Thursday, 30 June 2016
Venue: Comenius University Chair: Prof. Ľudmila Malíková
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09:00-09:20 - Welcome
09:20-10:20 – Scientific Inauguration
Scientific Inauguration by Prof. Ľudmila Malíková, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius (UCM) in Trnava Welcoming Address of Prof. Karol Mičieta, Rector at Comenius University
Speech by Ass. Prof. Eduard Burda, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Comenius University Speech by Prof. Jozef Komorník, Dean of the Faculty of Management at Comenius University Speech by Corina Cretu, Commissioner for Regional Policy (tbc)
Speech by Robert Hajsel, European Parliament Information Office in Bratislava, Head of Unit in Slovakia Speech by Dr. Lazaros Savvides, CEMR Vice-President
Welcoming address by Mr Michal Sykora, Chairman of the Association of Towns and Communities of Slovakia, Mayor of Strba (tbc)
Speech by Mr Milan Galanda, General Director, the Union of Towns of Slovakia
Welcoming Address by Mr Sébastien Bauvet, University of Silesia, in the name of the AUF Introduction to the programme byDr. Stéphane Guérard, Coordinator of OLA, University of Lille
10:20-13:00 - Workshop 1 (part 1): Regionalisation, Decentralisation, and Federalism: Contributing to a Renewed Typology of Forms of Government
Chair: Prof. Eija Mäkinen (University of Vaasa, Finland)
Workshop secretary: Dr. Ange Ahui, (University Alassane Ouattara of Bouaké, Ivory Coast) Dr. Christophe Chabrot, University of Lumière-Lyon 2
For a Reformulation of the Distinction between Unitary State and Federal State
Dr. Guy Durand, University of Perpignan, and Ms Carine Guemar (PhD), University of Montpellier (videoconference)
Decentralisation and Unitary State: Changes and Transformations. A Franco-Hungarian Comparison Dr. Claire Cuvelier, University of Lille
Rethinking the Classification of Forms of the State through a Comparative Study of the Phenomenon of the Plurality of Peoples in Legal Systems
Mr Serafin Pazos-Vidal, Head of Brussels Office of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, PhD candidate, UNED Spainand Dr. Mark McTeer, Director of Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
Changes in Local Governance in Europe
Dr. Marta Portocarrero, Portuguese Catholic University
Regions, Metropoles or Public Inter-Municipal Cooperation: Should we Choose?
Dr. Xavier Volmerange, Rennes 1 - IDPSP
Territorial and Legal Flexibility: New Issue of Territorial Administration in France and Germany Prof. Chris Himsworth, University of Edinburgh
“North, South, East and West – the devolution revolution is taking hold.” But are ‘devolution deals’
devolution
13:00-14:30 – Lunch
14:30-16:00 - Workshop 2 (part 1) Modern Governance in Rural Areas
14:30-16:00 - Workshop 3 (part 1)
Regionalisation and Intermunicipal Cooperation:
Taking on the Challenge of Metropolitanisation Chair: Prof. Max-Emanuel Geis (FAU, Germany)
Workshop secretary: Mr Thomas Seefried (FAU, Allemagne)
Chair: Prof. Dana Tofan (University of Bucharest, Romania)
Workshop secretary: PhD Alexandre Fauquette (University of Lille, France)
Ms Condurache Gabriela (PhD), University of Lille Inter-municipal Cooperation in Romania:
Challenges for the Development of Rural Areas?
Prof. Istvan Balazs, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law, Department of Public Administration and Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Legal Studies and Istvan Hoffman, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law, Department of Public Administration
Can (re) centralisation be a Model of Modern Governance in Rural Areas?
Dr. Patricia Demaye-Simoni, University of Artois, Faculty of Law
Territorial Orders and Disorders: New Ways of Governance for Renewed Rural Inter- municipalities
Dr. Sylvie Joubert, University of Evry
Rural Areas and Decentralisation in France Mr Jean-Luc Delpeuch, President of the Community of communes of Cluny and Mr Boris Chevrot (PHD), Lyon II University, Community of communes of Cluny
A European and Innovative Governance in Rural Areas: the Case of the Community of Municipalities of Cluny (South Burgundy)
Prof. Robert Pyka, University of Silesia
Intercommunal Cooperation in Polish Metropolitan Areas. State of Affairs: Structures, Strategies and Prospects.
