STANDING COMMITTEE

CONF/SC(2016)OJ2

            Strasbourg, 2 April 2016

MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE

DRAFT AGENDA

Monday 25 April 2016

(10.00am – 4.00 pm)

Council of Europe Office in Paris (55, avenue Kléber 75016)  – Room 5

1.         Opening of the meeting by Anna Rurka, President of the Conference of INGOs

2.         Agenda: for adoption

3.         List of decisions taken at the meeting held on Tuesday 26 January 2016: for adoption

4.         Activities of the Standing Committee members since January 2016 - exchange of information

5.         World Forum for Democracy “Education and democracy: how to bridge the social divides?” Strasbourg, 7-9 November 2016: Lab and other contributions on behalf of the Conference of INGOs and the Standing Committee. Decision to be taken on the basis of proposals and suggestions made by the organising committee (Sabine Rohmann, Anne Kraus, Roseline Moreau, Maritchu Rall)

6.         Validation of the slogan of the Conference of INGOs

7.         Preparation of the summer session of the Conference of INGOs, 21-24 June 2016

8.         Position to take on the situation of refugees after the EU-Turkey agreement

9.         Other requests to adopt a position:

·           concerning the situation of war prisoner - Nadia Savtchenko (requested by the European Centre of the International Council of Women)

·           Concerning the debate on surrogacy (GPA) requested by Anne Nègre and the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) following the rejection of the report submitted by Petra de Sutter (Belgium, SOC) by the PACE Social Affairs, health and sustainable Development Committee.

10.       Information on the work in progress on the revision of the  Rules of Procedure of the Conference of INGOs by the President of the Verification and Dispute Committee, Salomon Levy

11.       Information on the work in progress on Resolution (2003)8 by Jutta Gützkow

12.       Communication strategy of the Conference of INGOs - information on ongoing work – Didier Schretter and Jessica Chamba

13.       Any other business

14.       Date of the next meetings: 21 and 23 June 2016