AS/Pol (2015) OJ 04
4 May 2015
Apoj04_15
Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
of the meeting which will take place in Rome, Italy
on 4 June 2015, from 9 am to 5.30 pm
and on 5 June 2015, from 9 am to 1 pm
Sala della Regina, Palazzo di Montecitorio
Piazza di Monte Citorio, 33
Thursday 4 June 2015, from 9 am to 1 pm
1. Agenda
[AS/Pol (2015) OJ 04]
Adoption of the agenda for the meeting
2. Minutes
[AS/Pol (2015) PV 03]
Approval of the minutes of the meeting held in Strasbourg, 20-23 April 2015
3. Situation in Hungary following the adoption of Assembly Resolution 1941 (2013)
Rapporteur: Mr Robert Walter, United Kingdom, EC
[AS/Pol (2015) 07]
Consideration of a draft report and vote on a preliminary draft resolution
4. Evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of Morocco
Rapporteur: Mr Bogdan Klich, Poland, EPP/CD
[AS/Pol (2015) 06]
Consideration of a draft report and vote on a preliminary draft resolution
5. The activities of the Organisation for Economic co-operation and development (OECD)
Rapporteur: Mr Tuur Elzinga, Netherlands, UEL
[AS/Pol (2015) 08]
Consideration of a preliminary draft report
6. Work programme
[AS/Pol (2015) WP 04]
7. Authorisations by the Committee
8. Other business
9. Next meetings
· during the 3rd part-session in Strasbourg (22-26 June 2015)
· 1 September 2015 (date and place to be confirmed)
· during the 4th part-session in Strasbourg (28 September-2 October 2015)
· 4 November 2015 (date and place to be confirmed)
· 8 December 2015 (date and place to be confirmed).
Thursday 4 June 2015, from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm
Participation of the Committee in the Conference organised by the Italian Chamber of Deputies on Transparency and ethics in parliament
Introductory speech by Ms Laura Boldrini, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Welcoming speech by Ms Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (to be confirmed)
Moderator: Ms Lucia Annunziata, Italian journalist
Speakers:
Mr Thomas Vennen, Head of the Democratisation Department, OSCE/ODIHR
Mr Michele Nicoletti, Chairperson of the Italian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, member of the Platform of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe against corruption
Mr Ferdinand Mélin-Soucramanien, Deontologist of the French National Assembly
Ms Kathryn Hudson, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Mr Charles W. Dent, Chairperson of the House Committee on Ethics, U.S. House of Representatives
Questions & answers
Mr Vittorio Alvino, President of Openpolis
Mr Raffaele Cantone, President of the Italian Anticorruption Authority
Friday 5 June 2015, from 9 am to 1 pm
Joint meeting of the Sub-Committee on External Relations and the Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World
Current political challenges and opportunities in the Mediterranean region
with the participation[1] of parliamentarians and/or representatives from Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, the Palestinian National Council and Tunisia, as well as Ms Gabriella Battaini Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Mr Gianni Buquicchio, President of the Venice Commission
Key-note speaker: Ambassador Luca Giansanti, Director General of Political Affairs and Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy
Case study: The current situation in Libya and its consequences
with the participation of Mr Bernardino León, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, and Ambassador Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi, Italian Ambassador to Libya
Exchange of views
Case study: The achievements of the political transition in Tunisia
with the participation of representatives from the Assembly of People’s Representatives of Tunisia (ARP) and Mr Jean Marie Bockel, Rapporteur
Exchange of views
Summing up by Ms Theodora Bakoyannis, Chairperson of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy