AGENDA XI Plenary Session, Ancona (Italy) 30/31 October 2009 Venue: PALAZZO DEGLI ANZIANI, Piazza Benvenuto Stracca The Adriatic as Center of a New Europe 1999–2009 TEN YEARS OF THE FORUM OF ADRIATIC AND IONIAN CITIES DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM: english version | versione italiana | hrvatska verzija Friday 30th October 09:00Registration 09:30Plenary Opening Greetings Fiorello Gramillano, Mayor of Ancona Patrizia Casagrande, President of the Province of Ancona Gianmario Spacca, President of the Marche Region Government Raffaele Bucciarelli, President of the Marche Region Regional Council Vincenzo Maria Menna, General Secretary of AICCRE Adriatic-Ionian Initiative and regional networks Welcome by Emilio D'Alessio, General Secretary of the Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Cities Chair: Michele Brisighelli, Deputy Mayor of Ancona Panelist: Vangjush Dako, Mayor of Durres and President of the Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Cities Alessandro Grafini, Secretary of the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative Giampaolo Giampaoli, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Ancona and Vice-President of the Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce Marco Pacetti, President of Uniadrion, Virtual University of the Adriatic-Ionian Basin and Vice-Chancellor of the Polytechnic University of the Marche Region The course of the Adriatic and the Western Balkans towards European integration Margherita Paolini, Scientific Coordinator of the Limes journal Adriatic and Mediterranean, remarks and opportunities Predrag Matvejević 13:30Buffet lunch 15:00Parallel Sessions Cooperation between the Adriatic cities (organized in collaboration with AICCRE) Project CHAMP Workshop Chair: Maria Berrini, Ambienteitalia Project EASY Workshop Opening by Franco Basili, Vice-Mayor Municipality of Ancona Chair: Marco Cardinaletti, Municipality of Ancona 18:00 Meeting of Directive Committee and Technical Committee (for members only) 20:30 Gala dinner Saturday 31th October 09:30Plenary session First part Ten years of the Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Cities: a word to the founders Chair: Bruno Bravetti, Honorary General Secretary of the Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Cities Handover of the certificates to the cities that have expressed a Forum's President during the last 10 years Second part Ten years of the Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Cities: new challenges Chair: Željko Kerum, Mayor of Split and vice President of the Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Cities Panelist: Sergio Chiamparino, President of the National Association of Italian Municipalities Urve Tiidus, Mayor of Kuressaare and Vice-President of the UBC (Union of the Baltic Cities) Luigi Albore-Mascia, Mayor of Pescara Andreas Fouras, Mayor of Patra Laura Fincato, Deputy Mayor of Venice (tbc) Luciana Frontini, Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce Arqile Gorea, General Director of the Albanian Mail Service Designated speaker NALAS (Network of Association of Local Authorities in South East Europe) Designated speaker Delegation of the European Commission in Italy Third part Presentation, debate and approval of the New Charter of Ancona Closure of the meeting DOWNLOAD PROGRAMME: english version | versione italiana | hrvatska verzija

2008 10th Plenary Session, Durres (Albania) 26/27 September 2008 Adriatic, Balkans, Europe Challenges and Opportunities in the Proximity Policy Framework with the support of: DOWNLOAD: registration form | trip by airplane | trip by boat Friday 26th September 11:00Meeting of the Forum Managing Committee (closed session) and Forum Technical Committee 13:00Buffet Lunch 14:00Registration 14:30Opening of the First Working Session Luciano D’Alfonso, Mayor of Pescara, President of the Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Cities 14:50Greetings Vangjush Dako, Mayor of Durres Klodian Pajuni, Prefect of Durres Seit Kertusha, President of the Durres Region Majlinda Bregu, Albanian Minister for European Integration Genc Ruli, Albanian Minister for Economy and Energy 15:30Adriatic, Balkans, Europe Min. Plen. Guglielmo Ardizzone, Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs - CEI National Coordinator Sen. Simonetta Licastro Scardino, member of Permanent Commission for EU Policies of the Italian Senate 16:00Networking as an instrument of regional growth and development Joan Parpal, Barcelona General Secretary of MedCities Maciej Lisicki, Vice Mayor of Gdansk, Union of Baltic Cities Jadranka Radovanić, President of Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce Giuseppe di Paola, Permanent Secretariat of the Adriatic Ionian Initiative Ernino D'Agostino, President of the Province of Teramo and President of Adriatic Ionian Arch Raimondo Orsetti, Head of Internalization and International Cooperation Office, Marche Region 16:45Coffee Break 17:00Parallel Sessions 1. Adriatic Culture Chair: Romano Pagio Tiozzo, Mayor of Chioggia Rapporteur: Zemaida Mozali, Municipality of Shkoder Panelist: Ćazim Nikezić, Director of the Centre of Culture of Bar Chrissa Geraga, Head of Programmes & International Networking, Municipality of Patra Luigi De Luca, Province of Lecce - Mediterranean Culture Institute Vasileios Laopodis, International Cultural Partnership Forum, Corfu 2. Tourism – A new vision Chair: Bozidar Čapalija, Deputy Mayor of Split Rapporteur: Marina Krajina, Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Cities Panelist: Lucio Gregoretti, Municipality of Monfalcone - The Adriatic Seaways project Cesare Romani, Deputy of the Province of Rimini - International Conference on Sustainable Tourism, Riccione 27-29 Nov. 2008 Michele De Vita, General Secretary of the Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce - The Adrion Trademark Marco Cardinaletti, Municipality of Ancona - The EASY project 17:00End of the First Session 21:00 Gala dinner Saturday 27th September 09:30Opening of the second Working Session 09:45Durres never stop. The International Competition for Iliria square in Durres Vangjush Dako, Mayor of Durres 10:00The new urban season of Iliria square in Durres. First results of the International Competition Piero Rovigatti, DART Pescara, University "G. D’Annunzio" of Chieti 10:15 Keynote Speeches Stavros Kalogiannis, Minister for the Environment of Greece Edi Rama, Mayor of Tirana 11:00 The strategy for the integration of the Western Balkans into EU Paolo Meucci, European Parliament – DG Presidency 11:30 Coffe Break 11:45 Discussion 12:15 Towards the 10th anniversary of the Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Cities Emilio D'Alessio, Secretary-General of the Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Cities 12:30 Approval of the Final Document, Announce of the venue of the 2009 Session, 12:30 Election of the Managing Committee, President and Vice President for the period 2008-2010 12:45 Speech by the new President 13:00 End of Plenary Session 13:15 Buffet Lunch * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * On Saturday afternoon, excursions will be organized for the delegates who will extend their stay in Durres. In the evening, the delegates could attend the Giovanni Allevi concert scheduled in Tirana as part of Seas of Europe - International Seas of the Adriatic Mediterranean festival. Transportation to and from the concert venue will be provided. DOWNLOAD: printable version | versione stampabile © 1999/2009 - F.A.I.C. Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Cities web design: Giordano Cuoghi