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VI General Conference - Program

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME


FRIDAY, 12 October 2001

08.00-09.00   Registration at the Conference Centre "Stadthalle"

09.00-10.00   Plenary session
                       Moderated by Dr. Ulrich Bauermeister, Managing
                       Director Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock
                       GmbH 

                       Welcome 
                       Arno Pöker, Mayor of the Hanseatic City of 
                       Rostock, host of the Conference

                       Opening 
                       Anders Engström, President of the UBC
                       Introduction of the Social Charter for UBC 
                       Member Cities

                       Welcome Address 
                       Helmut Holter, Minister on Labour and
                       Construction and Deputy Prime Minister of 
                       Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

                       Address of CBSS
                       Alexey A. Obukhov, Ambassador-at-Large,
                       Council of Baltic Sea States, Chairman of the 
                       Committee of Senior Officials 

10:00 - 12:00 Keynote speeches followed by the panel 
                       discussion:

                       Outline of the EU Enlargement Social Policy 
                       Karl-Johan Lönnroth, Deputy Director General,
                       DG Employment and Social Affairs, 
                       European Commission

                       Non-Governmental Perspective of the EU
                       Accession 
                       Prof. Dr. Georg Cremer, Secretary General of
                       Caritas Germany

                       Gender Equality and the EU Enlargement
                       Dr. Giedre Purvaneckiene, Member of the
                       Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania

12.00 - 12.10 Introduction to the Workshops 
                       Presentation of the Workshops' leaders and
                       assistants, organisational matters

12:10 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 15:30 Workshops 
                       Presentations of Eastern and Western European
                       cities
                       Discussion

Workshop I       "Social Policy from the Enlargement Perspective"
Workshop II     "Labour Market Policy from the Enlargement
                              Perspective" 
Workshop III    "Gender Equality" 
Workshop IV     "Participation of Children and Youth"
Workshop V       "Health and Social Equality for Everybody" 

15:30 - 16:30  Reports and conclusions from the workshops
                        Discussion

19:00 - 22:00  Reception by the Mayor of the Hanseatic City of
                        Rostock in the "Ständehaus" 
                        including the Best Environmental Practice in Baltic
                        Cities Award granting ceremony


SATURDAY, 13 October 2001

09:00 - 11:00  Meetings of UBC Commissions and Networks
                        Business Cooperation, Culture, Education,
                        Environment, Health and Social Affairs, Sport, 
                        Tourism, Transportation, Urban Planning,
                        Women's Network, EU Coordinators Network

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:10 General Assembly 

                        Opening, Report on UBC Activities October
                        1999 - October 2001
                        Anders Engström, President of the UBC

                        Procedural Matters:
                        Auditor's Report
                        Board of Audit Report
                        Absolving the Presidium, the Board and the
                        Secretary General
                        Budget and Membership Fees 2002-2003
                        Approval of UBC Auditor

12:10 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 15:30 General Assembly, cont. 

                        Reports from the Commissions and Networks
                        Amendment in the UBC Statute
                        Approval of the UBC Strategy
                        Adoption of UBC Agenda 21 Action Program
                        2002-2003
                        Election of the Executive Board
                        Election of the President and Vice-Presidents
                        Election of the Board of Audit

                        Resolutions
                        Adoption of the Social Charter for UBC Member
                        Cities
                        Adoption of the Conference Resolution

                        Venue of the VII UBC General Conference in 2003

19:00 - 23:00 Celebration on 10th Anniversary of the UBC


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