Ms Cécile Regourd (PhD), University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
Metropolitan Cities: Towards the End of the French Exception?
Dr. Emilie Marcovici, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 Act 3 of Decentralisation: Towards a Couple
Metropolis-Region as a “French Touch"?
Prof. Jérôme Dubois, University of Aix Marseille Metropolitan Cities in France, between Reform of
Inter-municipalities and Hampered Regionalisation Dr. Oksana Chernenko, National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Metropolitanisation as a Chance for Local Government System: “New Moscow” Case
16:00-16:30 - Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 - Workshop 2 (part 2) Modern Governance in Rural Areas
16:30-18:00 - Workshop 3 (part 2)
Regionalisation and Intermunicipal Cooperation:
Taking on the Challenge of Metropolitanisation Chair: Prof. Deborah Peel (University of Dundee,
United Kingdom)
Workshop secretary: PhD Simon Thelliez-Hugodot (University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambrésis)
Chair: Prof. Jelena Jerinic (Union University, Serbia) Workshop secretary: PhD Antoniu Tudor (University of Lille, France)
Dr. Didier Lhomme, University of Valenciennes Spatial Planning: When the State Organises
Rural Life at the Expense of Local Autonomy Dr. Marcel Moritz, University of Lille
Perspectives and Limits of E-administration in Rural Areas – Analysis of the French Case Prof. Ionel Boamfa, University Alexandru Ioan Cuza
Territorial Cooperation in Rural Romania Dr. Maria Orlov, State University “Alecu Russo”, and Crina Verga, University "George Bacovia" of Bacău and University "Mihail Kogălniceanu" of Iași
Territorial Cooperation in Rural Moldova
Mr Benoît Cathala, Head of the European Mission of the French National Centre for Local Public Service (CNFPT) and INET (National Institute of Territorial Studies)
Public Service Houses: Pooling Territorial Proximity Tools
Prof. Adam Bosiacki, University of Warsaw and Dr.
Jaroslaw Kostrubiec, Maria Curie Skłodowska University
Metropolisation in Poland: Current Issues and Perspectives
Dr. Fulvio Adobati, University of Bergamo, Prof.
Vittorio Ferri, University of Milan Bicocca, Dr. Alberto Ceriani, Dr. Giovanni Barbato and Dr. Anna Tanda, Éupolis Lombardia
Governance and Funding of Cities in Europe. The Cases of Lyon and Milan
Prof. Verginia Vedinas, University of Bucharest and Prof. Ana Rodica Staiculescu, Ovidius University
Current Concerns for a New Administrative Organisation of Romania
Dr. Lazaros Savvides, Mayor of the Municipality of Strovolos, CEMR Vice-President
The reform of Local Government in the Republic of Cyprus. Establishment of Metropolitan Municipalities or Intemunicipal Cooperation?
Dr. Marc Vilalta Reixach, University of Barcelona - Open University of Catalonia (UOC), Dr. Ricardo Gracia Retortillo, and Mr Juan Carlos Covilla Martínez (PhD), University of Barcelona
The Barcelona Metropolitan Area: the Creation of a Local Metropolitan Government
20:00 - Dinner
Friday, 1 July 2016
Venue: Comenius University Chair: M. Marián Giba
09:00-11:00 - Workshop 3 (part 3): Regionalisation and Intermunicipal Cooperation: Taking on the Challenge of Metropolitanisation - the case of Italy
Chair: Prof. Luciano Vandelli (University of Bologna, Italy)
Workshop secretary: Dr. Claudia Tubertini (University of Bologna, Italy)
Dr. Giovanni Boggero, Postdoctoral Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
The Establishment of the Metropolitan Cities in Italy: Advance or Setback for Italian Regionalism?
Dr. Enrico Carloni, University of Perugia
Differentiation and Centralism in the New Italian Model of Local Government Dr. Daniela Mone, University of Napoli II
The Role of Inter-Municipalities and Participatory Decision-Making Methods in the Statutes of the Italian Metropolitan City "Città metropolitane": Towards Greater Efficiency of Administrative Action.
