On 22 September 2009, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the College of Europe will organise in Bruges a conference on Multilevel Governance in Europe. The one-day conference will bring together CoR members and other political and institutional representatives with experts, academics and students, and is an opportunity to present to a wider public the White Paper on Multilevel Governance adopted by the CoR in June 2009, as well as to discuss its main political recommendations. It also strengthens the partnership between the CoR and one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the field of EU studies – the College of Europe in Bruges.

The opening session of the conference, chaired by CoR president Luc Van den Brande, will take the form of a political discussion on the issue of multilevel governance, including contributions from the Swedish EU Presidency, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Group of Wise Men considering the future of Europe. This will be followed by a roundtable on the political direction that Europe should take at the start of a new mandate for both the European Parliament and European Commission. The event will close with a thematic workshop on the challenges of multilevel governance in the EU, chaired and moderated by representatives of the CoR and the College of Europe.

The event complements the general consultation on the White Paper which was launched in June. The consultation will allow local and regional authorities, associations and other stakeholders to share their views on the issue of multilevel governance within the EU. Comments and recommendations can be submitted via governance@cor.europa.eu until 30 November 2009.

 

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