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As part of the Finnish Presidency of the Committee of Ministers, a seminar will be organised on Education and training pathways for youth workers, aimed at implementing the Committee of Ministers’ Recommendation on youth work (2017).
The seminar will gather 150 stakeholders involved at local, regional and national level, in the field of youth policies, youth work and formal education for youth workers.
The seminar will be streamed - Contact: Päivi Suhonen, tel. +33 3 90 21 53 70
18 February, Strasbourg
The Council of Europe’s anti money laundering and counter terrorist financing body (MONEYVAL) will publish follow-up reports on Serbia and Slovenia assessing the countries’ progress in strengthening their frameworks to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing since the evaluation reports issued in 2016 and in 2017, respectively.
Contact: Tatiana Baeva, tel. +33 3 88 41 21 41
19 Februray, Strasbourg
The European Court of Human Rights will notify in writing 10 judgments concerning Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine.
More information - ECHR website, tel. +33 3 90 21 42 08
19 February, Strasbourg
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) will publish the report on its most recent visit to Greece in April 2018, together with the response of the Greek authorities. The report will examine the treatment and conditions of detention of psychiatric patients and immigration detainees.
Contact: Panos Kakaviatos, tel. +33 3 90 21 50 27
19-21 February, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities will carry out the second part of its monitoring visit of local and regional democracy in the cities of Sarajevo, Mostar and the municipality of Jablanica. The delegation will meet high representatives of the Entities as well as local and cantonal authorities.
Contact: Dušan Vojnović, tel. +33 3 90 21 56 99, Tatiana Baeva, tel. +33 3 88 41 21 41
20-22 February, Kyiv
On 20 February, the Council of Europe office in Kyiv will organise a public debate on “How to combat and address stereotypes and hate speech targeting national minorities in public discourse and in electoral campaigns. National and regional authorities, international organisations, civil society and national minorities organisations will take part in the debate.
On 21 and 22 February, a training course will be organised for national minorities organisations to help them plan their outreach strategies.
Both events will be open to the media (for accreditation : Oksana Ovcharuk or Aneta Witwicka
Contact: Tatiana Baeva, tel. +33 3 88 41 21 41
21 February, Stockholm
Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland will carry out a working visit to Sweden.
Contact: Daniel Höltgen, tel. +33 6 68 29 87 51
21 February, Strasbourg
The European Court of Human Rights will notify in writing 75 judgments and/or decisions concerning Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine.
More information - ECHR website, tel. +33 3 90 21 42 08
22-23 February, Tangier
The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Pompidou Group will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the introduction of opioid agonist treatment in the country. Organised as part of the 2019 MedNET work programme, this regional seminar will bring together addiction treatment centers from across the Kingdom of Morocco as well as experts from Tunisia, Jordan, Portugal and Switzerland. The seminar will be opened by the Minister of Health of the Kingdom of Morocco.
Contact: Panos Kakaviatos, tel. +33 3 90 21 50 27
22-25 February, Republic of Moldova
A 24-member Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) delegation will observe the conduct of the parliamentary elections, on 24 February, alongside observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the European Parliament and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
Contacts
+33 3 88 41 25 60