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High level meeting on local and regional democracy to be held in London (UK)
[10/02/2012 10:00:00] At the invitation of the United Kingdom Chairmanship of the Council of Europe, the Congress will participate in a high-level meeting on local and regional democracy on 13 February in London (UK). The meeting will bring together representatives of Permanent Representations from Council of Europe member states, and other Council of Europe stakeholders in the field of local and regional governance. The Congress delegation will be headed by Congress President Keith WHITMORE (United Kingdom, ILDG) and includes the President of Congress Chamber of Local Authorities, Jean-Claude FRECON (France, SOC) and the President of Chamber of the Regions Herwig VAN STAA (Austria, EPP/CD) as well as the Chairman of Congress Monitoring Committee Lars O. MOLIN (Sweden, EPP/CD) and the Head of the UK delegation to the Congress, Sandra BARNES. Chaired by Baroness HANHAM, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government, the meeting will be held in Lancaster House.
ONE in FIVE campaign: seminar to combat sexual exploitation of children at local and regional level
[09/02/2012 20:30:00] As part of its contribution to the Council of Europe ONE in FIVE campaign, the Congress organised a seminar in Strasbourg, France, on 9 February 2012 (Palais de l’Europe, room 5). It gathered a panel of experts, grassroots players and local and regional elected representatives. The aim of the Congress is to propose, on the basis of the experiences presented, model bodies to be set up at local and regional level to prevent the sexual exploitation of children and to protect and support victims and their families. The seminar was opened by Maud de Boer Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Keith Whitmore, President of the Congress, and Emin Yeritsyan, President of the Congress Current Affairs Committee. Those wishing to take part in the seminar must register by 6 February 2012 at the latest.
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Antonella Cagnolati : “We need a political will and policy change to give voluntarily more real power to women”.
[09/02/2012 10:00:00] “A society cannot be free and democratic if the liberty and dignity of half of its members are not guaranteed and upheld. The role of women in the political, economic and social life of society must be fully recognised, and their participation encouraged,” stated Antonella Cagnolati, Director of the Congress at the Round table on gender equality, organised by the EU Committee of the Regions in Brussels on 8 February.
“Today there is no lack of political good will or legislative measures concerning gender equality. However, the problem is their implementation, to a large extent due to deeply-rooted cultural prejudice towards women and their role in society. Therefore, we need a political will and policy change to give voluntarily more real power to women,” she added
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Best Practice Award for Coastal Towns: Call for applications
[01/02/2012 14:00:00] European local communities are invited to take part in a competition for best practices in the regeneration of coastal towns – the Best Practice Award Programme of the Council of Europe. The competition is organised by the Council of Europe Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform, in the framework of the UK Chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers and in partnership with the Congress and the UK Local Government Association. In the first stage, interested towns are invited to send the completed “Expression of Interest” form latest by 29 February 2012.
Best Practice Award Prospectus Form 'Expression of interest'
Online registration for the 22nd Session
[07/02/2012 11:30:00] The 22nd Session of the Congress will take place from 20 to 22 March 2012 in Strasbourg (France). To participate in the Session, registrations must be validated on the Online Registration Website. This website is intended for all participants of the Session: representatives, substitutes, secretaries of delegations and members of other organisations. It includes pages dedicated to online registration as well as practical information. To register, fill in and validate the registration forms.
Online registration File ''22nd Session''
Leyla Güven, member of the Council of Europe Congress, is detained in Dyarbarkir, Turkey, since December 2009 - File
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