Seminars for Senior Public Officials

The Staff Development Organisation, Office of the Prime Minister, in collaboration with the French Embassy and the Centre of European Studies in Strasbourg organised two seminars for senior public officials.

A ‘Seminar on Devolution and Decentralisation' was held on 19 November 1999, in Sliema. This one-day seminar focused on the decentralisation process in the light of Government's policy on decentralisation and devolution. The main speaker was Mr Edward Jossa, who is Deputy CEO of Local Finances at the French Department of Local Councils, Ministry of the Interior.

The Mediterranean Conference Centre also hosted a two-day ‘Seminar on the European Union', held on the 29 and 30 November 1999. The seminar focused on the EU and its policies, the implications of the Amsterdam Treaty, perspectives on reforms connected with EU enlargement and the preparation of the IGC.

Two experts on EU affairs addressed this seminar: Ms Gioia Scappucci, a consultant on EU affairs and lecturer at the Centre of European Studies (Strasbourg) and Mr Rodolphe Munoz, adviser to the European Commission and Senior Teaching Assistant of the Law Department at the College d'Europe in Bruges.