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1 news Newsletter n. 2 August 2018 news CALRE Dear Readers, It is with great satisfaction that I introduce the new image of CALRE s Newsletter, a privileged channel for disseminating the activity developed by this Conference during the year and also for sharing the activities held by its member Assemblies and Parliaments, wherefore I reiterate the invitation to its diffusion. Follow us: calrenet Besides the news sent by CALRE s members, you will find in this edition information on the second Standing Committee meeting, on the third edition of CALRE Award, as well as on the commemorative activities on Europe Day, World Environment Day, World Refugee Day and on the 30th anniversary of Cohesion Policy. Finally, I want to underline that registrations for CALRE s workshop, Regional Legislative Parliaments: what role in EU s Cohesion Policy beyond 2020?, within the scope of the European Week for Regions and Cities, are open, as well as registrations for the Plenary Assembly, to be held in November, on Faial Island, Azores. We look forward to seeing you! CALRE is () all of us! Ana Luís, President of CALRE 2018 WG AGENDA working groups & CALRE CALRE AWARDS Registrations for CALRE s Plenary Assembly are open until 1 October, 2018

2 CALRE President of the Parliament of Madeira attends the Plenary Assembly of the European Committee of the Regions José Lino Tranquada Gomes, President of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, attended the Plenary Assembly of the European Committee of the Regions, which took place in Brussels, on 4 July, on behalf of CALRE. CALRE S II Standing Committee Meeting meets in Brussels CALRE s Standing Committee meeting was held last 28 June, at the Committee of the Regions, in Brussels, in which the reflection on the future of CALRE, one of the main pillars of the Working Programme for this year, was highlighted with the presentation of the documents that summarise the suggestions and contributions of the several CALRE s Parliaments on this important subject. Statement of the President of CALRE on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the EU s Cohesion Policy The European Union celebrates, today, the 30th anniversary of the Cohesion Policy establishment, a date that should precisely be mentioned in all the European regions, not only remembering its decisive contribution to the regional development and the differences decrease between the several European territories, but also highlighting the enormous challenges that are placed... Statement of the President of CALRE on the occasion of the World Refugee Day On the day we celebrate the World Refugee Day, established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2000, we remember the courage and strength, but also the suffering and despair of millions of refugees throughout the world.

3 CALRE CALRE celebrates World Environment Day The Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE) celebrated World Environment Day with an initiative launched to its Assemblies and Parliaments and which consisted of planting a tree or plant in the gardens of their buildings with a plate of CALRE or other environmental initiative they found relevant and more suitable to each region. Vice-President of the Bavarian State Parliament attends the Hearing of the Task Force on Subsidiarity at the European Committee of the Regions The Vice-President of the Bavarian State Parliament, Reinhold Bocklet, attended the hearing to support the work of the Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently, hosted by the European Committe of the Regions last 28 May, on behalf of CALRE. President of the Regional Assembly of Murcia attends the XXII Conference of UNALE The President of the Regional Assembly of Murcia, Rosa Peñalver, represented in Brazil the 74 regional parliaments of Europe in the Conference of Legislative States. Peñalver defended paradiplomacy as a necessary model to strengthen international relations and respond effectively to the common challenges of... CALRE celebrates Europe Day The Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE) celebrated Europe Day with an initiative launched to its Assemblies and Parliaments and which consisted of illuminating the façade of their buildings with blue colour or projecting the European Union flag.

4 WG working groups CALRE Working Group on Depopulation and Ageing has launched its own website in order to promote a Forum for exchange of best practices on Depopulation and Ageing Take part on its Awards Against Depopulation and Ageing! CALRE Working Group on Depopulation and Ageing chaired by Silvia Clemente will award best ideas to fight against Depopulation and Ageing The Coordinator of the CALRE Working Group on Depopulation and Ageing and President of Cortes de Castilla y León has announced the launch of the Working Group Forum aimed at sharing the best ideias. Furthermore, this Working Group is draftung a position paper addressed to cope depopulation... CALRE Working Group on Subsidiarity meets in Brussels Coordinator of the CALRE Working Group on Subsidiarity, First Vice President of Bavarian State Parliament Reinhold Bocklet and members of the group discussed with Prof. Dr. Christian Calliess EU-Commission`s Task Force on Subsidiarity and with Prof. Dr. Klemens H. Fischer the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. CALRE Working Groups For further information on CALRE s Working Groups activities, please go to:

