International Conference on Administrative Decentralization and Local Government
28 and 29 May 2013
Time: 08:30 – 18:30
Venue: Dili Conventions Centre
The Secretariat of State for Administrative Decentralisation (SEDA) of the Ministry of State Administration (MAE) and the Commission A of the National Parliament will organise an International Conference on Administrative Decentralisation and Local Government on the basis of the following programme:
28 May
08:30 – 09:00 Registration of participants
09:00 – 09:30 Opening Session
• Minister of State Administration, Jorge da Conceição Teme
• Prime Minister, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
09:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Local Government, the Context of Timor-Leste
• Prime Minister, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
• Moderator: SEDA
11:45 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 The Process of Decentralisation in Timor-Leste
• Secretary of State for Administrative Decentralisation, Tomás Cabral
• Moderator, Abílio Caetano
14:00 – 14:30 Break
14:30 – 17:00 Model of Local Government in Portugal
• President of Lisbon Municipality
• President of CEFA Foundation
• Moderator: Lino Torrezão
17:00 – 18:00 Municpal Elections in Cape Verde
• General Director, Support to Cape Verde Electoral Process
• Moderator: Manuel Branco
18:10 Closing
29 May
09:00 – 10:30 Constitutional Context of Administrative Decentralisation and Exclusive Economic Zone for Oe-Cusse
• Mari Amude Alkatiri
• Moderator: Valentim Ximenes
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 13:00 Model of Local Government, Victoria State
• Representative of the Victoria State Government
• Representative of the “Friendly Cities of Australia”
• Moderator: Miguel Pereira de Carvalho
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:30 Model of Local Government of Indonesia
• Jakarta Government
• Representative of the Indonesian Ministry of Interior
• Moderator: Antoninho Bianco
16:30 – 17:00 Break
17:00 – 18:30 Model of Local Government in Cape Verde
• Vera Almeida, former President of City Council
• Moderator: Pedro Andrade
18:30 – 19:00 Cooperation for Development, Support to Administrative Decentralisation in Timor-Leste
• AusAid
• UNDP
• Moderator: Domingos Manequin
19:30 – 20:00 Closing Session
• President of National Parliament, Vicente Guterres
