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Doc. 8498
6 September 1999
Peace, democratic stability and sustainable development in the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins: the role of interparliamentary co-operation
Report
Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities
Rapporteur: Mr Jean Briane, France, Group of the European People's Party
Summary
As all countries of the Black Sea and the north Mediterranean basins are members of the Council of Europe, the Organisation has an appropriate framework for developing dialogue between local and regional authorities and national parliaments of the two sea basins.
Co-operation at this level would contribute to restoring peace, democratic stability and sustainable development in the region and would complement, in a coherent manner, the actions of intergovernmental co-operation undertaken within the Barcelona process of the European Union.
Subsequently, the Assembly intends, on the one hand, to develop co-operation with other parliamentary Assemblies such as the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation (PABSEC) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), and on the other hand, to enhance links between specific committees of the Assembly and corresponding committees of respective national parliaments in the countries belonging to the two sea basins.
I. Draft resolution
1. In 1985 the Parliamentary Assembly organised the First Conference of Mediterranean Regions in Marseilles in co-operation with the Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe. Since then, four other Conferences have taken place.
2. Although local and regional authorities in the Mediterranean basin share the same problems, they are not well placed to develop or benefit from co-operation that would help them to find common solutions. The aim of the Conferences was therefore to bring together representatives of the parliaments and those regions of the countries bordering on the Mediterranean on a periodic basis in order to identify opportunities for contributing to the sustainable development of the region.
3. The Conferences thus fit into the general framework of existing co-operation, which takes place at different levels, whether at bilateral or multilateral intergovernmental level or at the level of non-governmental organisations operating in different fields such as education, culture, the environment and youth affairs.
4. Despite a wide range of activities, the results of this co-operation are often limited in relation to the resources expended and do not meet the standard of priority action which the security and development of the region requires.
5. This was clearly the reason why the European Union took the initiative in November 1995 of launching – at the Barcelona Conference – an extensive intergovernmental programme for partnership between the Union and the countries of the southern shore of the Mediterranean.
6. The enlargement of the Council of Europe after 1992 included also 5 Mediterranean-basin countries - Bulgaria, Albania, Croatia, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and Slovenia as full members, which made the Council of Europe a good institutional framework for Mediterranean co-operation.
7. On the other hand, in 1992, the countries bordering on the Black Sea also decided to start co-operating both at intergovernmental level (Black Sea Economic Co-operation, BSEC) and at parliamentary level (Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation, PABSEC).
8. Since all the states of the Black Sea basin are members of the Council of Europe, or associated in some way with it, the Council of Europe is in an ideal position for dealing in a comprehensive manner with the problems, especially those of a political nature, that affect both basins.
9. Following the 4th Conference of Mediterranean Regions in Cyprus in September 1995 and on the basis of the outcome of the First Interparliamentary Conference on the Environmental Protection of the Black Sea (Istanbul, July 1996), it was decided that the enlargement of the Council of Europe to the Black Sea countries and fact that the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins form a single “eco-system” and that the countries in the two basins share many problems would justify a comprehensive approach to co-operation in the region.
10. The Assembly considers that the institutional framework of the discussions held through these Conferences, in co-operation between parliaments and local and regional authorities, means that the Council of Europe’s approach is unique in character and usefully complements other major co-operation initiatives and those of the European Union.
11. Moreover, as the systems of local and regional government in the countries in the two basins differ greatly from one country to the other and, in certain cases, still do not fully comply with the principles of local and regional democracy promoted by the Council of Europe, interparliamentary co-operation could also contribute to the establishment at local and regional level of democratic structures and methods of operation that enable the principle of solidarity to be applied.
12. To this end, intensified relations between the national parliaments of all the countries in the two basins, both members and non-members of the Council of Europe and the Parliamentary Assembly, could be an ideal means of co-operation in priority areas such as legislative reform and accession to, and implementation of, relevant international conventions and legal instruments.
13. Furthermore, the Assembly welcomes the interparliamentary dialogue, which was set up at the initiative of the President of the Italian Parliament, and which complements in an appropriate way the "Barcelona process" of the European Union.
14. While having decided to extend its reflections to the countries of the Black Sea basin, the Assembly recognizes that it must not lose sight of the problems specific to each basin – on the one hand, the economic, demographic and sociopolitical problems of the countries of the southern shore of the Mediterranean, which threaten to undermine peace and stability in the region, and on the other, the problems of environment, shipping and lack of co-operation between riparian countries, which appear to be priorities for the Black Sea basin.
15. The 5th Conference in the series therefore examined interparliamentary and interregional co-operation in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region and, in particular, the contribution such co-operation could make to peace, democratic stability and sustainable development.
16. Particularly concerned about the environmental situation, the Assembly is convinced of the need to give priority to those major problems which are having a decisive impact on economic and social development and even on the political stability of the region of the two sea basins, and of the priority that should be given to actions designed to raise public awareness and inform and educate all citizens about environmental management and a culture of peace.
17. Accordingly, the Parliamentary Assembly:
a) approves the conclusions of the preparatory group for the 5th Conference of Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins held in Marmaris on 25 and 26 February 1999 and, with more particular regard to action possible at parliamentary level :
i. decides to intensify its relations with the specialist committees in the national parliaments of the member countries and non-member riparian countries which have responsibility for the priority issues of sustainable development in the region, such as the environment, culture, education, migration and local and regional government, and to ask its relevant committees to open up some of their meetings to them;
ii. endorses the proposal to prepare, in close association with the partner countries concerned and in co-operation with the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe and the relevant committees, a Charter for Sustainable Development of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins whereby national parliaments, regions and towns would pledge their resolve to undertake more intensive co-operation and to commit themselves to certain key principles that should guide them in any interventions likely to have an input on the ecological balance;
b) desires to study with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation (PABSEC), the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Central European Initiative opportunities for intensified co-operation;
c) welcomes the proposal of the Bulgarian national delegation to organise the 6th Conference of Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins in Varna in October 2000.
II. Explanatory memorandum by the Rapporteur
Contents
1. History of Parliamentary Assembly activities in this sphere
2. The role and changing scope of the conferences
3. 5th Conference of the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins
3.1 Changes between the 4th Conference (Cyprus 1995)
and the 5th Conference (Marmaris, Turkey 1999)
3.2 Proceedings of the 5th Conference
3.3 Follow-up
4. Conclusions
Appendices :
Appendix 1 : Press release
Appendix 2 : Programme of the Conference
Appendix 3 : Conclusions
Appendix 4 : List of participants
1. History of Parliamentary Assembly activities in this sphere
The idea of co-operation between the Parliamentary Assembly and the Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (now the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe — CLRAE) on a series of conferences devoted to the issues specific to the Mediterranean regions goes back to the early 1980s.
Thus it was that the 1st Conference of Mediterranean Regions was held in Marseilles in 1985. There have since been four others, the most recent of which is the subject of this report.
The primary aim of these conferences was to assist in bringing about such conditions, by increasing co-operation between the towns and regions of the Mediterranean basin, as would ensure sustainable development in the zone while conserving its historical, cultural and social legacy.
The themes of the first four conferences were paramount to the sustainable development of the Mediterranean. They included such issues as the management of coastlines and water resources, environmental protection, tourism policies and migration.
Moreover, in the course of different activities run by this Committee and others, the Parliamentary Assembly has frequently addressed other issues which chiefly concern the Mediterranean but are also of interest to the Black Sea regions.
In the context of the 1993-4 “Freshwater Europe” action programme, for example, there were parliamentary hearings and seminars on water management in the Mediterranean regions. For its part, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development also considered problems relating to agriculture in the Mediterranean, and the Committee on Migration looked at the population and migration issues affecting the region. More recently, the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development drew up a report on economic development in the Mediterranean, with particular reference to the encouragement of SMEs.
As regards the Black Sea, the Environment Committee made proposals back in 1992 for a Council of Europe initiative on the Danube, the principal effect of which would be to reduce the devastating ecological impact of pollution from the river on the Black Sea.
A further important event was the first Interparliamentary conference on the Environmental Protection of the Black Sea, which was organised jointly by the Parliamentary Assembly and the Parliamentary Assembly for Black Sea Economic Co-operation (PABSEC), and held in Istanbul in July 1996.
These “landmarks” have been mentioned in order to underline how much the Parliamentary Assembly is aware of the importance of assisting sustainable development in the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins, and to demonstrate that interparliamentary co-operation, which is dependent inter alia on the endeavours of the Assembly, could be highly significant in this respect.
2. The role and changing scope of the conferences
A few weeks after the 4th Conference of Mediterranean Regions (Cyprus,
20-22 September 1995), the first Euro-Mediterranean Conference was held in Barcelona. This was the first stage in a wide-ranging European Union programme of intergovernmental co-operation in the region.
The EU initiative very clearly reflected the growing awareness in that organisation that security must be increased in the Mediterranean basin at a time when developments such as the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, traditionalism and migration were becoming important destabilising factors, compounded by the worsening economic situation and rapid population growth.
For all these reasons, the EU decided to embark on an ambitious policy, one of the goals of which is to help set up a trading area conducive to making the best use of the region’s potential and thereby bringing into existence a major new economic and political partner.
In the medium to long term, this extensive project, whose already very substantial financial allocation from the EU is set to increase with time, could well result in a free trade area bringing together 800 million people in some forty countries.
In view of the above, the Recoder report of January 1998, which summed up the 4th (Cyprus) Conference and drew its implications for the future, identified a need to review the aims of the various international organisations operating in this area in order to avoid duplication of effort and ensure the best possible division of duties within the multilateral co-operation process. Each player should be able thereby to contribute to that process in a way consistent with its specific resources, remit and authority.
In this respect, the Recoder report very rightly stressed that the Council of Europe should concentrate on developing co-operation at parliamentary level and at that of local and regional authorities.
