Siena 2024 - UDiTE
UDiTE AND UNSCP successfully hosted a high level conference on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th April 2024 in the magnificent city of Siena in Italy.
Siena is a beautiful historical city, that stands as an iconic symbol of Good Governance, with Ambrogio Lorenzetti's fresco - the Allegory of Good and Bad Government, painted around 1338 in Siena.
Our high level conference involved eminent academics, senior practitioners and input from policy makers from the EU Committee of the Regions, the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Speakers set out the challenges, pointed to potential solutions and highlighted different approaches to good governance that are vital tpo local authority ;leadership at a time when we are confronted by such significant transitions - economic, environmental and social.
Interdependence and not just independence must be reinforced throughout all spheres of governance as the key to us working together and finding innovative solutions with our communities to the challenges we face.
With many local authority chief executives assisting the logistics behind the June Electionsfor the European Parliament our European speakers reflected on the future shape of EU policy and its budgetary scope post 2027 that will be felt by many local authorities.
The UDiTE-UNSCP conference shone a spotlight on the current situation and provided members with a unique opportunity in Siena to exchange views and learn about how peers are managing the challenges of local authority leadership in their communities that they serve across Europe.
Local authority Chief Executives facing the challenge of Good Governance and change
Sala Italo Calvino, Palazzo Squarcialupi - Santa Maria della Scala - Piazza Duomo
FRIDAY 19th APRIL, 2024 |
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13:00 - 14:00 | Welcome and registration of participants (with small welcome buffet) |
14:00 | Start of proceedings: introduced and moderated by Roberto Nobile Joint Coordinator functional UNSCP “Secretaries in Europe” and 2nd Vice President of UDiTE. |
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Institutional greetings:
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Speeches:
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Discussion with conference participants |
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16:00 – 16:15 | Coffee Break |
16:15 – 18:15 | Prof. Massimo Balducci, expert of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities - Council of Europe, former full professor at the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht and at the National School of Administration in Rome: “Comparative perspectives on the role of local authority chief executives from across Europe: plotting a roadmap for the future ” |
18:30 | End of day 1 conference |
20:00 | Aperitif with music in the garden in front of the Salone degli Orti dei Tolomei |
20:45 | Gala dinner at the Salone degli Orti dei Tolomei |
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SATURDAY 20th APRIL, 2024 |
09:00 | Welcome and registration of participants |
09:30 | Resumption of work: introduced and moderated by Roberto Nobile – Joint Coordinator functional UNSCP “Secretaries in Europe” and 2nd Vice President of UDiTE. |
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11:15 -11.30 | Coffee break |
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Discussion with conference participants |
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13:30 | End of conference |
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Conference informal lunch - Sala della Contrada della Selva, Rhinoceros Society |
Have a look at the UDiTE conference album |
Updated: 23/02/24 - Simon Pascoe