Slovenska Bistrica: International conference about voting rights in EU

The castle of Slovenska Bistrica some days ago hosted an international conference under the title “Voting rights from the local to the European level – the political participation of EU citizens at the developing of the community”. Twelve delegations from nine countries participated at the conference. Namely Slovenska Bistrica participates – together with fourteen regions, towns and organizations of the civil community – at the project “European regions develop European citizenship”, which is partly financed in the frame of the European program for citizens. The main part of the conference was the round table, where the voting rights on all levels were discussed by the former Minister, the leader of the Slovenian Delegation of The Assembly of EU regions in Brussels and the Mayor of Slovenska Bistrica Dr. Ivan Žagar; Bernard Sadovnik, the Mayor of Globasnitz and the President of The Alps-Adriatic Center for Cross-border Co-operation in Klagenfurt and several eminent experts. The conference was moderated by the political analyst Božidar Novak. The initial lecturers were Dr. Rudi Rizman from The University of Ljubljana and Bologna and Dr. Lenart Škof from The University of Primorska. The event was followed by numerous students of The Secondary School Slovenska Bistrica.