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Civil Society Summit on Council of Europe: a vibrant civil society remains central to any democracy
Deputy Secretary General Bjørn Berge has taken part in the Civil Society Summit on Council of Europe in The Hague, Netherlands. The aim of the Civil Society Summit, held on 1 March, was to elaborate a declaration for the upcoming Reykjavik Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the...
Civil Society Committee on the Rights of the Child
The fundamental rights of Ukrainian children must be respected – Conference of INGOs Declaration
One year after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the Conference of INGOs and its Civil Society Committee on the Rights of the Child issued a Declaration to raise the collective awareness of people and institutions of the Council of Europe and its member States about the dramatic living...
Committee "NGOs as advocates for gender equality and women’s rights"
Webinar “NGOs and the monitoring of the Istanbul Convention” organised by the committee "NGOs as advocates for gender equality and women’s rights" on 31 January 2023
The webinar took place as planned and was a success attended by more than 140 participants. The highlight was the presentation by Mihail Stojanoski who works at the Secretariat of the Istanbul Convention. He outlined the scope of the “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating...
Webinar on "The fundamental importance of education for interreligious & Interconvictional dialogue"
The Committee for Interreligious and Interconvictional Dialogue organises a Webinar on "The fundamental importance of education for interreligious & Interconvictional dialogue" on Monday 27 March 2023 at 17:00 via zoom. The webinar aims to focus on the fundamental importance and role of education...
Expert Council on NGO Law
Opinion on the compatibility with European standards of Italian Decree Law No. 1 of 2 January 2023 on the management of migratory flows
The Expert Council on NGO Law has issued a new Opinion on Italian Decree Law No. 1, of 2 January 2023, which relates to search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean. The Opinion considers the compatibility of the Decree Law with European standards on civil society space. It recommends t he...
Call for summit input launched
The Council of Europe is calling for people and organisations to offer their own ideas to feed the discussions at the upcoming summit of heads of state and government in Reykjavik, Iceland on 16 – 17 May. It is asking for contributions from international organisations, national human rights...
Webinar on “What makes the Istanbul Convention the gold-standard in combating violence against women and domestic violence? And how can NGOs contribute effectively? ”
The Committee NGOs as advocates for gender equality and women’s rights is organising a webinar on “What makes the Istanbul Convention the gold-standard in combating violence against women and domestic violence? And how can NGOs contribute effectively? ” on 31 January 2023 from 5pm to 6:30 pm...
Mission visit to Greece of the Committee on the Rights of migrant People
Hosted by the NGO "The Smile of the Child", the delegation met with about 20 NGOs to discuss migration issues based on the Committee's two main axes of work: NGO access to migrant populations, refugees and asylum seekers, and access of these populations to their fundamental rights. The...
Webinar on Education and Artificial Intelligence
The Committee on Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence of the Conference of INGOs and the Federation for Education in Europe invite you to participate in the webinar on the use of artificial intelligence in education and artificial intelligence literacy on 22 November 2022 from 14:00 to 16:00....
New opinion on the compatibility with International and regional standards of recent amendments to the Belarusian legislation affecting NGOs
The Expert Council on NGO Law of the Conference of INGOs published an opinion on the compatibility with International and regional standards of recent amendments to the Belarusian legislation affecting NGOs. This opinion examines the compatibility with international and regional standards and...
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Conference of INGOs organises two events
To mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty the Conference of INGOs is organising two events on the theme ‘’PUTTING AN END TO NON-TAKE-UP OF RIGHTS: For effective Access by Everyone to Rights and Services’’ on 17 October 2022 in a hybrid format in Strasbourg and online. The non-...
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Public Consultation on a Draft Recommendation on Deliberative Democracy by the European Committee on Democracy and Governance (CDDG)
Would you like to contribute to the creation of the first European standard on deliberative democracy? Innovative deliberative initiatives, such as citizens’ assemblies, citizen juries, townhall meetings, on the national and local level are already happening in many countries. Deliberative...
Webinar on “Self-Awareness as key for intercultural and interreligious understanding”
The Committee for the Interreligious and Interconvictional Dialogue is organising a webinar on “Self-Awareness as key for intercultural and interreligious understanding” on Thursday, 13 October from 17:00 to 18:30. Without Self-Awareness - why we do what we do, why we say what we say, and why we...
Webinar on "Push-back: Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges in Council of Europe States"
The CINGO Committee on the Rights of Persons who are Migrants is organising a webinar on "Push-back: Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges in Council of Europe States" on Tuesday 25 October from 13.00 to 15.30 with the participation of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights and the...
Awareness raising video "Civil Society: Sustaining Democracy"
A new awareness raising video "Civil Society: Sustaining Democracy" is out now. In about one and half minutes the video covers the framework for legal status of NGOs and explains the commitments of the Council of Europe member States based on the Committee of Ministers Recommendation (2007)14 ....
Study visit of a delegation from the Ministry of Social Development of Jordan on the Code of Good Practice for Civil Participation in the Decision-Making Process
On 1 September 2022 the Vice-president of the Conference of INGOs - Christoph Spreng hosted a delegation from the Ministry of Social Development of Jordan composed of senior officials from the Ministry and the Municipality of Amman, the Governorate of Jerash, as well as association leaders. The...
Webinar on the monitoring procedures of the European Social Charter
The Action for Social Rights Committee of the Conference of INGOs, in partnership with the Department of Social Rights of the Council of Europe, has organised a webinar on the monitoring procedures of the European Social Charter and in particular on the use of the collective complaints procedure...
Webinar: Determining and Evaluating the Best Interests and Rights of Children in Parental Separation and Care Proceedings: exploring perspectives and best practices across Europe
The CINGO Civil Society Committee on the Rights of the Child organised a free Webinar on Determining and Evaluating the Best Interests and Rights of Children in Parental Separation and Care Proceedings: exploring perspectives and best practices across Europe in English with experts and thought...
Webinar: Determining and Evaluating the Best Interests and Rights of Children in Parental Separation and Care Proceedings: exploring perspectives and best practices across Europe
The CINGO Civil Society Committee on the Rights of the Child organised a free Webinar on Determining and Evaluating the Best Interests and Rights of Children in Parental Separation and Care Proceedings: exploring perspectives and best practices across Europe in English with experts and thought...
Get inspired! A new platform for civil participation is available online
The BePart Civil Participation Forum is finally live online. When we renewed our Code of Good Practice for Civil Participation in Decision Making together with the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, we promised to create a living tool which would showcase good practice examples, from...
