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Culture 2000

European Union

 

Programme

Wednesday, 23th October 2002

10.00 - 10.45

Opening of the Seminar

Welcoming speeches:

  • Kostadin Paskalev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Public Works of Bulgaria
  • Margarita Jancic, Chair of the Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) of the Conference of Ministers responsible for Regional Planning of the members States of the Council of Europe (CEMAT)
  • Rinaldo Locatelli, Chief Executive of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE), Council of Europe
  • Maguelonne Dejeant-Pons, Head of the Regional Planning and Technical Co-operation and Assistance Division, Responsible for the European Landscape Convention, Council of Europe

 

 

First session: Spatial planning and sustainable development

Session Chairs:

  • Kapka Pantcheva, Representative of Bulgaria to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
  • Welf Selke or Petra Winkler-Maitre, Representative of Germany to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
11.15 - 11.25 Introduction to the session by the Chairs
11.25 - 11.45

"Spatial Development measures for different types of European regions" and sector policies
by Jacques Robert, Expert of the Council of Europe (France)

11.45 - 12.15 Landscape, sustainable development and spatial planning by Enrico Buergi, Chair of the Conference of Contracting and Signatory States to the European Landscape Convention (Switzertland)
12.15 - 12.30 Debate
12.30 - 12.45 Conclusions of the session by the Chairs

 

Second session: Examples of good practices: national experiences

Session Chairs:
  • Jutta Moll Representative of Austria to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
  • Zlatko Uzelac, Representative of Croatia to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
14.30 - 14.40 Introduction to the session by the Chairs
14.40 - 15.00

Management of flood-plains: towards a freedom space for rivers
by Edith Wenger, Floodplains Institute of Rastatt (WWF)

15.00 - 15.15

The Model Law on Coastal Protection and the European Code of Conduct for Coastal Zones
by Maguelonne Dejeant-Pons, Council of Europe

15.15 - 15.30 Specific problems of mountain zones
by Carlos Alberto Pinto, Secretary General of the European Association of Elected Representatives of Mountain Regions (AEM), Mayor of Covilha and Member of the CLRAE
15.30 - 15.45 Instruments of regional planning for mountain and coastal zones
by Andrej Pogacnik, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Geodetic Department, Chair of Planning
15.45 - 16.00 Debate and conclusions by the Chairs
16.30 - 17.15

First Round Table: Why some particular zones need attention, a specific approach and what their needs are, taking into account natural, cultural, landscape, social and economic factors

Chair of the Round Table: Ermis Klokkaris, Representative of Cyprus to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials

Participants:

  • Jüri Lass, Representative of Estonia to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
  • Mrs Lidija Jovanovic Blazevska, Representative of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
  • Peter Schmeitz, Representative of the Netherlands to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
  • Jan Kizek, Representative of the Slovak Republic to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
  • Harry Knottley, Representative of the United Kingdom to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
17.15 - 17.30 Debate and conclusions by the Chair
17.30 Closing of the session

 

Thursday, 24th October 2002

Third session: Instruments for implementation

Session Chairs:

  • Jean Peyrony, Representative of France to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
  • Vyacheslav Oleshchenko, Representative of Ukraine to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
10.00 - 10.10 Introduction to the session by the Chairs
10.10 - 10.30

Specific and innovative instruments of planning and protection: legal and financial instruments
by Guillaume Sainteny, Expert

10.30 - 10.50 The development of good practices for rural areas
10.50 - 11.10

The participation of the population
Representative of Bulgarian municipalities

11.40 - 12.00

Sustainable tourism development in particular areas
by Mrs Nicolina Popova, Lecturer at the Sofia University, Head of the Tourism Chair

12.00 - 12.20

Experience of the Russian Federation
by Sergey Artobelevsky, Head of Department of the Institute of Geography of Moscow

12.20 - 12.50 Debate
12.50 - 13.00 Conclusions by the Chairs

 

Fourth session: Possibilities of a transfrontier, transnational and interregional co-operation

Session Chairs:

  • Petr Kalivoda, Representative of the Czech Republic to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
  • Jussi Rautsi, Representative of Finland to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
14.30 - 14.40 Introduction to the session by the Chairs
14.40 - 15.00

The experience of the Tri-National Site of East Carpathians Biosphere Reserve
by Zbigniew Niewiadomski, Director of the Reserve (UNESCO)

15.00 - 15.15

Transnational and interregional co-operation in the management of flood-plains: the experience of countries of the Danube Basin
by Clrae

15.15 - 15.30

Transborder co-operation in the Danube Delta between Ukraine, Moldova and Romania
by Galina Minicheva, Head of the Working Group on Protected Areas and Habitat restoration

15.30 - 15.45 Debate and conclusions by the Chairs
16.15 - 17.00

Second Round Table: Towards an innovative and integrated approach of the territorial developement

Chair of the Round Table: Mr Armand Monney, Representative of Switzerland to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials

Participants:

  • Alesksandras Gordevicius, Representative of Lithuania to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
  • Jean-Claude Sinner, Representative of Luxembourg to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
  • Audun Moflag, Representative of Norway to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
  • Representative of Romania to the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials
  • Claude Rougeau, Representative of the International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFH)
17.00 - 17.15 Debate and conclusions by the Chairs
17.15 - 17.30

Conclusions by the rapporteur
Dusan Blaganje, Professor, Council of Europe expert

17.30 Closing speech

 

Saturday, 26th October 2002

9.30 - 18.00 Visit of an historical site.
Meeting point: Hotel Princess, 131, bul Knjaginja Marija Luisa, Sofia

 

 

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