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Strasbourg, 5 September 2014

CDDECS(2014) RAP 2

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR SOCIAL COHESION,

HUMAN DIGNITY AND EQUALITY

(CDDECS)

MEETING REPORT

1ST MEETING

3 - 5 June 2014

Agora, Room G01,

Council of Europe, Strasbourg

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CDDECS

The European Committee for Social Cohesion, Human Dignity and Equality (CDDECS) is responsible for overseeing the Council of Europe’s intergovernmental work in the areas mentioned in its title. It will contribute to the protection of human dignity, equality and equal opportunities for all, and the prevention and combating violence and discrimination on any ground, in order to create societies that do not generate exclusion.

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Introduction

The European Committee for Social Cohesion, Human Dignity and Equality (CDDECS) held its 1st meeting from 3 to 5 June 2014 in Strasbourg (France). The Agenda, as adopted, appears in Appendix I and the list of participants in Appendix II.

Opening of the meeting and adoption of the Agenda

Opening address

The meeting was opened, in the absence of Mr Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General (SG) of the Council of Europe, on his behalf by Ms Snežana Samardžić-Marković, Director General of Democracy. The opening address noted that

the creation of CDDECS and the streamlining of the secretariat, by putting social cohesion, human dignity and equality in a coherent way under one roof in Directorate General II (Democracy), are part of the on-going reform of the Council of Europe (CoE), which aims at making the CoE more effective and more politically relevant to member states,

as it is apparent from the recently published first report by the SG (“The state of Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the Member States of the Council of Europe”), the new danger in the societies is the erosion of fundamental rights during the deepened social crisis, and something must be done to stop the erosion. The CDDECS can make a real difference and provide added value by giving its expertise to the use of member states in the promotion of the implementation of the ground breaking set of legal instruments that CoE has and to help member states to fully benefit from the work of the relevant monitoring mechanisms.

Further remarks on the importance of the CDDECS, the need to address the transversal nature of the CDDECS’ themes in a way combining legal and social perspectives, and the need to translate expertise within the CoE and the CDDECS into political reality in the member states were made by Ms Marja Ruotanen, Director of Human Dignity and Equality Directorate, and Ms Michele Akip, Secretary to the European Committee for Social Cohesion, Human Dignity and Equality.

Adoption of the Agenda

The overarching mandate of the CDDECS and the human rights based legal approach was widely appreciated. However, some delegations expressed reservations on the agenda, as it failed to address the issue of social cohesion and concerns were raised on the possible overlapping work with CDDH.

The CDDECS adopted the Agenda (see Appendix II below) and the order of business as proposed by the Secretariat in document CDDECS(2014)OJA rev. 5.

Election of the Chair and Bureau, appointment of the rapporteur for Gender Equality

After discussing various procedural options for the voting, the CDDECS proceeded with a vote on the chair, the vice-chair and the 7 members of the bureau, of which one member was elected for one year only, to allow rotation in the bureau.

The CDDECs elected the following persons :

Chairperson: Ms Carlien SCHEELE (Netherlands);

Vice-chair: Mr Alexis RINCKENBACH (France);

6 Bureau members for a two-year term:

Ms Merita XHAFAJ (Albania);
Ms Nadezhda HARIZANOVA (Bulgaria);
Ms Marja-Liisa PARJANNE (Finland);
Ms Rita SKREBIŠKIENE (Lithuania);
Mr Silvan AGIUS (Malta);

Mr Jerzy CIECHANSKI (Poland);

1 Bureau member for a one-year term:

Ms Maria ORESHINA (Russian Federation

The CDDECs appointed Ms Fàtima DUARTE (Portugal) as rapporteur for Gender Equality.

Round table I: Guaranteeing equality and equal dignity for all

Mr Nils Muiznieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe;
Mr Robert Biedroń, General Rapporteur on the Rights of LGBT People, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe;
Ms Carlien Scheele, Directorate for Gender and LGBT Equality, (The Netherlands);
Professor Feride Acar, Former member of the Ad-hoc Committee on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (CAHVIO);
Ms Françoise Tulkens, Former Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights, who will moderate the Round Table.

