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NSC/Inf (2009) 2 prov 5
1 September 2009

PROVISIONAL CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES FOR 2009

Date

NSC Activities

Activities in which the NSC participates and/or contributes

Other activities of interest for the NSC

1 January

   

Start of the Czech EU and Greek OSCE chairmanships

10-11 January

 

Participation of the Chairman of the Executive Council at the General Assembly of the Arab States Broadcasting Union (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)

 

23–24 January

 

First World Conference on Constitutional Justice (Cape Town)

 

26-30 January

NSC Chair and Executive Director’s Exchange of views with the PACE Committee on Economic Affairs and Development (Strasbourg)

Bureau meeting (30 January, Strasbourg)

NSC Intervention during the meeting of CDMG - European Committee on Migration (Strasbourg)

First part-session of the PACE 2009 Ordinary Session (Strasbourg)

Meeting of the INGO Conference of the CoE (Strasbourg)

4 February

1st Monitoring Group meeting of the follow up of the Youth Summit (Lisbon)

   

5-6 February

 

Meeting of the CoE Ad hoc advisory group on the ED-EDCHR programme (Strasbourg)

 

8-13 February

Preparatory meeting: University on Youth and Development (Montevideo, Uruguay – 8 - 9 February)

University on participation and citizenship (Colonia de Sacramento, Uruguay 8 - 13 February)

 

3-5 March

   

16th Plenary Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (Strasbourg)

8 March

   

International Women’s Day

10-11 March

 

GCC-EU Expert Workshop & Open Forum on Higher Education (Kuwait City)

 

16 March

2008 North-South Prize Ceremony (Lisbon)

   

17 March

41st meeting of the Executive Council (Lisbon)

   

19-20 March

Presentation of the draft recommendation on Global education

CDED meeting (Strasbourg)

 

21-22 March

Evaluation seminar Global Education Week 2008 (Budapest)

World Aware Education Award 2008

   

23-24 March

Kick-off seminar Global Education in the new member states of the EU (Budapest)

   

24 March

 

AWEPA Parliamentarian Conference on HIV-AIDS (Lisbon)

 

30 March

 

European Development Education Multi Stakeholder Steering Group (Bonn)

 

31 March – 2 April

   

UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (Bonn, Germany)

2-3 April

Conference “Status and political participation: women, actors of change in the Euro-Mediterranean region” (Lisbon)

   

5 April

Informal Meeting of Historians “Intercultural Dialogue, History and History Teaching in the context of Globalisation” (Istanbul)

   

6 April

 

2nd Forum of the Alliance of Civilisations
(Istanbul) + meeting of AoC focal points

 

17 April

52nd Meeting of the Committee of representatives of the member States (Strasbourg)

   

16-19 April

 

16th Annual Conference of COPEAM “Union for the Mediterranean : the media action for a union of projects” (Cairo)

 

21 April

Working visit of the Executive Director to Luxembourg

   

22-23 April

 

Second Round Table “Youth Policy Cooperation in the Broader Euro-Mediterranean Context” (Budapest)

 

27-30 April

 

Meeting of the United Nations Millennium Campaign Europe (Lisbon)

Second part-session of the PACE 2009 Ordinary Session (Strasbourg)

Meeting of the INGO Conference of the CoE (Strasbourg)

28 April

Steering Committee on NSC-EC Joint Management Agreement (Lisbon)

   

28-29 April

Institutional follow-up meeting Africa Europe Youth Summit (Lisbon)

Portuguese Development Days (Lisbon)

 

30 April-1 May

Preparatory meeting 6th Africa-Europe Training Course for youth Organisations (Lisbon)
Preparatory meeting: LTTC Europe Africa Training for Trainers (Lisbon)

   

6 May

 

Norwegian Vestfold Conference on “Learning across all boundaries – international cooperation in education sector” (Oslo)

 

8 May

Working visit of the Executive Director to Montenegro

   

10-11 May

Working visit of the Executive Director to Serbia

   

12 May

   

119th Session of the Committee of Ministers of the CoE (Madrid)
End of the Spanish and start of the Slovenian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers

12-13 May

Expert workshop on History teaching in the Mediterranean (Lisbon)

   

19-20 May

Partners Preparatory meeting: University on Youth and Development (Mollina)

   

20 May

 

CoE’s Anti-discrimination Campaign and ACIDI (Portuguese high commissioner on immigration and intercultural dialogue) workshop for journalists on the role of media and cultural diversity

 

21 May

 

Launching event of the Portuguese version of the CoE White Paper on intercultural dialogue (Lisbon)

World day for Cultural Diversity, for Dialogue and Development

26-30 May

 

Anna Lindh Foundation Conference (Beirut)

 

28-29 May

 

Inauguration of the European Wergeland Centre in Oslo

1st Council of Europe Ministerial Conference on the Media and New Communication Services
(Reykjavik, Iceland)

Czech presidency meeting on development education (Prague)

2-4 June

 

International Conference on the Dialogue of Civilizations and Cultural Diversity (Tunis/Kairouan, Tunisia)

 

2-6 June

 

