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INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR ENHANCING LOCAL
DEVELOPMENT AND SELF GOVERNMENT OF THE REGIONS
IN EUROPE
Information Centre on the Council of Europe in Sofia,
The Center for the Study of Democracy
ARC Fund
in co-operation with the Chamber of Regions of the Council of Europe
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PROGRAMME
Thursday, June 30th, 2005: Social Innovation in Regional Development
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Opening addresses |
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- Mr. Emil Tsenkov, Director, Information Centre on the Council of Europe
- Mr Yavuz Mildon, President of the Chamber of Regions of the Congress
of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
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| 9:45 |
Good practices in the politics of decentralisation in Europe and prospects
for regional development in Bulgaria
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Moderator: Mr Ruslan Stefanov, Center
for the Study of Democracy
- Bulgaria: Ms Ginka Chavdarova, Executive Director, National
Association of Municipalities in BulgariaCzech Republic: Mr Frantisek
Dohnal, Vice-President of the Congress of the Council of Europe,
First Vice President of the Vysocina Region
- Slovak Republic: Mr Stanislas Bernat, Lord Mayor of Martin,
Member of the Congress of the Council of Europe
- Finland: Mrs Helena Pihlajasaari, Vice-President of the Congress,
Member of the Regional Council of Keski-Suomi
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| 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30
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Innovative approaches for enhancing development and competitiveness
in the South-West
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Moderator: Mr. Emil Tsenkov, Director, Information Centre on the
Council of Europe
Mr Ruslan Stefanov, Center for the Study of Democracy
Discussion
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| 12:30 |
Closing |
Friday, July 1st, 2005 : Innovation and Regional Development
| 9:30 |
Democracy is local: political and economic priorities in
developing local and regional government |
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Moderator: Mr. Ruslan Stefanov, Center for the Study of Democracy
- Mr Gunther Mudrich, Secretary of the Chamber of Regions of
the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
- Czech Republic: Mr Frantisek Dohnal, Vice-President of the
Congress of the Council of Europe, First Vice President of the Vysocina
Region
- Finland: Mrs Helena Pihlajasaari, Vice-President of the Congress,
Member of the Regional Council of Keski-Suomi
- The Netherlands: Mr Edward Figee, Expert from the Region of
Gelderland
- Bulgaria: Mr Dimitar Markov, Project Coordinator, Law Program,
Center for the Study of Democracy
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Discussion |
| 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:30 |
EU Instruments for Regional and Local Development - Regional
Innovation Strategies |
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Moderator: Ms Zoya Damianova, Programme Director, Applied Research
and Communications Fund
- Mr Tsanko Shandrov, Regional Development Expert, Development
of the Regional Development Plan for the South-West Planning Region,
Prime Consulting
- Ms Daniela Tchonkova, Coordinator of RIS Project for South-West
Region in Bulgaria, Applied Research and Communications Fund
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Discussion
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| 13:00 |
Closing |
 This round table is supported by a Grant from the Center for International Private Enterprise in Washington D.C.
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