Strasbourg, 1 April 2021

CDDG(2021)OJ1

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE (CDDG)

13th meeting via videoconference

15 April 2021, 10.30-1.00 and 2.30-5.00 pm (CET)

16 April 2021, 10.30-1.00 and 2.30-5.00 pm (CET)

DRAFT AGENDA

1. Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda
Annotated agenda and order of business

2. Information on recent activities and developments

• Statement by the Chair
• Report of the Bureau meeting
  [CDDG-Bu(2021)10]
• Exchange of views with Ms Claudia Luciani, Director of Human Dignity, Equality and Governance
• Information by the Secretariat

3. State of implementation of the CDDG activities according to its terms of reference 2020-2021

• Progress of work
  [CDDG(2021)1]
• Revision of the work plan
  [CDDG(2021)2]

3.1 Democracy and technology

• Report of the 4th meeting of the Working Group on democracy and technology
  [GT-DT(2021)3]
• Report by Mr Peter Andre, CDDG Rapporteur, on developments at the CAHAI
  [CDDG(2021)3]

3.1.1 Specific task i: Impact of digital transformation on democracy and good governance

• Approval of the study
  [CDDG(2021)4]

3.1.2 Specific task ii: Develop standards on new technologies and the different stages of the electoral process (including voter registration, transmission and tabulation of results, etc.) in the form of a Committee of Ministers’ recommendation or guidelines

• Consideration of the analysis of the replies to the questionnaire
  [CDDG(2021)5]
• Consideration of preliminary draft guidelines
  [CDDG(2021)6]
• Exchange of views with the participation of
  • Ms Ardita Driza Maurer, University of Zurich, Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau, Gimel, Switzerland
  • Mr Robert Krimmer, ERA-Chair Full Professorship of e-Governance, Skytte Institute, University of Tartu, Estonia
  • Ms Melanie Volkamer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
• Exchange of views with the Venice Commission: Presentation of the Principles for a fundamental rightscompliant use of digital technologies in electoral processes, by Mr José Luis Vargas Valdez, Judge at the Federal Electoral Tribunal, Mexico

3.2 Specific task iii: Democratic accountability

• Report of the 3rd meeting of the Working Group on accountability
  [GT-RE(2021)2]
• Consideration of a preliminary draft recommendation for the Committee of Ministers on democratic accountability of elected officials and bodies at local and regional level
  [CDDG(2021)7 + Addendum]
• Presentation by Mr Jorge Valladares, Research and Policy Expert, Political Integrity, Transparency International (international secretariat)

4. Promoting democratic governance through shared experience

• Exchange of views with Mr Viacheslav Nehoda, Deputy Minister for Communities and Territories, Ukraine
• Exchange of views with Mr Frederic Vallier, Secretary General of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)
• Presentation of current developments or ongoing reforms by members of the CDDG

5. Introduction of a 4-year Strategic Framework

• Exchange of views on the implications and possible CDDG priorities for 2022-2025
  [CDDG(2021)8]
  [SG/Inf(2020)34]

6. Activities of the Centre of Expertise for Good Governance

• Presentation by Ms Alina Tatarenko, Head of the Centre of Expertise for Good Governance
• Update as regards the European Label of Governance Excellence (ELoGE)
  [DG-SP(2021)3]

7. Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers

• Activities of the Presidency of Germany (November 2020-May 2021)
  Events
• Priorities of the Presidency of Hungary (May-November 2021)

8. Activities of the Committee of Ministers and other Council of Europe bodies

• Exchange of views with Ambassador Marten Ehnberg, Permanent Representative of Sweden, Chair of the Committee of Ministers’ Rapporteur Group on Democracy (GR-DEM)
• Parliamentary Assembly: presentation by Ms Sibel Arslan, General Rapporteur on local and regional authorities, member of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
• Congress of Local and Regional Authorities: presentation by Mr Andreas Kiefer, Secretary General of the Congress
• World Forum for Democracy (WFD)
  [CDDG(2021)10]
• INGOs Conference: presentation by Mr Gerhard Ermischer, Civilscape
• Activities of the Committee of Ministers and other Council of Europe bodies
  [CDDG(2021)9]

9. Gender mainstreaming in the work of the CDDG

• Presentations by the CDDG gender equality rapporteurs
• Approval of guidelines on gender mainstreaming in the work of the CDDG
  [CDDG(2021)11]

10. Other business

11. Adoption of the abridged meeting report
[CDDG(2021)12]