We are delighted to invite you to the 4th European Green Local Councillors meeting on 17-19 April 2009. Following Vienna and Barcelona, the German city of Stuttgart will host the event, which will focus on the current challenges of economic and climate policy.
This challenge faces not only the EU but also every Member State and at all political levels. Rescue packages are being formed at the national as well as the EU level, but what actually happens at the local level? Which concrete projects exist on a regional or local level to effectively implement short-term measures to fight the economic, social and climate crisis concurrently? Which strategies do cities and councils have in the EU and what role can and has to be attributed at the European level?
These and other questions will be discussed at our 4th European Green Local Councillors meeting. The event is organised by the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament in cooperation with the European Green Party, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and the Green Group in the city council of Stuttgart.
We would like to welcome you to discuss these challenges during plenary and workshop sessions with green politicians from local government, national parliaments and the European Parliament. We will find new green ways forward for European local government.
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Friday, April 17th 2009
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You reach the town hall:
- with the "S-Bahn"- lines S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6 to stop "Stadtmitte"
- with the underground ("U-Bahn"-) lines U1, U2 and U4 to stop "Rathaus" (Coming from main station with underground lines U5, U6, U7 and U15 to Charlottenplatz, there change to lines U1, U2 or U4 and ride until the stop "Rathaus")
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| As of 13:00 |
Registration of the participants |
| 14:00-16:00 |
Guided city tours (German and English) |
| 17:00-19:00 |
Opening Plenary : "Sustainable cities" (Town hall) |
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Moderation: Heide Rühle (MEP, Germany)
- Werner Wölfle (MdL, Greens in the city council of Stuttgart)
- Rebecca Harms (Vice-President Greens/EFA, Germany)
- Monica Vana (City Councillor Vienna, Austria)
"A Green New Deal" - Movie
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| As of 19:00 |
Reception in the town hall |
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Saturday, April 18th 2009
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You reach the Haus der Wirtschaft with the underground ("U-Bahn"-) lines U9 and U14 (stop "Friedrichsbau") and with the lines U2 and U4 (stop "Berliner Platz")
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| 8:30-9:00 |
Registration of the participants
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| 9:00-10:30 |
Opening speeches and "Green statements" (video documentation)
Presentation Green Best Practises
- Pierre Jonckheer (Vice-President Greens/EFA, Belgium)
- Cem Özdemir (Chairman of the German Green Party)
- Juan Behrend (Secretary General of the European Green Party)
- Imma Mayol I Beltrán (Deputy Mayor and Head of Environmental Services, City of Barcelona, Spain
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| 10:30-12:30 |
Workshops
1. Public services & Privatisation
Moderation: Heide Rühle (MEP, Germany)
- Gerhard Fritz (Chairman of Greens in Innsbruck, Austria)
- Jean Lambert (MEP, UK)
- Wolfgang Teubner (European Secretariat ICLEI)
2. Public Participation
Moderation: Eva Lichtenberger (Vice-President Greens/EFA, Austria)
- Haris Abaspahic (City Councillor in Sarajevo and executive board member of "Naša stranka"/"Our party")
- Annie Lahmer (Member of the district government office of the 2nd district of Paris, France )
- Martin Skalsky (NGO "Arnika", Cities for the people, Czech Republic)
- Lise Smidth and Gerti Brindlmayer (District Councillors of the 7th district of Vienna, Austria)
3. Women in local politics and administration / Gender mainstreaming
Moderation: NN (Heinrich-Böll foundation)
- Vlasta Toth (District councillor in the 2nd district of Zagreb, Croatia)
- Monika Vana (City Councillor Vienna, Austria)
- Hilde Scheidt (Mayor of the city of Aachen, Germany)
4. The fight against climate change on a local level
Moderation: Michael Cramer (MEP, Germany)
- Lisa Rücker (Deputy mayor of Graz, Austria)
- Jenny Jones (London Assembly Member, UK)
- Matti Korteniemi (Finish Regional Greens)
- Arno Schütterle (Mayor of Mühlacker, Germany)
5. Sustainable urban development and EU structural funds after 2014
Moderation: Gisela Kallenbach (MEP, Germany)
- Dr. Peter Pluschke (Eurocities)
- Johan Magnusson (European Commission, DG Regio)
- Dr. Wolfgang Pelull (Expert for cohesion, Brussels)
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| 12:30-13:30 |
Lunch break |
| 14:30-16:30 |
Plenary Session : "Climate Change"
Moderation: Michael Cramer (MEP, Germany)
- Evelyne Huytebroeck (Regional Minister of Environment, Tourism and Social Affairs, Belgium)
- Lari Pitkä-Kangas (Deputy Mayor of Malmö, Sweden)
- Denis Baupin (Adjoint Mayor of Paris (Transport), France)
- Sergi Alegre i Calero (Mayor of El Prat, Spain)
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| 16:30-17:00 |
Coffee break |
| 17:00-19:00 |
Plenary session: "The impact of the financial crisis and sustainable local economy"
Moderation: Britta Hasselmann (Member of the German Bundestag)
- Pekka Sauri (Deputy Mayor, City of Helsinki, Finland)
- Reinhard Bütikofer (German Greens)
- Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig (Chair of the Green group in the Berlin House of Representatives, Germany)
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| 20:00 |
Dinner and party |
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Venue: Wagenhallen
Shuttlebusses will bring the participants to the dinner taking place in the "Wagenhallen".
You can also reach the "Wagenhallen" with the underground lines U5, U6 and U7 to the stop "Eckartshaldenweg". There you take the stairways down next to the parking area of the cemetery.
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Sunday, April 19th 2009
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| 09:30-10:30 |
Workshop reports |
| 10:45-12:30 |
Closing plenary: "Green New Deal for Greener Cities "
Moderation: Rebecca Harms (Vice-President Greens/EFA, Germany)
- Klaus-Peter Murawski (Green Mayor of the city of Stuttgart)
- Ingrid Grischtschenko (Chair of the Green Group in the Regional Conference Stuttgart)
- Michael Stein (Chairman of SRL e.V.)
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Fringe meetings:
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All the Fringe meetings will take place in "Haus der Wirtschaft", Willy-Bleicher-Str. 19.
These Fringe-Meetings will deal with interesting aspects of local politics, offer possibilities for networking und provide local politicians from all over Europe with relevant information for their everyday work.
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Saturday, April 18th 2009
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| 13:30-14:30 |
Funding possibilities for local projects
- Heide Rühle (MEP, Germany)
- Christoph Sievers (EU-Ventures)
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| 19:00-20:00 |
The Heinrich Böll Foundation Project: Transnational cooperation between municipalities and the political potential of city twinning
- Albert Statz (Heinrich-Böll Foundation)
- Wolfgang Pohl (Heinrich-Böll Foundation)
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Sunday, April 19th 2009
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| 09:30-10:30 |
Social urban development (in German)
- Elisabeth Schroedter (MEP, Germany)
- Martina Kocks (Federal Office for building industry and regional planning)
Fighting respirable dust
- Roland Kugler, Greens in the city Council of Stuttgart
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