segunda-feira, fevereiro 16, 2009
conferência do Dr. Silva Lopes para a AEDAR
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Welcome on the website of the European Association of former Members of Parliament!

It was in Bruges, in 1984, on the occasion of the General Assembly of the Belgian Association of former members of Parliament, that the representatives of the associations of former parliamentarians of Belgium Germany, France and Italy talked about future collaboration. In 1987, the « Four » decided, in Strasbourg, to create an informal group, to give a European dimension to the activities of their associations and to concretize their engagement in favour of the European ideal. In 1994, this Group, which had been joined by Turkey in 1988, created officially the « European Association of former members of parliament of the member states of the Council of Europe » (since 1999 : « or the European Union »).
Other countries joined the Association, which has presently 17 member associations and seeks its enlargement, e.g. towards the countries of Central/Eeastern Europe and Scandinavia.
The Association is about to welcome the Association of former members of the European Parliament, which had already an observer status and with which a Cooperation Agreement has been signed in Brussels, in December 2006.
Our Association also wishes to re-inforce its relations with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ; Many of our Bureau members are former members of the PACE.
Why a European Association of former parliamentarians ?
Simply because we have often had important responsibilities in our Parliaments and in international Assemblies, e.g. the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe, and we wish this experience to serve the essential reflections on the evolution of society, democracy and the world.
How can we remain insensitive to the consequences of the major geopolitical mutations we are watching today ? How not to wonder what will become of our democracies in a world where the rapid development of communication technologies is changing drastically our ways of life and thinking ?
In order to participate in these important debates, our Association organises regularly colloquies, like the one held in Athens on 18 October 2008 on « Representative and participatory democracy ».
Throughout the years, we have contributed by our votes to make Europe as it is today, a community of 27 states, gathering countries of East and West, which had been separated for so long.
This explains our permanent commitment in order to consolidate the undertaking started at the end of the Second World War.
You will find on this site any information about our Associaiton, its activities and projects.
I hope that it will be of benefit to you.
Sincerely,
The President
Camille Dimmer
February 1st 2009
domingo, fevereiro 01, 2009
Falecimento do ex deputado Dr. Antonio Maria Pereira
(foto do Jornal Público)
domingo, janeiro 25, 2009
Homenagem ao Dr. Fernando Amaral, socio honorário da AEDAR
dia 24 de Janeiro de 2009,de madrugada aos 84 anos de idade.

sábado, janeiro 17, 2009
AEDAR visita cultural à Fundação Gulbenkian, Janeiro 2009
No âmbito do seu programa de actividades a AEDAR realizou, com um numeroso grupo dos seus associados, uma interesante vista cultural e de estudo à Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Os ex deputados foram recebidos pelo Presidente da FCG, Dr. Emidio Rui Vilar (também ex-deputado) e pela administradora Dra Teresa Patrício Gouveia (também ex- deputada). De seguida, após apresentaçao pelo Presidente da AEDAR, Dr. Luis Barbosa, seguiu-se uma importante exposição do Presidente do Conselho de Administraçao da Fundação, que proporcionou um debate muito participado sobre as condiçoes do desenvolvimento em Portugal das Fundações, sua tipologia jurídica e administrativa, e enquadramento legal, especialmente no domínio fiscal.
De seguida, os membros da AEDAR, após passagem pelas instalações do Museu de Arte Moderna, foram visitar o acervo cultural de reserva da Fundação, acondicionado nos seus subterrâneos, e que estão vedados ao acesso público, onde se encontram obras de arte do maior valor, vendo-se nas fotos, pinturas de Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, peças de escultura, e outros objectos de estilos diversos.
Seguiu-se um almoço de convívio entre os numerosos participantes oferecido pelo Presidente da FCG, nos terraços do edifício principal da Fundação, com vistas para os seus jardins, para o Museu de Arte Contemporãnea e Museu da colecçao privada Calouste Gulbenkian, que foi também visitado pelos interessados, que se detiveram em diversas peças da colecção daquele mecenas, em especial na secção egípcia, nas peças Orientais e joias Lalique, e dos quadros impressionistas de Monet, entre outras peças de extraordinário interesse.








