Secretary General of the SI
Luis Ayala
Chair of the Committee
Philippe Busquin
Argentina, Popular Socialist Party, PSP
Hermes Binner, Mayor, City of Rosario
Juan Carlos Zabalza, Director of International Relations, City of Rosario
Clorinda Yelicic, MP for City of Buenos Aires
Belgium, Socialist Party, PS
Patrick Moriau, Mayor of Chapelle-Lez-Herlaimont
Laurent Despy, Communications Adviser
Etienne Godin, International Secretary
Finland, Finnish Social Democratic Party
Lasse Eskonen, Deputy Mayor of Tampere
Tapani Hellsten, Deputy Mayor of Hämeenlinna
France, Socialist Party, PS
Robert Bernard, Mayor of Saint Dié-des-Vosges
Great Britain, The Labour Party
Lindsey Hinds, Councillor, Edinburgh
Hungary, Hungarian Socialist Party, MSzP
Monika Lamperth, MP, Vice-President of MSzP
Montenegro, Social Democratic Party of Montenegro, SDPM
Nikola Dajkovic, Deputy Mayor of Podgorica
Morocco, Socialist Union of Popular Forces, USFP
Ben El Cadi Abdelhamid, Head of the Bureau of the Socialist Foundation for Communal Action, Member of the International Relations Bureau of the USFP
Portugal, Socialist Party, PS
António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal, General Secretary of the PS
José Lamego, International Secretary
José Manuel Conde Rodrigues, Mayor of Cartaxo, Vice-President of the Committee
João Soares, Mayor of Lisbon, President of the Lisbon Metropolitan Community
Edite Estrela, Mayor of Sintra, President of the Antero de Quental Foundation (for local authorities)
Manuel Lopes Ribeiro, Mayor of Almodôvar
João Benavente, Mayor of Azambuja
Carlos Alberto, City Councillor, Municipality of Azambuja
Armando Alves, Mayor of Ovar
António Magalhães, Mayor of Guimarães
Luís Coelho, Mayor of Faro
Romania, Democratic Party of Romania, PD
Petre Nanu, Mayor of Tirgu Jiu
Petre Taranu, Adviser of International Relations Dept, PD
Senegal, Socialist Party, PS
Aminata Mbenge Ndiaye, Minister for Family, Social Security and National Solidarity; Vice-President of Socialist International Women
Slovak Republic, Social Democratic Party, SDSS
Rastislav Blasko, Vice-Chair of SDSS Foreign committee
Territories under Palestinian Authority, Palestine, Fatah
Zahran Marouf, Mayor of Qualqiliya
Ilan Halevi, Fatah Permanent Representative to the SI
Tunisia, Constitutional Democratic Assembly, RCD
Amor Bejaoui, Permanent Secretary for Relations with Associations and Organisations
Turkey, Republican People's Party, CHP
Sule Bucak, Deputy General Secretary
Sefa Sirmen, Mayor of Izmit Metropolitan Municipality, Kocaeli
Nail Baki, Advisor to Mayor of Kocaeli
Venezuela, Democratic Action, AD
Benito Urrea, Secretary for Municipal Affairs
Guests:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Conny Fredriksson, Secretary General
PES Group of the EU Committee of the Regions
Gianfranco Lamberti, First Vice-President of the PES Group of the COR, Mayor of Livorno
Silvano Cinuzzi, President of ASA Water & Gas Company, City of Livorno
Serbia, Social Democratic League of Vojvodina
Paja Francuski, Mayor of Kikinda
Ivan Vojnovic, Advisor to Deputy Mayor of Novi Sad