5 Project "Small Citizens on the Island" displayed at the Azorean Parliament The project "Small Citizens on the Island" was an initiative of the Pre-School Department of Escola Básica e Integrada (EBI) da Horta (group of Horta s elementary schools), and its main objective was education for citizenship and training responsible, independent and supportive children through activities specially created for this purpose. The Parliament of Andalusia celebrates the declaration of the Caliphate City of Medina Azahara as a UNESCO World Heritage The President of the Parliament of Andalusia, Juan Pablo Durán, moved his congratulations and that of the Andalusian Parliament to all Cordovans and Andalusians after the declaration of the Caliphate City of Medina Azahara as a UNESCO World Heritage, in a verdict made public on July 1. The Flag of Diversity reminds in the Andalusian Parliament the avant-garde Law on Equal Treatment and against the discrimination of LGTBI people approved unanimously The Parliament of Andalusia joined the events for the LGTBI Pride Day raising the flag of Diversity before the facade of the Parliament. This year, the celebration of June 28 has special relevance after the unanimously approval in the Autonomous Chamber, on December 19, 2017, of the Law of Equality of... President Barbara Stamm awards the initiative Pulse of Europe, Bavaria President Barbara Stamm awarded the initiative Pulse of Europe, Bavaria with the Citizens Award 2018 Bavarians live Europe for their dedication to the future of Europe: Europe is a great achievement of peace, common values and economic stability, which must be preserved and strengthened, President Stamm emphasized. Photo: Rolf Poss Bildarchiv Bayerischer Landtag

6 The Parliament of the Canary Islands opens collaboration lines with the United Nations Development Program The President, Carolina Darias, presented in Brussels the project for a Canarian strategy of sustainable development launched by the chamber. Students António José de Ávila Elementary School exhibit at the Azorean Parliament The exhibition Da imagem nasce uma história ( From the image a history is born ) by students the 6th grade of António José de Ávila Elementary School, Horta, was displayed at the Azorean Parliament premises. The exhibition was made up of work performed in Visual and Technological Education and Portuguese classes during the school year of 2017/2018. Regional Assembly of Murcia joins the Declaration of the European Parliaments in solidarity with the refugees Humanitarian crisis due to the arrival of refugees in Europe and elaboration of a humanitarian reception plan for refugees in our Community an institutional declaration approved unanimously in plenary session of the Regional Assembly of Murcia, supports the demands of humanitarian aid and awareness of the drama that millions of refugees live in the world. IX Jornadas Parlamentares Atlânticas (Atlantic Parliamentary Days) hold 17 to 20 June in the Autonomous Region of the Azores The IX Jornadas Parlamentares Atlânticas (Atlantic Parliamentary Days) were held 17 to 20 June in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, bringing together the Presidents and Deputies of the Parliaments of the Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde.

7 Carolina Darias defends a future of the Outermost Regions (Ors) according to the spirit of the European constitutional treaty The President of the Canarian Chamber intervened in the opening of the conference and called for a strengthening of the alliance bettween the regions of Macaronesia. President of European Commission visits the Bavarian State Parliament The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, visited the Bavarian State Parliament on 14 June and gave a speech at the plenary. President Barbara Stamm: "It is a great pleasure and honour for all of us to see President Juncker speak to Bavaria's representatives. Especially in these challenging times this visit is an important sign for a Europe of the regions and the importance of regional parliaments at European level." The Regional Assembly of Murcia commitments to renewable energy The Parliament of Murcia will contract the electricity supply companies that generate 100% of renewable energies. President Durán highlights that the work of the JRC Sevilla is a strength with which Andalusia contributes to good governance in Europe In the framework of the commemoration of Europe Day, the President of the Parliament of Andalusia, Juan Pablo Durán, visited the facilities of the Joint Research Center (JRC) of Seville, which advises the design and implementation of European policies through a triple specialization in socioeconomy,...

