Programme

Visit to Denmark by a delegation from the standing committee for home affairs of the Second Chamber of the Parliament of the Netherlands

4 – 6 May 2009

 

Delegates:

Mr. John Leerdam (The Labour Party, PvdA, Chairman of the Committee)

Ms. Margreeth Smilde (The Christian Democratic Appeal, CDA)

Mr. Eddy Bilder (The Christian Democratic Appeal, CDA)

Mr. Pierre Heijnen (The Labour Party, PvdA)

Ms. Attje Kuiken (The Labour Party, PvdA)

Mr. Willibrord van Beek (The Party for Freedom and Democracy, VVD)

Mr. Hero Brinkman (The Party for Freedom, PVV)

Mr. Alexander Pechtold (The Social-Liberal Party, D66)

Mr. Frank Hendrickx (Clerk of the House)

 

The delegation will stay at

Copenhagen Admiral Hotel, Toldbodgade 24, 1253 Copenhagen K.

Phone: (+45) 33 74 14 14, fax: (+45) 33 74 14 16

e-mail: [email protected]

www.admiralhotel.dk

Booking nr. 1805797

 

Monday, 4 May 2009

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Arrival Copenhagen Airport,  

Reception at exit by Ambassador van Zutphen and Mr Lester.

 

 

Transfer to Copenhagen Admiral Hotel and check-in.

 

By bus

13.00-

15.00

Ministry of Social Welfare,

Holmens Kanal 22, 1060 Copenhagen K.

Subjects:

-General introduction to the system of municipalities and regions in Denmark

-Government Control with the Economy of the Municipalities

Mr Søren H. Thomsen, Head of Division Administrative Policy

Mr Bjarne Simonsen, Chief Consultant, Division for Local Government Economy

Mr Jann Larsen, Legal Advisor, Division for Administrative Law

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 5 May 2009

8.45

Departure from Hotel Admiral to the premises of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

By foot

9.00-10.30

Mr Johannes Due, Managing Director, chairman of the Commission on Administrative Structure

Subject: How to make a big reform successful - lessons learned by the Danish commission

 

10.45-12.30

Mr Michael Baggesen Klitgaard, Associate Professor,

Department of Political Science and Public Management

University of Southern Denmark

Subject: The Inconceivable Reform. The coming into being of the structural reform

 

12.30

Departure

By bus

13.00

Lunch in Restaurant Jægerhuset

Dronninggårds Allé 126, 2840 Holte, 45 41 04 47

 

14.20

Departure

By bus

14.30-16.30

Municipality of Rudersdal

Rådhuset, Øverødvej 2, 2840 Holte, 46 11 00 00

www.rudersdal.dk

Subject: The Experiences of a United Municipality

Mr Tommy Poulsen, Deputy Chief Executive, 46 11 10 60

 

 

Return to Copenhagen Admiral Hotel

By bus

18.30

Departure

By bus

19.00

Dinner at the Residence of Ambassador Niek van Zutphen

 

 

21.30

Departure and return to Copenhagen Admiral Hotel

By bus

 

 

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

8.20

Check out of hotel

 

8.40

Departure from Hotel, luggage in bus

 By bus

9.00-12.00

Kommunernes Landsforening, KL

(Local Government Denmark / Vereniging van Deense Gemeenten)

Weidekampsgade 10, 2300 Copenhagen S.

 

9.00-10.30

Government Control with the economy of the municipalities

Introductory speaker to be confirmed

10.30-12.00

The Municipalities After the Reform +

Time for general questions about municipalities in Denmark

Introductory speaker to be confirmed

 

 

 

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Lunch with the Permanent Commission for Municipal Affairs of the Danish Parliament

 TO BE CONFIRMED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Departure for Copenhagen Airport, terminal 3

By bus

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Departure for Stockholm

 

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Arrival Stockholm Airport Arlanda

 

 

 

 

 

Telefoon Ambassade:                            33 70 72 00

GSM Søren Lester:                                51 92.63 44

Dienstdoende Ambassadeambtenaar:    20 16 02 97

SAS:                                                       70 10 20 00 or 33 32 68 00