Programme
Monday 1st December, 2008
| 8pm | Diner at the Corum of Montpellier, offered by URBACT, Cities Forum and the DIV (At the Corum - Montpellier) |
Tuesday 2 December, 2008
| 9am - 11:30am |
Theme-based guided tours
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| 12am - 2pm | Welcome/registration and Lunch | ||||||
| 2pm - 4pm |
Opening plenary session
- Welcome speech by Georges Frêche, president of Montpellier Agglomeration and president of the Region Languedoc-Roussillon - Presentation of the Cities Forum's objectives by Christine Boutin, Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs - Speech by Dr E. Lütke Dalrup, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs. - Speech by Danuta Hübner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy - Debate on Integrated urban development with representatives of the primary European institutions and Local Authority associations: European Parliament, Committee of Regions, European Social and Economic Committee, Eurocities, Concil of European Municipalities and Regions and the French Mayors' Association. |
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| 4pm - 4:30pm | Coffee break . Press Conference. | ||||||
| 4:30 pm - 6pm |
1st workshop sessions (in parallel): The city accessible to all, with governance and citizen participation as main threads
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| 7p.m - 10p.m |
Montpellier and the City of Montpellier
- 7:00 p.m: Evening at the Fabre Museum - 8:30 p.m: Cocktail reception offered by the Montpellier Agglomeration, the City of Montpellier and the DIV |
Wednesday 3 December, 2008
| 8:30am - 9am | Welcome | ||||||
| 9am - 10:30am |
2nd workshop sessions (in parallel):
Implementation tools for the Leipzig Charter
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| 10:30am - 11am | Coffee break | ||||||
| 11am - 12h30am |
Closing plenary session
- Feed-back from the two workshops sessions - Closing address by Fadela Amara, Minister of State to the Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, with responsability for Urban Affairs |
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| 12:30 am | Press Conference | ||||||
| 12:30am - 2pm | Lunch/buffet |
Translation and Interpretation
Only one workshop in each session will take place in all six languages of the plenary session. The five others will take place in two languages : French/English.