Ms Tulkens, in her introductory words stressed the fundamental importance of ensuring equality and dignity for all and the need for eliminating all kinds of discrimination on any grounds. She introduced the term transformative equality which is used in academia and in some countries in increasing frequency. In effect it means removing systematic inequalities in the society and eradicating poverty and disadvantage by taking into consideration vulnerabilities and stereotypes and enabling all people to have the skills and abilities they need to participate in society and decision making as well as in productive activities.

Mr Muiznieks concentrated on three main issues that emerge frequently during his country visits, namely “equality and non-discrimination”, “austerity and its negative effects on society” and “deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities”. On anti-discrimination he noted that the most important factors in allowing discrimination to continue in a society is the social acceptance of it and the stereotypes and prejudices together with a very low risk of punishment. The legal standards on various levels in the international level are good, but on national level anti-discrimination legislation is often lacking and the equality bodies are not able to function independently with sufficient resources. The general knowledge of remedies is low and the authorities, including law enforcement officials, often fail to take discrimination cases seriously. This all requires enhanced legislative measures, training and raising awareness.

With regard to austerity, Mr Muiznieks noted that the measures taken have disproportionate effects on the most vulnerable groups of society, young and old, members of minorities, persons with disabilities, unemployed, sick, uneducated, migrants etc. He stressed the importance of NHRIs in ensuring that nobody is left behind in the society and pointed out that inequality in general is bad for economic growth. On deinstitutionalisation Mr Muiznieks wanted to draw attention to the fact that austerity has slowed down many deinstitutionalisation projects, even those funded by the EU, which is enough for the increased need to pay special attention to the implementation of the rights of persons with disabilities.

Ms Acar concentrated to the urgent need to put an end to violence against women and girls and family violence and end the widespread impunity. Seven out of 10 women experience violence at some point of their live. She offered a look into the history behind the creation of the Istanbul Convention, which will enter into force on 1 August 2014. The convention will bring a rights based approach with social dimension to table and provide binding legal guidelines on how to address the issue of domestic violence. She stressed the importance of the 4 “P”s= prevention, protection, prosecution and integrated policies that are part of the convention together with effective monitoring mechanism.

Ms Scheele drew attention to issues relating to gender equality and non-discrimination, especially of the LGTBI persons. An important factor to pay attention to in the equality discussion is the financial independence, including during pension, of women, which is directly influenced by women working part time or not at all outside their homes. Also different stereotypes and for example religious communities have a direct effect on how women and LGTBI persons are regarded in the society. The law enforcement and judicial authorities have to be trained to take complaints about discrimination and related violence seriously and in all the awareness on equality and understanding discrimination related issues need to be brought to a higher level in all of the society.

Mr Biedron noted that when public discussion about LGTBI persons has become more open and accepted with an increasing amount of persons “coming out” and more countries accepting same sex marriage etc, at the same time the hate speech, discrimination and violence against LGTBI persons has also increased. Countries have enacted legislation banning homosexual propaganda or forcing NGOs to register as foreign agents, public institutions are included in stigmatisation of minorities, intolerance is increasing within all age groups in general and objective education on minority related issues is not available as widely as necessary. Horizontal approach is needed, comparable data needs to be collected and societies need to become more tolerant ones where discrimination is not accepted and where people do not need to live in fear.

The CDDECS exchanged views with high level panellists on the effects of austerity on the protection of human rights, on combatting discrimination, stereotypes and violence, on the ways to effectively ensure dignity, equality and the full enjoyment for all of all - civil, political, social, economic and cultural - human rights, paying special attention to vulnerable persons among women, children, persons with disabilities, the elderly, LGBTI persons and others that might have difficulties in enforcing their fundamental rights and freedoms;

The committee took note of the need for political leadership for change, the importance of multidisciplinary approaches and research, the need for increased capabilities of equality bodies, the necessity for training and public awareness and increased participation and representation in the public sphere by vulnerable groups;

Round table II: Making justice accessible for all

Obstacles to access to justice persist, notably for victims of violence and discrimination. These obstacles discourage the victims from seeking redress and from pursuing justice.

