Governance and citizenship

CEMR are organising on 16 January 2004 in Versailles a seminar at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the European charter of local liberties.

The seminar is entitled "50 years after the Versailles charter, what achievements and what perspectives for local self-government?"

The first of the two sessions will focus on the achievements of the Versailles charter 50 years after its adoption by over one thousand European mayors; the second will consist of a round table on the future of local self-government.

Participants will include :

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, CEMR President

Patrick Devedjian, French Minister for local liberties

Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Minister-President of the Walloon government

Wolfgang Schuster, Mayor of Stuttgart, President of the German section of CEMR

Etienne Pinte, Mayor of Versailles

Lord Tope, President of the commission for Constitutional affairs of the Committee of the Regions of the EU

Dr Herwig Van Staa, President of the Congress of local and regional authorities in Europe

Heinrich Hoffschulte, CEMR 1st vice President

Louis Le Pensec, President of AFCCRE

Anders Knape, Mayor of Karlstad

Jan Olbrycht, Member of Silesia parliament

A representative of the Committee of the Regions of the EU

The seminar is organised with the support of the French association of CEMR, in partnership with the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in Europe and the Committee of the Regions of the EU.

Practical information

 

Date : 16 January 2004

Venue : Hôtel de ville (Townhall), 4 Avenue de Paris, 78.000 Versailles

Duration : from 10:00 to 17:00

Contact CEMR : + 33 1 44 50 59 59 cemr@ccre.org