LAUNCH OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE ACTION PLAN
FOR SOCIAL COHESION
Skopje, 28-29 October 2010
Thursday, 28 October 2010
08.00-09.15 Registration
09.15-10.0 Opening Session
- Statement by Mr Xhelal Bajrami, Macedonian Minister of Labour and Social Policy representing the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers
- Statement by Mrs Maud de Boer Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
- Statement by Mrs Luisella Pavan-Woolfe, Permanent Representative of the European Union to the Council of Europe (tbc)
10.00-10.30 Session 1
New Strategy for Social Cohesion and the Council of Europe Action Plan for Social Cohesion
Presentation of the New Strategy and the Action Plan for Social Cohesion
Mr Alexander Vladychenko, Director General of Social Cohesion, Council of Europe
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-13.00 Session 2
Combining top-down and bottom-up approaches
Example of an Action Plan for Social Cohesion: the Walloon Region (Belgium)Presentation of the Walloon experience:
- Origins
- Role of the partners : regional authorities, local authorities, statistics services
- Prospects for local and regional plans for social cohesion and interactions
with citizens.
- Mrs Carine Jansen, Director ai., Public Service of Wallonia, Walloon Region (tbc)
- Mr Daniel Defays, Director of the Walloon Institute for Evaluation, Prospective and Statistics IWEPS (tbc)
- Representative of one municipality (tbc)
Useful findings for the Council of Europe Action Plan for Social Cohesion at the European level
Roundtable: Governments - Belgium, Denmark and Romania (tbc) - Walloon Region and the Council of Europe (Moderator: Mrs Gilda Farrell, Head of the Social Cohesion Development and Research Division, Council of Europe)
Debate
13.00-14.30 Lunch
14.30-16.30 Session 3
From the territories to Europe
Encourage citizens’ participation in defining priorities for social cohesion action plans
- Council of Europe proposal: the Methodological Guide and the SPIRAL website
- Mr Samuel Thirion, Administrator, Social Cohesion Development and Research Division, Council of Europe
- Case studies : Charleroi (or Mons) and Mulhouse
- Representative of Charleroi or Mons
- Mr Sébastien Houssin, Mulhouse (tbc)
- Summaries of results at European level : criteria of well-being for all expressed by citizens in Europe
- Mrs Gilda Farrel, Head of the Social Cohesion Development and Research Division, Council of Europe
Debate
16.30 Visit of historical monuments of the city
Free evening
Friday, 29 October 2010
9.00–09.45 Session 4
From Europe to the territories
The achievements of the Council of Europe in terms of recommendations of interest to social cohesion
• Mrs Annachiara Cerri, Secretary to the European Committee for Social Cohesion (CDCS), Council of Europe
Transposing Council of Europe policy instruments into national/local strategies and plans.
• Representative of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
09.45-10.45 Session 5
Implementing and financing social cohesion action plans :
Training of facilitators - The experience of the Council of Europe and the Walloon Region and networking
• Ms Christine Ruyters, Walloon Institute for Evaluation, Prospective and Statistics IWEPS (tbc)
Expressions of interest by representatives of countries interested in implementing the Council of Europe Action Plan for Social Cohesion
Debate
10.45-11.15 Coffee break
11.15-11.45 Session 6
Creating indicators for action plans for social cohesion
• Mr Samuel Thirion Administrator, Social Cohesion Development and Research Division, Council of Europe
11.45-12.00 Closing Session
Conclusions and perspectives
Closing remarks
• Mr Bjørn Bredesen, Chair of the European Committee for Social Cohesion (CDCS)
Invitation to Governments to launch the Council of Europe Action Plan for Social Cohesion
• Mr Alexander Vladychenko, Director General of Social Cohesion, Council of Europe |