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Students visit the Office in Venice

On 13 July, a group of secondary-school students from the Veneto region, participating in the Summer Camp organized by TGS Eurogroup Social Promotion Association, visited the Council of Europe Office in Venice.

The students were given a presentation on the Council of Europe, its main bodies and achievements in 70 years of activity. This was followed by the presentation of specific projects supported by the Office in Venice, such as Europe Days, the Italian Faro Network and the European Silk Route.

Turismo Giovanile Sociale (TGS) is a lay association of social promotion, supported by the Salesian Province "San Marco" North-East Italy. Founded in 1968, it organises youth initiatives, such as the above-mentioned Summer Camps. These are one-week projects during which young students can learn English and engage in numerous other activities, such as theatre workshops and sightseeing tours to discover the lesser-known places in the city of Venice.

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I would like to welcome you to the website of the Programme Office of the Council of Europe in Venice. The Programme Office supports Headquarters in the organisation of activities that span from culture and cultural heritage to training on human rights and democracy. I kindly invite you to surf through our website. Here you will find information on our past and present activities, news and articles about the Office and the Council of Europe. Venice is actively involved in Council of Europe activities. Venice is a member of the Council of Europe Intercultural Cities Network. The network supports cities in reviewing their policies through an intercultural lens and developing comprehensive strategies to help them manage diversity positively. Venice is also one of the four Faro Convention laboratories in Europe. Here the Council of Europe is testing how civil society and local authorities put into practice this relatively young Convention on democratic participation to cultural heritage. Venice participates in the Jewish Heritage Route. This important European cultural route certified by the Council of Europe, goes through the city and stops at its 500 years old ghetto and historic Jewish cemetery. In other words, Venice is a workshop and a test site for significant Council of Europe policies and programmes. Furthermore, the European Commission for Democracy through Law - better known as the Venice Commission, as it meets in Venice - is the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters.