG (Germany, R, SOC)

·                     Debate

·                     Vote[1] (Article 4 of the Congress Charter)

12.        COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS - FOLLOW-UP TO THE TEXTS
            ADOPTED BY THE CONGRESS

           

            Replies by the Committee of Ministers
            For information and follow-up

            Presentation by the Secretariat                                                      

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[CG/BUR(15)103]
[CG/BUR(15)116]
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13.        WORK OF THE CONGRESS AND DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE
            BUREAU SINCE THE 16th PLENARY SESSION

·                     Decisions of the Bureau
(1st December 2008, 20 January, 2, 4, 5 March and 7 May 2009)

[CB2008/27]
[CB2009/01]
[CB2009/06]
[CB2009/10]

·                     Compendium of terms of reference of statutory committees

[CG/BUR(16)18]

·                     Events organised by the Congress since the 16th Plenary Session
Documents available online

[timetable of events bilingual]

14.        SYNOPSIS/MINUTES

·                     Adoption of the Synopsis of the Standing Committee meeting of
3 December 2008

[CB2008/28]

·                     Adoption of the draft Minutes of the two last sittings of the
Chambers on 5 March 2009 morning and of the last sitting of the
Plenary sitting on 5 March 2009 afternoon

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·                     For information, statement by the Secretary General of the
Congress to the Ministers’ Deputies on the Autumn Session
(2 December 2008) and on the 16th Plenary Session
(3-5 March 2009)

[CG(15)40]
[CG(16)15]

15.        OTHER BUSINESS

16.        DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT MEETING

            17th Plenary Session 13-15 October 2009, Strasbourg
           

17.        CLOSING OF THE MEETING BY THE PRESIDENT



[1] Reports submitted for adoption on behalf of the Congress (Article 8 of the Congress Charter and Article 15.6 of the Congress Rules of
Procedure). Vote by Standing Committee members only. Deadline for tabling amendments: 4pm at the latest on the eve of the day
when the texts to which they refer are to be discussed (Rule 27 of the Congress Rules of Procedure)