In the meeting between the Deputy Secretary General and a Delegation of Mexican senators a number of areas have been identified where the cooperation between the Council of Europe and Mexico could be strengthened, such as match fixing and illegal betting, fight against corruption, cultural routes and intercultural cities, fight against cyber-crime, counterfeit medicines, trafficking against human beings, children's rights and family policies.
First European Forum on Environmental Human Rights Defenders (EHRDs)
Opening of Exhibition dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights
Meeting with Mr Arne van Hout, Director-General for Public Administration and Democratic Rule of Law, Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Visit of students from Liverpool University
Inauguration of the Tram in the colours of the Monaco Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
135th Session of the Committee of Ministers (14-15 May)
Meeting with the Ukrainian Leadership Academy delegation
Meeting with Mr Gunnar Ekeløve-Slydal, Deputy Secretary General, Norwegian Helsinki Committee
Signature by Ambassador Patrick Engelberg, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg, of 4 voluntary contributions
European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) Activism Seminar
Meeting with Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Closing of seminar: The role of national youth councils in strengthening democracy
Meeting with Mr Thom de Graaf, Vice-President of the Council of State, Mr Reinier van Zutphen, Dutch national Ombudsman, and Mr Pieter Duisenberg, President of the Court of Audit
High-level conference with Ombudsperson institutions and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)
Signature of a voluntary contribution by Ambassador António Alves Machado, Permanent Representative of Portugal
Signature by Ambassador Mykola Tochytskyi, Permanent Representative of Ukraine, of the CoE Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer (CETS 226)
Meeting with Ms Astrid Bergmål, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Opening of Exhibition - European Capital of Culture 2025 Nova Gorica-Gorizia as a European Model of Cross-Border Cooperation
Bjørn Berge serves as the Council of Europe’s Deputy Secretary General since 1 March 2021.
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