Strasbourg, 13 November 2014CDDECS (2014) 18
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR SOCIAL COHESION,
HUMAN DIGNITY AND EQUALITY
(CDDECS)
SECRETARIAT WORKING PAPER
Proposals made by the member States
in the CDDECS survey on Activities
The CDDECS secretariat, as requested by the Bureau of the CDDEDCS in September 2014, conducted an online survey in October 2014 on the short term and long term priorities, proposed actions with regard to the priorities and proposals for exchange of views in the future CDDCS meetings.
A total of 31 member States replied to the survey[1]. There were 268 proposals made for activities. In addition, 31 proposals were made for topics in the future exchange of views during the CDDECS meetings.
According to the survey results, the following themes were selected as priorities (merged short term and long term priorities). Some member States had selected the same priority in both categories, hence the over 100% with people with disabilities. Some replies had too many options selected in each category. Those could not be entered into the online-version and are not reflected in the priority statistics. All the proposals have been included in the tables.
PROMOTING LEGAL STANDARDS AND ENHANCING THEIR IMPLEMENTATION (not included in the survey) |
PROMOTING SOCIAL COHESION B) social inclusion of all persons, and in specific of all persons in vulnerable situations, including migrants 71,6 % of all priorities, 19 replies |
PREVENTING VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION A) discrimination and stereotypes on any ground 57,0 % of all priorities, 15 replies 44,6 % of all priorities, 12 replies |
GENDER EQUALITY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN B) gender mainstreaming 72,5 % of all priorities, 22 replies |
RIGHTS OF THE CHILD B) the violence against and abuse of children 96,8 % of all priorities, 21 replies |
EQUAL AND EFFECTIVE ACCESS TO HUMAN RIGHTS BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES A) the rights of people with disabilities 115,1 % of all priorities, 29 replies |
In addition to these priorities, the overall priorities of the CoE have to be taken into consideration. These priorities are the fight against intolerance and hate speech (including combating all forms of extremism and violence, and building a culture of tolerance); and protection of minorities and vulnerable groups.
Many of the proposed activities were measures that have to be conducted nationally. Many were ideas of issues and topics to work on in general, without actually proposing concrete executable actions. However, all of the proposals have been included in this document for your information and to be transparent.
The secretariat has grouped the similar replies together and added subheadings (awareness raising, experience sharing, capacity building, cooperation, standard setting) for them. In some cases, replies have been slightly edited to remove reference to a specific member State. Sometimes replies were divided in multiple parts to be able to place them in the most appropriate category.
The proposed actions on areas of responsibilities of the subordinate bodies of the CDDECS will be sent for their information and for possible actions.
As with proposed activities, the secretariat has also grouped similar topics for exchange of views together giving them subheadings. There are 9 categories of topics (see table below).
This document is to be read together with the CDDECS draft Programme of Action CDDECS(2014)16 that includes in table format
NB! The member States are advised to consider proposals in the light of the recommendations made by the SG (Column 5) as those express the priorities for the all the work within the CoE in the foreseeable future. Also, attention should be paid only on actions that CDDECS as an intergovernmental committee can take, and NOT on actions that are for individual member States to take.
The chairperson will give further guidance for the discussion during the meeting.
PROMOTING LEGAL STANDARDS AND ENHANCING THEIR IMPLEMENTATION
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PREVENTING VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AND PROMOTING SOCIAL COHESION
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GENDER EQUALITY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
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RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
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EQUAL AND EFFECTIVE ACCESS TO HUMAN RIGHTS BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
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PROMOTING LEGAL STANDARDS AND ENHANCING THEIR IMPLEMENTATION *Not included in the survey |
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Coordinate with and consult all relevant bodies within the CoE to identify the areas where the CDDECS can provide long term added value for the inter-governmental work of the Council of Europe in the fields of social cohesion, human dignity, equality and anti-discrimination. |
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Prepare thematic collections of the recommendations, opinions and findings given to all MS by the relevant monitoring mechanisms of the CoE, the CM and the Commissioner for Human Rights in their latest evaluation rounds. |
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Develop a common database of the said recommendations, opinions and findings. |
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Prepare a comprehensive web-site for CDDECS to allow availability of all the relevant materials and easy access to other related web-sites, such as databases of other international organisations in the fields of activities under the CDDECS’ mandate. |
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Carry out an examination of the Conventions for which the CDDECS has been given responsibility, as set out in Appendix 1 of its Terms of Reference. |
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Contribute to the examination of the other relevant conventions. |
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Draw the attention of the CM to the main concerns and other time-relevant developments (as identified in the identification processes below) in the areas of responsibilities of the CDDECS. |
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PROMOTING SOCIAL COHESION, PREVENTING AND COMBATTING VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION
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Review the implementation of the Strategy and Action Plan in 2015, drawing from the discussions in the CDDECS and in the conference on social cohesion in Baku (Azerbaijan) on 10-11 September 2014.
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See proposals 88 - 92 below |
Prepare thematic collections on access to economic and social rights by all.
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Awareness raising
Experience sharing
Capacity building
Cooperation with other actors
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Prepare thematic collections on Discrimination and stereotypes on any ground. |
Awareness raising
Experience sharing
Capacity building - Role of the media
Capacity building - Discrimination
Capacity building - Sterotypes
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Prepare thematic collections on multiple Discrimination.
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Experience sharing
Capacity building – multiple discrimination
Cooperation with other actors
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Prepare thematic collections on abuse of persons in institutionalised settings, including children, elderly, persons with disabilities, national and linguistic minorities, LGBTI persons and migrants
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Awareness raising
Experience sharing
Capacity building
Cooperation with other actors
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Prepare thematic collections on violence against men, elderly, LGBTI persons, national and linguistic minorities and migrants.
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Awareness raising
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Prepare thematic collections on violence against women, children and persons with disabilities (see below)
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Awareness raising
Experience sharing
Capacity building
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Prepare thematic collections on access to justice of victims of violence and discrimination
ltiple discrimination |
Capacity building - Access to services for victims
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Develop a common document on various studies and guidelines on the effects of austerity measures on the most vulnerable members of the society. |
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Prepare thematic collections on social inclusion of all persons, and in specific of all persons in vulnerable situations, including migrants.
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Experience sharing
Capacity building – vulnerable groups
Capacity building - employment
Standard setting
Cooperation
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Prepare thematic collection on social protection.
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Exchange of information
Capacity building - Social protection and social inclusion
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Prepare thematic collection on youth unemployment.
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Experience sharing
Capacity building
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Prepare thematic collection on social and health care services.
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Capacity building
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Review the implementation of the Strategy and Action Plan in 2015, drawing from the discussions in the CDDECS, in the conference on social cohesion on 10-11 September 2014 and in the possible Conference of Ministers for Social Cohesion in 2015, both in Baku (Azerbaijan). |
New strategy for social cohesion
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GENDER EQUALITY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
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Promote and review the mainstreaming of gender perspectives within the CoE
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Prepare thematic collection on gender equality.
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Awareness raising
Experience sharing
Capacity building
Standard setting
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Prepare thematic collection on gender mainstreaming.
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Awareness raising
Experience sharing
Capacity building
Cooperation
Monitoring the implementation
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Supervise and support the work of DECS-GEC, especially in its task to assist in the implementation of the CoE Strategy for Gender Equality 2014-2017.
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Promote dissemination of the work and studies on the Istanbul Convention including on awareness raising, prevention, work with perpetrators (examples from the member states and resources available).
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Implementation
Standard setting
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Prepare thematic collection on all forms of violence against women.
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Awareness raising
Experience sharing
Capacity building - general
Capacity building – services for victims
Standard setting
Statistics
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Promote dissemination of the collection of good practices from the member States regarding access to justice for women victims of violence compiled in the framework of the activities under the Gender Equality Strategy.
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Prepare thematic collection on access to justice by women, and by women victims of violence in specific.
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RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
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Prepare thematic collection on rights of the child in general.
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Awareness raising
Experience sharing
Capacity building – legislation and mechanisms
Standard setting
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Prepare collection of good practices in the MS on how to
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Prepare thematic collection on the violence against and abuse of children.
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Awareness raising
Experience sharing
Capacity building
Cooperation
Standard setting
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Explore how instruments effectively contribute to protecting and supporting child victims or witnesses of violence.
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Prepare thematic collection of access to justice by children, and by child victims of violence and abuse in specific |
Experience sharing
Capacity building
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Supervise and support the work of the DECS-ENF, especially in its task to prepare the Strategy 2016-2019 and submitting the new Strategy to the CM by 31 December 2015. |
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EQUAL AND EFFECTIVE ACCESS TO HUMAN RIGHTS BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
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Supervise and support the work of DECS-RPD, especially in its tasks to promote the Action Plan and to develop the post-2015 Disability framework.
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Prepare thematic collections on the rights of persons with disabilities.
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Awareness raising
Experience sharing
Capacity building - general
Capacity building - mechanisms
Capacity building – participation in the society
Capacity building - employment - unemployment
Standard setting
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Prepare thematic collections on violence against persons with disabilities. |
Experience sharing
Capacity building
Standard setting
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Prepare thematic collections on access to justice by persons with disabilities, and victims of violence in specific. |
Standard setting
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Review and evaluate the implementation of the Strategy and Action Plan in 2015, drawing from the discussions in the CDDECS and in Sankt Petersburg (Russian Federation) in September 2015.
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Approve and submit the draft disability work frame (strategy or action plan) 2016-2020, prepared by the DECS-RPD, for adoption by the Committee of Ministers in 2015. |
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[1] Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, ''The former Yugoslavian republic of Macedonia”, United Kingdom