International Co-ordination meeting of Youth Organisations (Strasbourg)

 

12-19 June

1st Edition of the African University on Youth and Development (Cape Verde)

Sub-regional seminar on youth policies and African youth charter (Cape Verde)

6th Africa-Europe Training Course for Youth Organisations (Cape Verde)

   

15 June

 

DGIV Workshop on the trafficking of young sportsmen/women (Lisbon)

 

15-16 June

 

Fourth Inter-Institutional Meeting on Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (Strasbourg)

 

22-26 June

NSC Chair and Executive Director’s Exchange of views with the PACE Committee on Economic Affairs and Development and the Committee on Education, Culture and Science (25 June, Strasbourg)

Bureau meeting + Jury for the 2009 North-South Prize (26 June, Strasbourg)

Exchange of views of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe on a draft Cooperation Agreement between the NSC and the INGOs Conference (23 June)

Study visit for Capacity Building of Parliamentary Committees of the National assembly for poverty reduction in Serbia (Lisbon)

Third part-session of the PACE 2009 Ordinary Session (Strasbourg)

29-30 June

 

2nd Exchange of the CM on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue (Strasbourg)

 

July

1st on-line training course on global education (Lisbon/Amsterdam)

   

1 July

   

Start of the Swedish EU chairmanship

2 July

 

CoE/EC Youth Partnership Management Board (Brussels)

 

12-19 July

1st phase: LTTC Europe Africa Training for Trainers (Abidjan)

   

July-December

Long-term training course for youth trainers – Projects’ Monitoring phase

   

12 August

   

International Youth Day

26-28 August

Working visit of the Executive Director and the Vice-Chair of the Executive Council to Berlin and Bonn

2nd Bonn Conference on International Development Policy (Bonn)

 

9 September

 

CoE event for the fight against violence towards women (Venice Film Festival)

 

9-10 September

 

Bureau meeting of CDED (Strasbourg)

 

13-20 September

University on Youth and Development
(Mollina)
- Global youth work training course
- Euro-Med dimension/seminar in the University Youth and Development
- Adaptation and 2nd on-line training course on GE

   

25-26 September

National seminar on global/ development education (Open Education Centre) (Primorsko, Bulgaria)

   

26 September

 

Meeting of the Alliance of Civilizations Group of Friends (New York)

 

28 September -2 October

   

Fourth part-session of the PACE 2009 Ordinary Session (Strasbourg)

Meeting of the INGO Conference of the CoE (Strasbourg)

2 October

53rd meeting of the Committee of Representatives of the member States (Strasbourg)

   

8-9 October

 

Preparatory meeting for the Alliance of Civilisations Regional Strategy for the Balkans (Sarajevo)

 

9 October

 

CoE/EC Youth Partnership Management Board (Strasbourg)

 

13-15 October

   

17th Plenary Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

14-18 October

 

Second Forum on Human Rights Education with and by young people (EYCB Budapest)

 

21-23 October

 

European Development Days (Stockholm)

Forum for the future of democracy (Kiev)

24 October

   

World Development Information Day

26-27 October

Awareness-raising seminar on the activities of the CoE and NSC (Rabat)

 

Conference on diversity (Oslo)

28-29 October

2nd Monitoring Group meeting of the follow up of the Youth Summit (Addis Ababa)

   

28-29 October

Meeting on the global history project (NSC/CoE/IRCICA initiative) (Strasbourg)

   

29-30 October

   

11th Plenary meeting of the Lisbon Network (Strasbourg)

31 October – 1 November

 

20th Anniversary of the creation of the Algerian Constitutionnal Council

 

October

 

2nd Encounters of Citizenship (Coimbra)

 

1-3 November

Sub-regional seminar on youth policies and African youth charter (Addis Ababa)

   

5 November

National seminar on global/ development education (LAPAS) (Latvia)

   

6-7 November

National seminar on global/ development education (AKU) (Estonia)

   

11 November

Meeting of the Bureau (dinner)

   

12 November

42nd meeting of the Executive Council (Lisbon)

   

13-14 November

2009 Lisbon Forum (Lisbon)

   

16 November

Reception marking the 20th Anniversary of the creation of the NSC (Permanent Representation of Portugal, Strasbourg)

 

International Day for Tolerance

17 November

National seminar on global/ development education (SLOGA) (Slovenia)

   

16-22 November

Global Education Week 2009 (Lisbon)

   

18 November

   

End of the Slovenian and start of the Swiss Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers

20 November

   

PACE Standing Committee (Bern)

November

World Aware Education Award 2009

3rd on-line training course on global education (Lisbon/Amsterdam)

 

Euro-Med ministerial meeting

9 December

 

Bureau meeting of CDED (Strasbourg)

 

10 December

   

International Human Rights Day

10-11 December

 

Extraordinary CDED meeting (Strasbourg)

 

14-15 December

 

“Etats généraux culturels méditerranéens” (Marseille)

 

December

African Diaspora Training Course
(Lisbon or Paris)

   

December

National seminar on global/ development education (DE working group of Grupa Zagranica) (Poland)