Agenda
17
Oct
2026
Secretary General's intervention at the Congress of the Swiss Socialist Party
16:00
Secretary General
14
Oct
2026
Signature/ratification ceremony: Opening for signature of the Additional Protocol to the Warsaw Convention (CETS 198); Ratification of the Cybercrime convention (ETS 185)
Strasbourg
12:30 - 13:00
Secretary General
14
Oct
2026
Opening of the Octopus Conference on cybercrime, dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of the Budapest Convention
Strasbourg
09:00 - 09:30
Secretary General
08
Oct
2026
Opening of the 6th Annual Conference of the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe (OHTE) ‘Manipulated history, democracy in danger’
Strasbourg
09:00 - 09:30
Secretary General
07
Oct
2026
Meeting with Ambassador Rosa Velázquez Álvarez, Permanent Representative of Spain
Strasbourg
16:30 - 17:00
Secretary General
06
Oct
2026
Signature of a voluntary contribution and meeting with Ms Sabine Monauni, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Environment and Culture of Liechtenstein
Strasbourg
17:30 - 18:00
Secretary General
06
Oct
2026
Signature ceremony and meeting with Mr Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft (Memorandum of Understanding)
Strasbourg
16:00 - 16:40
Secretary General
06
Oct
2026
Courtesy visit from Ms Aouatef Hanane Bouzid, Consul General of Algeria to Strasbourg
Strasbourg
14:10 - 14:30
Secretary General
01
Oct
2026
Meeting with Mr Mihael Zupančič, Minister of Justice of Slovenia
Strasbourg
12:00 - 12:30
Secretary General
01
Oct
2026
Meeting with H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco
Strasbourg
11:30 - 12:00
Secretary General
30
Sep
2026
Meeting with Ms Marija Pejčinović Burić, Former Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Strasbourg
14:07 - 14:25
Secretary General
30
Sep
2026
Meeting with Ambassador Shai Cohen, Head of the Permanent Mission of Israel to the Multilateral Organizations in France
Strasbourg
11:30 - 12:00
Secretary General
30
Sep
2026
Meeting with Mr António José Seguro, President of Portugal
Strasbourg
11:00 - 11:30
Secretary General
30
Sep
2026
Meeting with Ms Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Monaco, President of the Committee of Ministers
Strasbourg
10:30 - 11:00
Secretary General
30
Sep
2026
Meeting with Mr Petro Oleksiiovych Poroshenko, fifth president of Ukraine (2014-2019)
Strasbourg
10:00 - 10:30
Secretary General
Alain Berset
Alain Berset is the 15th Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
The Secretary General has the overall responsibility for the strategic management of the Organisation. Mr Berset was elected in June 2024.
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