Meanwhile, the first Interparliamentary Conference on the Environmental Protection of the Black Sea (Istanbul, July 1996), which was organised by the Parliamentary Assembly and the PABSEC, clearly demonstrated how closely the fates of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean are intertwined, given that the two seas in fact share a common ecosystem.
Given this essential fact relating to the ecological issues facing the two seas and the fact that all states bordering on the Black Sea enjoy full membership of the Parliamentary Assembly or special guest status, it was proposed that the Assembly should extend the scope of its conferences to cover both the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and give priority to co-operation of an interparliamentary and interregional nature.
Indeed, in keeping with the spirit of the Recoder report, it had become important to embark upon a new phase of co-operation, marked by a forum for political dialogue which would allow parliaments and interparliamentary organisations from the two basins to meet and work towards a common strategy for sustainable development in the region. At the same time, a similar dialogue would develop at the local and regional level. A formula would need to be devised by which to combine the two dialogues.
Without entering into detail on the results of the Cyprus Conference, it should be pointed out that the Recoder report marked a turning-point and merits careful attention for the very interesting light it sheds on a possible future role for the Assembly in this process.
3. 5th Conference of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins
3.1. Changes between the 4th Conference (Cyprus, 1995) and the 5th Conference (Marmaris, Turkey, 1999)
The 5th Conference therefore marked a change in direction for Mediterranean co-operation as developed through the thought given to the series of Mediterranean conferences by the Parliamentary Assembly and the CLRAE. Not only was co-operation expanded to include the Black Sea basin, but it also reflected a decision, reached on the basis of the conclusions and texts adopted after the 4th Conference, to focus on more institutional topics and on the legal instruments by which enlarged interparliamentary and interregional co-operation can contribute to sustainable development in the region.
As regards interparliamentary co-operation in particular, the Environment Committee has frequently remarked that co-operation between the Parliamentary Assembly and national assemblies — whether of member or non-member states — should be developed in the context of a true political forum where the Assembly’s skills and experience could be placed at the disposal of national parliaments.
The other element which these conferences have developed is that of co-operation between local and regional authorities. To be more accurate, priority has been given to regional authorities since, in keeping with decentralisation and the application of the principle of subsidiarity as we understand it, at least, this level of power is directly subsidiary to national government.
A certain difficulty arises in that, while all countries represented at these conferences have a national parliament, they do not all have administrative bodies comparable to the regional authorities; even where they do exist these authorities may have a wide range of different powers and forms. This undeniably presents an obstacle to interregional co-operation in the two basins, because partners in talks cannot always negotiate or act with the same degree of authority.
Nonetheless, all the states concerned — or those of a certain size at any rate — are taking part, or will do so fairly soon, in a process of regionalisation which should in the long run permit a form of interregional dialogue where genuine co-operation is possible.
In order to carry through regionalisation, or indeed to review the powers of local and regional authorities, it will be necessary for parliaments to introduce appropriate legislation. This will mean a further opportunity for co-operation between the Parliamentary Assembly and national parliaments.
The use of interparliamentary co-operation in the search for sustainable development in the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins will therefore bring a twofold benefit: it will promote debate and the sharing of skills and experience in specific areas connected with sustainable development, and it will give national parliaments which so desire greater access to the Council of Europe’s expertise and instruments in the field of regionalisation and local democracy.
There can be no doubt that these five conferences have contributed to a process of dialogue. The challenge now, however, is to ensure that this dialogue reflects a firm and lasting commitment and that it is solidly rooted in the practices of the parliaments and local and regional authorities concerned.
3.2. Proceedings of the 5th Conference
The 5th Conference of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins took place in Marmaris (Turkey) from 25 to 27 February 1999, on the theme “Interparliamentary and interregional co-operation for peace, democratic stability and sustainable development” (see the conference programme in Appendix 5.1).
The aim of the conference was to look into ways of encouraging and developing interparliamentary and interregional co-operation, especially by means of legal instruments concluded by the Council of Europe, as factors for peace, democratic stability and sustainable development.
Following the official opening session, proceedings got under way with a presentation by Prof.Driss Khrouz, of the University of Rabat, who reported on the general situation of and prospects for co-operation in the region. He gave a very pertinent reminder that the co-operation programme launched by the EU at the Euro-Mediterranean Conference in Barcelona was primarily an intergovernmental initiative and one which essentially focused on security and commercial issues.
Thanks to this information, it is possible to define more clearly the scope of the Council of Europe’s co-operation policy, which is essentially concerned with achieving sustainable development through institutional and political means.
Moreover, this policy should in future be grounded in the guidelines contained in a document to be prepared by the Parliamentary Assembly and the CLRAE in accordance with the request made by the 5th Conference.
Following Prof. Khrouz’s background report, the first working session was devoted to interparliamentary co-operation, with particular reference to its various current forms in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region. In this connection, mention should be made of the admirable and very welcome contribution to the region’s development by co-operation under the auspices of the PABSEC, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the European Parliament.
As your rapporteur, however, I also understand, and partly share, the concern of some that there are too many initiatives in this domain. Yet the equally strong desire to see the birth of productive partnerships means giving support and encouragement to existing individual projects and promoting inter-institutional co-operation, although always with a view to achieving the best possible results.
In this spirit, given the means at each organisation’s disposal, and in spite of possible reservations, I remain convinced that it is worth considering a more structured approach to co-operation between the Assembly, the PABSEC and the IPU.
The second working session focused on local and regional partnerships and on the possibilities offered by Council of Europe instruments, in particular the contribution which the European Charter of Local Self-Government, the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities and the Additional protocol to the latter, on inter-territorial co-operation, were able to make to peace and democratic stability.
Other issues raised during this session were the preparation of a European charter of regional self-government and the importance of regional authorities to sustainable development policies.
The Mayor of Gaza, Mr Aown Shawa, reported on the friendship and co-operation agreement concluded between Gaza, Tel Aviv and Barcelona to mark their mayors’ commitment to improving stability and the prosperity of the cities’ inhabitants. This experiment demonstrates very well how projects at local level can complement and occasionally take the place of those undertaken at national level. At times of international tension, friendship between towns can be a way of maintaining links and thus ensuring a minimum of contact between governments.
Accordingly, it is crucial that such municipalities should be granted the powers, internal structures and financial resources necessary for them to carry out their duties effectively.
The third session turned to a major issue for the region: that of sustainable development. The theme was introduced by Prof. Mario Pavan, who reported on the environmental situation in the two basins. These are connected by straits and form a single ecosystem. Not only is the Mediterranean suffering damage at the hands of coastal states; its connection to the Black Sea — the most polluted sea on the planet — means that it is also affected by pollution from that source.
The ecological situation in these seas requires carefully co-ordinated action both on the part of all coastal states and on that of all states in the catchment area of the two basins, including those lying along rivers which, like the Danube, are very largely responsible for the deterioration of the Black Sea.
Pleading in favour of such action, Prof. Pavan insisted that the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe should be asked once again, despite its earlier refusal, to declare a “Mediterranean and Black Sea Protection Year”.
The Italian military authorities present, who had been invited in order to report on a large-scale public awareness campaign launched by the ministry in charge of the Italian Navy, stated their readiness to take part in a Europe-wide initiative such as a “Mediterranean and Black Sea Protection Year” by making the training vessel Amerigo Vespucci available for use.
The third session also stressed the urgency of tackling water quality in the Danube, implementing existing legal provisions for improving the situation and recognising the potential role of NGOs.
Lastly, it was considered crucial in this context to reiterate the importance of the issue of freshwater supplies, quality and access for all countries in the region, and especially for the Mediterranean states. More than anywhere else, it is vital that these countries devise a global approach to water management based on maintaining water quality and quantity and recognising that access to fresh water is a fundamental human right. Water should not be seen as an exclusively economic commodity, for it also has a social value. Moreover, it is regrettable that there is as yet no international legal treaty on the matter. As Ms Houria Tazi Sadeq, Chair of the Alliance Maghreb-Machrek pour l’Eau (ALMAE), so rightly said, it is time to introduce legislation on the right of fair access to water, this being both part of the right to a healthy environment and a basic development right.
The closing session was chaired by Mr Luchezar Toshev, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly and a member of the Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities.
Mr Mehmet Buldanli, CLRAE Rapporteur, delivered the closing speech, and I was given the task of presenting the Final Declaration.
As in the case of the previous conferences, a draft final declaration had been proposed by the working group responsible for preparing the conference. This document had been distributed ahead of time so that those who wished to do so could table amendments.
When the time came to adopt the Final Declaration, it was decided, at the suggestion of Mr Miguel Ángel Martinez and given the disparity in status between conference delegates, that a formal adoption would be impossible. Instead, the conference should merely take note of the conclusions presented by the preparatory working group and ensure their submission in that form for further action by the various bodies of the Council of Europe.
In view of the increasing complexity of the issue at hand, the large number of delegations and the presence of delegates from states not members of the Council, it would probably have been justifiable strictly to enforce a conference rule of procedure by which those entitled to vote could be clearly identified. Such a rule will be ready as of the next conference, which is due to take place in Varna (Bulgaria), late in the year 2000.
Although this confusion is regrettable and could, I believe, have been avoided, I am convinced that it does nothing to detract from a text which abounds in constructive proposals and indicates extremely clearly what part the Parliamentary Assembly and the CLRAE can play in this sector.
3.3. Follow-up
Both the Black Sea and, more especially, the Mediterranean have been the focus of an enormous number of programmes, projects, initiatives, declarations, international agreements and the like.
These have been implemented, as the case may be, on an intergovernmental, bilateral or multilateral basis, by NGOs or in some other manner.
Notwithstanding such a proliferation of activities, the environmental situation in the region remains just as unsettling and its political instability just as overwhelming, fundamentalism is still on the rise and the lethargic pace of development still as responsible for huge differences between the various coastal states.
