2008

● 8th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Migration
(4-5 September 2008, Kyiv, Ukraine)

(934/1.5, 972/1.5, 1014/1.5, 1026/1.5a, 1029/1.5, 1031/1.5b)

Theme:

(972/1.5, 1026/1.5a)

Economic migration, social cohesion and development: towards an integrated approach.

Sub-themes:

(972/1.5, 1026/1.5a)

- Session I – Economic migration and its management,

- Session II – Economic migration and development;

- Session III – Economic migration and social cohesion.

Participants:

(1026/1.5a, 1029/1.5)

- Member states of the Council of Europe;

- Committee of Ministers;

- Parliamentary Assembly;

- Commissioner for Human Rights;

- Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe;

- European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ);

- European Committee for Social Cohesion (CDCS);

- Steering Committee for Culture (CDCULT);

- European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI);

- European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity;

- Council of Europe Development Bank;

- Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe.

Guests:

(1026/1.5a, 1029/1.5)

- European Commission;

- Council of the European Union.

Observers:

(1026/1.5a, 1029/1.5, 1031/1.5b)

- Canada;

- Holy See;

- Japan;

- Mexico;

- United States of America;

- Belarus (participation of experts);

- Afghanistan;

- Australia;

- Bangladesh;

- Cape Verde;

- China;

- Congo;

- India;

- Iraq;

- Lebanon;

- Liberia;

- Libya;

- Nigeria;

- Pakistan;

- Morocco;

- Senegal;

- Vietnam;

- states of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan);

- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD);

- Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE);

- Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights;

- International Labour Office;

- International Organisation for Migration (IOM);

- United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR);

- United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO);

- European Free Trade Association (EFTA);

- Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR-OSCE);

- Budapest Group;

- European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC);

- BusinessEurope (formerly UNICE);

- Churches’ Committee for Migrants in Europe (CCME);

- International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC);

- European Association of Administrative Judges;

- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

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● 8th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Youth
(10-11 October 2008, Kyiv, Ukraine)

(934/1.5, 1003/1.5, 1010/1.5, 1014/1.5, 1023/1.6)

Theme:

(1003/1.5)

Council of Europe youth policy: Agenda 2020.

Sub-themes (provisional):

(1023/1.6)

- The role of youth policy in promoting equal opportunities for young women and young men;

- The role of youth policy in preventing racism, discrimination and intolerance;

- The role of youth policy in promoting young people's access to social rights;

- The role of youth policy in supporting young people's well-being and good health.

Participants:

(1003/1.5, 1014/1.5, 1023/1.6)

- States Parties to the European Cultural Convention;

- Committee of Ministers;

- Parliamentary Assembly;

- Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe;

- Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB);

- 25 youth representatives (designated by the European Youth Forum);

- Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe.

Guests:

(1003/1.5)

European Commission.

Observers:

(1003/1.5, 1023/1.6)

- United States of America;

- Canada;

- Japan;

- Mexico;

- UNESCO;

- UNICEF;

- Youth Unit of the United Nations;

- International Labour Organisation (ILO);

- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights;

- World Bank;

- Commonwealth of Independent States;

- Commonwealth Youth Programme;

- Ibero-American Youth Organisation;

- European Network of Youth Centres (ENYC).

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● 11th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport
(10-12 December 2008, Athens, Greece)

(1023/1.6, 1026/1.5a, 1031/1.5a)

Theme:

(1026/.1.5a)

Ethics and Autonomy in Sport.

Sub-themes:

(1026/1.5a)

- Pan-European Sports Co-operation;

- European co-operation in the fight against doping and European representation in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) bodies.

Responsible body:

(1026/1.5a)

Governing Board of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS).

Participants:

(1026/1.5a)

- Parties to the European Cultural Convention;

- Committee of Ministers;

- Parliamentary Assembly;

- Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.

Guests:

(1026/1.5a)

European Commission.

