Fourth Conference of Member States of the Council of Europe on the European Landscape Convention
Agenda (Strasbourg, 22-23 March 2007)
THURSDAY 22 MARCH 2007
Opening of the session
Introductory speeches
- Mrs Gabriella BATTAINI-DRAGONI, Director General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport, Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
- Mrs Eleonora PETROVA-MITEVSKA, Representative of the Committee of Ministers, President of the Rapporteur Group on Education, Culture, Sport, Youth and Environment (GR-C)
- Mr Etienne VAN VAERENBERGH, Vice President of the Committee on Sustainable Development of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
- Mr Enrico BUERGI, President of the Conference of the European Landscape Convention on the occasion of its entry into force
Election of the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Conference
Adoption of the Agenda
[Document for decision: T-FLOR (2007) 3]
Session 1 – Progress of European cooperation
1. Elements of information
- Implementation of article 10, para. 1 of the Convention, concerning the implementation of the Convention
- Follow-up of the Recommendation of the Parliamentary Assembly concerning landscape
[Document for information: T-FLOR (2007) 4]
- Conclusions of the Meetings of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention
[Document for information : T-FLOR (2007) 5]
- “Landscapes for urban, suburban and peri-urban areas” (article 5, d. of the Convention), 16-17 June 2005, Cork, Ireland
- “Landscape and society” (preamble to the Convention), 11-12 May 2006, Ljubljana, Slovenia,
- “Landscape quality objectives: from theory to practice” (article 6 of the Convention, C, D, E), 28-29 September 2006, Girona, Spain,
- Conclusions of the National Seminars on the European Landscape Convention
[Document for information : T-FLOR (2007) 6]
- Seminar on “Spatial planning and landscape”, Moscow, Russian Federation, 26-27 April 2004,
- Seminar on “Sustainable spatial development and the European Landscape Convention”, Tulcea, Romania, 6-7 May 2004
- Seminar on “The contribution of Albania to the implementation of the European Landscape Convention”, Tirana, Albania, 15-16 December 2005
- Publications
- “Landscape and sustainable development; challenges of the European Landscape Convention”, Editions du Conseil de l’Europe, 2006
- “Landscape through literature”, Naturopa/Futuropa, n° 103, 2005 (special issue, European Landscape Convention)
- Proceedings of the Meetings of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention
- Proceedings of the National Seminars on the European Landscape Convention
- European Landscape Convention Website
2. Presentation of the national and regional initiatives aimed at the implementation of the European Landscape Convention (Chapter III, Articles 7, 8, 9)
[Document for information: T-FLOR (2007) 7 – Synoptic presentation of the status of landscape policies pursued by the member States of the Council of Europe]
[Document for information: T-FLOR (2007) 13 - Statements]
Communications of the participant State delegations.
3. Presentation of activities of governmental and non-governmental organisations dedicated to the implementation of the European Landscape Convention
[Document for information: T-FLOR (2007) 13 - Statements]
Communications by delegations of governmental and non-governmental organisations.
FRIDAY 23 MARCH 2007
Session 2 – New instruments of implementation of the Convention
1. Draft document: “Guidance for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention”
[Document for discussion: T-FLOR (2007) 8]
2. Integration of the landscape into national policies
- Landscape, towns and suburban and peri-urban areas
[Document for information: T-FLOR (2007) 9]
- Landscape and transport infrastructures: roads
[Document for information: T-FLOR (2007) 10]
3. Draft rules of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe (article 11 of the Convention) – Discussion about the document to submit to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
[Document for discussion: T-FLOR (2007) 11]
4. Exchange of views about the Programme of activities for 2007
[Document for discussion: T-FLOR (2007) 12]
5. Other business
Closing session
Conclusions of the Conference and follow-up of the activites
by the Chair of the conference
Closing of the Conference
by the Secretariat General of the Council of Europe