Conference EGTC - Agenda Bruxelles and Lille 27 and 28 Jan final

EUROPEAN UNION
Committee of the Regions
EGTC conference
Lille and Brussels, 27 and 28 January 2011
Final version
27 January
Press conference
Venue: Committee of the Regions. Rue Belliard 99-101, 1040 Brussels, Belgium. Room JDE 53
11.00 Press conference.
Ms Mercedes Bresso, President of the Committee of the Regions.
Mr Alberto Núñez Feijóo, President of Galicia, rapporteur on EGTC.
EGTC Conference
Venue: Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine. 1 Rue du Ballon, 59000 Lille, France.
13:00 Welcome and registration.
14:00 Plenary session.
(Salle du Conseil)
Mr Michel-François Delannoy. Mayor of Tourcoing, in representation of Ms Martine
Aubry, President of the EGTC Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai
Mr Colin Wolfe. European Commission, DG Regio.
Mr Jan Olbrycht. Member of the European Parliament.
Ms Mercedes Bresso. President of the Committee of the Regions (VC)
15:00 Workshops.
WS 1. Hiring procedures, internal rules for staff and other organizational and
administrative burdens: towards more standard procedures?
(Salon du Jardin)
Ms Françoise Schneider, MOT
Mr Marcus Obrecht, EGTC Strasbourg-Ortenau
Moderator: Ms Katarina De Fruyt, EGTC West Vlaanderen – Dunkerque – Côte d'Opâle
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WS 2. Cooperation with European Funds and their managing and operational
authorities:How to deal with it in the most effective way?
(Salle du Patio)
Mr José Antonio Ruíz de Casas, European Commission, DG Regio
Ms Patrice Harster, LGTC Pamina.
Moderator: Ms Griet Noë, EGTC Lille – Kortrijk – Tournai.
WS 3. Setting up an new EGTC: the do’s and the don’ts
(Salle des Conférences)
Mr Dirk Peters, European Commission, DG Regio.
Mr Hynek Bohm, EGTC in constitution TRITIA.
Moderator: Mr Christian Lamour, CEPS Luxembourg.
16:30 Workshops.
WS 4. Multi-level governance EGTC: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
(Salle du Patio)
Ms Ludivine Salambo, MOT.
Mr Stef Vande Meulebroucke, EGTC Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai.
Moderator: Mr Christian Lamour, CEPS Luxembourg.
WS 5. Single-tier governance EGTC: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
(Salle des Conférences)
Mr Alfonso Alcolea, Committee of the Regions, Direction of Consultative Works.
Mr Mathieu Henceval, EGTC Pyrennées-Méditerrannée.
Moderator: Ms Elvira Vieira, EGTC Galicia – Norte de Portugal.
18:00 Plenary session.
(Salle du Conseil)
Summary of the workshops (5 referents, 5 minutes each)
Conclusions.
Mr Stef Vande Meulebroucke, EGTC Lille – Kortrijk – Tournai
Mr Philippe Luyten, in representation of the Minister President of the Walloon Region.
Mr Stefaan De Clerck, Vice President of the EGTC Lille – Kortrijk – Tournai.
19:00 Reception with political leaders of the Eurometropolis.
20:00 Anniversary dinner of the EGTC Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai.
The plenary sessions will be broadcasted via the website www.lillemetropole.fr
Interpretation will be provided in EN-FR-NL
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28 January
Launching of the EGTC Platform
Venue: Committee of the Regions. Rue Belliard 99-101, 1040 Brussels. Room JDE 52
09.00 Registration and welcome
10.00 Kick-off meeting of the EGTC Platform
Moderator: Mr Jesús Gamallo Aller, alternate member of the CoR. Director General
of External Relations and with the EU of the Regional Government of Galicia.
Intervention of speakers:
Mr Martín Guillermo Ramírez, Secretary General of the AEBR.
Mr Olivier Denert, Director General of the MOT.
Mr Stef Vande Meulebroucke, General Director of the EGTC Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai.
Open floor.
Questions:
1. How should be the functioning of the Platform?
2. Which are our main political priorities for 2011?
3. Which deliverables do we need? Handbook and resources, experts assistance.
12.00 Official launching of the Platform.
Ms Mercedes Bresso. President of the Committee of the Regions.
Mr Michel Delebarre. Chairman of the COTER Commission and Mayor of Dunkerque.
Dr Bence Rétvári, Hungarian Minister of State for Public Administration and Justice.
Mr David Sweet. European Commission, Dg Regio.
13.00 Closing of the conference and reception in Atrium 5.
Interpretation will be provided in EN, FR, HU and ES (only passive).