As regards the Mediterranean, following the 1st Euro-Mediterranean Conference in Barcelona the EU showed willingness to encourage interregional co-operation. This had been the primary aim, back in 1985, of the Council of Europe’s Marseilles Conference. Still within the EU, moreover, the Speaker of the Italian Chamber of Deputies took the initiative of convening a meeting of his counterparts from the other member states. The European Parliament followed up this initiative by organising the “Euro-Forum”, which aims to bring together representatives of the EP and members of parliaments from the southern shore of the Mediterranean.
It is encouraging that the “Barcelona process” has resulted in parallel developments at national and regional/local level in the EU member states. This sends a clear signal that the will exists to see projects attain their goals and to achieve tangible results from all ongoing initiatives.
In the case of the Black Sea, the BSEC and the PABSEC provide a suitable platform for effective intergovernmental and interparliamentary co-operation between coastal states.
In view of the above, it would seem entirely logical to make the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe the forum for parliamentary dialogue where the coastal states of the single “system” to which the two basins belong could confer and seek common solutions to common problems.
Moreover, the Assembly is also in a position, as regards interregional co-operation, to make a valuable contribution to institutional developments in any country in respect of the powers, resources and statutes of local and, more particularly, regional authorities. As for the CLRAE, it could provide a forum where local and regional authorities in the Mediterranean and Black Sea states would meet for talks.
Among all the initiatives undertaken in this area, particular mention should be made of the work of the IPU.
In 1992 the CSCM process (Conference for Security and Co-operation in the Mediterranean), which was inspired by the example of the CSCE (Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe) but specially adapted to the needs of the Mediterranean, kicked off in Malaga with the first Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Security and Co-operation in the Mediterranean. The main participants in the conference were the 21 coastal states, while Palestine, the USA, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom had associate status. Other participants in the process are parliamentary institutions and organisations such as the Parliamentary Assembly, the PABSEC and the European Parliament.
Like the CSCE process, the CSCM process consists of three “Baskets” whose themes are addressed at a special meeting held between two conferences.
The advantage of the CSCM process is that it offers all the states of the Mediterranean basin a platform for dialogue on equal terms in their capacity as members of the IPU.
Moreover, following the example of the Parliamentary Assembly, the PABSEC has been given observer status in the process, with the result that co-operation has been extended to the Black Sea countries.
The geographical extent of Mediterranean co-operation at the IPU is therefore identical to that at the Parliamentary Assembly; consequently, it would probably be useful to consider co-operation in this sphere between the two bodies.
Independently of this idea of co-operation, which needs to be investigated by the two assemblies’ secretariats working together, the Parliamentary Assembly should be encouraging both its Environment Committee, which has primary responsibility in this domain, and other committees potentially concerned, to intensify co-operation with their counterparts in national parliaments in order to generate a suitable atmosphere for focused and systematic talks.
During the 5th Conference, as on many other occasions, the issue was raised of increasing awareness among the various groups — both specialised and unspecialised — concerned by these matters. Awareness-raising programmes, which should also be supported by national parliaments, would concentrate on promoting such basic concepts as local democracy, local and regional self-government, citizenship and tolerance.
An Assembly project of this sort on behalf of and in association with national parliaments could be based on the principles of the forthcoming Charter, to be prepared by the Assembly and the CLRAE, for sustainable development of the two basins.
4. Conclusions
Fifteen years after the first conference, a general appraisal of the five conferences leads to the conclusion that their conception was laudable and that they met a real need at the time.
The first four conferences were an opportunity to identify very clearly the major regional issues in the fields of environmental protection, resource management, migration and local self-government; they also shed light on the role which bodies like the Parliamentary Assembly and the CLRAE could play in this sector. Consequently, it is crucial, when considering all initiatives, to take account of what these institutions can contribute.
The effect of the launch, at the 1995 Barcelona Conference, of the EU's intergovernmental co-operation programme with the southern shore of the Mediterranean was to compel the Council of Europe to narrow its focus to local authorities and to issues within the competence of national parliaments. In order to avoid duplication of effort, and given the disparity in resources, it seems evident that the Council should steer clear of regional co-operation issues in the Mediterranean, although action at the national and local levels does appear to be warranted.
Such action seems all the more appropriate in view of the new framework for co-operation in existence since the Istanbul Conference on the Environmental Protection of the Black Sea (July 1996) and the Council’s enlargement to include all the Black Sea states.
Thus it was that the Marmaris Conference, the first on interparliamentary and interregional dialogue in the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins, offered a fresh perspective on co-operation throughout the region.
I am convinced of the merits of co-operation, which may bring concrete results and provide an effective platform for dialogue between the parliaments and local authorities of the countries concerned. I also believe that issues addressed in this way conform entirely to the Council’s specific emphasis and general mandate.
As mentioned above, co-operation with other international organisations such as the PABSEC and the IPU could not but be advantageous, inasmuch as it would enable more tangible results to be achieved while avoiding the duplication of effort. Accordingly, our aim must be a spirit of consultation and commitment to the interests of the Mediterranean and Black Sea states. As your rapporteur, I sincerely hope that we achieve this aim.
Reporting committee : Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities
Budgetary implications : none
Reference to committee : Standing mandate
Draft resolution adopted by the committee on 30 August1999
Members of the committee : Mr Akçali (Chairman), Mr Besostri (Vice-Chairman), Mr Haraldsson, (Vice-Chairman), Mr Hoeffel, (Vice-Chairman) (Alternate : Lengagne), MM. Andreoli, Assis Miranda, Berlusconi (Alternate : Risari), Bockel, Briane, Browne (Alternate: Gregory), Sir Sydney Chapman, MM. Ciobanu (Alternate: Cox), Ciupaila, Cox, Diana, Mrs Dromberg, MM. Duivesteijn, Frunda, Mrs Granlund, Mrs Hornikova, MM. Kalkan, Kieres, Kittis, Khukhunaishvili, Korakas (Alternate: Micheloyannis), Kurucsai, Kurykin, Lachat, Mrs Langthaler, MM. Linzer, Luczak (Alternate : Gibula), Martinez Casan, Melo, Mezeckis, Micheloyannis, Mrs Mikaelsson, MM. Minkov (Alternate : Ivanov), Molnar (Alternate : Lotz), Mota Amaral, Mozetic, Müller, Mrs Oleinik, MM. Prokes, Prosser (Alternate : 0'Hara), Rados, Rakhansky (Alternate : Strizhko), Recoder, Rise, Ruffy, Schutz, Mrs Sehnalova, Mrs Severinsen, MM. Skoularikis, Sobyanin, Staes, Steolea, Tahiri, Mrs Terpstra, MM. Theis, Toshev, Truu, Valkeniers, Vella, Vishnyakov, Zierer.
N.B. The names of those members who took part in the meeting are printed in italics.
Secretaries of the committee : Mrs Cagnolati, Mr Chevtchenko, Mrs Karanjac
Appendix 1
PRESS RELEASE
Towards a Trans-Mediterranean and Black Sea Charter for sustainable development and democratic stability
MARMARIS (Turkey), 26.02.99 – Meeting within the framework of the COUNCIL OF EUROPE's Fifth Conference on the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins, more than 200 representatives of riparian States' parliaments, regions, municipalities and NGO's have called for a Charter of Inter-Parliamentary and Inter-Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Development.
Delegations from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and the Palestinian Authority joined in discussions on how to address, on a concerted basis, the ecological disaster which has long threatened the Black Sea and now imperils the Mediterranean –notably through stronger inter-parliamentary, inter-regional and inter-municipal cooperation.
The Conference was convened in Marmaris, at the invitation of the Turkish Parliament, by the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly and its Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE). It was addressed by the Uluc Gurkan, Interim President of the Turkish Grand National Assembly ; by Luchezar Toshev, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly ; and by Alain Chenard, President of the Congress. It heard statements on behalf of the Hungarian Chairmanship-in-Office of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (Ambassador Janos Perenyi) and of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (Secretary General Faik Kaytanci). Miguel Angel Martinez, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) also addressed the Conference and chaired a working sitting.
Said Lale Aytaman, Chairperson of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities – following final review of draft conclusions presented by Jean Briane, Chairman of the Conference's preparatory group :
"We have shown that we can mobilize the constructive forces for cooperation of virtually all the riparian countries of the single ecological system which is formed by the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins via the Sea of Marmara and the Straits of Istanbul and Canakkale. The Charter which we propose should provide a basis and an inspiration for action by Governments and regional and local authorities and State agencies and by all other international organisations which have programmes to prevent irreversible damage to our environment. My Committee – and the Congress – will now draw up recommendations based on the draft conclusions and amendments which have been presented".
Appendix 2
5TH CONFERENCE OF MEDITERRANEAN
AND BLACK SEA BASINS
25-27 February 1999
"Interparliamentary and interregional co-operation for
peace, democratic stability and sustainable development"
PROGRAMME
Thursday 25 February 1999 (morning)
10.00 am – 1.00 pm OPENING SESSION
ASSESSMENT AND PROSPECTS
Co-chairpersons:
Mrs Lale Aytaman Chairperson, Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities, Parliamentary Assembly (Council of Europe)
Mrs Gaye Doğanoğlu Vice-President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE)
Opening statements by Representatives of the host authorities:
Mr Ismet Karadinç Mayor of Marmaris
Mr A. Cemil Serhadli Governor of the Region of Muğla
Mr János Perényi President of the Ministers’ Deputies Committee of the Council of Europe
Mr Alain Chénard President of the CLRAE
Mr Faik Kaytanci Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly for the Black Sea Economic Co-operation (PABSEC) on behalf of the Chairman in office, Mr Hikmet Cetin
Mr Luchezar Toshev Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Mr Ahmet Tan Minister of Tourism of Turkey
Mr Uluç Gürkan President ad interim of the Turkish Grand National Assembly
11.30 am – 11.45 am Coffee break
ASSESSMENT AND PROSPECTS OF CO-OPERATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA BASINS
Exposé :
Mr Driss Khrouz Member of the Bureau of the European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity (« North-South Centre » of the Council of Europe).
12.15 pm – 1.00 pm Debate
Thursday 25 February (afternoon)
2.30 pm – 6.00 pm FIRST WORKING SESSION
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CO-OPERATION FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRATIC STABILITY
Chairman:
Mr Miguel Ángel Martínez President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Chairman, European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity (« North-South Centre » of the Council of Europe)
Interventions:
Mr Anatoliy Rakhansky Member of the Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe
Mr Mohamed Hedi Khelil Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Tunisia, General Rapporteur for the 3rd Conference on Security and Co-operation in the Mediterranean (CSCM)
3.30 pm – 4.00 pm Debate
4.00 pm – 4.15 pm Coffee Break
Mr Gianni Risari Deputy, member of the Italian Parliamentary Delegation, on behalf of the President of the Italian Parliament, Mr Luciano Violante
Mr Asaf Hajiyev Azerbaijan
Mr Salah El-Tarouty Chairman of the Committee on Culture, Information and Tourism, People’s Assembly of Egypt
Mr… Representative of the PABSEC
5.30 pm – 6.00 pm Debate
8.30 pm Dinner offered by Mr Uluç Gürkan, Vice-President of the Turkish Parliament
(Hotel Grand Azur)
Friday 26 February 1999 (morning)
9.00 am – 12.00 pm SECOND WORKING SESSION
LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRATIC STABILITY
Chairman:
Mr Ivan Jakovcic Member of the Chamber of the Regions of the CLRAE, vice-President of the Assembly of the European Regions
European Charter of Local Self-Government and Framework Convention on transfrontier co-operation, Additional Protocol no. 2 on inter-territorial co-operation
Exposé:
Mr Rinaldo Locatelli Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe
9 h 45 – 10 h 15 Discussion
10 h 15 – 10 h 30 Coffee break
Local and regional partnerships
Interventions:
Mr Aown Shawa Mayor of Gaza, Chairman of the Palestinian Union of Local Authorities
Mr Pere Villanova Special Advisor to the Mayor of Barcelona for the Mediterranean
Mr Philippe Cichowlaz Responsible for the Black Sea, Conference of Maritime and Peripheral Regions (CMPR)
Mr Dimitar Kaltchev Mayor of Rousse, member of the CLRAE, Chairman of the Bulgarian Association of Municipalities
Mr Mustapha Mechiche Alami Member of the Kenitra-Maâmora Municipal Council (Morocco)
11.30 am – 12.00 pm Debate (and intervention of Mr Valery Samoïlenko, Mayor of Krasnodar, Russian Federation)
12.00 pm – 1.00 pm THIRD WORKING SESSION
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
AND BLACK SEAS
Co-Chair:
Mrs Lale Aytaman Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe
Mr Mohamed Moncef Sifaoui Mayor of Bizerte (Tunisia)
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS
Introductory exposé:
Pr. Mario Pavan Centro Interdisciplinare di Bioacustica, Pavia University
Friday 26 February 1999 (afternoon)
2.30 pm – 6.00 pm THIRD WORKING SESSION (following)
Legal instruments for the environment protection in the Mediterranean and Black Sea
Exposés:
Mr Mohamed Mehdi Mlika Minister of the Environment, Tunisia*
Mr Amedeo Postiglione Judge at the Supreme Court, Director of the Foundation for an International Court on Environment
Interventions:
Mr L. Chabason Co-ordination Unit for Action in the Mediterranean - United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
Prof. Dr. Bayram Öztürk Turkish expert from the PABSEC
University of Istanbul,
Chairman of the Turkish Marine Research Foundation
Proposals for an awareness-raising campaign regarding the state of the environment
Exposés:
Mr Fabrizio Abbate Italian Under-Secretary of State for Defence
Mr Marc Leyenberger Vice-President of the NGO Liaison Committee (Council of Europe)
Mrs Nadja Mifka Profozic Vice-President of Med-Forum
4.15 pm – 4.45 pm Debate
4.45 pm – 5.00 pm Coffee break
A VITAL PROBLEM: WATER MANAGEMENT
Interventions:
Mr Louis Potié Consultant, Former Secretary General of the Mediterranean Water Institute (MWI)
Mrs Houria Tazi Sadeq Chair of the « Alliance Maghreb-Machrek pour l’Eau » (ALMAE) and Vice-President of the Council of the International Water Secretariat
Prof. Dr.Ali Ihsan Bagis Hacettepe University, Director of Hydropolitics and Strategic Research and Development Centre
and Head of International Department
5.30 pm – 6.00 pm Debate (and intervention of Mrs Asia Manafova, President of the Commission of natural resources, energy and ecology of the Parliament of Azerbaidjan
6.00 pm – 7.00 pm CLOSING SESSION
FINAL DECLARATION OF THE 5TH CONFERENCE
Chairman:
Mr Luchezar Toshev Vice-President, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe, Member, Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities
Closing statement:
Mr Mehmet Buldanli Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe and
Vice-President of the Working Group responsible for the preparation of the 5th Conference on Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins
Presentation of the final Declaration:
Mr Jean Briane Member of the Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe, and
Chairman of the Working Group responsible for the preparation of the 5th Conference on Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins.
Debate and adoption of the final Declaration
End of the Conference
8.30 pm Dinner offered by Mrs Lale Aytaman, Chairman of the Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities of the Parliamentary Assembly (Hotel Mares)
Saturday 27 February 1999 Visit
Appendix 3
5TH CONFERENCE OF MEDITERRANEAN
AND BLACK SEA BASINS
"Interparliamentary and interregional co-operation for
peace, democratic stability and sustainable development"
MARMARIS (Turkey)
25-27 February 1999
CONCLUSIONS
The participants in the 5th Conference of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins, held in Marmaris, Turkey from 25 to 27 February 1999, thank the Council of Europe and in particular its Parliamentary Assembly and Congress of Local and Regional Authorities for organising this Conference.
They also express their sincere gratitude to the Turkish Parliament, the Governorate of Mugla and the Municipality of Marmaris for their welcome and their hospitality.
They take note with interest of the conclusions presented by the Working Group responsible for the preparation of the Conference, and decide to transmit them for further action to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe.
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Considering that:
1. The process of co-operation between the countries on the Northern, Southern and Eastern shores of the Mediterranean and Black Seas has operated for several years in the context of intergovernmental moves such as the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership launched by the European Union in Barcelona in 1995, the co-operation between the Black Sea countries (PABSEC) or the initiatives taken by other international organisations;
2. It is plainly crucial that this co-operation process should be substantially strengthened, particularly with regard to sustainable development, peace and democratic stability, and pursued not only at intergovernmental level but also at interparliamentary level as well as among the local and regional authorities of the countries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins;
3. Moreover, in view of the obstacle to co-operation raised by disparity between the countries fringing the two basins in the organisation and empowerment of local and regional authorities, interparliamentary co-operation forms a vital supporting instrument for the introduction of structures and machinery to ensure true democracy and local self-government;
4. The Mediterranean and Black Seas are interconnected and consequently share many serious environmental problems and, from an ecological standpoint, form one and the same system. Thus, despite the distinctive features of each basin, these two seas warrant comprehensive action covering the entire region.
Also aware that, with regard to:
The Mediterranean Basin
5. This region is characterised by large human and natural resources and thus strong development potential, but also by disturbing social, economic, demographic and ecological imbalances which may constitute a threat to the future of the societies dwelling there and intensify the migration flows which the countries north of the basin no longer have the capacity to absorb;
6. The severe environmental degradation in the Mediterranean Basin has many causes, notably tourism which, despite its undeniably positive effects on economic growth and employment, is nonetheless to blame for a tangible deterioration in the cultural heritage, natural resources and scenery;
7. Grave obstacles, or sometimes lack of clearly stated resolve, persist and are specifically linked with the political structures of certain countries; consequently, they impede effective co-operation between the Northern, Southern and Eastern shores of the Mediterranean; these political hindrances also have repercussions on interparliamentary and interregional co-operation in the Mediterranean Basin;
The Black Sea
8. Its environment is in a very serious state owing to grave impairment of its biodiversity, fisheries resources and landscape, and necessitates concerted action by the riparian countries which, following the geopolitical changes that have occurred in the region, can enter into co-operation founded on democratic and participatory processes;
9. Such co-operation, implemented at various levels, is furthermore the imperative means to remedy the principal causes of this decline, including pollution from land-based sources and carried by rivers, uncontrolled tourism and intensive, potentially hazardous navigation;
10. As literal "genetic bridges" between the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins, the Straits and the Sea of Marmara are subjected to some of the world's densest sea traffic. The resultant pollution severely affects the ecosystem of the straits. Moreover, the traffic creates risks of shipping accidents which would have disastrous consequences for the environment;
The entire region
11. Having regard to the various causative factors of environmental degradation in both the basins, including pollution from large rivers such as the Danube and the Dnepr, it is plainly apparent that the riparian countries are not the only ones responsible for this situation, ascribable to quite a number of other countries not actually on the seaboard but contributing to marine degradation by generating land-based and river-borne pollution;
12. Given the geographical scale and the geopolitical and historical significance of the area, it is essential that the Council of Europe express its interest in the region and its commitment to the discovery of new balances and the assertion of a new identity for the region with a view to preserving its values and assets;
13. The Mediterranean and Black Seas must accordingly become a frame of reference for Europe and a prime setting for relations between their riparian states as well as between these states and others.
In the light of the foregoing, the Working Group states its conviction that:
14. One of the priority channels for solving the problems that beset the region may be found through effective, intensified international co-operation relying on practical actions which are themselves founded on clear political commitments;
15. The Council of Europe, notably with the enlargement of its membership since 1989, provides the appropriate framework for enhanced interparliamentary and interregional co-operation in the area, and can be a genuine platform for dialogue among the national and regional institutions concerned;
16. Significant resources must be deployed in order to encourage, actuate and co-ordinate genuine co-operation on the issues of peace, democratic security and environment in the Mediterranean-Black Sea region between parliaments and local and regional authorities, with which citizen organisations would be associated;
17. The national parliamentary committees responsible for the issues raised during the conference and especially for legislative reform could benefit from the Parliamentary Assembly's experience in this sphere;
18. Strengthening decentralised, specifically Euro-Mediterranean, co-operation would secure some of the prerequisites for liberalisation of exchanges (in particular by modernising local and regional government systems and consolidating infrastructures), and would foster more complete intercultural knowledge and understanding by developing direct interterritorial and intercommunity relations;
19. The insufficiency of the autonomy granted to local, and above all regional, authorities in certain countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean hampers decentralised co-operation in the region; it was precisely to encourage such co-operation and to enhance decentralisation and local autonomy, democratic administration, information and training of municipal staff and elected representatives in the Mediterranean partner countries not belonging to the Council of Europe, that the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe in 1997 formed the Working Group for "Euro-Med" co-operation on local democracy, whose activity deserves to be stepped up;
20. In this context, it is proper to welcome the contributions and achievements of other agencies and to take account of activities implemented:
- firstly by parliamentary assemblies such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which should receive full support in its initiative concerning the Conference on Security and Co-operation in the Mediterranean (CSCM), and the Parliamentary Assembly for Black Sea Economic Co-operation (PABSEC), in conjunction with which the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly organised the first Interparliamentary Conference on the Environmental Protection of the Black Sea (Istanbul, 1996);
- secondly in the framework of organisations representing local and regional authorities, such as the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR) and especially its Inter-Mediterranean Commission whose opening to local and regional authorities of the countries in the south and east of the Mediterranean Basin should be encouraged, and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) whose activity to promote twinnings and partnership through the ECOS-Ouverture Programme should be stepped up, and the Association of European Regions (AER) which represents both Mediterranean and Black Sea regions.
Invites the Conference to call upon:
The countries concerned
21. To undertake to abide strictly by the obligations arising from current international treaties on protection of the marine environment, in particular the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL, 1973 and 1978), the Convention on the Protection of the Mediterranean against Pollution (Barcelona, 1978) and its protocols, the Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea against Pollution (Bucharest, 1992) and the ministerial Declaration on the Protection of the Black Sea (Odessa, 1993);
22. To acknowledge the major role of local and regional authorities and parliamentary bodies in the furtherance of sustainable development, peace and democratic stability, and undertake in particular to consider the possibility of strengthening the role and powers of local and regional government, being guided by the principles of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, as well as in decisive areas for sustainable development such as environmental protection, resource management, tourist policy and education;
23. Especially the countries on the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean Basins to envisage, on the basis of a more explicit commitment on their part, closer co-operation with the Council of Europe, for instance by stating their intention to involve themselves in the activities conducted under legal instruments or in the framework of bodies open to their participation, such as the Berne Convention (1979) on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats, the European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity ("North-South Centre") and the Co-operation Group for prevention of, protection against, and organisation of relief in major natural and technological disasters;
24. To adopt a spatial planning policy consistent with sustainable development, under which coastal areas in particular must be protected against excessive urbanisation;
25. To take concrete action to promote the role of the Council of Europe as a forum of dialogue between Mediterranean and Black Sea countries with the view to strengthening co-operation for peace, human rights, democratic stability and sustainable development;
The Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe
26. To prepare, in the spirit of Resolution 1149 (1998) of the Parliamentary Assembly and in close association with the non-Council of Europe partner countries concerned, a Charter for sustainable development of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins whereby national parliaments, cities and regions would pledge their resolve to undertake more intensive co-operation and their commitment to certain key principles that should guide them in any interventions likely to affect the ecological balance of the two basins;
27. As part of their respective activities, to plan actions for awareness-raising, information and education directed at all citizens, the younger generation in particular, to instil respect for the environment, as well as a spirit of peace and co-operation among neighbouring countries;
28. To carry on their efforts to further, respectively, interparliamentary and interregional dialogue in the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins by regularly allowing parliamentarians and local and regional politicians, especially those of Council of Europe non-member states on the Mediterranean coast, to participate in their committees or working groups concerned with environmental protection and the furtherance of devolution, local and regional autonomy and the democratic administration of local and regional communities, and, in general, to make all arrangements that come within their remit for implementing the recommendations and proposals put forward in this Declaration;
29. To transmit this Declaration to the national and European bodies concerned;
30. To invite the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe:
- to take all appropriate action for speedier signing and ratifying, by countries not yet having done so, of those Council of Europe Conventions that can help attain the objectives of the conference, whether in the field of environment, transfrontier co-operation or local self-government, and furthermore to open these Conventions to non-member states of the organisation having clearly expressed willingness in this regard;
- accordingly, to pay special attention to the following Council of Europe Conventions and Agreements:
♦ Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and natural Habitats (Berne Convention);
♦ Convention on Civil Liability for Damage resulting from Activities Dangerous to the Environment (Lugano Convention);
♦ Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law;
♦ Partial Agreement on the European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity ("North-South Centre");
♦ Partial Agreement on the Co-operation Group for the prevention of, protection against, and organisation of relief in major natural and technological disasters;
- to open to the same non-member States the programme of education for democratic citizenship envisaged within the framework of the political declaration to be adopted on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Council of Europe;
and to request it with insistance to re-examine the proposal for a "Mediterranean and Black Sea Protection Year";
31. To invite the European Conference of Ministers responsible for Regional Planning (CEMAT) to accommodate the sustainable development problems of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins when preparing the "Guiding principles for sustainable regional/spatial development in Greater Europe" in preparation for the Hanover Conference in September 2000;
The Parliamentary Assembly:
32. To take account of the proceedings of other parliamentary assemblies such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Parliamentary Assembly for Black Sea Economic Co-operation (PABSEC), and to associate them with the preparation and implementation of the Charter;
33. To support the process of the Conferences on Security and Co-operation in the Mediterranean (CSCM) initiated by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and examine with the IPU the scope for becoming more closely involved in the process;
34. To encourage regular relations between its committees and representatives of the corresponding parliamentary committees in the riparian countries on subjects lending themselves to practical co-operation;
35. To undertake, in co-operation with the national parliaments and in respect of the countries concerned, a comparative study of current legislation in the fields discussed by the conference, notably the water management, so as to improve legislative co-ordination and convergence and identify possible new needs.
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe:
36. To co-operate with other bodies working in this field (particularly the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR), the Council of European Regions and Municipalities (CEMR) and the Assembly of European Regions (AER) in ensuring that the Charter for sustainable development of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins is promoted and acceded to by the towns and regions of the countries in the two basins;
37. To implement, in its own sphere of competence, all appropriate measures for aiding the dissemination of the principles of local self-government and democratic administration of local communities, notably through their associations, and to consolidate the training of local and regional elected representatives in the Southern and Eastern countries of the Mediterranean Basin;
38. To continue, in consultation with those concerned, the studies on the state of devolution and local autonomy in the non-member Mediterranean countries, and to aid direct contacts between local and regional authorities in the countries of each basin.
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The participants welcome the invitation from the Bulgarian authorities to hold the next Conference in Varna in October 2000.
Appendix 4
5ème CONFERENCE DES BASSINS DE LA MEDITERRANEE
ET DE LA MER NOIRE
5TH CONFERENCE OF MEDITERRANEAN AND
BLACK SEA BASINS
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LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
ABBASOV Asian, Parliament Avenue 1, BAKU, Azerbaïdjan
(Tel. : 00.99.412.93.18.25, Fax : 00.99.412.93.49.43)
ADANALI Kumru, Head of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Environment,
Eskisehir Yolu 8km, Bilkert, ANKARA, Turquie (Tel. : 00.90.312.285.17.05,
Fax : 00.90.312.285.37.39, e-mail : [email protected])
AKCALI Cevdet, Deputy, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, T.B.M.M., ANKARA, Turquie (Tel. : 90.312.420.67.44,
Fax. : 90.312.420.67.68)
ALLAL Mourad, Directeur du C.C.E.E.L. et Vice-Président de FCM,
29 rue Hoche, 93500 PANTIN, France, (Tel : 01.48.43.35.96, Fax : 01.48.43.20.44,
e-mail : [email protected])
AMPRIMO Doïna, Resp. Europartenariato – sett. Affari Comunitari,
Presidence Giunta Regione Piemonte, Piazza Castello 165,
TORINO, Italie, (Tel. : 00.39.011.432.25.00, Fax. : 00.39.011.432.48.93,
e-mail : [email protected])
AMRO Mohammed, Deputy, House of Parliament, AMMAN, Jordanie,
(Tel : 962.6.562.3325, Fax : 962.6.562.1782)
ANISCHUK Volodymyr, Member of Parliament, 5 Grushevskiy Str., KYIV, Ukraine (Tel. : 380.44.229.16.58)
ATTAGUILE Francesco, Dirigente Rapporti Extraregionali, Piazza Sturzo 36, 90100 PALERMO, Italie, (Tel : 39.091.69.60.126, Fax : 39.091.69.60.105)
AYJILDIZ Mustafa (Prof. Dr), Chairman of Tema Marmaris, 6a Sohak n° 11, MARMARIS – MUGLA, Turquie
AYTAMAN Lale, Deputy, President of the Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities of the Parliamentary Assembly, TBMM, Bakanliklar, ANKARA, Turquie (Tel: 00.90.312.420.57.38)
Dr BAGIS ALI, Ihsan, Hacettepe University, Director Hydropolitics and strategic Research and Development Center, Turquie
BANDURA Volodymyr (Dr), First Secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine
to the Republic of Turkey, ANKARA, Turquie (Tel. : 00.90.312.439.99.73,
e-mail : [email protected])
BAYRAKTAR Aysel, Turkish Delegate of the Congress of Local and Regional Autorities, Mayor of Bornova, Bornova Belediye Baskanlie, BORNOVA / IZMIR, Turquie (Tel. : 00.90.0.2.32.388.29.41, Fax : 00.90.0.2.32.388.11.66)
BEHRENDT Wolfgang, Deputy, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Deutscher Bundestag, Platz der Republik 1, 11011 BERLIN, Allemagne
BEKKOUCHE Adda, Expert, 34, rue de Citeaux, 75012 PARIS, France (Tel : 33.1.49.28.57.75, Fax : 33.1.49.28.09.30, E-mail : [email protected]
BEN ALI Brahim, Directeur au Ministère de l’Intérieur, TUNIS, Tunisie (Tel./Fax : 01.252.355).
