16th International CEMAT Symposium and 12th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention
Thessalonica, Greece, 2-3 October 2012
The 16th International CEMAT Symposium and 12th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention was held in Thessalonica (Greece) on 2-3 October 2012.
The main subject of the Symposium was "Vision for the future of Europe on territorial democracy: Landscape as a new strategy for spatial planning".
An optional study visit took place on 1 October. The 94th Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials of the CEMAT will be held on 4 October. (restricted meeting).
Documents and speeches
Tuesday 2 October 2012
Opening addresses
- Mr Sokratis ALEXIADIS, General Secretary, Regional Planning and Urban Development, Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Greece
- Ms Maguelonne DEJEANT-PONS, Representative of the Secretariat General of the Council of Europe, Head of the Landscape, Cultural Heritage and Spatial Planning Division of the Council of Europe, Executive Secretary of the European Landscape Convention, CEMAT
- Ms Polyxeni ZEIKOU, Director, General Secretariat of Regional Planning and Urban Development, Spatial Planning Division, Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Greece
- Mr Nikolaos CHOURVOULIADIS, Advisor of the Region of Central Macedonia
Introductory statements
- Mr Elias BERIATOS, Chair of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers respons ible for Spatial/Regional Planning (CEMAT)
- Ms Maria José FESTAS, Chair of the Council of Europe Conference for the European Landscape Convention, Vice-Chair of the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) and Representative of Portugal to the Committee of Senior Officials of the CEMAT
- Ms Anne-Marie Marie CHAVANON, Chair of the Democracy, Social Cohesion and Global Challenges Committee of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe
- Mr Ilya YAROVOY, Professor, Architectural Institute of Moscow, on behalf of Mr Valery SUDARENKOV, Member of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of Russia
- Mr Thymio PAPAYANNIS (speech and powerpoint), President of the National Landscape Committee of Greece, Director of the Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (Med-INA)
- Mr Anestis GOURGIOTIS, Urban Senior Official, Representative of Greece at the Committee of Senior Officials of the CEMAT, Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change
THE GREEK LANDSCAPES
- Understanding modern Greek landscapes
Mr Costis HADJIMICHALIS (speech and powerpoint), Professor, Department of Geography, Harokopio University, Athens - Landscape for society in times of change
Ms Theano S. TERKENLI, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of the Aegean
THEME I - USING LANDSCAPE AS AN APPROACH TO SPATIAL PLANNING
- Spatial planning and landscape (speech and powerpoint)
Mr Florencio ZOIDO NARANJO, Director of the Centre for Landscape and Territory of Andalusia, Spain - The post-productive rural landscape as a marker of ‘quality’ and ‘tradition’(speech and powerpoint)
Mr Thanasis KIZOS, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Aegean, Greece - Infrastructure, structuring of the territory and landscape (speech and powerpoint)
Mr Ignacio ESPANOL ECHANIZ, Senior Lecturer in Landscape and Infrastructure Polytechnic University of Madrid
THEME II - INNOVATIVES TOOLS INCENTIVES AND PROJECTS: THE NATIONAL SPATIAL PLANING POLICIES
- From the Carbonia Project to the Sulcis-Iglesiente Project: The rehabilitation of the “foundation cities” and of the modern industrial landscapes(speech and powerpoint)
Mr Salvatore CHERCHI, President of the Province of Carbonia Iglesias, Italy - The experience of Carbonia, Landscape Award of the Council of Europe 2010-2011
Mr Mauro ESU, Councillor, Chairman of Heritage and Urban Committee of Carbonia - Human beings are geographical and sensitive
Mr Yves LUGINBÜHL, Professor at the University of Paris, France - Innovative tools for rural development (speech and powerpoint)
Mr Régis AMBROISE, Ministry of Agriculture, Agroalimentary and Forestry, France - Civil society and landscape
Mr Dirk GOTZMAN, Director of Civilscape