Ms Angelika Nussberger, Judge, European Court of Human Rights;

Ms Françoise Tulkens, Former Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights;
Mr Morten Kjaerum, Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA);
Mr Nicolas Le Coz, President of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) of the Council of Europe;
Mr Stephanos Stavros, Executive Secretary of ECRI who will moderate the Round Table.

Mr Stavros listed various forms of obstacles to access to justice, namely lack of relevant information, cost of the proceedings, fear of various consequences and the lacking capacity to act, be it due to disability, young or old age, or other reason. Despite the good level of normative basis to counter discrimination, violence against women, trafficking in human beings etc. and the large amount of recommendations, decisions and judgments on these issues many problems persist: Discrimination is not recognised, sometimes the victim status is not recognised even by the victim, legal aid and other support mechanisms do not guarantee sufficient assistance or coverage and secondary victimisation is not prevented effectively.

Ms Nussberger divided the obstacles to access to justice in three categories: legal, factual and moral/emotional. Legal obstacles exist when the formalities, such as the need to use a lawyer or overly complicated forms and the strict admissibility rules diminish the possibilities and willingness of victims to seek justice. Factual obstacles exist when persons do not know about their rights and have no knowledge or access to the persons who could help. Moral obstacles include lack of hope in a change of one’s situation due to the long proceeding times or non-implementation of previous decisions by the authorities. To remedy these obstacles, cooperation is needed by the authorities, victims and their relatives, the NGOs and the lawyers who represent cases. Also the persons seeking access to justice must be provided with a realistic view on their possibilities to succeed, and if there is a valid case, all the necessary assistance and support needs to be given. As the ECHR has pointed out in its decisions many times over “the rights must not be illusory but real and effective”.

Ms Tulkens addressed discrimination and the situation of especially vulnerable groups/persons as well as the under-use of the available resources in access to justice. She noted the low level of female applicants, only 15 %, among those seeking justice before the ECHR. Women often face more challenges in access to their rights and justice than men. This is not only because women often have claims with regard to social rights, but also for psychological and economic reasons together with stereotypes prevalent amongst the judicial actors. The austerity diminishes social rights, the poor become poorer and end up more vulnerable as a result of poverty. The poor need more assistance to have access to all human rights. No new special rights are needed. Important factors are the legal aid and cost of justice, i.e. the cost of implementation of the rights for the victim. A holistic approach with gender perspective is needed in access to justice with equal treatment to both civil and political rights as well as social, cultural and economic rights.

Mr Kjaerum highlighted the cooperation between Council of Europe and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). One of the FRA’s most important tasks is evidence based information and advice on challenges in the fulfilment of the fundamental and human rights in all member states. Recently surveys have been published on antisemitism, violence against women and discrimination of the LGTBI persons. The surveys prepared and conducted by FRA aim at making decision makers aware of problems in the implementation of the rights and create positive change for individuals. The surveys are based on large amount of personal interviews in all EU member states. One common challenge in access to justice is the lack of knowledge where to go, who can help and on what issues. For example national equality and anti-discrimination bodies are not known to most people. Such bodies should be made more accessible and visible, their independence, powers and funding need to be increased, the distance between the institution and the victims needs to be shortened and the limits to their activities, such as inability to bring forward cases on behalf of victims or cases involving important issues without a specific victim, needs to be removed. In general states should do more to provide easier access to justice for victims, to train national law enforcement and judicial authorities on access related issues and in general benefit from increased cooperation between various national and international actors.

Mr Coz gave a presentation on GRETA (Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings) and its monitoring activities, the anti-trafficking convention and the obligations it creates both on the identification, support and protection of the victim as well as on the prosecution of the persons responsible for the trafficking and prevention of the trafficking in the future. Anti-discrimination and other measures are necessary to ensure that all and especially the most vulnerable victims are recognised, gain access to justice, receive the assistance and support they need and are not exposed to the danger of continued victimisation due to the proceedings. States must work against stereotypes to allow everyone to enjoy their full human rights. In addition, political strength and will is needed to enhance the ability of GRETA and the member states to get better results in fight against trafficking.

