Wednesday, 5th of May 17:00 h 19:00 h Accreditation of participants 20:00 h Welcome reception hosted by Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council Thursday, 6th of May 08:30 h Accreditation of participants Plenary Session 1 09:00 h Opening of II EU-Latin American & Caribbean Forum for Local Government Patxi Lazcoz Baigorri, Mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz, member of the Executive Committee of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Regions (FEMP). Ramiro Antonio Navia Díaz, Mayor of Popayán (Colombia), Chairman of the Colombian Federation of Municipalities, Co-Chairman of the Latin-American Federation of Cities, Municipalities and Associations (FLACMA), representative of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Louis Le Pensec, Vice President of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) and President of the French Association of CEMR (AFCCRE) Representative of the Basque Government Pedro Castro Vázquez, Mayor of Getafe, Chairman of FEMP and Vice President and Member of the Executive Board of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) Manuel Chaves González, Third Vice President and Minister for Territorial Policy of the Government of Spain 10:00 h 11:15 h Innovation and technology as a driving force for sustainable development and social cohesion: a Local Government perspective Chair: Representatives of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities (UCCI) (Madrid City Council) Sebastião Almeida, Mayor of Guarulhos (Brazil) Mario Meoni, Mayor of Junín (Argentina) Venancio Díaz Escobar, Mayor of San Miguel, Misiones (Paraguay), First Vice President of the Paraguayan Organisation of Inter-Municipal Cooperation (OPACI) José Maria Prazeres Pós -de- Mina, Chairman of Moura City Council (Portugal) 11:15 h 11:45 h Coffee Break
Panel 1 11.45 14.00 h Innovation for development: Innovative strategies for social cohesion and the fight against poverty Chair: Juan Ignacio Siles del Valle, Ibero-American Conference Division Director, Ibero-American Secretariat General (SEGIB) Bartolomé González Jiménez, Mayor of Alcalá de Henares and President of the Federation of Municipalities of Madrid Luizianne Lins, Mayor of Fortaleza (Brazil) Brunilda González, Mayor of Caldera (Chile) Tomás Rodríguez Bolaños, Political regional coordinator. DEMUCA Fondation Panel 2 (Room 2): 11.45 14.00 h Innovation and public services: the magnitude of Local Governments in the provision of public services Chair: María Llanos Castellanos Garijo, General Director for Local Cooperation of the Department for Territorial Policy. Liviu Nicolae Dragnea, National County Councils Union in Romania Roberto Lippi, Ancitel S.p.A. (Italy) Omar Perotti, Mayor of Rafaela (Argentina) Ernesto Estupiñán, Mayor of Esmeraldas (Ecuador) 14.00 16.00 h Lunch Panel 3 (Room 2): 16.00 18.15 h Innovation and governance Chair: Patricia Avendaño, Mayor of Zona Bananera (Colombia) José Santiago Rivera, Mayor of Comerío (Puerto Rico) Bosco Ricardo Vallarino, Mayor of Panama (Panama) Jordi Laboria Martorell, Deputy Delegate for Development Cooperation and Assistance Local. Diputación de Barcelona Panel 4 16.00 18.15 h Innovation, competitiveness and economic development Chair: Jokin Bildarratz, Mayor of Tolosa, Chairman of EUDEL Gerardo Blyde, Mayor of Baruta (Venezuela) Eduardo Pereira Tadeo, Mayor of Varzea Paulista (Brazil) Ülle Ubius, Tallin City Council (Estonia) Francisco José Salas Márquez, Councilor of New Technologies of the Council of Málaga 18.15 h End of Day One 21.00 h Official Dinner hosted by Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council. Zaldiaran Restaurant
Friday, 7th of May Plenary Session 2 Plenary Session 3 09:00 h 10:15 h The need to innovate in the field of cooperation: the experience of Haiti Chair: José Pablo González Durán, Mayor of Collado Villalba and Chairman of the FEMP Committee for Cooperation in Development Gonzalo Ramírez, Deputy Mayor of San José (Costa Rica) Claudio Arriagada, Mayor of La Granja (Chile) Francis Jorge, Dominican Federation of Municipalities (FEDOMU) Jean-Louis Testud, Lieutenant of Mayor of Suresnes and representative of Christian Dupuy, Mayor of Suresnes and President of the Workgroup on Haiti of United Cities of France (CUF) Octave Cestor, Councilor and Responsible of Cooperation with Haiti of Nantes (France) 10:15 h 11:30 h Innovation and environmental sustainability Chair: Elisabeth Gatheau, CGLU General Secretary Jair Aguiar Souto, Mayor of Manaquiri (Brazil) and Chairman of the Amazonense Association of Municipalities Azucena Olivares, Municipal President of Naucalpan (Mexico) and Chairwoman of the Association of Mexican Municipalities (AMMAC) Juan Manuel Llano, Mayor of Manizales (Colombia) João Carlos Pais de Moura, Chairman of the Council of Cantanhede (Portugal) 11:30 h 12:00 h Coffee Break
Plenary Session: 12:00 h 13:00 h Presentation of the 5th Ibero-American Forum of Local Governments. Gustavo Pulti, Mayor of Mar del Plata (Argentina) Presentation of the Results of the European, Latinamerican and Caribbean Mayors and Cities Drugs Summit. José López Orozco, Mayor of Lugo (Spain). 12:30 h 13:00 h Presentation of the results of the Forum and reading of the Declaration of Vitoria-Gasteiz 13:00 h 14:00 h Closure Patxi Lazcoz Baigorri, Mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz and Member of the Executive Committee of FEMP Representative from FLACMA Ramón Ropero Mancera, Mayor of Villafranca de los Barros, member of the FEMP s Executive Committee and Vice President of the FEMP s International Relations Committee Juan María Alzina Aguilar, General Director of Multilateral Latin-American Organizations of the Secretary of State for Latin-America Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Secretary of State for International Cooperation of the Spanish Government Department of Foreign Affairs Organiza: Colaboran: DE ASUNTOS EXTERIORES Y DE COOPERACIÓN DE POLÍTICA TERRITORIAL
Plenary Session: 12:00 h 13:00 h Presentation of the 5th Ibero-American Forum of Local Governments. Gustavo Pulti, Mayor of Mar del Plata (Argentina) Presentation of the Results of the European, Latinamerican and Caribbean Mayors and Cities Drugs Summit. José López Orozco, Mayor of Lugo (Spain). 12:30 h 13:00 h Presentation of the results of the Forum and reading of the Declaration of Vitoria-Gasteiz 13:00 h 14:00 h Closure Patxi Lazcoz Baigorri, Mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz and Member of the Executive Committee of FEMP Representative from FLACMA Ramón Ropero Mancera, Mayor of Villafranca de los Barros, member of the FEMP s Executive Committee and Vice President of the FEMP s International Relations Committee Juan María Alzina Aguilar, General Director of Multilateral Latin-American Organizations of the Secretary of State for Latin-America Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Secretary of State for International Cooperation of the Spanish Government Department of Foreign Affairs Organiza: Colaboran: DE ASUNTOS EXTERIORES Y DE COOPERACIÓN DE POLÍTICA TERRITORIAL