Strasbourg, 20 November 2019

CDDG(2019)OJ1

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE (CDDG)

DRAFT AGENDA

Opening of the meeting: Monday 9 December 2019 at 9.30 am

Close of the meeting: Wednesday 11 December 2019 at 6.00 pm

Strasbourg, Council of Europe, Agora, Room G03

1. Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda

[CDDG(2019)OJ1 rev.]
For adoption

 

2. Recent developments

  • Council of Europe: information by Ms Claudia Luciani, Director of Human Dignity, Equality and Governance
    For information and discussion
  • Member States: exchange of views on the basis of information from delegations concerning ongoing reforms in their countries
    For information

 

3. Information by the Chair and Bureau members on recent activities

[CDDG(2019)1]
For information

 

4. Promoting democratic governance through shared experience

Intervention by Ms Gabriella Battaini Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Administrative and government reform
For discussion

  • Mr Michal Bagačka, State Secretary responsible for Public Administration, Slovak Republic
  • Mr Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Minister of Transport and Local Government, Iceland
  • Mr Viacheslav Nehoda, Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Ukraine

Other international organisations

Mr Sean Dougherty, OECD Network on Fiscal Relations

 

5. Cooperation with the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

Exchange of views with Mr Andreas Kiefer, Secretary General of the Congress

For discussion

 

6. Review meeting on implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)5 on standards for e-voting

[CM/Rec(2017)5]
For information

[CDDG(2019)2]
For decision

 

7. Decisions by the Committee of Ministers of relevance to the work of the CDDG

7.1 Issues presented for consideration by the CDDG

[CDDG(2019)3 rev.]
For action

 

7.2 CDDG Terms of Reference 2020-2021

Terms of Reference

  • Exchange of views and consideration of a workplan
    [CDDG(2019)4]
    For decision
  • The impact of the digital transformation on democracy and governance
    • Round Table on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Democracy (Strasbourg, 20 September 2019)
      [CDDG(2019)5]
      For information
    • Artificial Intelligence, Democracy and Governance: a brief overview of ongoing work by other international organisations and fora
      [CDDG(2019)6]
      For information
  • New technologies in the electoral cycle
    [CDDG(2019)7]
    For information
  • Appointment of Rapporteurs on Gender Equality, on Children’s Rights, on Roma and Travellers Issues and on the rights of persons with disabilities
    For appointment

 

8. State of implementation of the CDDG activities according to its terms of reference 2018-2019

8.1 Public ethics

  • Information on the meetings of the CDDG working group on public ethics (18-19 March and 16-17 September 2019, Strasbourg)
    [GT-EP(2019)2]
    [GT-EP(2019)7]
    For information
  • Guidelines on public ethics
    [CDDG(2019)8]
  • For adoption
  • Revised handbook of good practice on public ethics
    [CDDG(2019)9]
    [CDDG(2019)9 Addendum]
  • For adoption
  • Feasibility study on a Council of Europe indicator framework on public ethics
    [CDDG(2019)10]
    For decision

8.2 E-democracy

  • Information on the meetings of the CDDG working group on e-democracy (14-15 March and 12-13 September 2019, Strasbourg)
    [GT-ED(2019)4]
    [GT-ED(2019)7]
    For information
  • Guidelines on e-democracy in the form of a toolkit
    [CDDG(2019)11]
  • [CDDG(2019)11 Addendum]
    For approval in substance and decision

8.3 Strategy for Innovation and Good Governance

  • Promotion of the 12 Principles of Good Democratic Governance in member States
    For information
  • Report on the third meeting of the European Stakeholders’ Platform (23 May 2019)
    [DG-SP(2019)3]
    For discussion 
  • Conference on the 12 Principles of Good Democratic Governance and the European Label of Governance’ Excellence (28 October 2019)
    [CDDG(2019)12]
    For information

 

9. Developing tools on good democratic governance and supporting reforms

Centre of Expertise for Good Governance

  • Activity report of the Centre of Expertise: state of implementation and activities in 2019
    [CDDG(2019)13]
    For discussion

 

10. Election of the Bureau

Election of the Chair, Vice-Chair and five members of the Bureau
[CDDG(2019)14 rev.]
For election

 

11. Chairmanships of the Committee of Ministers

Activities under the French Presidency (17 May 2019 – 27 November 2019) and Priorities of the Georgian Presidency (27 November 2019 – May 2020)

Stocktaking
For information

Priorities
For information

 

12. Activities of other Council of Europe bodies

[CDDG(2019)15]
For information

  • INGOs Conference
  • World Forum for Democracy
  • The activities of the Electoral Assistance Division

 

  • Directorate of Internal Oversight: Evaluation of the intergovernmental committees
    Final report
    For information

 

13. Other business

 

14. Adoption of the abridged meeting report

[CDDG(2019)16]
For adoption

 

15. Date and place of the next meeting

For decision

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