List of participants

Meeting of the Socialist International Committee on Local Authorities, Cartaxo, Portugal, 10-11 September 1999

Secretary General of the SI

Luis Ayala

 

Chair of the Committee

Philippe Busquin

 

Argentina, Popular Socialist Party, PSP

Hermes Binner, Mayor, City of Rosario

Juan Carlos Zabalza, Director of International Relations, City of Rosario

Clorinda Yelicic, MP for City of Buenos Aires

 

Belgium, Socialist Party, PS

Patrick Moriau, Mayor of Chapelle-Lez-Herlaimont

Laurent Despy, Communications Adviser

Etienne Godin, International Secretary

 

Finland, Finnish Social Democratic Party

Lasse Eskonen, Deputy Mayor of Tampere

Tapani Hellsten, Deputy Mayor of Hämeenlinna

 

France, Socialist Party, PS

Robert Bernard, Mayor of Saint Dié-des-Vosges

 

Great Britain, The Labour Party

Lindsey Hinds, Councillor, Edinburgh

 

Hungary, Hungarian Socialist Party, MSzP

Monika Lamperth, MP, Vice-President of MSzP

 

Montenegro, Social Democratic Party of Montenegro, SDPM

Nikola Dajkovic, Deputy Mayor of Podgorica

 

Morocco, Socialist Union of Popular Forces, USFP

Ben El Cadi Abdelhamid, Head of the Bureau of the Socialist Foundation for Communal Action, Member of the International Relations Bureau of the USFP

 

Portugal, Socialist Party, PS

António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal, General Secretary of the PS

José Lamego, International Secretary

José Manuel Conde Rodrigues, Mayor of Cartaxo, Vice-President of the Committee

João Soares, Mayor of Lisbon, President of the Lisbon Metropolitan Community

Edite Estrela, Mayor of Sintra, President of the Antero de Quental Foundation (for local authorities)

Manuel Lopes Ribeiro, Mayor of Almodôvar

João Benavente, Mayor of Azambuja

Carlos Alberto, City Councillor, Municipality of Azambuja

Armando Alves, Mayor of Ovar

António Magalhães, Mayor of Guimarães

Luís Coelho, Mayor of Faro

 

Romania, Democratic Party of Romania, PD

Petre Nanu, Mayor of Tirgu Jiu

Petre Taranu, Adviser of International Relations Dept, PD

 

Senegal, Socialist Party, PS

Aminata Mbenge Ndiaye, Minister for Family, Social Security and National Solidarity; Vice-President of Socialist International Women

 

Slovak Republic, Social Democratic Party, SDSS

Rastislav Blasko, Vice-Chair of SDSS Foreign committee

 

Territories under Palestinian Authority, Palestine, Fatah

Zahran Marouf, Mayor of Qualqiliya

Ilan Halevi, Fatah Permanent Representative to the SI

 

Tunisia, Constitutional Democratic Assembly, RCD

Amor Bejaoui, Permanent Secretary for Relations with Associations and Organisations

 

Turkey, Republican People's Party, CHP

Sule Bucak, Deputy General Secretary

Sefa Sirmen, Mayor of Izmit Metropolitan Municipality, Kocaeli

Nail Baki, Advisor to Mayor of Kocaeli

 

Venezuela, Democratic Action, AD

Benito Urrea, Secretary for Municipal Affairs

 

Guests:

European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity

Conny Fredriksson, Secretary General

 

PES Group of the EU Committee of the Regions

Gianfranco Lamberti, First Vice-President of the PES Group of the COR, Mayor of Livorno

Silvano Cinuzzi, President of ASA Water & Gas Company, City of Livorno

 

Serbia, Social Democratic League of Vojvodina

Paja Francuski, Mayor of Kikinda

Ivan Vojnovic, Advisor to Deputy Mayor of Novi Sad