Programme

15:30 – 17:00

Meeting of the European Board of Directors

Room 4113, Level 4, Palace of Parliament, Entrance S1

(Invitation only)

9:00

Registration of participants, Palace of Parliament, Entrance C1

10:00

Opening ceremony of the Sixth European Forum of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat

- Welcoming address by Traian Constantin Igas, Vice President of the Commission for Public Administration Territorial Planning and Ecological Balance of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, Vice President of the Regional Council for Europe of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat

- Statement and Report by Peter Götz, Germany, President of the Regional Council for Europe of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat

- Welcoming address by Ioan Olteanu, Vice-Chairman of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies

- Statement and Report by Senator Eloy Cantu Segovia, Mexico, Alternate President of the Board of Directors of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat

- Statement of Relu Fenechiu, Chairman of the Commission for Public Administration, Territorial Planning and Ecological Balance of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies

- Statement by Ioan Tundrea, Member of the Commission for Public Administration Territorial Planning and Ecological Balance of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, Counsellor of the Regional Council for Europe of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat

11:00

Coffee break

11:20

- Report by Horia Irimia, State Secretary, Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing, Romania

- Message of Dr. Anna Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, Kenya, given by Markandey Rai, Coordinator Global Parliamentarians UN-Habitat, Kenya

- Report by Oscar Lopez Velarde Vega, President of the Consultive Council, Former President of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat, Mexico

- Reports by Presidents of Parliaments and Senates

12:15

Visit to the Palace of Parliament

13:00

Lunch- buffet, Salonul Brancovenesc, Palace of Parliament

14:30

"Good Laws for a better life in cities"

Speech by Petru Lificiu, Former Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Romania

15:00-17.00

Two parallel Workshops with the representatives on Government, Experts, Scholars

"Climate Change and its impact on cities"
 Room 4113, Level 4

 "Implementing objectives worked out in the Habitat Agenda in national legislation"
 Nicolae Balcescu Hall, Level P1

Chair:	Dr. Anneke Assen, Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, University Nijmegen, European President of the Former Parliamentarians on Habitat, The Netherlands
Expert:	Anca Ginavar, Deputy Director General, Territorial Development Directorate, Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing, Romania
Expert:	Elena Szolgayova, Director of Housing Policy, Ministry of Construction and Regional Development, Slovakia
Expert:	Prof. Dr. Gerd Schmidt-Eichstaedt, Technical University Berlin, Germany

18.30

Transfer from the hotels to the "Diplomatic Club", Baneasa, Bucharest

19:00

8:00 – 9:30

Transfer from the hotels to the Parliament

8:30

Registration of participants

9:30

Presentation of the results from the two workshops

10:15

Presentation of Reports of the participants and discussion

11:15

Coffee break

11:30

Proposals and election of the European President and European Board of Directors of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat

12:00

Presentation of the Draft "Declaration of Bucharest"
by Traian Constantin Igas

- General Debate

13:00

Adoption of the "Declaration of Bucharest"

13:15

Family Photo, Monumental Staircase, Perimeter C4, Level P

13:30

Press-conferenc, Spiru Haret Hall, Level P

14:00

Lunch-buffet, Salonul Brancovenesc, Palace of Parliament

15.00

Tour of Bucharest

17.00

Transfer to the hotels

- Individual departure

Peter Götz