Committee of Ministers

Comité des Ministres

EUROPEAN STEERING COMMITTEE FOR YOUTH (CDEJ)

23^th meeting

Strasbourg, 16-18 March 1999

ABRIDGED REPORT

1.    The European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) held its 23^rd meeting in Strasbourg from 16 to 18 March 1999. The agenda and the list of participants are appended (Appendices 1 and 2).

2.    It adopted the report of its 22^nd meeting and was informed that the hearing on Spanish youth policy was deferred to the October meeting.

3.    Eight representatives were elected to the Programming Committee with respect to the criteria on geographical balance and gender equality.

4.    The Committee approved the Bureau proposals concerning its composition and was informed about the developments of its 1999 programme, in particular those of its two working groups, the preparations for the 50^th anniversary of the Council of Europe. It approved the holding of the « Summer University » in Georgia.

5.    It heard a report on the outcome of meetings on setting up a network of national youth centres. This network and these centres should act as multipliers of the youth work of the European Youth Centres of Strasbourg and Budapest, raise the profile of the Council of Europe’s activities and function with criteria corresponding to the quality criteria applied to EYCs of Strasbourg and Budapest. The CDEJ decided that this activity should be a priority in the year 2000 programme.

6.    The CDEJ also examined its year 2000 draft programme of activities and decided to maintain all the proposed activities, the cost of which is sensibly higher than that of this year activities, in order to show the Committee of Ministers the increase of its partnerships and activities and its budgetary consequences.

7.    It then examined the proposals for priority activities of the youth sector for the year 2000 to be submitted to the Joint Council, based on the Declaration of the Conference of European Ministers responsible for Youth (Bucharest, 1998) and the Resolution (98) 6 of the Committee of Ministers. It also elaborated proposals for the terms of reference of the Programming Committee and decided, after the meeting between its Bureau and the Bureau of the Advisory Council, that the chair of the Joint Council and the vice-chair of the Programming Committee would be provided by the Chair of the CDEJ.

8.    It also heard information on the state of co-operation with the other sectors of the Council of Europe. It was informed on the co-operation with the European Union in the framework of the first covenant on youth worker training signed with the European Union, which ends in April 1999, and nominated three CDEJ members to attend the evaluation meeting on the implementation of this first covenant (26-28 April 1999). This covenant should be renewed until April 2000.

9.    The CDEJ expressed its wish to hold its next meeting, 13-15 October 1999, at the European Youth Centre in Budapest. As the meeting of the working group « Youth Participation and active democratic citizenship » is linked to the CDEJ meeting, it should also be held at the European Youth Centre in Budapest. Due to the meeting of the joint Council CDEJ/Advisory Committee, the latter also expressed the wish to hold its meeting in Budapest. Consequently, the CDEJ and the Advisory Committee ask the Committee of Ministers for the authorisation to hold the following meetings in Budapest :

- CDEJ Working group « Youth Participation and active democratic citizenship », 11-12 October 1999

- CDEJ : 13-15 October 1999

- Advisory Council : 13-15 October 1999

- Joint Council : 14 October 1999.

 

APPENDIX 1

Agenda

1.    Opening of the meeting

2.    Adoption of the draft agenda

3.    Adoption of the draft report of the 22^nd meeting held on 14-16 October 1998

4.    Election of the eight members to the Programming Committee

5.    Hearing on the youth policy in Spain

6.    Implementation of the intergovernmental programme of activities and developments for the year 2000

7.    Preparation of the joint Council on Youth Questions

8.    Co-operation with the other sectors of the Council of Europe

9.    Co-operation with the European Union

10.    Other business

11.    Date and place of the next meeting

APPENDIX 2

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

ALBANIA – ALBANIE

Ms Vasilika VJERO, Ministria e Kultures, Rinise dhe Sporteve, Drejtoria e Kordinimit te Politikave Rinore, TIRANA

ANDORRA – ANDORRE

M. Claude BENET, Ministère de l’Education, Jeunesse et Sports, ANDORRA LA VELLA

ARMENIA – ARMENIE

Mr Armen SINANYAN, Ministry of Culture, Youth Affairs and Sport, YEREVAN

Mr Grigor TATOULYAN, Ministry of Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports, YEREVAN

AUSTRIA – AUTRICHE

Ms. Maria WOLF, Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie, WIEN

AZERBAIJAN –AZERBAIDJAN

Mr Vougar IMAMALIEV, International Relations

REPUBLIC OF BELARUS –REPUBLIQUE DE BELARUS

Ms Yelena SHABALINA, Youth Affairs Committee of the Republic of Belarus, MINSK

BELGIUM – BELGIQUE

M. Daniel MENSCHAERT, Direction Générale de la Culture et de la Communication, Ministère de la Communauté française, BRUXELLES

Ms. Raymonda VERDYCK, Administratie Cultuur, Afdeling Jeugdwerk, BRUXELLES

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Prof. Dr. Nenad TANOVIC, Adviser for the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport,nOf FbiH, Head of the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo

BULGARIA – BULGARIE

Mr Atanas GEORGIEV Vice-President Committee for Youth, Physical Education and Sport, SOFIA

CROATIA – CROATIE

Ms Ruzica TADIC, Head of the Department for Youth, State Bureau for the Protection of Family, MaternityAnd Youth, ZAGREB

CYPRUS – CHYPRE

CZECH REPUBLIC –

Mr Frantisek KOVAR, Youth Department – International Affairs, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, PRAHA 1

DENMARK – DANEMARK

Mr Joachim CLAUSEN, Ministry of Education, COPENHAGEN

ESTONIA – ESTONIE

Ms Kadi BRUUS, Adviser for Youth Department, Ministry of Education,TALLINN

FINLAND – FINLANDE

Ms Ulla HELSINGIUS, Ministry of Education, HELSINKI

Ms Ulla-Kaisa AHO, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Education, HELSINKI

