Democratic accountability, democracy and technology, good governance: CDDG Bureau meeting The Bureau of the CDDG – European Committee on Democracy and Governance - met in Strasbourg on 14-16 October, for the first time in person since 2019. The Bureau members expressed support for a comprehensive, concise, practical and timely set of Guidelines on the use of ICT in electoral processes to be presented at the CDDG plenary meeting on 29-30 November 2021. The Bureau also agreed to submit a draft Recommendation on democratic accountability for approval by the CDDG.
The Enlarged Bureau meeting, which acts as an ELoGE Accreditation Platform, met on 15 October and approved accreditation requests for the ELoGE to be awarded in the region of Murcia, Spain, and in Kosovo*. Prior to the meeting, the Bureau members had a fruitful exchange of views with the members of the GR-DEM at a working breakfast. Some 39 delegations were present for engaging discussions on the new 2022-25 draft Terms of Reference of the CDDG.
Gender Equality Commission to host high-level panel on violence against women and discuss draft text on rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls (23-25 November 2021) The Gender Equality Commission (GEC) will hold its 20th plenary meeting from 23 to 25 November 2021, on-line and in Strasbourg. To celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25.11.2021) and under the aegis of the Italian Presidency of the Council of Europe, a high-level panel will be hosted. It will bring together, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, the Italian Minister for Family and Equal Opportunities Elena Bonetti and the President of the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO), Iris Luarasi. The GEC will also consider the text of the draft Committee of Ministers Recommendation on protecting the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls, as transmitted by the Drafting Committee on migrant women (GEC-MIG). The GEC-MIG concluded its work after two years of negotiations.
25th Meeting of GREVIO GREVIO held its 25th meeting from 19 to 21 October 2021, in Strasbourg, with almost all members physically present, and chaired by its newly elected President Ms Iris Luarasi. Among other issues, it discussed its draft baseline evaluation report on Romania and its first ever General Recommendation, focussing on the digital dimension of violence, to be published at an event on 24 November 2021.
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