Strasbourg, 10 November 2017 

CDDG(2017)OJ2

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE (CDDG)

DRAFT AGENDA

Opening of the meeting: Monday 4 December 2017 at 9.30 am

Close of the meeting: Tuesday 5 December 2017 at 6.00 pm

Strasbourg, Council of Europe, Palais, Room 11

 

1. Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda

[CDDG(2017)OJ2] - For adoption

Draft timetable

 

2. Promoting democratic governance through shared experience

2.1 Administrative and local government reform

  • Mr Damjan Manchevski, Minister for Information Society and Administration: Public Administration Reforms and ICT in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
  • Dr Nejc Brezovar, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Public Administration, Slovenia: Development Strategy of Local Self-Government in Slovenia

For discussion

Decentralisation and Civil Service Reform in Ukraine and the Council of Europe

  • Mr Georg Milbradt, Special Envoy for Decentralisation in Ukraine
  • Mr Kostyantyn Vashchenko, Head of the National Agency of Civil Service

For discussion

2.2  Action by International Organisations

  • Mr Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Deputy Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Local Development and Tourism (OECD): Multi-level governance

For discussion

 

3. Decisions by the Committee of Ministers of relevance to the work of the CDDG

[CDDG(2017)15] - For information and action

 

4. State of implementation of the CDDG activities according to its terms of reference 2016-2017

4.1 Revision of Committee of Ministers’ Recommendation Rec(2001)19 on the participation of citizens in local public life

  • Draft revised Recommendation
  • Draft explanatory report

[CDDG(2017)16] - For discussion and approval

[CDDG(2017)17] - For discussion and approval

4.2 Strategy for Innovation and Good Governance:

  • Report on the meeting of the European Stakeholders’ Platform (6 September 2017, Strasbourg)
  • The Twelve Principles of Good Democratic Governance: social discontent, public administration and public perception - the experience in the Netherlands
  • Implementation in member States

[DG-SP(2017)7rev] - For information and action

[CDDG(2017)18] - For discussion and action

[CDDG(2017)27] - For information and action

[CDDG(2017)28] - For information

4.3 Democratic Governance of Metropolitan Areas

  • Seminar on Democratic Governance in Metropolitan Areas (Thessaloniki, 17-18 October 2017): Report

[CDDG(2017)19] - For information and action

4.4 Cross-Border Cooperation

  • Update of the EDEN Database: presentation by Mr Daniele del Bianco, Institute of International Sociology of Gorizia (ISIG)

[CDDG(2017)20] - For information and action

4.5 CDDG activities in 2016-2017 : Report to the Committee of Ministers

[CDDG(2017)21] - For discussion and adoption

 

5. CDDG Terms of Reference 2018-2019

New Terms of Reference 2018-2019

  • Exchange of views on their implementation
  • Creation of working groups

[CDDG(2017)22] - For discussion and action

 

6. Developing tools on good democratic governance and supporting reforms

 Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform

Activities in 2017 including

  • Peer Reviews
  • New, revised and updated tools

[CELGR(2017)2] - For information and action

Strategy 2017-2022

[CELGR(2017)3] - For information and discussion

 

7. Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers

7.1 Activities implemented under the Chairmanship of the Czech Republic (19 May 2017 – 15 November 2017)

[CDDG(2017)23] - For information

7.2 Priorities of the Chairmanship of Denmark (15 November 2017 – 18 May 2018)

 

8. Election of the Bureau

Election of the Chair, Vice-Chair and four members of the Bureau

[CDDG(2017)25] - For election

 

9. Other business

Information about other Council of Europe bodies

  • Gender Equality Commission
  • [CDDG(2017)24] - For information
  • Ad-hoc Committee for the Rights of the Child
  • European Social Cohesion Platform
  • Division of Electoral Assistance
  • World Forum for Democracy

[CDDG(2017)26 + Addendum] - For information

Bureau meeting report

[CDDG-Bu(2017)16] - For information and discussion

Recent developments in member States

Any other item

Adoption of the abridged meeting report

[CDDG(2017)29] - For adoption

 

10. Date of the next meeting

For decision

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