Ministers’ Deputies
Notes on the Agenda
CM/Notes/806/8.1 (restricted) 2 August 2002
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806 Meeting, 4 September 2002
8 Youth and Sport
8.1 Partial Agreement on the Youth Card -
Appointment of three governmental members of the Board of Co-ordination
Reference documents
- Committee of Ministers’ Resolution (91) 20
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Action The Deputies, in their composition restricted to the representatives of the member states participating in the Partial Agreement on the Youth Card[1], are invited to appoint among themselves three member states, representatives of which will sit on the Board of Co‑ordination of the Partial Agreement in 2002-2003. |
The Partial Agreement on the Youth Card was instituted by Resolution (91) 20. It is aimed at developing the Youth Card scheme with a view to facilitating young people's mobility, particularly at European level, as well as their access to the various goods and services necessary for their personal and cultural development.
Paragraph 2 of Appendix I to Resolution (91) 20 states that the organs of the Partial Agreement are:
- the Committee of Ministers with its membership restricted to member states of the Council of Europe who are members of the Partial Agreement;
- the Board of Co-ordination.
The Board of Co-ordination is responsible, in particular, for monitoring the implementation of the Youth Card scheme in all the states concerned, awareness-raising, drawing up the budget and the programme of the Partial Agreement and managing and implementing them as adopted by the Committee of Ministers.
Paragraph 5 of Appendix I to Resolution (91) 20 stipulates that the Board of Co-ordination shall be composed of seventeen members:
- eight members of the European Conference of Youth Cards appointed by the latter;
- one representative appointed by the Advisory Council to the European Youth Centre and the European Youth Foundation;
- eight representatives of member states Parties to the Partial Agreement (i.e. they have national Youth Card bodies) appointed by the Committee of Ministers for a renewable two-year period. The initial appointments being made, three members shall be appointed for only a one-year period; such members shall be drawn by lot. Consequently, every year membership is renewable: one year three members are renewed, the following year five members are renewed. In 2001 five member states were appointed who designated their representatives to the Board for two years: Finland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta and Portugal (752nd meeting, 16 May 2001). This year 3 member states are to be nominated. The outgoing countries are: Croatia, Cyprus and Hungary.
Following a call for candidatures, expressions of interest have been received from the following three countries: Cyprus, Hungary and Switzerland (see Appendices I to III).
Consequently, the Ministers' Deputies, in their composition limited to the representatives of the fifteen member states Parties to the Partial Agreement on the Youth Card are now invited to designate the three countries out of the ten member states available (Austria, Cyprus, Croatia, France, Ireland, Hungary, the Netherlands, San Marino, Spain and Switzerland), the representatives of which will sit on the Board of Co-ordination in 2002-2003.
It should also be recalled that the same paragraph of Appendix I to Resolution (91) 20 states that, when appointing members of the Board of Co-ordination, the Committee of Ministers should make a point of ensuring equitable geographical distribution of representatives.
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DRAFT DECISIONS
806th meeting – 4 September 2002
Item 8.1
Partial Agreement on the Youth Card -
Appointment of three governmental members of the Board of Co-ordination
(Committee of Ministers’ Resolution (91) 20)
Decisions
The Deputies, in their composition restricted to representatives of the member states participating in the Partial Agreement on the Youth Card[2], appointed the representatives of the following three member states to sit on the Board of Co‑ordination of the Partial Agreement in 2002-2003:
[- Mr Thrasos THRASYVOULOU (Cyprus)
- Mr Gábor FÖLDVÁRI (Hungary)
- Mr Marco STRICKER (Switzerland).]
Appendix I
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PERMANENT REPRESENTATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS TO THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE |
Tel : 03 88 24 98 70 Fax : 03 88 36 90 56 20, Avenue de la Paix 67000 Strasbourg |
Strasbourg, 31 June 2002
Dear Mr Martins,
Re: Partial Agreement on the Youth Card
Further to your letter of 31 May 2002, I wish to inform you that the Administrative Council of the Youth Board of Cyprus has decided to nominate Mr. Thrasos THRASYVOULOU, as candidate for one of the vacant posts of the Partial Agreement on the Youth Card.
Therefore, Mr. Thrasyvoulou’s candidature is hereby submitted.
Yours sincerely,
Christophoros Yiangou
Ambassador/Permanent Representative
Mr Mario Martins
Director
Directorate of Youth and Sport
Council of Europe
Appendix II
Permanent Representation of the Republic of Hungary
to the Council of Europe
Strasbourg
A Magyar Köztársaság Allandó Képviselete
Az Európa Tanács mellett
Strasbourg
4, rue Richard Brunck – 67000 Strasbourg
Strasbourg, 21 June 2002
No 119/2002
Dear Director,
Referring to your letter dated 31 May 2002, I would hereby like to inform you that Hungary wishes to put forward a candidature for one of the vacant posts in the Board of Co-ordination of the Partial Agreement on the Youth Card.
The person nominated as candidate is: Mr Gábor Földvári, Head of the International Department of the Ministry of Children, Youth and Sports.
The contact details of Mr. Földvári are the following:
Ministry of Children, Youth and Sports
Hold u.1.
H – 1054 Budapest
Tel. 00 36 1 3019 292/3019 383
Email: [email protected]
Should you need any further information on this issue, my collaborators remain at your disposal.
Yours sincerely,
János Perényi
Ambassador
Mario Martins
Director of Youth and Sport
Strasbourg
Appendix III
Représentation permanente de la Suisse auprès du Conseil de l’Europe
Ständige Vertretung der Schweiz beim Europarat
Rappresentanza permanente della Svizzera presso il Consiglio d’Europa
Strasbourg, 2 July 2002
11, bd du Président Edwards
67083 Strasbourg CEDEX
Mister Director
Mario Martins
Directorate of Youth and Sport, DGIV
Tel : 03 88 35 00 72
Fax : 03 88 36 73 54
Our reference
Swiss candidature to the Board of Co-ordination
of the Partial Agreement on the Youth Card
Dear Director,
In this letter, I inform you that Mister Marco STRICKER has shown interest in the above‑mentioned post.
Here are his contact details, if needed:
Office fédéral de la culture
Section culture et société / Service « Jugendfragen »
Hallwylstrasse 15
CH – 3003 Berne
Tel : 0041 31 323 82 58
Fax : 0041 31 322 92 73
e-mail : [email protected]
Yours sincerely,
The Permanent Representative of Switzerland
p.o.
Stephan Winkler
Copy :
- Mrs A. Derrien, Secretariat of the Advisory Council (AC) and Executive Director of the European Youth Centre, Strasbourg
- Mr Marco Stricker, FO Culture, Bern
[1] Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and Switzerland.
[2] Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and Switzerland.