Mr Olaf KÜHNE, Institute for Sustainability, Saarland University
EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLICIES AND DISCUSSION
Introduction
- Integrating the study of landscape in the spatial plans of Greece (speech and powerpoint)
Mr Anestis GOURGIOTIS, Spatial-Urban Senior Official, Representative of Greece at the Committee of Senior Officials of the CEMAT and Ms Aphrodite SOROTOU, Head of Scientific Secretariat of the Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (Med-INA)
Belgium
Ms Mireille DECONINCK (speech and powerpoint), Officer, Departement of Regional Planning, General Directorate of Spatial planning, Housing and Heritage and of Energy, Public Service of Wallonia, Walloon Region
Ms Sarah de MEYER (speech and powerpoint), Policy Officer, Department of Spatial Planning, Housing and Immovable Heritage, Flemish Region
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ms Lamija ABDIJEVIC, Expert Adviser for Architectural Heritage with the Bureau for Protection of Monuments of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ministry of Civil Affairs
Ms Svetlana SILJEGOVIC, Expert Adviser for Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage with the Bureau for Protection of Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage of the Republic of Srpska, Ministry of Civil Affairs
Bulgaria
Ms Kapka PANTCHEVA (speech and powerpoint), Pr “Master Plan for Central Region of Bulgaria”
Ms Katinka MIHOVA (speech), Professor, Economics and Management of Landscape Architecture University of Forestry
Mr Rosen GURKOV, Landscape Architect
Croatia (speech and powerpoint)
Ms Gordana KOVAČEVIĆ, Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning
Ms Biserka DUMBOVIC-BILUSIC, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Culture
Czech Republic
Ms Hana MACHOVA (speech and powerpoint), Officer, Spatial Planning Department, Ministry for Regional Development
Mr Petr LEPESKA, Officer, Town and Country Planning Department, Ministry for Regional Development
Estonia
Ms Maila KUUSIK, Advisor, Spatial Planning Department, Ministry of the Interior
Finland (speech and powerpoint)
Mr Tapio HEIKKILÄ, Senior Advisor, Responsible for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention, Ministry of the Environment
Ms Tuija MIKKONEN, Senior Specialist, Ministry of the Environment
France
Ms Aurélie FRANCHI (speech and powerpoint), Policy Officer for Landscape, Directorate for Housing Urban Development and Landscapes, Directorate of Urban Planning and Quality of Life, Landscape and Publicity Office, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy
Rapporteur
Mr Audun MOFLAG, Former Member of the Committee of Senior Officials, Norway
Wednesday 3 October 2012
THEME III - LANDSCAPE, SPATIAL PLANNING AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
- Landscape: the role of the Ombudsman
Mr Ion SAYAS, Deputy Ombudsman of Greece - Landscape: a globalising approach
Mr Bernard LASSUS, Landscape Architect, National Landscape Grand Prize, France - Participation in spatial planning
Mr Joseph SALAMON, Director of the Organisation of the Pole Space and Landscape, Cergy-Pontoise - Landscape and civil society: towards new forms of participation
Mr Pere SALA I MARTI, Coordinator of the Landscape Observatory of Catalonia - Public participation: integrating the past, present and future landscape (speech and powerpoint)
Mr Alan LESLIE, Northlight Heritage, United Kingdom
Mr Chris DALGLISH, Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Glasgow
Mr Kenny BROPHY, Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Glasgow
Mr Gavin MACGREGOR, Northlight Heritage, United Kingdom - Rapporteur
Mr Jean-Claude ROUARD, Specialist on rural development, former Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture, France - Mediterranean
Mr Saverio MAESTRALI, Photographer
EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLICIES AND DISCUSSION
Introduction
- The sea inside: inventing seascape strategies as urbanity generators of Thessaloniki in the age of crisis
Mr Lois PAPADOPOULOS, Professor School of Architecture University of Thessaly
Hungary
Mr Gabor KISS, Senior Councillor, National Representative for the European Landscape Convention, Ministry of Rural Development
Italy
Ms Maria Maddalena ALESSANDRO (speech and powerpoint), Architect, Office of Landscape Quality and Preservation, Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities
Mr Mauro AGNOLETTI, Coordinator of the Working Group Landscape – National Plan for Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Latvia
Ms Dace GRANTA (speech and powerpoint), Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
Lithuania
Mrs Irma GRIGAITIENE (speech and powerpoint), Head of the Protected Areas, Ministry of Culture
Luxemburg
Mr Jean-Claude SINNER (speech and powerpoint), Councellor of governement 1st class, Department of spatial planning, Ministry of Sustainable development and infrastructures
Malta
Ms Anja DELIA, Senior Planning Officer, Malta Environment and Planning Authority
Moldova
Mr Serghei MUNTEANU, Division of Architecture, projections, urbanism and spatial planning, Ministry of Territorial development and Construction
Montenegro
Ms Sanja LJESKOVIC MITROVIC, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism
Rapporteur
- Mr Enrico BUERGI, Chair of the Jury of the Council of Europe Landscape Award, Former Chair of the Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention, Switzerland
Norway
Ms Liv Kirstine MORTENSEN (speech and powerpoint), Senior Advisor, Department of Regional Planning, Ministry of the Environment
Poland
Ms Małgorzata OPECHOWSKA, Officer, Department for Nature Protection, General Directorate for Environmental Protection
Mr Marceij BORSA, Director of Bureau, Regional Bureau of Spatial Planning (WBU)
Serbia
Ms Biljana FILIPOVIC, Senior Advisor for International Cooperation, Ministry of Mining, Environment and Spatial Planning
Slovak Republic
Ms Ida REPASKA, State Advisor, Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development
Mr Tibor NEMETH, Head of the Unit of Spatial Planning, Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development
Spain
Ms Margarita ORTEGA, Former representative of Spain at the Committee of Senior Officials of the CEMAT and Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention
Sweden
Ms Anita BERGENSTRAHLE-LIND (speech and powerpoint), Deputy Head of Sustainable Management Department, Swedish National Heritage Board
Speech and powerpoint by Mr Leif GREN, Senior Advisor, Swedish National Heritage Board, Representative of Sweden for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention and Ms Cecilia ULFHIELM, Special Advisor, Swedish Forest Agency
Switzerland
Mr Andreas STALDER (speech and powerpoint), Senior Advisor, Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication, Federal Office of the Environment, Forestry and Landscape, Switzerland
Ukraine
Ms Anastasiia OLESCHENKO (speech and powerpoint), Institute “Dipromisto” – Tissa Project TICAD
Rapporteur
- Mr Jean-François SEGUIN, former President of the Conference of the Council of Europe for the European Landscape Convention
CLOSING SESSION
Conclusions
- Ms Maggie ROE, Professor of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom, Member of the Landscape Research Group
- Mr Patrice COLLIGNON, Director of the International Association Rurality, Environment, Development
- Mr Thymio PAPAYANNIS, President of the National Landscape Committee of Greece, Director of the Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (Med-INA)
Concluding Remarks
- Mr Elias BERIATOS, Chair of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responible for Spatial/Regional Planning (CEMAT)
- Ms Maria José FESTAS, Chair of the Council of Europe Conference for the European Landscape Convention, Vice-Chair of the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) and Representative of Portugal to the Committee of Senior Officials of the CEMAT
- Ms Maguelonne DEJEANT-PONS, Executive Secretary of the CEMAT and European Landscape Convention, Head of Cultural Heritage, Landscape and Spatial Planning Division of the Council of Europe
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Armenia
Ms Ruzan ALAVERDYAN, Deputy Minister of Urban Development
Ms Anna DI BENE, Representative of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities in the Region of Umbria, Italy