INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY IN THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES (CALRE): “THE REGIONAL DIMENSION IN THE CONTROL OF SUBSIDIARITY. BALANCE AND FUTURE CHALLENGES.” Zaragoza, october 1, 2012 Organized by: CORTES DE ARAGÓN. CALRE Coordinated by: Carmen Rubio de Val. Legal Advisor of the Regional Parliament of Aragon PROGRAM 10.00 OPENIG PROCEEDINGS WELCOME: José Ángel Biel Rivera. President of the Regional Parliament of Aragon Fernando Jesús Manzano Pedrera. President of the Legislative Assembly of Extremadura and President of CALRE. CONFERENCE-COLLOQUIUM: The callenges of subsidiarity in the current context of crisis and transformation of the European Union Iñigo Méndez de Vigo y Montojo. Secretary of State for the European Union. President of the College of Europe and Ex Member of the European Parliament. 11.15 BREAK. 11.30 ROUND TABLE: Subsidiarity and regions: The sub/state participation in the community regulation and policy/making process. Moderator: Rosa Plantagenet-Whyte Pérez. First Vice-president of the Regional Parliament of Aragon. Fernando Jesús Manzano Pedrera. President of the Legislative Assembly of Extremadura and President of CALRE. Representative of the Committee of the Regions. Representantive of the Join Commisision on European Union Affairs of the Spanish Parliament. Nazario Pagano. President of the Regional Council of Abruzzo. Vice-president of CALRE. Antonio Ángel Castro Cordobez. President of the Legislative Assembly of the Canary Islands and the Working Group on the Principle of Subsidiarity of CALRE. 13.30 BREAK 1 15.00 CONFERENCE: The role of the regional parliaments in the control of subsidiarity: a comparative perspective. Gracia Vara Arribas. Researcher of the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA). 15.30 CONFERENCE: The colaboration of the regional government at the parliamentary control of the subsidiarity. Blanca Solans García. General Director of Participation of the People, Outside Action and Cooperation of the Government of Aragon. 16.00 CONFERENCE: The functionality of the control of the principle of subsidiarity for the defence of regional interests: The self-assessment questionnaire on the application of the early warning mechanism by the European regional parliaments. José Ignacio Navarro Méndez. Legal Advisor on behalf of the Legislative Assembly of the Canary Islands. 16.30 COLLOQUIUM and open session to present best practices and exchange experiences in the control of subsidiarity. Moderator: Alfredo Boné Pueyo. Coordinator of the Committee on European Affairs of the Regional Parliament of Aragon. 17.15 CLOSING CEREMONY. Antonio Ángel Castro Cordobez. President of the Legislative Assembly of the Canary Islands and of the Working Group on the Principle of Subsidiarity of CALRE. Rosa Plantagenet-Whyte Pérez. First Vice-president of the Regional Parliament of Aragon. 17.30 MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY OF CALRE. 2