The Example of Napoli and Milan on Strategic Planning
Prof. Mario Paris, Arnaldo Vecchietti, and Antonio Casella, Polytechnic University of Milan
Associating Municipalities to Face Metropolitan Challenges: the Governance of the Veronese Area (I) Prof. Ferdinando Pinto and Dr. Luigi Ferrara, University of Naples Federico II
The Reform of Local Government in Italy and the Strengthening of the Territorial Resilience
11:00-11:30 - Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 - Workshop 1 (part 2) Regionalisation, Decentralisation, and Federalism: Contributing to a Renewed Typology of Forms of Government
Chair: Prof. Radu Carp (University of Bucharest, Romania)
Workshop secretary: PhD Aurélie Hautier (University of Lille, France)
Dr. Fulvio Adobati, University of Bergamo, Prof. Vittorio Ferri, University of Milan Bicocca, Dr. Alberto Ceriani, and Dr. Giovanni Barbato, Éupolis Lombardia
Alpine Valleys Territorial Plan in Lombardy Region, an Experimental Model of Governance / Planning to Compare
Mr Josua Gräbener (PhD), IEP of Grenoble
The Differentiated Adaptation of the Central States to the Growing Regionalisation of Training Policies: the Case of France and Italy
Prof. Ivan Kopric and Dr. Vedran Dulabic, University of Zagreb
Regionalism and Regional Governance in Croatia and in Other Countries on the Territory of Former Yugoslavia
Prof. Patrizia Magaro, University of Genoa
From Unitary State to Autonomic State: the Metamorphosis of Territorial Organisation
13:00-14:30 – Lunch
14:30-16:00 - Workshop 1 (part 3) Regionalisation, Decentralisation, and Federalism: Contributing to a Renewed Typology of Forms of Government
Chair: Dr. Guillaume Protière (University of Lyon, France)
Workshop secretary: Mr Nenad Koprivica (Research Institute CEDEM, Montenegro) Ms Afaf Mohamed (PhD), University of Lille
The Effects of Local Administrative Organisation on the Economic and Social Development in Libya Ms Olga Sharapova-Hang (PhD), Paris Descartes University
Regionalisation in Selected Federal and Unitary Countries: Comparative Case Study of Russia and France
Prof. Ľudmila Malíková, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius (UCM) in Trnava, Dr. Tomáš Jacko, University of Economics in Bratislava, and Dr. Daniel Klimovský, Comenius University
The Position of Regional Self-Government in the System of Public Administration in Slovakia and Problems of Regional Cooperation
Mr François Meyer, project manager of the Chief Executive of the French National Centre for Local Public Service (CNFPT)
Territorial Reform in France: Evolution of Regions and Metropolitan Cities
16:00-16:30 - Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 - CEMR Roundtable: what conclusions can local elected representatives and practitioners draw from the symposium?
Facilitator: Frédéric Vallier, Secretary General, CEMR (tbc) and Dr. Angelika Poth-Mögele, Executive Director European Affairs (CEMR)
Workshop Secretaries: Nathalie Noupadja, Research and Studies Officer (CEMR)
A selection of speakers will debate on the impact of regionalisation, inter-municipal cooperation, and metropolitanisation from the perspective of local governments, in light of the previous exchanges. The objective of this roundtable will be to answer the following questions: are the contributions heard during these two days useful in practice? Are there elements to be used for advocacy, legislative reforms, or to reinforce the role of local and regional governments?
18:00-18:30 - Summary of the conference
19:30 – Cocktail
Saturday, 2 July 2016
Venue: Comenius University
09:00-11:00 – General Assembly of the OLA Network
Chair: Dr. Stéphane Guérard (University of Lille, France)
Workshop secretary: PhD Alina Stan (Universities of Bucharest and of Lille, Romania and France) Prof. Ferdinand Xhaferaj and Dr. Bledar Uku, Hëna e Plotë Bedër University
Local Autonomy in Albania
Presentation and discussions about the scientific projects coordinated by the OLA Network
11:00 – Departure to visit the Primatial Palace
