First bilateral Steering Committee Meeting of the EU/CoE joint Programme

“Towards Strengthened Democratic Governance in the Southern Mediterranean”

(South Programme II) in Jordan

6 December 2016, Jordan Institute of Diplomacy, Amman, Jordan

Agenda

(21/11/2016)

8:45 – 9:30                          Registration of participants

9:30 – 10:15                        Opening session

·         Representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

·         Ms Verena Taylor, Director, Office of the Directorate General of Programmes, Council of Europe

·         Representative of the Delegation of the European Union to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

10:15 – 11:15                     Reform of justice

·         Ms Muriel Iseli, Administrator, Secretariat of the European Commission for Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe

·         Representative of the Ministry of Justice of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

·         Representatives of Jordanian relevant Ministries and Agencies

Exchange of views

11:15 – 11:30                      Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30                     Co-operation in constitutional matters, support to democratic institutions

·         Mr Serguei Kouznetsov, Head of the Neighbourhood Co-operation Division, Venice Commission, Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law,  Council of Europe

·         Representatives of Jordanian relevant Ministries and Agencies

                                               Exchange of views

12:30 – 14:15                     Buffet-luncheon

14:15 – 15:00                     Prevention of corruption, money laundering and terrorism

·         Mr Igor Nebyvaev, Head of Unit, Economic Crime and Co-operation Division, Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe

·         Representatives of relevant Ministries and Agencies

Exchange of views

15:00 – 15:15                      Coffee break

15:15 – 16:30                     Partnership networks between CoE and Jordan

                

·         Ms Francesca Lionetti, Project Officer, Intercultural Cities Network, Directorate General of Democracy, Council of Europe

·         Representatives of Jordanian relevant Ministries and Agencies

Exchange of views

16:30                                        Concluding remarks