The overall objective of the Council of Europe’s external presence, totalling well over 250 projects and 400 staff, is to enable the Organisation to effectively support member states and other partners in implementing European standards through targeted cooperation programmes and to ensure close liaison with its main international partners.

The Council of Europe currently has a network of co-operation offices in Ankara, Baku, Belgrade, Chisinau, Kyiv, Pristina, Podgorica, Rabat, Sarajevo, Skopje, Tbilisi, Tirana, Tunis and Yerevan.

The Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe in Bucharest, Romania, implements all Council of Europe’s capacity-building activities on cybercrime.

A limited presence also exists in Venice, supporting Council of Europe activities.

The Offices in Rabat and Tunis ensure effective implementation of the Council of Europe’s Southern Neighbourhood co-operation priorities. The Coordinator for the Southern Neighbourhood Policy is also the Executive Director of the Council of Europe’s North-South Centre in Lisbon, which operates under the aegis of the Directorate of Programme Coordination (DPC).

These Offices have the status of Council of Europe Office, representing the Secretary General, or Programme Office, solely for the implementation of co-operation programmes.

Some co-operation programmes are carried out from Strasbourg Headquarters. Overall, the co-operation sector of the Council of Europe is active in well over 30 locations, in some instances without a local Office.

The Directorate of Programme Co-ordination provides the Council of Europe Offices and other relevant entities with the administrative, financial, methodological,  communication and logistical support needed to carry out their co-operation activities funded by extra-budgetary resources.

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