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The Conference of INGOs at the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe in Reykjavik on 16-17 May 2023
The Conference of INGOs was represented by President Gerhard Ermischer at the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe which took place in Reykjavik on 16-17 May 2023. The President emphasised the role of the Conference of INGOs: “CINGO as a collective body provides an...
Outcome of the annual spring session of the Conference of INGOs
The Conference of INGOs (CINGO) held its annual spring session on 24-26 April 2023, in hybrid format. An exchange of views with Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić and the adoption of the Recommendation of the INGO Conference to the Summit of heads of state of the Council of Europe meeting...
Call for input on challenges facing NGOs supporting particular groups/causes
NGOs working in support of particular causes or groups, such as migrants and the LGBTI community, face increasing difficulties in carrying out their work. In light of this, the Expert Council on NGO Law is carrying out a study to develop a comprehensive picture of the challenges faced by NGOs...
Civil Society Committee on the Rights of the Child
Workshop on Child hearing and participation: Good practices for the child hearing process – examples from Projeto-12 Portugal
A workshop on Child hearing and participation organised by the Civil Society Committee on the Rights of the Child (CSC-RC) will take place on Tuesday 9 May (11:00 CEST - UTC+2). Registration is not required, feel free to participate on this Zoom LINK The workshop aims to allow experts,...
Expert Council on NGO Law
Opinion on the Compatibility of Amendments to the Croatia Law on Associations and the Law on Foundations with European Standards
The Expert Council on NGO Law has prepared an Opinion on the Compatibility of Amendments to the Croatia Law on Associations and the Law on Foundations with European Standards; those were enacted by Parliament in December 2022. As detailed in the Opinion, the Amendments underscore the ongoing...
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 ....
