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DG Democracy and Human Dignity and its fields of action

 Democracy and civil society

  • New Democratic Pact for Europe
  • Steering Committee on Democracy (CDDEM)
  • World Forum for Democracy
  • Civil Society
  • Conference of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) of the Council of Europe  
  • Schools of Political Studies

 

 Inclusion, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination

  • Inclusion and Anti-discrimination
  • Steering Committee on Anti-discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion (CDADI)
  • European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
  • National Minorities (FCNM)
  • European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML)
  • Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) 
  • Special Representative of the Secretary General on antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and all forms of religious intolerance (SRSG)  
  • No hate speech youth campaign
  • Intercultural Cities Programme

 

 Roma and Travellers

  • Roma and Travellers
  • Roma Genocide
  • ROMACT-Joint Programme EU-CoE (Roma inclusion at local and regional level)
  • ROMACTED - Joint Programme EU-CoE (Good governance and empowerement of Roma)
  • Roma Youth Participation
  • Inclusive Schools (Inschool)

 

 Gender Equality, Violence against Women 

  • Gender Equality
  • Gender Equality - Capacity building and co-operation projects
  • Gender Equality - Co-operation with Southern Mediterranean countries
  • Action against violence against women and domestic violence - Istanbul Convention
  • Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO)
  • Gender Equality and Youth

 

 Action against Trafficking in Human Beings

  • Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
  • Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
  • Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
  • Co-operation projects - Action against Trafficking in Human Beings

 

 Children’s Rights

  • Children’s Rights
  • Steering Committee for the Rights of the Child (CDENF)
  •  Lanzarote Committee
  • Convention on the Protection Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Lanzarote Convention)  
  • 18 November: Day for the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse
  • Children’s Rights and co-operation projects
  • Special Envoy of Secretary General on the Situation of Children of Ukraine
  • Consultation Group on the Children of Ukraine (CGU)

 

 Youth

  • Youth in Europe
  • Young people and participatory democracy
  • Youth Policy 
  • European Youth Centre
  • European Youth Foundation
  • Youth for democracy programme
  • Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility
  • Youth partnership - Joint Programme EU-CoE
  • Youth Perspectives
  • Quality Label for Youth Centres
  • Human Rights Education Youth Programme
  • Co-operation in the field of youth

 

 Education

 

  • #LEARNERS FIRST – Education 2030
  • Steering Committee for Education (CDEDU)
  • Formal and non-formal education
  • Higher Education and Research
  • Higher Education and Research
  • History Education
  • Enlarged partial agreement Observatory on History Teaching in Europe
  • Remembrance of the Holocaust Prevention of Crimes against Humanity
  • Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture
  • Democratic Schools for All
  • Council of Europe Platform on Ethics, Transparency and Integrity in Education(ETINED)
  • Academic Freedom in Action
  • Lisbon Recognition Convention

 

 Languages

 

  • Language Policy
  • European Centre for Modern Languages
  • Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
  • Platform of resources and references for plurilingual and intercultural education
  • Linguistic Integration of Migrants (LIAM)

 

 Culture / Cultural Heritage 

  • Culture and Cultural Heritage
  • Steering Committee for Culture and Cultural Heritage and Landscape (CDCULT)
  • The Faro Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society
  • Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property
  • European Heritage Days (EHD)
  • Herein System (European heritage network)
  • EURIMAGES
  • European Audiovisual Observatory
  • Cultural Routes

 

 Media and information society

  • Freedom of Expression
  • Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI)
  • Cooperation on Freedom of Expression
  • Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists

 

 Artificial intelligence and digital transformation

  • Artificial Intelligence and Education
  • Committee of Experts on Artificial Intelligence, Equality and Discrimination (GEC/ADI-AI)
  • Education and Digital Transformation
  • Digital Citizenship and young people
  • European Year of Digital Citizenship Education 2025

 

 

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