Steering Committee Meeting 5 October 2009, Brussels Welcome! Steering Committee Meeting, 5/10/2009, Brussels

Adoption of the draft agenda & minutes Norbert Grasselli Update on the amendment of the partnership agreement Decision on partnership Monitoring activities Monitoring finances Next reporting period Dissemination conference in Alba Guest presentation: Camille Le Borgne to present the CAST (Chambers Active for Sustainable Tourism) project Steering Committee Meeting, 5/10/2009, Brussels

Update on amendment of partnership agreement Norbert Grasselli Originals received by post or by hand (today) Signature by AER secretary general this week Originals sent back to partners New documents available on website Steering Committee Meeting, 5/10/2009, Brussels

Decision on partnership change Norbert Grasselli Cerchiara di Calabria Replace the partner Other partners overtake activities Alytus County Governor's Administration disestablished on 1 July 2010 New organisation: Alytus region development agency Same staff members Same tasks and responsibilities Steering Committee Meeting, 5/10/2009, Brussels

Decision on partnership change Norbert Grasselli Procedure Official letter and amended application form Confirmation from the National Contact Point on elegibility Originals sent to the JTS Approval of the request for change Steering Committee Meeting, 5/10/2009, Brussels

Monitoring activities Feedback from Peer Review in Örebro Thord Andersson, Örebro Feedback from Communication and Dissemination Marzia Marchetti, Eurobic Toscana Feedback from Exchange of Experience Agnes Frank, ICS Coordination activities Anja Ruhland, AER Steering Committee Meeting, 5/10/2009, Brussels

Monitoring expenditure Anja Ruhland Current spending Payment forecast Over / under spending Steering Committee Meeting, 5/10/2009, Brussels

Tips for next reporting period, Anja Ruhland External expertise: use denominations from application form Communication: provide us with a copy of any dissemination (press articles, press releases, publications, etc.) Events: only mentioned the events that you organised yourself (ie. Not general project events) Justifications: please justify (with reasons and explanations) ALL deviations from budget (over AND underspending) Our FLC will ask for receipts of 1 or 2 partners per reporting period More dissemination! Check application form: each region must publish press releases Steering Committee Meeting, 5/10/2009, Brussels

Conference in Alba Lucian Docea, Céline Dawans Host: Alba Iulia Dates: 15-20 March 2010 PRESERVE events SCM + PCM (½ day) Exchange of experience: site visits and / or presentations of good practices (½ day) Thematic conference (1 day) AER events AER Committee 1 plenary meeting (½ day) Working groups (½ day) Social programme (½ day) – optional Budget: 3 persons / partner for 4 days (including travel time) 2 external participants / partner for 3 days Steering Committee Meeting, 5/10/2009, Brussels

Conference in Alba Céline Dawans Theme for the dissemination conference Ideas for Key note speakers Best practices to present Steering Committee Meeting, 5/10/2009, Brussels

Presentation of the Cast project By Camille Le Borgne Steering Committee Meeting, 5/10/2009, Brussels

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ! Steering Committee Meeting, 5/10/2009, Brussels