Námsstefna um fjármálareglur sveitarfélaga
Haldin á Grand hóteli í Reykjavík 22. janúar 2010
| 10:00 | Opening adress Mrs. Ragnhildur Helgadottir, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Local Government |
| 10:15 | Introduction to the workshop Mr. Frank Steketee, CDLR Secretariat |
| 10:30 | Coordinating central and local economic policy in Iceland Mr. Björn Rúnar Guðmundsson, Ministry of Economic Affairs |
| 11:00 | Break |
| 11:15 | Local government finance in the Netherlands Mr. Gert-Jan Buitendijk, Director of Public Administration and Democracy in the Dutch Minstry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. |
| 11:45 | Central-local co-ordination and responsibility in local government finances in Scandinavian countries. Prof. emeritus Jorgen Lotz (DK), consulting in fin. matters for the CoE. Ministry of Finance of Denmark |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15 | Local government finance in the United Kingdom : an overview Mr. Nick Cooper, Team Leader, Local Government Finance Directorate, Department for Communities and Local Government |
| 13:45 | Responsibility for local government finance in Iceland Mr. Sigurður Snævarr, chief economist, Reykjavík City |
| 14:15 | Local authorities' debt Prof. emeritus Bernd Spahn (D), Goethe Universität, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. |
| 15:15 | Break |
| 15:30 | Applying fiscal rules to the public sector Mr. Richard Hughes, economist in Public Financial Management at IMF |
| 16:00 | Wrap-up session Questions and discussions |
| 17:00 | Close and farewells |