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CM(2008)184              10 December 2008[1]

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1046 Meeting, 21 January 2009
8 Youth and sport

8.1 Advisory Council on Youth – Composition for the period
2009-2011

Item to be prepared by the GR-C at its meeting on 13 January 2009

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1.         The Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) acts as the non-governmental partner, along side with the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ), in the co-management bodies of the youth sector, as established by the Committee of Ministers.

2.         Under its terms of reference,[2] the Advisory Council may, in particular:

-           address to the Committee of Ministers and the CDEJ opinions and proposals on youth policy matters and on the objectives, priorities and budget allocations for the youth sector;

-           be invited by the Committee of Ministers to formulate opinions on general or specific questions concerning youth policy;

-           address to other bodies of the Council of Europe opinions and proposals on any questions concerning youth.

3.         The Advisory Council is composed of thirty members who are designated, under the terms of reference, for a period of three years (2009-2011). 13 representatives of international non-governmental youth organisations (INGYOs) and 7 representatives of national youth councils are designated as members by the Committee of Ministers on the proposal of the European Youth Forum. Five members, representing non-governmental structures involved in various areas of youth work relevant to the Council of Europe youth policy, and five members representing international non-governmental youth organisations or networks, not members of the European Youth Forum, are designated by the Committee of Ministers on the proposal of the Secretary General.

4.         At its last General Assembly (Brussels, 14-15 November 2008), the European Youth Forum nominated the following twenty representatives:

International non governmental Youth Organisations (13)

Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations (ALLIANCE) – Mr Roman KÜHN (Germany)

Erasmus Student Network (ESN) – Ms Dominika ŠKOTKOVÁ (Germany)

European Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations (YMCA) – Mr Kie CUMMINGS (United Kingdom)

European Democrat Students (EDS) – Mr André Tiago PARDAL DA SILVA (Portugal)

European Educational Exchanges – Youth for Understanding (EEE-YFU) – Ms Hanh Nha RUYTER (Norway)

Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) – Mr Aleksandar JOVANOVIC (Serbia)

International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) - Ms Jelena Spasovic (Serbia)

International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO) –
Ms Lucy NOWOTTNICK (Germany)

International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) – Ms Yvonne O’CALLAGHAN (Ireland)

Organising Bureau of European School Students Unions (OBESSU) – Ms Antonia WULFF (Belgium)

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) – Ms Tove Iren LEA (Norway)

World Organisation of the Scout Movement – Europe region (WOSM) – Ms Loreta SENKUTE (Slovenia)

Youth and Environment Europe (YEE) – Mr Alberto Mogío PEREZ (Spain)

National Youth Councils (7)

Committee for the National and International Relations of Youth and Community Education Associations (CNAJEP) – Mr Etienne GENET

Lithuanian Youth Council (LiJOT) – Ms Greta BINGELYTĖ

National Council of Swedish Youth Organisations (LSU) – Ms Emma Imse NILSSON

National Council of Youth Organisations of Georgia (NCYOG) – Ms Vakhtang ASANIDZE

National Youth Council of Estonia (ENL) – Mr Jaan URB

National Youth Council of Russia (NYCR) – Mr Denis BARINOV

National Youth Council of Switzerland (CSAJ/SAJV) – Ms Nicole GANTENBEIN

5.         The ten representatives proposed by the Secretary General are as follows:

Non-governmental structures (5)

European Peer Training Organisation (EPTO) – Ms Julie GODFROID (Belgium)

Human Rights Education Youth Network (HREYN) – Ms Anca Ruxandra PANDEA (Romania)

International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA) – Mr Jean-Luc FRAST (Denmark)

Toplum gönüllüleri Vakfi (Community Volunteers Foundation – CVF) – Ms Ozlem EZGIN (Turkey)

Union of young Euro-Maghrebians (UJEM) – Ms Sonia MEJRI (France)

International non-governmental youth organisations or networks (5)

European Network of Animation (ENOA) – Mr Pieter-Jan UYTTERSPROT (Belgium)

Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations (FEMYSO) – Ms Intissar KHERIGI
(United Kingdom)

Forum of European Roma Young People (FERYP) – Ms Ramiza SAKIP (“the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)

International Federation of Hard-of Hearing Young People (IFHOHYP) – Mr Aleksandar BOGDANOVIC (Serbia)

UNITED for Intercultural Action – European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees – Ms Camelia NISTOR (Romania)

6.         Due attention has been paid to the need to ensure as much as possible that the proposed organisations listed above work in areas which have a direct bearing on the priority issues of the youth sector in the coming three years, in particular human rights and democracy, cultural diversity and social inclusion of young people. Attention has also been paid to elements such as the diversity of organisations (with international, national and local work experience), as well as the geographical and gender balance of the persons who will represent these organisations in the Advisory Council.