The CDDECS exchanged views with the high level panellists and took note of the conclusions by the panel insisting on the universality and indivisibility of human rights and the need for their better implementation; more trust and confidence of citizens, namely from vulnerable groups, in police, in justice and other available redress mechanisms. The cap between the laws and people’s experiences is still there, the change is needed in the mind set and authorities’ willingness and ability to interfere when they recognise problems in the realisation of persons’ rights. Independent bodies tasked at helping victims and monitoring implementation of rights must be enabled to work effectively.

CDDECS Work Programme 2014-2015

The CDDECS had first exchange of views on the draft Work Programme 2014-2015, which was prepared by the Secretariat based on the panel discussions and the exchange of views that followed.

The committee expressed support for the priorities outlined by the Commissioner of Human Rights for the work of the committee in his presentation earlier, namely

promotion of equality and anti-discrimination bodies and measures in member states, and
assessment of the social impact of austerity and reinforcement of human rights approach in national policies for a transformative equality;

It was generally agreed that the draft needed further developing, especially as work on social cohesion was not directly reflected in the draft (nor in the panel discussions). Furthermore, it will be necessary to limit to few priority actions and to avoid duplication with the work of the CDDECS’ subordinate bodies. Several members stressed the three mechanisms that the Commissioner of Human Rights had noted as essential for social cohesion, and that did appear on the agenda, namely

equality and non-discrimination,
participation and representation, and
intercultural contact, cooperation and competences, including language, history and culture of the groups one does not identify oneself with.

Some members considered the proposed line of work to be too legalistic, involving conventions and their monitoring mechanisms. There was a concern that the work would overlap with that of the CDDH. The Secretariat drew attention to the Terms of Reference set up for the CDDECS by the CM which does set up a goal to enhance the implementation of the conventions and follow up on the recommendations made by the monitoring mechanisms.

The CDDECS decided that

The Secretariat will send to members a revised version taking into account comments made during the discussion by 16 June 2014,
The members will send to the Secretariat amendments in track changes by 30 June 2014, and
Based on these amendments, the Secretariat will prepare a Work Programme 2014-2015 and send it to members before 15 July for adoption by ad refendum by 5 September.

Coordinating the functioning of the subordinate bodies:
1. Presentation of activities of the subordinate bodies of the CDDECS

Gender Equality Commission (DECS-GEC)

The CDDECS took note of the information provided by the Gender Equality Commission’s chair on the GEC and its 2014-2017 strategy’s focus areas. To benefit the work of the GEC, in addition to its 47 members, there are national gender focal points, sometimes the same person, and also rapporteurs in all steering committees of the CoE. The focus areas of the GEC include combating gender stereotypes and sexism, preventing and combatting violence against women, guaranteeing equal access to justice for women, achieving equal participation for women and men in political decision making and achieving gender mainstreaming in all policies and measures.

The next meeting of the DECS-GEC will be held 19-21 November 2014 in Strasbourg.

Committee of Experts on the Council of Europe strategy for the rights of the child (DECS-ENF)

The CDDECS took note of the information provided by the Secretariat on the progress of the implementation of the Council of Europe strategy for the rights of the child (2012-2015), on the remaining challenges such as austerity’s effect on children, hyper-sexualisation and child poverty exclusion and on the actions suggested, namely child friendly services, child participation, empowerment, protection, anti-violence measures, transversality and open consultation and of the information on the process of preparing the next CoE strategy;

The first meeting of the DECS-ENF will be held 12-14 November 2014 in Strasbourg.

Committee of Experts on the Rights of People with Disabilities (DECS-RPD)

The CDDECS took note of the information provided by the chair of the previous RPD on the progress of the implementation of the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan 2006-2015. The key areas in the action plan are independent living, education, employment, mobility and awareness raising. In addition, the Action Plan includes cross cutting aspects, such as women/children/migrants with disabilities. The new RPD will concentrate on evaluating the implementation of the current Action Plan and prepare a draft for a next CoE action frame for 2016-2020 for the protection of persons with disabilities taking into account the activities in this field within other organisations;

The first meeting of the DECS-RPD will be held 1-3 October 2014 in Strasbourg.

