Draft-agenda of AEM General assembly in Torino 9-10 of July

Draft Agenda AEM General Assembly 2009

Torino –Piedmont

Centro Incontri della Regione Piemonte

Corso Stati Uniti, 23

10128 Torino

Thursday 9th of July, Salla “ATRIO”

15.00-18.00 Towards an integration of the alpine regions

Follow-up-workshop to the initiatives launched by the Euroregion Alpes-Med in Chambéry and by AEM at the alpine conference in Evian.

20.30 AEM Dinner (only for AEM Members)

Friday 10th of July, Salla “300”

10.00-10.45 Statutory questions

• Policy report (President), activity report (Secretary General), financial report (Treasurer)

•  Statutory modifications

•  Action plan 2009-2010

10.45-12.45 Multilevel governance and partnerships

• Topical questions : European elections and new Commission

• The mountain massifs : Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees

• Euromontana, EMF-FEM, islands and nordic dimension

• National questions

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.30-15.30 Public finances:

•  Financial perspectives = the European budget after 2013

• The questions of financial compensation and tax federalism = territorial solidarity

• The stakes of sustainable development : financial compensations for water and biodiversity

15.45-17.00 The process of adaptation to climate change :

• Energy plan – European climate

•  Climate action plan  and sustainable turism of the Alpine Convention