2017 activities calendar

JANUARY

26 January 2017
Steering Committee meeting of the PCF Programme
Strasbourg, France

FEBRUARY

8 February 2017
International Conference on Inter-municipal Cooperation and Good Governance under the Cypriot chairmanship of the CoE
Nicosia, Cyprus
21-22 February 2017
Leadership Academy of the Council of Europe for heads of amalgamated territorial communities
Ukraine
22 February 2017
Human Resources Management: Expert meeting
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date tbc
Steering committee
Belgrade, Serbia
21-24 February 2017
Local Financial Management and Fiscal Dependency consultations
Athens, Greece

MARCH

2-3 March 2017
CDDG working group on on the revision of Recommendation CM\Rec(2001)19
Strasbourg, France
6-7 and 9-10 March 2017
Training on Enhancing Public (Financial) Governance and Management in European Cities (in cooperation with European Institute of Public Administration)
Vienna, Austria
6-10 March 2017
Winter school 2017 for experts on local government
Innsbruck, Austria
13 March 2017
Decentralisation in Ukraine: Steering Committee meeting
Kyiv, Ukraine
20-21 March 2017
Public Administration Reform in the Balkans – shared experience and future cooperation. A regional event in the context of the Albanian project to share progress and identify opportunities for future activities
Tirana, Albania
22-23 March 2017
Policy advice on islands' municipalities competences, consultations
Athens, Greece
24 March 2017
Steering Committee Meeting
Athens, Greece
31 March 2017
Training on Enhancing Public (Financial) Governance and Management in European Cities (in cooperation with European Institute of Public Administration)
Armenia
Date tbc
Training on Enhancing Public (Financial) Governance and Management in European Cities (in cooperation with European Institute of Public Administration)
Republic of Moldova

APRIL

3-7 April 2017
Policy advice on islands' municipalities competences, consultations
Athens, Greece
3-10 April 2017
Fiscal supervision system of local government and decentralised administration, in-depth interviews
tbc
4-5 April 2017
Conducting the pre-feasibility study for Adjara region
Tbilisi, Georgia
4-6 April 2017
Leadership Academy Program for Cross-Border Cooperation.
Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
5-7 April 2017
2nd of ToT and 2nd stage of Leadership Academy Program for Lithuanian Mayors
Druskininkai, Lithuania
6 April 2017
Reporting on piloting of the Local Finance Benchmarking (LFB) and introducing the LFB database in Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia
24-28 April 2017
Participation of the Centre of Expertise to the 16th session of the United Nations Committee of Experts in Public Administration (UN CEPA)
New York, United States
25-26 April 2017
Conference on quality and cost indicators and standards for decentralised services
Bucharest, Romania
28 April 2017
Council for Cooperation of Local Self-Government Bodies
Minsk, Belarus
30 April 2017
Study visit on Inter-municipal cooperation
Spain
Date tbc
European Label of Governance Excellence Workshop
Bilbao, Spain

MAY

11-12 May 2017
7th CDDG meeting
Strasbourg, France
15 May 2017
Award Ceremony of Best Practice Programme and Launch of European Label of Governance Excellence
Chersonissos, Greece
31 May 2017
Country based meetings to promote the local finance database and local finance benchmark web portals including targeted expert meetings
Ukraine
Date tbc
Training Need Analysis Worshop
Nicosia, Cyprus
Date tbc
Local Finance Benchmarking Conference
Nicosia, Cyprus

JUNE

5-9 June 2017
Final Stage Leadership Academy Program for Lithuanian Mayors
Druskininkai, Lithuania
6-9 June 2017
Leadership Academy Programme for Cross-Border Cooperation
Herceg Novi, Montenegro
19-22 June 2017
Best Practice Programme awarded Greek municipalities study visit
Dubrovnik, Croatia
26-28 June 2017
Study visit on sharing inter-municipal co-operation experience
Bilbao, Spain
27 June 2017
Best Practice Programme Open Day
Tripoli, Greece
28 June 2017
Steering Committee Meeting
Athens, Greece
30 June 2017
Study visit
Italy
Date tbc
Round table to present the results of the second phase of Local Finance Benchmarking
Armenia

JULY

31 July 2017
Country based round-table on Inter Municipal Cooperation to present the results of pilots and the expert recommendations
Armenia
31 July 2017
Country based round-table on Inter Municipal Cooperation to present the results of pilots and the expert recommendations
Georgia
31 July 2017
Regional workshop to present the local finance database and local finance benchmark portals
Ukraine
Date tbc
Country based round-table on Inter Municipal Cooperation to present the results of pilots and the expert recommendations
Republic of Moldova