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Governance of European Metropolitan Areas

Virtual event, 15:00 (CET)

Organised by the Council of Europe, this event will explore the governance of European metropolitan areas – with contributions from Parliamentary Committee of Ukraine on Organisation of State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning and the Association of Ukrainian Cities.

Agenda:

15:00 - Opening remarks

  • Mr Maciej JANCZAK, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine

  • Ms Olena SHULIAK, Head of the Parliamentary Committee on State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional and Urban Development

  • Mr Oleksii KULEBA, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine (tbc)

15:15 - Presentation of the Council of Europe overview “Governance of European Metropolitan Areas”

  • Ms Laura VALDÉS, Head of Policy, Secretariat General of the World Association of the Major Metropolises “Metropolis”

  • Mr Daniel WRZOSZCZYK, Director of Krakow Metropolitan Association Office, Poland

  • Ms Claudia FASSERO, EU Programs & Projects Unit coordinator, economic development department, Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy

  • Mr Rūdolfs CIMDIŅŠ, Head of Spatial Planning Unit, Riga Planning Region

16:15 - Discussion on the overview in the Ukrainian context

  • Mr Vitaliy BEZHIN, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, Chair of the Subcommittee on administrative and territorial structure and local self- government of the Parliamentary Committee on Organisation of State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning

  • Ms Lilia PASHYNNA, Councillor of Kyiv City Council, head of the Delegation of Ukraine to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

  • Representative of the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine (tbc)

  • Mr Vyacheslav NEHODA, Head of the Office of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine

  • Mr Oleksandr SLOBOZHAN, Director Executive of the Association of Ukrainian Cities OR Ms Oksana PRODAN, Adviser to the Head of the Association of Ukrainian Cities (tbc)

  • Mr Daniel POPESCU, Head of Department of Democracy and Governance, Directorate General of Democracy and Human Dignity of the Council of Europe

17:00 - General discussion

17:20 - Conclusions and closing

  • Mr Daniel POPESCU, Head of Department of Democracy and Governance, Directorate General of Democracy and Human Dignity of the Council of Europe

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