Membership of the DECS-GEC and reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses by the Council of Europe

In accordance with the terms of reference of the DECS-GEC, the 47 member States of the Council of Europe are full members of the DECS-GEC. However, only 16 representatives of member states have their travel and subsistence expenses reimbursed by the Council of Europe.

The CDDECS took note of the proposal by the Austrian delegation to consider the possibility to reimburse the expenses of all 47 members during the following mandate period.

The CDDECS decided, based on the proposal made by the GEC, by vote (13 votes to 12), that the next 16 representatives whose travel and subsistence expenses are to be borne by the Council of Europe in 2015[*] are those from Andorra, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Luxembourg, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Norway, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, San Marino, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Membership of the DECS-ENF and reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses by the Council of Europe

In accordance with the terms of reference of the DECS-ENF, the 47 member States of the Council of Europe are full members of the DECS-ENF. However, only 16 representatives of member states have their travel and subsistence expenses reimbursed by the Council of Europe.

The CDDECS decided that

the member states will be requested by the Secretariat to nominate one or two candidates each, of relevant experience, for the membership of the ENF.
the Bureau of the CDDECS will select in its September meeting the 16 representatives whose travel and subsistence expenses are paid by the CoE until the end of 2015.

Recent developments in member states

The members of the CDDECS gave information on the latest legislative changes in their respective countries and on the recent seminars and conferences held in the area of competences of the CDDECS. The committee thanked the government of Azerbaijan for its invitation to hold a conference in Baku on 10 and 11 September 2014, under the aegis of the Azerbaijani Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, with a view to taking stock of national policies towards social cohesion and actions taken by the Secretariat as whole, in the light of the New Strategy and Action Plan for Social Cohesion as adopted by the Committee of Ministers in 2010. The Chair and/or Vice-chair of the CDDECS will represent it in this event and the result of this conference will be discussed in the next meeting of the CDDECS in November 2014.

Issues relating to the work of the CDDECS – comments to the CM

The CDDECS discussed the two draft replies, prepared by the Secretariat on CDDECS’ behalf to the Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 2044 (2014) “Ending child poverty in Europe” and Committee of Minister’s draft Recommendation CM/Rec(2013) on intercultural integration.

The CDDECS decided that

Any further comments from member states should be submitted to the Secretariat latest on 20 June 2014;
The secretariat will take provided comments into account and prepare the final comments to be submitted to the CM before 30 June 2014.

Preparation of forthcoming meetings

The 2nd meeting of the CDDECS will be held on 18-20 November 2014 in Strasbourg.

Any other business

None.

Adoption of the abridged meeting report

The CDDECS adopted the abridged report of its 1st meeting on 5 June 2014.

APPENDIX I

CDDECS(2014)OJA Rev5

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR SOCIAL COHESION,

HUMAN DIGNITY AND EQUALITY

(CDDECS)

REVISED DRAFT ANNOTATED AGENDA[†]

Opening of the meeting: Tuesday 3 June 2014 (9.30 am)

Close of the meeting: Thursday 5 June 2014 (12.30 am),

followed by a Bureau meeting

Council of Europe, Agora, Room G01, Strasbourg

The European Committee for Social Cohesion, Human Dignity and Equality is responsible for overseeing the Council of Europe’s intergovernmental work in the areas mentioned in its title. It will contribute to the protection of human dignity, equality and equal opportunities for all, and the prevention and combating violence and discrimination on any ground, in order to create societies that do not generate exclusion.

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Tuesday 3 June 2014

8:30 – 9:30Get to know one another (Coffee and croissants)

in front of room G 01 – level 0

13:00Lunch offered by the Directorate of Human Dignity and Equality

behind room G04 – level 2

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Tuesday 3 June 2014

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Opening of the meeting

The meeting will be opened at 9.30 am by Mr Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

Election of the Chair and Bureau

[Working document CDDECS(2014)2]

The election of the Chair and the Bureau will take place on 3 June in the afternoon.

Round Table I: Guaranteeing equality and equal dignity for all

The exchanges under this Round Table will focus on promoting measures to guarantee equality and equal dignity for all and to change the mind-set in society in order to ensure full respect for equality in law and in practice. Gender equality, rights of peoples with disabilities, minorities, as well as LGBT persons will in particular be discussed.

