About me

About me

Claudette Abela Baldacchino
Deputy Mayor of Qrendi
Member of the Committee of the Regions of the EU
Vice President Socialist Group of the Congress for Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CLARE)

The International Field
I have been a member of the Committee of the Regions (COR) since 2006. Has been appointed as rapporteur for the CoR on behalf of the Party of Eureopan Socialist Group in the CoR, member of the InterGroup for the Mediterranean.

I have also been been entrusted by the Party of the European Socialist's Group within the CoR as one of the coordinators for the PES Manifesto for the European Parliament Elections to be held in June 2009.

In 2008 I was elected Vice President of the Socialist Group in Congress for Local and Regional Authorities in the Council of Europe. I was also appointed rapporteur for the Congress for Local and Regional Authorities.

The Local Field
Vice President of the Local Councils Association and representative of the South East Region. Deputy Mayor of the Qrendi Local Council on the Malta Labour Party List.

Profession
A journalist by profession. Has produced and hosted news bulletins for radio and television since 1992 with One Productions a local TV media station owned by the Malta Labour Party.

Has also produced, presented and hosted a local production on Local Government issues covering both national and international news with regards to local and regional authorities in the European Union and across Europe in general.


Read BA (Hons) Social Administration and Diploma in Social Studies (Women and Development) at the University of Malta.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

PES Manifesto - European Parliament Elections - June 2009

"When we consult our fellow citizens at grassroots level in order to communicate their concerns, it is essential to raise awareness about the different implications for women and men of any proposed action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels of governanceLocal and regional authorities have a key role to play because equality of opportunities for social integration and for participation in economic life as well as in decision-making in all policy areas – from social to environmental and from institutional to external - should be built from the bottom up."

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