Observers:

(1026/1.5a, 1031/1.5a)

- United States of America;

- Canada;

- Israel;

- Japan;

- Mexico;

- Chair of the Standing Committee of the Spectator Violence Convention (T-RV);

- Chair of the Monitoring Group of the Anti-Doping Convention (T-DO);

- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO);

- European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO);

- The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA);

- World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA);

- International Olympic Committee (IOC);

- International Paralympic Committee (IPC);

- Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS);

- Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (CSSA);

- Commonwealth of Nations;

- Ibero-American Council for Sport (“Consejo Iberoamericano del Deporte” - CID) ;

- Conference of Youth and Sports Ministers from French-speaking Countries (CONFEJES) ;

- The European Olympic Committees (EOC);

- Peace and Sport;

- European Sport for All Network (ESFAN TAFISA);

- European Gay and Lesbian Sports Federation.

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2009

● 1st Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Social Cohesion
(26-27 February 2009, Moscow, Russian Federation)

(1026/1.5b, 1031/1.5a)

Theme:

(1026/1.5b, 1031/1.5a)

Investing in social cohesion – Investing in stability and the well-being of society.

Sub-themes:

(1031/1.5a)

- Reinvesting in social rights;

- Social cohesion as a responsibility shared by all;

- The future of policies for social cohesion and for the well-being of all: a vision for the future.

Responsible body:

(1026/1.5b)

European Committee for Social Cohesion (CDCS).

Participants:

(1031/1.5a)

- Member states of the Council of Europe;

- Committee of Ministers;

- Parliamentary Assembly;

- Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe;

- Commissioner for Human Rights;

- Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe;

- Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB);

- Governmental Committee of the European Social Charter (T-SG);

- European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR);

- European Committee on Migration (CDMG);

- European Co-ordination Forum for the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan 2006/2015 (CAHPAH);

- European Health Committee (CDSP);

- Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH);

- Steering Committee for Equality between Women and Men (CDEG);

- Steering Committee on the Media and New Communication Services (CDMC);

- Steering Committee for Education (CDED);

- European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ);

- Steering Committee for Culture (CDCULT);

- Steering Committee for Cultural Heritage and Landscape (CDPATEP);

- European Committee on Local and Regional Democracy (CDLR).

Guests:

(1031/1.5a)

European Commission.

Observers:

(1031/1.5a)

- Canada;

- Holy See;

- Japan;

- Mexico;

- United States of America;

- United Nations:

        * United Nations Economic Commission for Europe         (UNECE);

        * International Labour Organisation (ILO) ;

- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ;

- Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe (UNICE);

- European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).

*  *  *

● 1st Council of Europe Ministerial Conference on the Media and New Communication Services
(28-29 May 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland)

(986/1.5, 1014/1.5, 1017/1.5, 1031/1.5a)

Theme (provisional):

(1014/1.5, 1031/1.5a)

A new notion of media.

Sub-themes (provisional):

(1017/1.5, 1031/1.5a)

- A new notion of media - need for a new regulatory approach?.

- Trust the content - trust the media;

- The media, the individual and the community.

Responsible body:

(1017/1.5)

Steering Committee on the Media and new Communication Services (CDMC).

Participants:

(1017/1.5)

- Member states of the Council of Europe;

- Committee of Ministers;

- Parliamentary Assembly;

- Commissioner for Human Rights;

- Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe;

- European Audiovisual Observatory;

- Representatives of the civil society designated by the Conference of International Non-Governmental Organisations of the Council of Europe (INGO) during a forum held prior to the Conference;

- Youth representatives designated during a forum held prior to the conference.

Guests:

(1017/1.5)

European Commission.

Observers:

(1017/1.5)

- Canada;

- Holy See;

- Japan;

- Mexico;

- United States of America;

- non-member states which are Parties to the European Cultural Convention and which enjoy observer status on the CDMC (currently: Belarus);

- Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE);

- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO);

- Nordic Council of Ministers;

- European Broadcasting Union (EBU);

- Article 19;

- Community Media Forum Europe;

- European Federation of Journalists (EFJ);

- European Newspaper Publishers’ Association (ENPA);

- Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT);

- European Internet Service Providers’ Association (EuroISPA).

