1. DRAFT AGENDA
Joint Conference of Mayors
on the impact of intra-EU mobility of EU citizens at local level
Co-organised by the European Commission and
the Committee of the Regions
Tuesday 11 February 2014
9.30 – 12.45 and 14.00 – 18:00
Brussels, Rue Belliard, 99-101 - Room JDE 52
9:00 - 9:30
Arrival and accreditation of participants
9:30
OPENING WORDS
• László ANDOR, Member of the European Commission responsible for Employment,
Social Affairs and Inclusion (video message)
• Dimitrios KAFANTARIS, Mayor of Pylos
• Mercedes BRESSO, 1st Vice-President of the Committee of the Regions
• Françoise LE BAIL, Director-General for Justice, European Commission
10 :00 - 10:40
INFORMATION SESSION: EU POLICIES ON FREE
MOVEMENT AND INCLUSION FOR THE LOCAL LEVEL
• Claudia GALLO, Ernst & Young,
• Chiara ADAMO, European Commission, DG Justice, Head of Unit for Union Citizenship
…and Free Movement
• Armindo SILVA, European Commission, DG Employment, Social affairs and Inclusion,
Director for Employment and Social Legislation, Social Dialogue
• Charlina VITCHEVA, European Commission, DG Regional Policy, Director for
Inclusive Growth, Urban and Territorial Development and Northern Europe

2. 11:00 - 12:45
PANEL I: EXPERIENCES OF CITIES: IMPLEMENTING LOCAL
POLICIES ON FREE MOVEMENT AND INCLUSION
Chair: Agnieszka KUDLINSKA, Director for Consultative Work at the
Committee of the Regions
11:00-11:45
Panel interventions
• Anna KÖNIG JERLMYR, Vice-Mayor of Stockholm for Social Affairs
• Antonio COSTA, Mayor of Lisbon andCchair of the Committee of
the Regions CIVEX commission
• Jan PÖRKSEN, Hamburg State Secretary for Work, Social Affairs, Family and
Integration
11:45-12:45
General discussion
12:45
Light lunch
14:15 - 15:45
PANEL II: IMPLEMENTING LOCAL POLICIES ON
FREE MOVEMENT AND INCLUSION
Chair: Chiara ADAMO, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG Justice,
Union Citizenship and Free Movement
14:15-15:00
Panel interventions
• Richard BLAKEWAY, Deputy Mayor of London for Housing, Land and Property
• Ovidiu PORTARIUC, Mayor of Botosani Municipality, Romania
• Gilles PARGNEAUX, Vice-President of Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai
15:00-16:00
General discussion
16:00 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 - 17:45
PANEL III:
IMPLEMENTING LOCAL POLICIES ON FREE
MOVEMENT AND INCLUSION
Chair : Lieve FRANSEN, Director European Commission, DG Employment
Europe2020: Social Policies
16:15-16:45
Panel interventions
• Marnix NORDER, Deputy Mayor of The Hague for Urban Development, Public Housing
and Integration
• Vladimir KISSIOV, Municipal Councillor of Sofia, 1st Vice-Chair of CoR, Commission for
Citizenship, Governance, Institutional & External Affairs
16:45-17:45
General discussion
17:45
CONCLUDING SPEECHES
• Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, President of the Committee of the Regions
• Viviane REDING, Vice-President of the European Commission