2005 Annual Overseas Conference in Berlin
The sixth annual overseas conference and annual general
meetings of the Confederation will take place from 12th to 14th October 2005 at the Park Inn Hotel in Berlin. The conference will address issues on councillor relations,
subsidiary, EU
enlargement and the progress of the CEC. Click
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report
10/09/2005
Summer seminar addresses potential for Sport, North and South
The Mullingar Park Hotel played host
to the CEC’s two-day summer seminar in June as delegates were treated to
insightful papers from a variety of sporting and political speakers. The event
focused on the role of sport in reconciliation, community-building, education,
health and North-South cooperation. Click
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report
10/09/2005
CEC Workgroup established to develop East-West councillor
Relations
A new workgroup has been established under the
chairmanship of Mr Bertie Montgomery to advance relations between LAMA, NAC
Northern Ireland and the NAC groups in England, Scotland and Wales. This new body will share the umbrella of the
Confederation with the Board of CEC Ltd and will hold its inaugural AGM in Berlin. Click
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report
10/09/2005
Gains for DUP and SF in Northern Ireland local elections
Voters in Northern Ireland went to the polls in May as
local government elections took place on the same day as Westminster ballots. The
expected gains for the DUP and Sinn Fein materialised, and while the SDLP had
what they may regard as an acceptable drop, the Ulster Unionists suffered worst. Click
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Councillors
set to address North-South
Relations The
final CEC seminar
of the year will
take place at the
Killyhevlin Hotel,
Enniskillen on 2nd
and 3rd December,
with councillors
outlining the views
of ten political
parties on ‘North-South
Political Relations
in the 21st Century’. Click
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report
21/11/2004
Cllr Bertie
Montgomery elected to chair Confederation Seven new directors were elected to the Board of the
Confederation of European Councillors after the recent Annual General
Meeting. The changes reflected changes within the Local Authority Members
Association since the 2004 Local Government elections Click
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report