*  *  *

● 29th session of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Family Affairs
(16-17 June 2009, Vienna, Austria)

(1010/1.5, 1017/1.5, 1029/1.5)

Theme

(provisional):

(1029/1.5)

Public policies supporting the wish to have children – societal, economic and personal factors.

Responsible body:

(1029/1.5)

Committee of Liaison Officers responsible for the conference.

*  *  *

● 29th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Justice
(18-19 June 2009. Tromsø, Norway)

(1017/1.5., 1026/1.5a)

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2010

● 15th Session of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Spatial/Regional Planning (CEMAT) (Spring 2010, Russian Federation)

(984/1.5, 1017/1.5)

Theme:

(984/1.5)

Challenges of the future: Sustainable spatial development of the European continent in a changing world.

Responsible body:

(984/1.5)

Committee of Senior Officials of the CEMAT.

Participants:

(984/1.5)

- Member states of the Council of Europe;

- Committee of Ministers;

- Parliamentary Assembly;

- Congress of Regional and Local Authorities of the Council of Europe;

- Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB).

Guests:

(984/1.5)

European Commission.

Observers:

(984/1.5, 1017/1.5)

- Holy See;

- United States of America;

- Canada;

- Japan;

- Mexico;

- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD);

- World Bank;

- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD);

- European Investment Bank;

- Nordic Environment Financing Co-operation (NEFCO);

- European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT);

- Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN-ECE);

- United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UN-CSD);

- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO);

- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP);

- United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat);

- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP);

- United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR);

- Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation (PABSEC);

- Central European Initiative;

- European Environmental Agency (EEA);

- Commonwealth of Independent States;

- United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK);

- NGOs admitted by the Committee of Senior Officials in conformity with the rules governing relationships between this committee and NGOs: International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP); “NGO-Cities” Group of NGOs enjoying consultative status with the Council of Europe; International Association Rurality-Environment-Development (RED);

- European Council of Town Planners (ECTP);

- Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE);

- Visions and Strategies around Baltic Sea 2010 (VASAB).

*  *  *

● 7th Council of Europe Ministerial Conference on Equality between Women and Men
(Azerbaijan)

(1017/1.5)

Theme:

(1017/1.5)

Bridging the gap between de jure and de facto gender equality.

*  *  *

● 23rd Session of the Council of Europe Standing Conference of Ministers of Education
(Slovenia)

(998/1.5)

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Other Ministerial Meetings

Theme:

Intercultural dialogue as a basis for peace and sustainable development in Europe and its neighbouring regions.

Sub-themes:

- Session I – Ministerial Roundtable:

“Common-ground for intercultural dialogue”;

- Session II - Ministerial Panels:

§   New concepts on governance of diversity: cultural policy programmes and initiatives for intercultural dialogue;

§   Heritage and intercultural dialogue for sustainable development.

Participants:

- Parties to the European Cultural Convention;
- Committee of Ministers;
- Parliamentary Assembly;
- Commissioner for Human Rights;
- Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe;

- Education and Culture group of INGOs of the Council of Europe.

Guests:

- Fifteen Ministers of ALECSO and ISESCO member states (Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Senegal, Qatar, Malaysia et Tunisia), will be the special guests of the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan;

- European Commission;

- UNESCO;

- ALF (Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures);

- Alliance of Civilizations;

- ALECSO  (Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation);

- ISESCO (Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation).

Observers:

- Canada;
- Holy See;

- Israel;
- Japan;
- Mexico;
- United States of America;
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD);
- Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE);
- European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA);
- Nordic Council of Ministers;

- European Cultural Foundation (ECF);
- European Cultural Centre in Delphi;
- European Forum for the Arts and Heritage (EFAH);
- European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres (ENCATC);
- European Roma and Travellers Forum (ERTF).