Date
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NSC Activities
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Activities in which the NSC participates and/or contributes
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Other activities of interest for the NSC
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1 January
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Start of the Czech EU and Greek OSCE chairmanships
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10-11 January
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Participation of the Chairman of the Executive Council at the General Assembly of the Arab States Broadcasting Union (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
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23–24 January
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First World Conference on Constitutional Justice (Cape Town)
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26-30 January
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NSC Chair and Executive Director’s Exchange of views with the PACE Committee on Economic Affairs and Development (Strasbourg)
Bureau meeting (30 January, Strasbourg)
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NSC Intervention during the meeting of CDMG - European Committee on Migration (Strasbourg)
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First part-session of the PACE 2009 Ordinary Session (Strasbourg)
Meeting of the INGO Conference of the CoE (Strasbourg)
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4 February
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1st Monitoring Group meeting of the follow up of the Youth Summit (Lisbon)
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5-6 February
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Meeting of the CoE Ad hoc advisory group on the ED-EDCHR programme (Strasbourg)
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8-13 February
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Preparatory meeting: University on Youth and Development (Montevideo, Uruguay – 8 - 9 February)
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University on participation and citizenship (Colonia de Sacramento, Uruguay 8 - 13 February)
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3-5 March
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16th Plenary Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (Strasbourg)
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8 March
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International Women’s Day
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10-11 March
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GCC-EU Expert Workshop & Open Forum on Higher Education (Kuwait City)
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16 March
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2008 North-South Prize Ceremony (Lisbon)
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17 March
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41st meeting of the Executive Council (Lisbon)
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19-20 March
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Presentation of the draft recommendation on Global education
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CDED meeting (Strasbourg)
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21-22 March
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Evaluation seminar Global Education Week 2008 (Budapest)
World Aware Education Award 2008
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23-24 March
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Kick-off seminar Global Education in the new member states of the EU (Budapest)
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24 March
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AWEPA Parliamentarian Conference on HIV-AIDS (Lisbon)
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30 March
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European Development Education Multi Stakeholder Steering Group (Bonn)
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31 March – 2 April
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UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (Bonn, Germany)
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2-3 April
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Conference “Status and political participation: women, actors of change in the Euro-Mediterranean region” (Lisbon)
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5 April
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Informal Meeting of Historians “Intercultural Dialogue, History and History Teaching in the context of Globalisation” (Istanbul)
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6 April
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2nd Forum of the Alliance of Civilisations
(Istanbul) + meeting of AoC focal points
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17 April
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52nd Meeting of the Committee of representatives of the member States (Strasbourg)
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16-19 April
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16th Annual Conference of COPEAM “Union for the Mediterranean : the media action for a union of projects” (Cairo)
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21 April
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Working visit of the Executive Director to Luxembourg
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22-23 April
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Second Round Table “Youth Policy Cooperation in the Broader Euro-Mediterranean Context” (Budapest)
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27-30 April
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Meeting of the United Nations Millennium Campaign Europe (Lisbon)
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Second part-session of the PACE 2009 Ordinary Session (Strasbourg)
Meeting of the INGO Conference of the CoE (Strasbourg)
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28 April
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Steering Committee on NSC-EC Joint Management Agreement (Lisbon)
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28-29 April
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Institutional follow-up meeting Africa Europe Youth Summit (Lisbon)
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Portuguese Development Days (Lisbon)
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30 April-1 May
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Preparatory meeting 6th Africa-Europe Training Course for youth Organisations (Lisbon)
Preparatory meeting: LTTC Europe Africa Training for Trainers (Lisbon)
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6 May
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Norwegian Vestfold Conference on “Learning across all boundaries – international cooperation in education sector” (Oslo)
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8 May
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Working visit of the Executive Director to Montenegro
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10-11 May
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Working visit of the Executive Director to Serbia
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12 May
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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
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12-13 May
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Expert workshop on History teaching in the Mediterranean (Lisbon)
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19-20 May
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Partners Preparatory meeting: University on Youth and Development (Mollina)
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20 May
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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
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21 May
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Launching event of the Portuguese version of the CoE White Paper on intercultural dialogue (Lisbon)
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World day for Cultural Diversity, for Dialogue and Development
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26-30 May
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Anna Lindh Foundation Conference (Beirut)
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28-29 May
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Inauguration of the European Wergeland Centre in Oslo
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1st Council of Europe Ministerial Conference on the Media and New Communication Services
(Reykjavik, Iceland)
Czech presidency meeting on development education (Prague)
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2-4 June
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International Conference on the Dialogue of Civilizations and Cultural Diversity (Tunis/Kairouan, Tunisia)
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2-6 June
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International Co-ordination meeting of Youth Organisations (Strasbourg)
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12-19 June
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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)
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15 June
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DGIV Workshop on the trafficking of young sportsmen/women (Lisbon)
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15-16 June
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Fourth Inter-Institutional Meeting on Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (Strasbourg)
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22-26 June
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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)
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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)
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Third part-session of the PACE 2009 Ordinary Session (Strasbourg)
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29-30 June
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2nd Exchange of the CM on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue (Strasbourg)
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July
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1st on-line training course on global education (Lisbon/Amsterdam)
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1 July
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Start of the Swedish EU chairmanship
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2 July
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CoE/EC Youth Partnership Management Board (Brussels)
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12-19 July
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1st phase: LTTC Europe Africa Training for Trainers (Abidjan)
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July-December
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Long-term training course for youth trainers – Projects’ Monitoring phase
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12 August
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International Youth Day
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26-28 August
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Working visit of the Executive Director and the Vice-Chair of the Executive Council to Berlin and Bonn
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2nd Bonn Conference on International Development Policy (Bonn)
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9 September
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CoE event for the fight against violence towards women (Venice Film Festival)
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9-10 September
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Bureau meeting of CDED (Strasbourg)
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13-20 September
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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
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25-26 September
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National seminar on global/ development education (Open Education Centre) (Primorsko, Bulgaria)
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26 September
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Meeting of the Alliance of Civilizations Group of Friends (New York)
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28 September -2 October
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Fourth part-session of the PACE 2009 Ordinary Session (Strasbourg)
Meeting of the INGO Conference of the CoE (Strasbourg)
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2 October
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53rd meeting of the Committee of Representatives of the member States (Strasbourg)
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8-9 October
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Preparatory meeting for the Alliance of Civilisations Regional Strategy for the Balkans (Sarajevo)
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9 October
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CoE/EC Youth Partnership Management Board (Strasbourg)
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13-15 October
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17th Plenary Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
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14-18 October
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Second Forum on Human Rights Education with and by young people (EYCB Budapest)
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21-23 October
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European Development Days (Stockholm)
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Forum for the future of democracy (Kiev)
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24 October
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World Development Information Day
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26-27 October
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Awareness-raising seminar on the activities of the CoE and NSC (Rabat)
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Conference on diversity (Oslo)
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28-29 October
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2nd Monitoring Group meeting of the follow up of the Youth Summit (Addis Ababa)
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28-29 October
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Meeting on the global history project (NSC/CoE/IRCICA initiative) (Strasbourg)
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29-30 October
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11th Plenary meeting of the Lisbon Network (Strasbourg)
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31 October – 1 November
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20th Anniversary of the creation of the Algerian Constitutionnal Council
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October
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2nd Encounters of Citizenship (Coimbra)
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1-3 November
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Sub-regional seminar on youth policies and African youth charter (Addis Ababa)
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5 November
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National seminar on global/ development education (LAPAS) (Latvia)
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6-7 November
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National seminar on global/ development education (AKU) (Estonia)
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11 November
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Meeting of the Bureau (dinner)
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12 November
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42nd meeting of the Executive Council (Lisbon)
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13-14 November
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2009 Lisbon Forum (Lisbon)
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16 November
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Reception marking the 20th Anniversary of the creation of the NSC (Permanent Representation of Portugal, Strasbourg)
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International Day for Tolerance
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17 November
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National seminar on global/ development education (SLOGA) (Slovenia)
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16-22 November
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Global Education Week 2009 (Lisbon)
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18 November
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End of the Slovenian and start of the Swiss Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers
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20 November
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PACE Standing Committee (Bern)
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November
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World Aware Education Award 2009
3rd on-line training course on global education (Lisbon/Amsterdam)
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Euro-Med ministerial meeting
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9 December
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Bureau meeting of CDED (Strasbourg)
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10 December
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International Human Rights Day
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10-11 December
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Extraordinary CDED meeting (Strasbourg)
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14-15 December
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“Etats généraux culturels méditerranéens” (Marseille)
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December
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African Diaspora Training Course
(Lisbon or Paris)
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December
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National seminar on global/ development education (DE working group of Grupa Zagranica) (Poland)
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