November 2005
Second High Level Meeting on "Governance
and the EU"
On 21 and 22 November 2005 the second High Level
Meeting on "Governance and the EU" will take place in
London under the auspices of the UK Presidency of the Council.
This will represent the follow-up to the first High Level Meeting
held in The Hague on 9 and 10 December 2004, which touched upon
such issues as subsidiarity and the allocation of competences
among the different administrative levels (EU, Member State, regional
and local), the compliance with EU legislation at local and regional
level, tripartite contracts and agreements as envisaged in the
Commission White Paper on Governance, and better regulation. At
this second meeting the four subjects to be looked into are: the
overall follow-up to the first High Level Meeting in The Hague,
closer links between the EU and the Council of Europe, cross-border
cooperation within the EU and sustainable communities. It should
be noted that at this second meeting representatives of the Committee
of the Regions as well as local and regional representatives will
be in attendance.
October 2005
CONNEX
The Network of Excellence CONNEX
("Connecting Excellence on European Governance") is
a project funded by the European Union within the Sixth Framework
Programme of Research. Coordinated by a research centre in the
University of Mannheim, it is dedicated to the analysis of efficient
and democratic multilevel governance in Europe.
Find here
their 2nd newsletter, including working papers and conferences.
2nd semester 2004
Dutch EU Presidency
The Netherlands Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom
Relations organises in December 9-10 an EU High Level Meeting
on ‘Governance and the EU, The role of the EU, Member States
and regional and local authorities'. For this meeting, high-ranking
officials from the national governments of the EU Member States
are invited, who are responsible for local and regional government
and for the improvement of European governance related to the
administrative system. The European Commission will also take
part. The aim of this meeting is to set up an annual meeting of
high-ranking officials from the Member States on governance-related
issues. To give a more structured character to the proposed network,
a multi-annual work programme on Governance and the EU
is currently being drawn up in close collaboration with Luxembourg
and the United Kingdom. Since Luxembourg and the UK are to take
up their respective presidencies of the Council of the European
Union a year after the Netherlands in 2005. As a result of the
two-day meeting recommendations and conclusions will be formulated
that will serve as ‘best practices' for the Member
States. They will also be submitted to the European Commission's
Task Force ‘Future of the Union and Institutional Matters'.
For more information, please contact the organisation
team on the following email address: EUGovernance@minbzk.nl.
The EU's Dutch Presidency
site will give more details on this event.
15 October 2004
The European Commission, Italy's government
and the Region of Lombardy
have signed the first ever Tripartite Agreement
in Milan on 15 October 2004.
Tripartite
Agreement European Commission, Italian Government, Lombardy
Region  .
22 September 2004
Report on the European governance (2003-2004)
European Commission approves the Report on European
governance (2003-2004). This report is available in English and
in French.
Report
on European governance (2003-2004).
Press
release
9 July 2004
"1000 discussions for Europe"
on the new Constitution
Presidents Prodi (European Commission), Cox (European
Parliament) and Straub (Committee of the Regions) launch a call
for the authorities and European citizens' engagement in the debate
on the European Constitution: "If you are an elected
representative of a European, national, regional or local authority,
whether or not you are in favour the Constitution, please make
a personal effort! Over the next few months, organise a debate
with your fellow citizens on the future of Europe."
More details on this, here.
October 2003
Italian Presidency– Role of the regions
and cities in the European Union
Under the auspices of the Italian Presidency of
the Council of the European Union, a ministerial meeting (bringing
together the public administration ministers from the Member States
and the acceding countries) on the role of the regions in the
EU was held in Rome on 16-17 October 2003. The White Paper on
European Governance was again cited as a basic reference for the
joint declaration on enhancing the participation of regions and
cities in the process of European integration.
The Italian Presidency's website has a posting
on this event.
Click here for the full text of the Conclusions
[87 KB] of this ministerial meeting. |