BENDHAIBA Abdellah, Directeur de la Formation des Cadres, 42 rue Oued Ziz Agdal, 1000 RABAT, Maroc (Tél :00.212.7 77.77.28, Fax : 00.212.777.17.98)
BEN HARRATH Hadhami, Directeur Adjoint des Relations Extérieures, Gouvernorat de Tunis, Tunisie
BOSSE Christian, Directeur ENACT – CNFPT, 76, place de la Révolution Française, 34965 MONTPELLIER, France (Tél : 334.67.99.76.01, Fax : 334.67.99.76.00, E-mail : [email protected]
BOUSSATA Salah, Directeur Général du Centre National de Perfectionnement et de Recyclage des Cadres Régionaux et Municipaux, (sous tutelle du Ministère de l’Intérieur), 5, rue Mutuelleville, 1002 TUNIS-Belvédère, Tunisie (Tél : 216.1.800.699, Fax : 216.1.800.995)
BRIANE Jean, Député, Membre de l’Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l’Europe, Assemblée Nationale, 126, rue de l’Université, 75007 PARIS, France (Tél : 01.40.63.66.88, Fax : 01.40.63.66.36)
BRODHAG Christian, Directeur de Recherche à l’Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, Ancien Président de la Commission française du Développement durable, 42023 SAINT-ETIENNE Cedex 2, France (Tél. 33.4.774.20.017, Fax : 33.4.77.42.66.66, e.mail : [email protected])
BULDANLI Mehmet, Membre du Conseil Départemental d'Izmir, Membre du CPLRE, Membre du Groupe de travail responsable de la préparation de la 5ème Conférence, II Genel Meclis Üyesi, 1395 Sokak 36 D4, 35220 Mimar Sinan, IZMIR, Turquie (Tél. 90.232.34.25.609, Fax : 90. 232?34.25.608)
BULUT Mustafa, Turizm il Müdürv, MUGLA, Turquie (Tél. : 0252.214.1261, Fax : 0252.214.12.44)
CAKIROPLU Ismet, Belediye baskani, Armutalan, MARMARIS, Turquie (Tél. : 00.90.252.412.30.60.- 413.26.18, Fax : 00.90.252.412.50.95)
CALINICI Emanuela Ioana, Inspector, Piata 1 Decembrie 1918 n°12, 4700 ZALAU, Romania (Tél : 40.606.64.120, Fax : 40.606.61.097)
CASAGRANDE Claude, Municipality councillor of Etrechy, Member of the Working Group on “Euro-med” co-operation on local democracy, 16, rue de la Souche Picard, 91580 ETRECHY, France (Tél : 33.1 .69.9.22.849, Fax : 33.1.60.80.45.91)
CATARINO David, Maire de Ourém, Praça do Municipio, 11, 2490 OUREM, Portugal (Tél : 351.49.54.09.00, Fax : 351.49.54.09.08/9, E-mail : [email protected]
CHABASON Lucien, Coordonnateur du Programme des Nations Unies pour l’Environnement, 48, Vas. Konstantinou, PO Box 18019, 11610 ATHENES, Grèce (Tél : (30) 1 72 73 123, Fax : (30) 1 72 53 197,, E-mail : [email protected]
CHAPMAN, Sir Sydney, Member of Parliament, House of Commons,WESTMINSTER SWIAOAA, U.K. (Tél : 0171.219.3000
Fax : 0171.219.2694)
CHARODEEV Olexander, Member of Parliament, Vice President of Pabsec, KYIV, 5 Gryshevskiy Str., Ukraine (Tel. : 380.44.291.75.23, Fax. 380.44.291.75.31)
CHENARD Alain, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe, Council of Europe, 67075 STRASBOURG, France (Tél. 00.33.3.88.41.20.00, Fax : 00.33.3.88.41.27.81)
CHIHA Noureddine, Député, Membre de la Commission de l’Equipement et des services, Chambre des Députés, 2000 LE BARDO, Tunisie (Tél : 1.510.200, Fax : 1.518.999)
CICHOWLAZ Philippe, Chargé de mission, suivi des dossiers Méditerranée/Mer Noire, CPRM, 35, boulevard de la Liberté, 35000 RENNES, France (Tél : 33.2.99.79.39.39, Fax : 33.2.99.78.12.21, e.mail [email protected])
CIUPAILA Regimantas, MP, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, 53 Gediminoave, VILNIUS 2002, Lithuania (Tél : 370.2.611.069, Fax : 370.2.224.523)
COSMA Sorin Ioan, President of Salaj County Council, Plaza 1 Decembrie 1918, n° 12 , 4700 ZALAU, Romania (Tél : 40.606.64.120, Fax : 40.606.61.097)
COX Tom, MP, House of Commons, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, SWIAOAA LONDON, UK (Tel : 0171.219.5034)
CUATRECASAS Llibert, Conseiller des Affaires Européennes du Président du Gouvernement de la Catalogne, Generalitat de Catalunya, Plaça de Sant Jaume, 08002 BARCELONA, Espagne (Tél : 34.93.402.47.07, Fax : 34.93.302.46.31)
DAN Matei-Agathon, Vice-President of PABSEC Economic Committee, Chamber of Deputies of Romania, BUCHAREST, Romania (Tel : 40.1.402.14.37, Fax : 40.1.312.66.00)
DAVIS Terry, MP, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, House of Commons, SWIAOAA LONDON, U.K., (Tel : 44.171.219.4509, Fax : 44.171.219.6221, E-mail : [email protected]
DEBBABI Fethi, Chargé de mission, Ministère de l’Environnement et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, TUNIS, Tunisie (Tél. : 00. 216.1.707.433, Fax. : 00.216.1.702.431)
DEDIU Ion, Deputy, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Bd Stefan Cel Mare, 105 b 708, 2073 CHISINAU, Moldova (Tel : 23.30.57, Fax : 23.32.10, E-mail : [email protected]
DE RIVAS Georges, Président ONG – Forum Euro-Méditerranée, 11 Chemin du Picotois, 91430 VAUHALLAN, France (Tél. :01.69.49.98.11, Fax. : 01.69.41.84.95)
DIANA Lino, Senatore, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Via Spulla n° 4, 03022 BOVILLE ERNICA, Italy (Tel : 0775.285195 ; 212170//06/67062217 (Roma), Fax : 0775.853604)
DOGANOGLU Gaye, Member, City Council of Muratpasa, Meclis Üyesi, Cam Piramit, 07070 ANTALYA, Turkey (Tel : 90.242/247.43.23, Fax : 90.242/247.10.13)
DROBOTOV Anatoly, Member of Parliament, KYIV, 5 Grushevskiy Str., Ukraine (Tel; 380.44.229.16.58)
DUDIN Marwan, Senator Leader of the Delegation, AMMAN, Jordan (Tel : 962.65.623.325, Fax : 962.65.621.782)
ELLOUBBI Mohamed, Directeur des Affaires Administratives et Financières à la Direction Générale des Affaires Régionales, Ministère de l’Intérieur, Tunisie
ERBAY Yusuf, Ministry of Interior, Deputy General Director, ANKARA, Turkey
EREN Zeki, Icmeler Belediye Baskani, Icmeler, MARMARIS; Turkey (Tel. : 0252.455.30.09, Fax : 0252.455.3972)
EXELL PIRRO Derdre, International Court of the Environment Foundation Judge Supreme Court, ROMA, Italy
FRENDO Henry, Councillor of Attard, President of the Euromed Working Group of the CLRAE, Department of History – University of Malta, Malta (Tel. : 00.356.44.64.28, Tel university : 00.356.31.96.69, Private tel. : 00.356.41.80.83
Fax : 00.356.44.64.27)
FREY Claude, Conseiller National, Membre de l’Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l’Europe, Clos 109, 2012 AUVERNIER, Suisse (Tel : (41) 32 732 96 80, Fax : (41) 32 732 96 91)
GASIMOV Vagif G., Chief Advizor, The Marmara Group, Strategic and Social Researches Foundation, Barbaros Bulvari , Iba Blokari n° 16/9 Balmumcu, 80700 ISTANBUL, Turkey (Tel. 02.12.213.05.56, Fax ; 02.12.213.05.59)
GIBULA Ryszard, Senator, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Ul.Senatorska 11/3, 58-314 WALBRZYCH
Poland (Tel : (4874)43.82.55, Fax : (4822)694.27.03)
GOGIC Ratko, Secretary General, ZAJEDNICA OPSTINA RCG, Nikole Durkovic b.b, 81000 PODGORICA, Montenegro (Tel. : 081.632.097, Fax : 081.632.123)
GREGORY Tony, Deputy, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Dail Eireann, DUBLIN 2, Ireland (Tel. 618.34.88)
GÜRKAN Uluç, President ad interim of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, T.B.M.M., TR – ANKARA, Turkey
HAJIYEV Asaf, Member of the Economic and Environment Committee of Pabsec, Parliament Avenue 1, BAKU, Azerbaidjan (Tel. 00.99.412.98.97.96, Fax : 00.99.412.93.49.43)
HANU Viorel, Vice-President of Salaj County Council, Piata 1 Decembrie 1918, n°12, 4700 ZALAU, Romania (Tel : 40.606.14.120, Fax : 40.606.61.097)
