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European Summit of Local Governments
Barcelona, 22-24 February 2010

PROGRAM

Monday, February 22nd: Opening Plenary Session

Plenary sessions
Hour	Program
8.00 h	Welcome and registration
9.00 - 9.15 h	Welcome Mr Antoni Fogué Moya, President of the Barcelona Provincial Council
9.15 - 10.15 h	Opening conference: The new map of governance in Europe Mr Jorge Sampaio, UN High Representative for the alliance of Civilisations, Ex-President of the Portugal, Ex-Mayor of Lisbon Mrs Danuta Hübner, MEP, President of the Regional Development Committee of the European Parliament Dr Wolfgang Schuster, Mayor of Stuttgart, Vice-president of the Reflection Group on the future of Europe, First Vice-president of the German section of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), European Vice-president of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Moderator: Mr Antoni Fogué Moya, President of the Barcelona Provincial Council
10.15 - 11.15 h	Local perspectives from other regions of the world Mr Fabio Alonso Salazar Jaramillo, Mayor of Medellín Mr Khalifa Ababacar Sall, Mayor of Dakar Mr Le Hoang Quan, Mayor of Ho Chi Minh Mrs Elisabeth Gateau, Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Moderator: Mr Jordi Hereu i Boher, Mayor of Barcelona
11.15 - 11.30 h	Coffee Break
11.30 - 12.30 h	Institutional inauguration Mr José Montilla Aguilera, President of the Generalitat de Catalunya Mr Manuel Chaves González, Third Vice President and Minister of Territorial Policy of the Spanish Government European Commissioner Mr Jordi Hereu i Boher, Mayor of Barcelona Mr Antoni Fogué Moya, President of the Barcelona Provincial Council Mr Gerhard Stahl, Secretary-General of the Committee of the Regions Mr Pedro Castro, Mayor of Getafe, President of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), Member of the Board of Direction of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), Vice-president of the Board of Direction and of the World Committee of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
12.30 - 13.45 h	Panel 1: A European Local Agenda: towards cohesive, competitive and sustainable territories. Key-note: Mrs Katarina Mathernova, Deputy Director General, Directorate General for Regional Policy, European Commission Moderator: Mrs Claudia D’Avino, journalist and presenter, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR, West German Broadcasting), North Rhine-Westphalia Participants: Mr Gaspar Zarrías Arévalo, Secretary of State for Territorial Cooperation, Minister for Territorial Policy, Government of Spain Dr Wolfgang Schuster, Mayor of Stuttgart, Vice-president of the Reflection Group on the future of Europe, First Vice-president of the German section of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), European Vice-president of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Mr Vicent Soler i Marco, Professor of Applied Economics, President of the Spanish Section of the European Regional Science Association
13.45 - 14 h	Debate
14 - 15.30 h	Lunch

Afternoon
Hour	Program
15.30 - 16.45 h	Panel 2: Local Public Policies for social cohesion. Key-note: Mrs Paz Fernández Felgueroso, Mayor of Gijon Moderator: Mrs Esther Vera, CNN+ journalist Participants: Mr Miguel Lifschitz, Mayor of Rosario, President of Centro Iberoamericano de Desarrollo Estratégico Urbano (CIDEU) Mr Kiril Yordanov, Mayor of Varna Mr Sergio Arzeni, Director, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Centre for Entrepreneurship, SME's and Local Development (CFE) Sra. Inés García-Pintos Balbás, Head of International Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility, Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros (CECA) Member of the European Confederation of Trade Unions
16.45 - 17.00 h	Debate
17.00 - 18.15 h	Panel 3: Local governments as the driving forces of the Strategy UE 2020 Key-note: Mrs Christine Chapman, Member of the Welsh National Assembly, rapporteur of the Committee of the Regions on the future of the strategy for growth and employment after 2010 Moderator: Mrs Soledad Gallego, Journalist of El País Participants: Mr Antonio Magalhães da Silva, Mayor of Guimarães Mr Tomasz Kayser, Deputy Mayor, Poznan City Council, Member of Eurocities Mr Xavier Prats Monné, Director of Employment Policy and International Relations, European Commission Mr Staffan Nilsson, President of the Economic and Social Committee of the Lisbon Strategy Observatory
18.15 - 18.30 h	Debate
18.30 h	End of the session

Evening
Hour	Program
18.30 - 19.30 h	Inauguration of the exhibition on Municipalities: 'LOCAL, LOCAL!' Room 1. Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona Montalegre, 5 - 08001 Barcelona
20.00 - 21.00 h	Honorary Awards: “Building Europe from the cities: Mayors that made history” Mr Pasqual Maragall i Mira, Ex-Mayor of Barcelona Mr Jorge Sampaio, Ex-Mayor of Lisbon Mr Pierre Mauroy, Ex-Mayor of Lille Mrs Dora Bakoyannis, Ex-Mayor of Athens Mr Francesco Rutelli, Ex-Mayor of Rome Mrs Ritt Bjerregaard, Ex-Mayor of Copenhagen Mrs Hilde Zach, Mayor of Innsbruck
21.00 - 22.30 h	Welcome Dinner (with invitation)

Monday, 22nd & Tuesday, 23rd of February: Networks and Territories

The “MEETING POINTS” will take place in parallel:

Networks and Territories
MEETING POINT	Information
Meeting Point Internetworks	Meeting and information point for European Networks.
Territories Meeting Point:	Meeting point, information and presentation of projects from municipalities and European provincial councils.