The purpose of the debate will be to identify, within the scope of the Committee’s terms of reference, key topics of relevance to member States that will form the core of its work in 2014-2015.

The discussion on this topic will be introduced by the following keynote panellists:

Mr Nils Muiznieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe;
Mr Robert Biedroń, General Rapporteur on the Rights of LGBT People, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe;
Ms Carlien Scheele, Directorate for Gender and LGBT Equality, (The Netherlands);
Professor Feride Acar, Former member of the Ad-hoc Committee on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (CAHVIO);
Ms Françoise Tulkens, Former Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights, who will moderate the Round Table.

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Wednesday 4 June 2014

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Round Table II: Making justice accessible for all

The exchanges under this Round Table will serve to identify the obstacles, exchange experience and good practice in addressing this challenge, foster a stronger resolve through sharing experience and good practice.

The discussion on this topic will be introduced by the following keynote panellists:

Ms Angelika Nussberger, Judge, European Court of Human Rights;

Ms Françoise Tulkens, Former Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights;
Mr Morten Kjaerum, Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA);
Mr Nicolas Le Coz, President of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) of the Council of Europe;
Mr Stephanos Stavros, Executive Secretary of ECRI who will moderate the Round Table.

CDDECS Work Programme 2014-2015

[Working document CDDECS(2014)4 – to be issued]

The Committee members are invited to agree on the priorities of the Work programme 2014-2015

Coordinating the functioning of the subordinate bodies

The Committee of Ministers has tasked the CDDECS with supporting the implementation of the transversal programmes and promoting the respective Strategies of three subordinate Committees.

a.Presentation of activities of the subordinate bodies by Chairs and the Secretariat

Gender Equality Commission (DECS-GEC)

[Working documents:

CM(2013)136 final Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017
GEC(2014) RAP 1 – 5th meeting Report]

Committee of Experts on the Council of Europe strategy for the rights of the child (DECS-ENF)

[Working documents:

CM(2011)171 final Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2012-2015);
CDDECS-ENF(2014)1 - Context, terms of reference, membership of the Committee of Experts on the Council of Europe strategy for the rights of the child – Part 1 & 2]

Committee of Experts on the Rights of People with Disabilities (DECS-RPD)

[Working documents:

Rec(2006)5 Council of Europe Action Plan to promote the rights and full participation of people with disabilities in society: improving the quality of life of people with disabilities in Europe 2006-2015;
CDDECS-RPD(2014)1 - Protection of the rights of persons with disabilities Council of Europe action and challenges]

Composition of the Gender Equality Commission (DECS-GEC)

[Working document GEC(2014)6rev]

Composition of the Committee of Experts on the Council of Europe strategy for the rights of the child (DECS-ENF)

[Working document CDDECS-ENF(2014)1 – Part 3]

Recent developments in member States

[Working document CDDECS(2014)5]

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Thursday 5 June 2014 - Morning

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Issues relating to the work of the CDDECS

[Working documents:

CDDECS(2014)3
CDDECS(2014)6rev]

Decisions by the Committee of Ministers

Information on other Council of Europe bodies

Preparation of forthcoming meetings

Adoption of Abridged meeting report

Any other business

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Thursday 5 June 2014 - Afternoon

14:00 – 16:00

Bureau meeting

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DRAFT ORDER OF BUSINESS

Tuesday 3 June 2014

Morning – 9:30

Item 1
Item 3

Afternoon – 14:30

Item 6a.
Item 2

Wednesday 4 June 2014

Morning – 9:30

Item 4
Item 7

Afternoon – 14:30

Item 6 b. and c.
Item 8

Thursday 5 June 2014

Morning – 9:30

Item 5
Item 9
Item 10
Item 11

Afternoon – 14:00

Bureau meeting

APPENDIX II

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

MEMBERS / MEMBRES

ALBANIA/ALBANIE

Ms Merita XHAFAJ

General Director of Social Policies

Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth

Rr.e Kavajës, 1001, Tiranë

Albania

Tel.: