German Presidency - Events

2020
16–18.11. - Online
International conference on cultural heritage
18.11. - Strasbourg
Handover of the Presidency from Greece to Germany
18–19.11. - Berlin
Conference: “Intersectionality and LGBTI Policies in Europe: Lived Realities of Lesbian* Women and the Recognition of Rainbow Families”
19.11. - Online
Conference: “Women in Focus: Coronavirus and Gender Equality in Europe” (in cooperation with the European Institute for Gender Equality)
24–27.11. - Strasbourg, European Youth Centre
Workshop: “Artificial Intelligence: How Can Youth Take Part?”
30.11. - Strasbourg
Conference: “The execution of judgments of the ECtHR seen through the lens of compliance research”
07–10.12. - Online
“3rd European Youth Work Convention”
08.12. - Online
“Women and Human Rights – Personal Stories”
09.12. - Berlin
Conference “Human Rights Protection in Europe – The ECHR at 70 Years”
2021
20.01. (tbc) - Berlin
Conference: “Europe as an international standard-setter for the regulation of Artificial Intelligence”
27.01. - Strasbourg
Exhibition Opening: “Early Holocaust research” and “What happened to Holocaust survivors”
28.01. - tbc
40th anniversary of the initial signing of the CoE Convention on Data Protection
04.02. - Strasbourg
Conference: “The Rule of Law in Europe: Vision and Challenges”
04–05.02. - tbc
Conference: “Safeguarding local and regional democracy in south-east Europe”
17–18.02. - Berlin
Conference: “Dealing with Hate Speech from a European Perspective: Impulses for the Council of Europe”
22–26.02. (tbc) - Berlin
European Qualifications Passport for Refugees (EQPR) – interview session and award ceremony
01.03. - Erlangen
Policy Lab on inclusive integration
01.03. - New York
Gender Equality Commission Side event during the annual meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
10.03. - Berlin
5th European Symposium on the Comprehensibility of Legal Provisions
18–19.03. - Berlin
3rd meeting of the Committee of Experts on Roma and Traveller Issues (ADI-ROM)
Mid-March - Strasbourg
Exhibition: “Nuremberg as city of Human Rights”
Early April - Budapest
Local Democracy in South-East Europe
07–10.04. (tbc) - Strasbourg, Youth Centre
Workshop: „The role of Roma history, including Roma Holocaust, in the participation and inclusion of young Roma today“
12–13.04. - Berlin
Conference on inter-State applications before the ECtHR
15–16.04. - Mainz (tbc)
Education Policy Advisors Network (EPAN) meeting and meeting of senior officials on the implementation of the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture
30.04. (tbc) - Berlin
Conference: “Delayed Execution, Deficient Execution and Non-Execution of ECHR Judgments: Taking Stock and Thinking Forward”
Early May - Strasbourg
Practitioners’ Workshop on “(De-)Radicalization in Prisons – European exchange of views”
02.05. - Berlin
70th anniversary of full CoE membership of the Federal Republic of Germany
02.05. - Strasbourg, PMC
Anniversary Concert, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra
04.05.
Conference: “Ending Trafficking in Children and Young Persons”
05.05 - Strasbourg
Conference: “Strengthening international cooperation in criminal law”
11.05. - Berlin
Conference on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the first signing of the Istanbul Convention
11.05. - Berlin
Gender Equality Commission – annual conference
Focus: “Achieve a balanced participation of women and men in political and public decision-making“
May - Strasbourg
Webinar: “Impact of Covid-19 on media freedom”
May - Strasbourg
Workshop: “Human Rights and Business as a framework for addressing environmental protection challenges”
20.-21.05. - tbc
131st Session of Ministers