HOUCHATI Sabeur, Chef de service de la Coopération à la Direction Générale des Collectivités Publiques et Locales, Ministère de l’Intérieur, Tunisie (Tel. : 00.216.1.346.087, Fax : 00.216.1.354.784)
IOAN Iancau, Councillor, Piata 1 Decembrie 1918, n°12, 4700 ZALAU, Romania (Tel : 40.606.14.120, Fax : 40.606.61.097)
IOFFE Yuliy, Member of Parliament, Vice President of Pabsec, KYIV, 5 ryshevskiy Str., Ukraine (Tel. : 380.44.291.75.23, Fax. 380.44.291.75.31)
IVANOV Ivan, Député, Membre de l’Assemblée Parlementaire du Conseil de l'Europe, 2 Pl. Narodno sabranie, BP 87, 1169 SOFIA, Bulgaria (Tel : 840.33.04
Fax : 980.89.16)
JAKOVCIC Ivan, MP, Regional councillor Istria Region, Drscevka 1, 52000 PAZIN, Croatia (Tel : 00.385.52.621.822, Fax : 00.385.52.622.906)
JOULINA Yulia, Secretary of the Russian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly, Departement of International Affairs, State Duma, Okhotny Ryad 1, MOSCOW, Russia (Tel: 00.7.095.292.95.10, Fax: 00.7.095.292.53.58)
KALTCHEV Dimitar, President of the Bulgarian National Association of Municipalities, Mayor of Rousse, Svoboda sq6, 7000 ROUSSE, Bulgaria (Tel. 00.359.82.222.739, Fax: 00.359.82.222.508)
KATSIKARIS Lucas, Secretary of the Economic Committee to the PABSEC, 1 Hareket Kosku, Dolmabahce Sarayi, Besiktas, 80680 ISTANBUL, Turkey (Tel: 00.90.212.227.02.58, Fax: 00.90.212.227.60.80)
KAYTANCI Faik, Secretary General of the PABSEC, 1 Hareket Kosku, Dolmabahce Sarayi, Besiktas, 80680 ISTANBUL, Turkey (Tel : .90.212.227.02.58)
KELES Rusen, Professor, Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science, ANKARA, Turkey (Tel : 90.312.319.77.20, Fax : 90.312.319.77.36, E-mail : [email protected]
KHELIL Mohamed Hédi, Député, Ancien Ministre, Membre du Comité C.S.C.M., Chambre des Députés, 2000 LE BARDO, Tunisie (Tel : 1.510.200, Fax : 1.518.999)
KHROUZ Driss, Professeur, Membre du Bureau du Centre Nord-Sud, Résidence Al Yousr, Secteur 17 Riad Central, 10000 RABAT, Maroc (Tel : 212.7.71.12.05, 212.7.73.74.61, Fax : 212.7.71.12.05)
KOZYREV Alexander, MP, State Duma, Member of the Pabsec, 103256 MOSCOW, Okhotny Ryad 1 (Tel. : (7095) 292.57.37)
KUCUK Isa, District Governor of Marmaris, MUGLA, Turkey (Tel. 90.252.4121.001, Fax : 90.252.41.91.991)
LEYENBERGER Marc, Vice-Président de la Commission de liaison des ONG/Conseil de l’Europe, 7, boulevard du Président Edwards, 67000 STRASBOURG, France (Tel : 03.88.35.55.30, Fax : 03.88.35.54.87)
LUCZAK Aleksander, Deputy, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, 6/8 rue Wiejska, 00-902 WARSAW, Poland (Tel : 4822.694.1591, Fax : 4839.12.24.00)
MANAFOVA Asia, Parliament Avenue 1, BAKU, Azerbaidjan (Tel : 00.99.412.98.97.96)
MARTINEZ Miguel Angel, Président de l’UIP, Congreso de los Diputados, 28071 MADRID, Espagne (Tel : 34.91.390.65.18, Fax : 34.91.420.05.57)
MASHAKBEH Adnan, Secretary, House of Parliament, AMMAN, Jordan (Tel : 962.6.562.3325, Fax : 962.6.562.782)
MASELLI Gioacchino, Region of Puglia, Italy
MECHICHE ALAMI Mustapha, Conseiller municipal (Kénitra-Maamora), 363 avenue Moulay Youssef, KENITRA, Maroc (Tel : 00.212.7.74.13.91, Fax: 00.212.7.74.08.16)
MEJRI Mabrouk, Directeur Général de la Caisse des Prêts et de Soutien des Collectivités Locales, 8 rue de Médine, 1002 TUNIS BELVEDERE, Tunisie (Tel : 796.868, Fax : 79.74.67)
MLIKA Mohamed Mehdi, Ministre de l’Environnement et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, Président du Bureau des parties contractantes à la Convention de Barcelone (PAN), Président de la Commission Méditerranéenne du Développement durable (CMDD), Centre urbain nord Tunis 2000, TUNIS, Tunisie (Tél. : 00.216.1.703.075, Fax. : 00.216.1.702.431, e.mail : [email protected])
MIFKA PROFOZIC Nadja (Mrs), Vice-President du MED FORUM, Primorje 39, 51222 BAKAR, Croatie (Tél : 385.51.76.13.15, Fax : 385.51.76.11.37, E-mail : [email protected])
MIHALACHE Madalina, Secretary of Romanian Delegation to PABSEC, Senate of Romania, Piata Revolutiei, 70109 BUCHAREST, Romania (Tel : 40.1.313.35.07, Fax : 40.1.312.11.84)
MILDON Yavuz, Membre de la délégation turque auprès du CPLRE, Membre du Conseil départemental de Canakkale, Tascilar Cd n°18, 17500 GELIBOLU, Turkey (Tel : 00.90.286.566.10.10, Fax: 00.90.286.566.23.37)
MINKOV Yasho, MP, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Member of the Bulgarian Delegation to PACE, Narodno Sobranie Sg 2, 3592 SOFIA, Bulgaria (Tel : 00.359.2943.42.51, Fax : 980.89.16)
MORJENE Mounir, Conseiller, Chef de la Commission des Relations Extérieures et de la Coopération Internationale à la Mairie de HAMMAN SOUSSE, Tunisie (Tél . 216.334.88.55, Fax : 216.334.88.58)
NACIGOGLU Mehmet, Iskele meydani n° 2, Tourismus Info Direktor, MARMARIS, Turkey (Tel. : 0252.412.10.35, Fax. : 0252.412.72.77)
NEDRYGAYLO Valentyn, Secretariat of Parliament, Senior Advisor, KYIV, 5 Gryshevskiy Str., Ukraine (Tel. : 380.44.291.75.23, Fax. 380.44.291.75.31)
ODEIMI Bechir (excusé), Représentant de la Fédération Mondiale des Cités Unies au Proche-Orient, Bureau de la FMCU au Proche-Orient, 70675 ANTELIAS, Liban (Tel : 961.3.732.390, Fax : 961.3.794.247, E-mail : [email protected]
OLEINIK Liubov, Member of the State Duma, Okhotny Ryad, 103256 MOSCOW, Russia (Tel: 00.7.095.292.41.01, Fax : 00.7.095.292.45.29)
ONCEANU Anatol, Adjoint au Maire de Chisinau, 83 Stefan al Mare, 2012 CHISINAU, Moldova (Tel : 373.2.22.40.14, Fax : 373.2.22.31.45)
OZTURK Bayran, Associated Professor Dr., Expert of the Pabsec, University of Istanbul, Faculty of Fisheries and underwater Technologies, ISTANBUL, Turkey (Tel./Fax : 0216.3239050, e.mail: [email protected])
PANA Viorel Marian, Member of PABSEC Economic Committee, Senate of Romania, 1, Piata Revolutiei, 70109 BUCHAREST, Romania (Tel : 40.1.313.35.07, Fax : 40.1.312.11.84)
PAVAN Mario, Professeur, Centro interdisciplinare di Bioacustica e richerche ambientali, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Via Taramelli 24, PAVIA, Italia (Tel/Fax : 382.52.62.08)
PENCIUC Corin, Councillor, Piata 1 Decembrie 1918 n°12, ZALAU, Romania (Tel : 40.60.61.41.20, Fax : 40.60.66.10.97)
PERENYI Janos, Chairman of the Ministers’ Deputies, Council of Europe, 67075 STRASBOURG, France (Tel: 00.33.3.88.41.20.00, Fax: 00.33.3.88.41.27.81)
PITIGOI Barbu, Member of PABSEC Economic Committee, Chamber of Deputies of Romania, BUCHAREST, Romania (Tel : 40.1.402.14.37, Fax : 40.1.312.66.00)
POSTIGLIONE Amedeo, Director International Court of the Environment Foundation, Judge Supreme Court, Corte di Cassazione Piazza Cavour 1, 00193 ROMA, Italie (Tel : 39.06.68.89.70.46, Fax : 39.06.68.89.70.76, E-mail : [email protected]
POTIE Louis, Expert – conférencier, Roseraie-Borely, D, 53 Avenue de Hambourg, 13008 MARSEILLE, France (Tel : 04.91.73.25.87, Fax : 04.79.38.82.21, E-mail : [email protected]
RAKHANSKIY Anatoliy, M.P., Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, KYIV, 5 Grushevskiy. Str., Ukraine (Tel. : 380.44.29.17.470, Fax : 380.44.44.623.09)
RAMA Besnik, Assistant to the Speaker of Parliament, Parliament of Republica of Albania, TIRANA, Albania (Tel : 355.42.62.003, Fax : 355.42.27.949, RATKOVIC Vesna)
RISARI Gianni, Deputy, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Chambre des Députés, 00100 ROME, Italie (Tel : 0.33.56.36.26.68, Fax : 0.37.38.34.03, E-mail : [email protected]
RISE Lars, Member of the Parliament, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Stortinget, 0026 OSLO, Norway (Tel. : 00.47.22.31.31.92, Fax : 00.47.22.31.38.27, e.mail : [email protected])
SAMOÏLENKO Valery, SANETRA Eugène Mayor of Krasnodar, 122 Kranaya Str., 350000 KRASNODAR, RUSSIA (Tel: 00.7.8612.55.43.48, Fax: 00.7.8612.55.98.55)
SANETRA Eugène, Maire adjoint de Montreuil, Hôtel de Ville, 93100 MONTREUIL, France (Tel : 01.48.70.63.89, Fax : 01.48.70.61.00)
SEHNALOVA Olga, Deputy, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Snemovni 4, 118 26 PRAHA 1, Czech Republic (Tel : 004202.57.17.42.57, Fax : 004202.53.99.05, E-mail : [email protected]
SHAWA Aown, Mayor of Gaza City, Palestine Square P.O.Box 16, GAZA, Palestine (Tel : 972.7.284.4055, Fax : 972.7.282.4400, E-mail : [email protected])
SHEVCHUK Anatoliy, Director General on Interparliamentary relations Directorate, Secretariat of Parliament of Ukraine, 5 Grushevskiy Str., KYIV, Ukraine (Tel. : 380.44.226.26.50)
SIFAOUI Mohamed Moncef, Maire de Bizerte, Tunisie (Tel. 431.011)
SPACAPAN Crtomir, Mayor of Nova Gorica, Mestna Obicina Nova Gorica, 5000 NOVA GORICA, Slovenia (Tel : 00.386.65.27.470, Fax: 00.386.65.21.233)
STAES Paul, Sénateur, Membre de l’Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l’Europe, Sénat de Belgique, 1006 BRUXELLES, Belgique
STAROSELSKEY Boris, Chief of the Department of Foreign Economic Relations, Krasnodar, Mayor’s office, KRASNODAR, Russia (Tel. 00.7.8612.570555, Fax : 00.7.8612.573107)
STEFAN Iuliana, International Organisation for Migrations, Chief of Mission, ANKARA, Turkey
STEPOVA, Vlasta, Deputy, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Delegation of the Czech Republic, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Poslanecka Snemovna, Snemovni 4, 118 26 PRAHA 1, Czech Republic (Tel : 004202.57.17.42.57, Fax : 004202.53.99.05, E-mail : [email protected])
TALPA Sergiu, International relations Department, City of Chisinau, Republic of Moldova (Tel. 373.2.213.513 ; 22.05.51)
TAN Ahmet, Minister of Turism of Turkey, ANKARA, Turkey
TAZI SADEQ Houria, Avocate, Présidente de l’ALMAE, Titulaire Chaire Unesco, Interdisciplinaire pour une gestion durable de l’eau, Ecole Hassania des Travaux Publics, 36 B Bld d’Anfa, Résidence Anafé, CASABLANCA, Maroc (Tel : 212.2.49.15.73, GSM : 212.1.17.21.54, Fax : 212.2.22.33.97, E-mail : [email protected]
TOKSÖZ Fïkret, Secretary General – UMMR, Zindankapi Degirmen Sok n°15, 34460 EMINÖNIL – ISTANBUL, Turkey (Tel : 0212.5135650.51.52, Fax : 212.5265276, E-mail : [email protected]
TOSHEV Luchezar, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Head of the Bulgarian Delegation to Pace, Narodno Sobranie Sg 2, 3592 SOFIA, Bulgaria (Tel : 840.33.04, Fax : 980.89.16)
TUNA Muammer, Professor of sociology ((Environment, sustainable development), University of Mugla, Department of Sociology, MUGLA, Turkey (Tel. : 90.252.212.4002, e.mail : [email protected])
TURKEKUL Seyfethin, Environment Director for Mugla, She Mahallesi n° 2, MUGLA, Turkey (Tel. : 90.252.212.61.26, Fax : 90.252.214.98.00)
UMANIUK Ion, Senior adviser, Foreign Affairs Department, Col Stefan Cel Mare 105, 2073 CHISINAU, Moldova (Tel : 373.2.27.70.91, Fax : 373.2.23.32.10, E-mail : [email protected])
UNGUREANU Rodica (Mrs), Conseiller parlementaire à la Chambre des Députés, Palais du Parlement, Calea 1 Septembrie, 76117 BUCAREST, Roumanie (Tel : 401.311.36.05, Fax : 401.312.09.02)
UNTUNA Beyza, Head of Multilateral Department, Directorate General for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Balgat, ANKARA 06100, Turkey (Tel. : 90.312.285.46.15, Fax. : 90.312.287.16.48)
VORONIN Stanislav, Professor, Dr. of Science, Krasnodar, Mayor’s Office, KRASNODAR, Russia (Tel.: 007.8612.57.65.34, Fax : 007.8612.55.98.55)
XHELO Pranvera, Foreign Relations Department, Parliament of the Republic of Albania, TIRANA, Albania (Tel : 355.42.62.003, Fax : 355.42.27.949)
YASAMIS Firuz (Prof. Dr), Under Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Tezel Sde I-A/14, Y. Ayrana, ANKARA, Turkey (Tel.: 90.532.361.91.56)
YILDIRIM Ferzab, General Director, Wald-Yerebatan Cad.2 Sultanakmet, 34400 ISTANBUL, Turkey (Tel : 0212.512.62.69, Fax : 0212.519.00.60, E-mail : [email protected])
ZIERER Benno, Deputy, Bundeshaus, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, D – 11011 BERLIN (Tél : 228.16.83.675, Fax : 228.16.86.518)
COUNCIL OF EUROPE / CONSEIL DE L'EUROPE
Secretariat of the Council of Europe
LOCATELLI Rinaldo, Head of the Congress Secretariat
MASSIE Roger, Deputy Secretary to the Committee of Ministers
HARTLAND John, Head of Division, Parliamentary Assembly
CAGNOLATI Antonella, Secretary to the Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities of the Parliamentary Assembly
CHEVTCHENKO Pavel, Co-Secretary to the Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities of the Parliamentary Assembly
MENGER Marie-Anne, Executive Assistant to the Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly
REMILI Mehdi, Administrative assistant to the Secretariat of the Congress
TAESCH Linette, Assistant to the Secretariat of the Congress
SCHNEIDER Annick, Assistant to the Secretariat of the Congress
Interpreters :
Mrs Zeynep BEKDIK
Mme Maria-Serena CONCILIO
Mme Ruth LEVY-BERLOWITZ
Mlle Anne MILES
Mme Michelina PROCACCI
M. Robert SZYMANSKI
Mme Ania TURI WORONTZOFF
M. Leonid VEKCHINE
M. Jean-Louis WÜNSCH
M. Nikolai ZAITSEV
PAYS INVITES / INVITED COUNTRIES
ALGERIE / ALGERIA
CHERIF Abdelmadjid , Vice-President de l’Assemblée Populaire Nationale
ZOUAOUI Amar, Vice-President du Sénat
BENYOUNES Amara, Député
ROUAGHA Abderrahmane, Député
BENHALIMA Boutouiga, Sénateur
AKID Racid, Sénateur
HAMADACHE Ahmed, Sénateur
SEDDIK Salah, Attaché au Protocole
TARFAIA Lamine, Conseiller
ASSEMBLEE POPULAIRE NATIONALE
18 bd Zirout Youcef, ALGER, Algérie, Tél : (213) 1 74 01 58
EGYPTE / EGYPT
People's Assembly
TAROUTY Salah, Chairman of the Committee of Culture, Information et Tourism
ISMAIL Mohamed, Member of the Parliament of Egypt
OMAR Ibrahim, Member of the Parliament of Egypt
ALKOMSANY Mohammed, Member of the Parliament of Egypt
MAAZ Josry, Member of the Parliament of Egypt
MANSOUR Abdelouhab, Member of the Parliament of Egypt
People’s Assembly
CAIRO, Egypt (Tel. : 00.02.355.23.45, Fax. : 00.02.355.78.05)
MAROC / MOROCCO
BELHASSANE Mohammed, Président du Conseil municipal d’Erfoud, Hotel El Ati, Route Rissani - BP 14, ERFOUD (Tel (212) 5 57 73 73 / 5 57 73 72 / 1 14 97 04
Fax (212) 5 57 70 86)
EL ANSARI Mohamed, Président de commune, Conseiller régional de la région Meknes-Tafilalet, Parlementaire, 4 Ras Aghil-Belle-Vue, MEKNES (Tel (212) 5 52 32 85 / 1 18 36 84, Fax (212) 5 52 32 85)
EL BOUTAHIRI Boutaher, Parlementaire, Conseiller régional de la région de Taza Al Hoceima-Taounate, Rue M.Y. Ismayl, AL HOCEIMA (Tel (212) 9 80 42 58, Fax : (212) 1 20 94 60)
LAENSER Mohand, Député et Président de la région de Fes-Boulemane, Willaya de Fes, FES (Tel (212) 7 76 73 20 / 5 62 27 05 / 5 94 20 87, Fax : (212) 5 94 20 85)
LAHMIDI Abdelkader, Ancien Expert Permanent du Plan Bleu du Plan d’Action pour la Méditerranée, Hay Rias, Rue Acaena, Secteur 3 n° D4, RABAT (Tél. bureau (212) 76 94 13, Fax (212) 76 84 26)
SAGHIR Abdelouahab, Secrétaire du Conseil, Communauté Urbaine de Fès, FES (Tel : (212) 5 93 11 12 / 5 62 20 34)