FRANCE

Mme Francine MEYER, Direction de la Jeunesse et de la Vie associative, Ministère de la Jeunesse et des Sports, PARIS

GEORGIA – GEORGIE

Ms Liana GIORGADZE, First Secretary of the Department of Culture, Humanitarian and Partnership Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, GEORGIA

GERMANY – ALLEMAGNE

Mr Norbert SCHNEEVOIGT, Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugen, BONN

GREECE – GRECE

Ms Linda ATHANASSOULI, Ministry of Education, General Secretariat for Youth, ATHENS

Mrs Evi OTHITOU, Ministry of Education, General Secretariat for Youth, ATHENS

HOLY SEE – SAINT SIEGE

R. Père Witold SOKOLOWSKI, S.J. Bureau de Bruxelles, BRUXELLES

HUNGARY – HONGRIE

Ms Maria STARK-TENYINE, Ministry of Youth and Sports, BUDAPEST

ICELAND – ISLANDE

Mr Erlendur KRISTJANSSON, Department of Youth and Sport, Ministry of Culture and Education, REYKJAVIK

IRELAND – IRLANDE

Ms Maire MI FHLAITHBHEARTAIGH Youth Affairs Department of Education, Hawkins House DUBLIN

ITALY – ITALIE

Mme Concetta DI STEFANO, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, Direction Culturelle (Echange de Jeunes), ROMA

LATVIA – LETTONIE

Ms Solvita VEVERE, Ministry of Education and Science, RIGA

LIECHTENSTEIN

Apologised for absence / Excusé

LITHUANIA – LITUANIE

Mr Vygintas ŠAPOKAS, State Council of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, VILNIUS

LUXEMBOURG

M. Fr. Ch. MULLER, Service National de la Jeunesse, LUXEMBOURG

MALTA – MALTE

Mr John DEMANUELE, Department of Youth and Sport, Parliamentary Secretariat for Youth and Sport, FLORIANA

MOLDOVA

Mr Andrei DRAGANCEA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MOLDOVA

MONACO

Apologised for absence / Excusé

NETHERLANDS – PAYS-BAS

Apologised for absence/Excusée

NORWAY – NORVEGE

Mr Bjorn JAABERG HANSEN, Department for Child and Youth Policy, Royal Ministry of Children and Family Affairs, OSLO

Mr Finn Yrjar DENSTAD, Norwegian Youth Council (LNU), OSLO

POLAND – POLOGNE

Mr Marek ROZYCKI, Adviser of Plenipotentiary of Polish Government for Family Affairs, WARSAW

Mr Robert MALLEK, Office of the Plenipotentiary of Polish Government for Family Affairs, WARSAW

PORTUGAL

Mr Paulo Antunes FERREIRA, Department of Support, Research and Planning of the State Secretaryof Youth Affairs, LISBON

ROMANIA – ROUMANIE

Ms Adriana CIORBARU, Deputy Director of the International Relations Department, Ministry of Youth and Sport, BUCHAREST

RUSSIAN FEDERATION – FEDERATION DE RUSSIE

Mr Yuri DETISTOV, International Department, R.F. State Committee on Youth, MOSCOW

SAN MARINO – SAINT MARIN

Apologised for absence / Excusé

SLOVAK REPUBLIC –

Ms Marta GALUSOVA, Department of Youth, Ministryof Education of the Slovak Republic, BRATISLAVA

SLOVENIA – SLOVENIE

Mr Stanko SALAMON, Ministry of Education and Sport, Youth Department, LJUBLJANA

SPAIN – ESPAGNE

Mrs Maria Luisa LOPEZ PENA , Institut de la Jeunesse, MADRID

SWEDEN – SUEDE

Ms Astrid UTTERSTRÖM, Ministry of Culture, STOCKHOLM

SWITZERLAND – SUISSE

M. Mario FRASA, Office fédéral de la Culture, Service de la Jeunesse, BERNE

THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA /L’EX-REPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACEDOINE

Apologised for absence/Excusé

TURKEY – TURQUIE

Mr Fikri ALTAY, Service Education Consulat Général de Turquie, STRASBOURG

UKRAINE

Ms Tetiana BEZULIK, Ministry of Ukraine of Family and Youth Affairs, KYIV

UNITED KINGDOM – ROYAUME-UNI

Mr Roger TROEDSON, Youth Service Unit, Department for Education and Employment, LONDON

PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE /ASSEMBLEE PARLEMENTAIRE DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE

Apologised for absence/Excusé

CLRAE / CPLRE

Mr Riccardo VENTURINI Membre du Groupe Jeunesse du CPLRE, Borgo Maggiore

EUROPEAN COMMISSION / COMMISSION EUROPEENNE

Apologised for absence/excusé

OBSERVERS – OBSERVATEURS

CANADA

SECRETARIAT OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE /

SECRETARIAT DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE

GREFFE DE L’ASSEMBLEE PARLEMENTAIRE /CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY

Ms. Olga KOSTENKO, Commission on Culture and Education / Commission de la Culture et de l’Education

SECRETARIAT OF THE YOUTH DIRECTORATE / SECRETARIAT DE LA DIRECTION DE LA JEUNESSE

Mr Lasse SIURALA, Director responsible for Youth/Directeur Délégué à la Jeunesse

Ms Agneta DERRIEN, Principal Administrator/Administratrice principale

Mr André-Jacques DODIN, Principal Administrator/Administrateur principal

Mr Peter LAURITZEN, Executive Director of the EYCB / Directeur exécutif du CEJB

Ms Anne-Marie FARADJI, Administrator, Secretary of the Committee/Administratrice, Secrétaire du Comité