8 The II Regional Contest of School Debate of the Parliament of the Canary Islands ends Carolina Darias, President of the Parliament of the Canary Islands: Seeing what they have been able to do, there is no doubt that our future is not only in good hands, but in excellent heads and fantastic hearts. The Parliament of Andalusia welcomes the fact that the Sevillian firefighters of the NGO Proemaid have been declared innocent in the trial held in Lesbos The delegation of the Parliament of Andalusia displaced to Lesbos received with joy the declaration of innocents of the three Sevillian firefighters, Manuel Blanco, José Enrique Rodríguez and Julio Latorre, indicted on the Greek island of Lesbos, who were tried on May 7 by an alleged crime of trafficking in persons... Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Protection, EU Commission, visits the Bavarian State Parliament In April First Vice President Reinhold Bocklet officially received Christos Stylianides, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Protection, with his delegation to discuss the Commission's proposal to install a joint European civil protection unit, as the Bavarian State Parliament complained that the draft in question did not comply with the principle of subsidiarity. Photo: Rolf Poss Bildarchiv Bayerischer Landtag Presidium of the Bavarian State Parliament and the Committee on Constitution, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs in Brussels In April the Presidium of the Bavarian State Parliament and the Committee on Constitution, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs visited Brussels for the opening of new office rooms for his Liaison Office, located since 2010 at the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria in Brussels.

9 The Legislative Chamber of the Region of Murcia condemns the violence against women The Legislative Chamber of the Region of Murcia condemns the violence against women by public representatives. The Plenary Assembly of the Regional Assembly of Murcia expressed through an institutional statement unanimously approved "the most absolute condemnation and rejection without palliative to any demonstration or statement made the political and The Regional Assembly of Murcia joins the commemoration of Roma Day The Regional Assembly of Murcia joins the commemoration of international Roma Day in recognition of its important cultural heritage, language and history, and in tribune and remembrance to all those Gypsy victms of a long history of exclusion, rejection and persecution.

10 Europe Day CALRE celebrated Europe Day, last 9 May, by illuminating the façades of the participating Assemblies and Parliaments with the colour blue and/ or by projecting the EU flag. Video World Environment Day CALRE joined the celebration of World Environment Day, last 5 June, by planting a tree or plant marked with a plate of CALRE in the gardens of the participating Assemblies and Parliaments or other environmental i n i t i a t i v e r e l e v a n t a n d m o r e s u i t a b l e t o e a c h r e g i o n. Video

11 AGENDA & AWARDS CALRE Award 2018 CALRE s Standing Committee evaluated, last 28 June, during its second meeting, in Brussels, the ten applications six parliaments for the third edition of CALRE s Award Stars of Europe, whose main objective is to bring out best practices and initiatives adopted by CALRE s European Regional Assemblies. The following initiatives received the highest number of votes: I Regional School Discussion Competition, Parliament of Canary Islands, and Citizen Participation Project, Parliament of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation/ French-speaking Community, first place, Castilla y León, Land to Welcome, Parliament of Castilla y Léon, and Work Methodology for the Realization of the Mixed Movements of Populations and Human Rights Report, Parliament of the Canary Islands, second and third places, respectively. The prizes will be awarded at CALRE s Plenary Assembly, which will be held on 21 and 22 November, on Faial Island. Activity Schedule 6 September Working Group on Subsidiarity meeting September Study Visit Working Group on Depopulation and Ageing 26 September Working Group on Language and Cultural Diversity meeting 4-6 October Working Group on Gender Equality meeting 9 October Workshop Regional Legislative Parliaments of the EU: what role in post 2020 Cohesion Policy? October Working Group on Strategy for a Sustainable Development of the European Regions meeting 20 November 3rd Standing Committee meeting 21 November Plenary Assembly 22 November I Transatlantic Parlamentary Forum