Strasbourg, 9 November 2018

CDDG(2018)OJ1

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE (CDDG)

DRAFT AGENDA

Opening of the meeting: Wednesday 28 November 2018 at 9.30 am

Close of the meeting: Friday 30 November 2018 at 6.00 pm

Strasbourg, Council of Europe, Agora, Room G01

1. Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda
[CDDG(2018)OJ1]
For adoption

2. Information on recent developments at the Council of Europe
For information

3. Information by the Chair on recent activities

Participation in:

• Conference on Cross-Border Cooperation (Dubrovnik, 25 May 2018)
• Conference on Civil Participation in local decision-making processes (Yerevan, 4 September 2018)
• International Day of Democracy (Strasbourg, 19 September 2018)
• Meeting of the Chairs of Council of Europe Intergovernmental Committees and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, 20 September 2018)

For information

4. Promoting democratic governance through shared experience

Administrative and local government reform

• Mr Lovro Kuščević, Minister of Public Administration, Croatia

For discussion

5. Decisions by the Committee of Ministers of relevance to the work of the CDDG
[CDDG(2018)2]
For information and action

6. State of implementation of the CDDG activities according to its terms of reference 2018-2019

6.1 Revision of Committee of Ministers’ Recommendation R (98) 12 on the supervision of local authorities action

• Reports on the meetings of the working group on the revision of Recommendation No. R (98) 12 of the Committee of Ministers on supervision of local authorities’ action
  [GT-CACL(2018)3]
  [GT-CACL(2018)6]
  For information
• Draft revised Recommendation
  [CDDG(2018)3]
  For discussion and adoption

6.2 Public Ethics

[CDDG(2018)4]
For discussion and action

• Reports on the meetings of the working group on public ethics
  [GT-EP(2018)3]
  [GT-EP(2018)7]
  For information
• Revision of the 2004 Handbook of good practice on public ethics at local level: revised draft guide on public ethics
  [CDDG(2018)4 Addendum]
  For discussion and action
• Guidelines on public ethics
• Preparation of a feasibility study on a Council of Europe indicator framework on public ethics

6.3 E-democracy

• Information on the first meeting of the working group on edemocracy (27 November 2018, Strasbourg)
  [GT-ED(2018)1]
  [GT-ED(2018)2]
  For information

6.4 Strategy for Innovation and Good Governance:

• E-Learning Tool on the 12 Principles of Good Democratic Governance
  For information
• Promotion of the 12 Principles of Good Democratic Governance in member States: update
  [CDDG(2018)5]
  For discussion and action

6.5 Cross-Border Cooperation

• EDEN Database
• Update on recent developments in the EU
  For information and discussion

7. Developing tools on good democratic governance and supporting reforms

• Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform
  [CDDG(2018)9]
  For discussion
• Activities in 2018 including
  [CELGR(2018)2]
  For discussion
  • Peer Reviews
  • New, revised and updated tools
  • Activities in 2018 and perspectives for 2019

8. 2018 Report by the Secretary General on the State of Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law

• Report on: “Role of institutions, Threats to institutions”
• [CDDG(2018)10]
• For discussion
• Report on: “Impact of new information technologies on electoral processes”
  [CDDG(2018)11]
  For information and discussion
• Exchange of views
  For discussion

9. Election of the Bureau

• Election of the Chair, Vice-Chair and two members of the Bureau
  [CDDG(2018)6]
  For election

10. Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers

• Activities under the Chairmanship of Croatia (19 May 2018 – 21 November 2018) and Priorities of the Chairmanship of Finland (21 November 2018 – 18 May 2019)
  [CDDG(2018)7]
  For information

11. Other business

Information about other Council of Europe bodies
[CDDG(2018)8]
For information and action

• Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
• Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
• Conference of INGOs
• World Forum for Democracy (19-21 November 2018)
• Inclusion and anti-discrimination programmes
• [CDDG(2018)12]

Reports of meetings of the Bureau
[CDDG-Bu(2018)9]
[CDDG-Bu(2018)16]
For information and discussion

Recent developments in member States

Any other item

Adoption of the abridged meeting report
[CDDG(2018)13]
For adoption

12. Date of the next meeting

For decision