ALDE Party Council Rome 2021

The ALDE Party Council meeting will take place in Rome, Italy on 10 and 11 December 2021.

Please navigate via the buttons on the left to find more information about the event.

Programme

The ALDE Party Council will take place at the Westin Excelsior Rome.

Friday 10 December 2021

*Time*	*Event*	*Where*
13:00 - 15:00	Bureau Meeting - By invitation only	Trianon Room
13:00 - 16:00	Opening of registrations and arrivals of the delegates	Lobby Area
14:00 - 15:00	Nordic and Baltic delegations meeting	Verde Room
15:00 - 17:00	Financial Advisory Committee Meeting - By invitation only	Campidoglio Room
15:00 - 15:30	Liberal Awards - hosted by ELF Insert these details to join the Liberal Awards on Zoom: Webinar ID: 912 3106 4187 Passcode: 295939	Ludovisi and Borghese Room
15:30 – 17:00	3rd Hans van Baalen meeting on the Future of Europe: Welcoming by Timmy Dooley, Senator and ALDE Party acting co-President, and Emma Bonino, Senator Moderated discussion: Ilhan Kyuchyuk MEP, ALDE Party acting co-President Olga Stefanishina, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Guy Verhofstadt MEP, co-chair of Executive Board dedicated to COFOE Benedetto Della Vedova, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Secretary of Più Europa Antoaneta Asenova-Bihlmayer, LYMEC President Click here to livestream the Town Hall	Ludovisi and Borghese Room
17:00 - 17:15	Coffee Break	Lobby Area
17:15 - 19:00	Working Groups on Urgency Resolutions	Ludovisi and Borghese Room
19:30 - 23:00	Welcome reception (optional attendance) Welcoming by ALDE Party co-Presidents Timmy Dooley and Ilhan Kyuchyuk and Stéphane Séjourné MEP, President of the Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament	La Limonaia

Saturday 11 December 2021

*Time*	*Event*	*Where*
08:00 - 10:15	Registrations	Lobby Area
08:45 - 10:15	Presentation of results of the ALDE Party Autumn Survey	Ludovisi and Borghese Room
08:45 - 10:15	Policy Advisory group meeting - By invitation only	Campidoglio Room
10:15 - 10:30	Coffee break	Lobby Area
10:30 - 13:00	Council Meeting With intervention by Sandro Gozi, Secretary General of the European Democratic Party	Ludovisi and Borghese Room
13:00 - 13:30	Book Presentation: 'The euthanasia of democracy' - with Fond. Luigi Einaudi Welcoming by Ilhan Kyuchyuk MEP, ALDE Party acting co-President Presentation leaded by: Giuseppe Benedetto, President of Fond. Luigi Einaudi and author of the book Andrea Davola, Researcher of Fond. Luigi Einaudi Ottavia Munari, Researcher of Fond. Luigi Einaudi	Ludovisi and Borghese Room
13:30 - 14:15	Individual Members: Meet & Greet with the ALDE Party Presidents	Lobby area
13:30 - 14:15	EU Strategic Autonomy through Technological Sovereignty - leaded by ELF Panels discussion: Ming-Yen Tsai, Ambassador of the Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium Dita Charanzová, Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe Group & Vice-President of the European Parliament Henrik Bach Mortensen, Vice President of the ALDE Party & Chair of the ALDE Party Working Group on China Moderated by: Antoaneta Asenova-Bihlmayer, President, European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) Buffet lunch served from 13:15 – 14:00 (lunch provided by ELF)	Giardino d'Inverno room

Registration

To register your delegates, please follow this link.

Contact

For further information about all aspects of the ALDE Party Council meeting please contact the following members of the ALDE Party Secretariat who will be happy to help you.

Programme, registration, logistics and practical information

Maria Claudia Pastena

Events Manager

[email protected]

+32 2 551 00 69

Urgency resolutions drafting, submission, and voting

Andrew Burgess

Senior Political Adviser

[email protected]

+32 2 551 01 65

Practical Information

Locations

Event	Venue
Council Official Reception	La Limonaia, Villa Torlonia
All other parts of the programme	The Westin Excelsior Rome, Via Vittorio Veneto 125, 00187 Rome, Italy

Hotels

ALDE Party Secretariat has negotiated a competitively priced block booking at the Hotel Savoy Rome, 4*, Via Ludovisi 15, and at the Hotel Oxford, 4*, Via Boncompagni 89. Please be advised that December is considered high season in Rome, therefore you are advised to make your bookings as soon as possible.

Hotel Savoy Rome

The negotiated rates are valid until Monday 8 November provided that the hotel still has availability to accommodate guests. Rooms may still be available after that point but rates cannot be guaranteed.

*Rates 1 night’s stay

Classic rooms (comfortable rooms with a classic design) Double room single use – Euro 130,00
Contemporary rooms (spacious rooms with a modern design) Double room single use – Euro 150,00

*Rates minimum 2 or more night’s stay

Classic rooms (comfortable rooms with a classic design) Double room single use – Euro 120,00
Contemporary rooms (spacious rooms with a modern design) Double room single use – Euro 140,00

The above rates are per room, per night and are inclusive of breakfast and VAT 10%. City tax not included (Euro 6.00 per person, per night).

To book your room at the Hotel Savoy Rome you have to fill this form and send it at [email protected] indicating ALDE2021 in the object line of the email.

Hotel Oxford Rome

The negotiated rates are valid until Friday 12 November provided that the hotel still has availability to accommodate guests. Rooms may still be available after that point but rates cannot be guaranteed.

Single bedroom - euro 80,00

Double room single use - euro 95,00

Double room double occupancy - euro 110,00

The above rates are per room, per night and are inclusive of breakfast and VAT 10%. City tax not included (Euro 6.00 per person, per night).

To book your room at the Hotel Oxford you have to contact Stefano Vergari at: [email protected] or call him at: +39064203601 and indicate the code ALDE2021.

Travel reimbursement

In accordance with ALDE Party statutes, partial travel costs will be reimbursed to ALDE Party Council delegates only. To claim your reimbursement, download the form at the bottom of this page and follow the instructions listed on it.

Files

Travel reimbursement form

Resolutions & Voting

Voting Delegations

As per ALDE Party statutes, delegation lists close one week prior to the Council Meeting.

The deadline for closure of delegations is Friday 3 December at 12:00 CET.

After this time, International Officers will still be able to validate the attendance of delegates from their parties, but will no longer be able to allocate voting rights or make changes to their delegations. The ALDE Party Bureau can allow for changes to delegations in exceptional circumstances such as flight cancellation, sickness or unforeseen political developments.

A complete delegation list, showing number of voting delegates per party can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

Urgency Resolutions

As stated in the Internal Regulations of the ALDE Party, only full member parties may propose urgency resolutions for discussion and adoption at the Council.

These must relate to current or recent political events or to topical issues that have occurred since the last meeting of the ALDE Party Council (11 June 2021, during ALDE Party eCongress).

Draft urgencies may not exceed 300 words. The Council shall decide which draft urgency resolutions to debate, after considering the recommendation by the Bureau.

Draft urgency resolutions must be submitted to the online platform.

The deadline for submitting urgency resolutions is Thursday 9 December at 12:00 CET.

Accessing the resolution platform

Draft urgency resolutions can be submitted via the online platform at debate.aldeparty.eu.

This platform will be available from Wednesday 1 December, and International Officers will be able to log in using the same login credentials as for the registration system.

Urgency resolution Working Group

After the deadline, the urgency resolutions will then be circulated to member parties and will be subject to discussion in a virtual working group, during which registered delegates can present oral amendments for discussion and adoption.

Further organisational information will follow in due course.

Upon conclusion of the virtual working group, the amended resolutions will be circulated to member parties ahead of the Council meeting when a vote will be taken if or not to adopt as amended.

Any questions?

For any queries related to urgency resolutions, their content, submission, or discussion procedure, please contact:

Andrew Burgess, Senior Political Adviser
[email protected] +32 2 551 01 65

Delegations list can be downloaded here.

Covid Measures

Your safety and health are very important for us and with that in mind we have implemented the measures below. Rome is located in the Lazio region of Italy and in person events are allowed inside however with strict containment measures.

😷 It is mandatory to always wear masks indoors in public places such as bars, restaurants, museums and public transport. It is therefore mandatory to wear a mask during the Council meetings. It is not mandatory to wear a mask for speakers. It is not mandatory to wear masks outdoors but you must always carry one with you and wear it if not possible to maintain the safety distance.

🏨The Westin Excelsior – the Council venue - has rigorous cleaning protocols and provides hand sanitizing stations all over the hotel. We encourage all delegates to use them regularly.

🔢All seats at the ALDE Council will be numbered. Please note what seat you were using. In the event we have a detection of a positive case, it could help us identify who was a near contact

✔️The ALDE Party will offer and distribute free antigen rapid tests and instructions on how to use them. You are strongly encouraged to use them, preferably before the Friday and Saturday gatherings

⚠️In Italy, COVID safe passes are only valid 9 month after the 2nd dose so if you had your vaccine before 9 March 2021 and did not get a booster yet your COVID pass will not be considered valid.

If you would like an antigenic rapid test, have symptoms, tested positive to an antigen or CPR, please contact our COVID protection team [email protected] who will be able to assist you.

Onsite Tests

To make everyone feel safe and comfortable, we are going to provide antigenic rapid tests *(in addition to the mandatory safety pass). The tests will be available on Friday morning, on Friday evening (for those coming at the reception), and Saturday morning. We know it requires a little extra time, but the safety of our guests and delegates is our main concern. We will give you further instructions on how and when to take them on site.

In case you are tested positive to the rapid test must take a PCR and self-isolate in the meantime. If you are tested negative to the PCR you are free to go. Whereas if you are tested positive to the PCR test you will self-isolate for 10 days, after that, if you have no symptoms, you must take another rapid or PCR test. Here you can find a short list of places where you can book a PCR, in case you need to book one. Those are private structures which can provide faster PCRs.

Synlab

Artemisialab

Analisi Cliniche Giglioli

Lifebrain

Useful numbers:

Health Ministry number for foreigners +39 0232008345 - +39 0283905385
Regione Lazio helpline: 800 118 800
Or 1500 helpline (may work only from local numbers)

Travels

We all know that Covid measures are essential and constantly adapting. Although in person events are allowed, Italy has strict Covid containment measures. To ensure everyone’s safety, we will make sure that all measures are respected and enhanced. For info on overall measures in use in the country you can check here.

You are probably travelling to Italy from another country, you can find all information on your country on this page. If you cannot find your country in the page, it is on list E, therefore stricter rules apply. Please mind that even if you are in list C (where you are likely to be), specific rules apply if you have visited any country in list D or E in the previous 14 days.

There are a few exceptions that may interest some of you, especially those coming from list D and E. You can find all of them here, the most relevant is probably the 120h exception, that can apply under certain circumstances. In this case you are exempted from self-isolation upon arrival if your stay is shorter than 120h, you need to provide a self-declaration. But please refer to the website, as changes may occur.