CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

FRIDAY, 24 September 1999

08.30-09.30	Registration at the City Conference Centre

09.30-09.45	The Swedish Ballet School

09.45-10.00	Welcome address
		Mr Carl Cederschiold, Mayor of Stockholm

10.00-10.15	Opening address
		Mr Anders Engstrom, President of the Union of the Baltic Cities

10.15-10.45	Coffee break

10.45-12.00	Keynote addresses

Mr Sven Erik Soder,  State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Mr Ulf Dienkelspiel,  President of the Swedish Trade Council
Mr Jarle Skjorestad,  State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway
Mr Pierre Schori,  Member of the European Parliament, Sweden

12.00-13.00	Lunch

13.15-15.00	Workshops
I.  Impacts on cities of EU membership
moderator:  Mr Hakan Gustavsson, consultant
II.  New geopolitical situation in the Baltic Sea Region
moderator:  Mr Juhan Janusson, UBC Project Manager

15.00-15.30	Coffee break

15.30-17.30	Meetings of UBC Commissions
Business Cooperation, Communication, Culture, Education, Environment,
Health & Social Affairs, Sport, Tourism, Transportation, Urban Planning

19.00    	Dinner at the Vasa Museum

SATURDAY, 25 September 1999   (General Assembly)

08.30		Opening

08.35-08.45	Report on UBC Activities Sept’97 - Sept’99

08.45-10.00	Reports from the Commissions

10.00-10.30	Coffee break

10.30-12.30	Procedural matters
- amendments in UBC Statute
- adoption of the UBC Strategy
- adoption of UBC LA21 Action Program
- auditor’s report 1997-1998
- budget and membership fees 2000-2001
- election of the Executive Board
- election of President and Vice-Presidents
- election of the Board of Audit
- approval of UBC auditor for 1999-2000
- decisions regarding the Commissions
- venue of General Conference in 2001
		- adoption of the conference resolution

13.00-14.30	Lunch in the City Hall
		The Environmental Award granting ceremony took place during the lunch

14.30		Sightseeing

19.00		Get-Together Evening