Observatory on History Teaching in Europe On 4 June, the Governing Board of the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe elected the 11 members of the Scientific Advisory Council, one of its constituent bodies and guarantor of the Observatory’s neutrality and scholarly approach for its future work. The list of elected members and further details are available here. ECML The 77th Meeting of the Bureau of the ECML Governing Board took place on 1-2 June. Bureau members were informed about programme activities, all delivered online, and which included additional support being offered to Member states during the pandemic. It was agreed that a strategy to attract new Member states should be developed at the next Governing Board in October. There was satisfaction with the revised draft Committee of Ministers Recommendation on plurilingual and intercultural education for democratic culture and with the accompanying draft Explanatory Memorandum. Youth sector statutory bodies’ Bureaux: campaign, climate and Covid During their meeting on 3 and 4 June 2021, the Bureaux of the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) and of the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) took stock of the discussions on a future youth campaign, took note of the ongoing work of the task force on greening the youth sector, and explored possible options for the next plenary statutory meetings in light of the current sanitary situation linked to Covid. In a discussion with the Director of Democratic Participation, the CDEJ and CCJ Bureaux highlighted the need to address what the Council of Europe Secretary General has called the democratic backsliding in Europe. A series of actions which, pending the approval of the Joint Council on Youth in October, would be organised in 2022 and centre around the state of democracy today, brought a number of ideas for a youth campaign on democracy, meaningful youth participation and digitalisation. The Bureaux congratulated the Advisory Council on Youth for its intensified co-operation with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. During the second part of the 2021 session, a motion was tabled by the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media to establish a “youth partner” status with the Parliamentary Assembly. For more information on the youth sector statutory bodies and on their decisions.
45th meeting of the Programming Committee on Youth From 9 to 11 June, the Programming Committee on Youth (CPJ) held its 45th meeting, which took place online due to the current health situation in Europe. The CPJ establishes and monitors the programmes of the European Youth Foundation (EYF) and the European Youth Centres (Strasbourg and Budapest) and consists of eight government representatives and eight non-governmental youth organisations. It is part of the co-management system of the Council of Europe’s Youth Sector. At its June meeting, decisions were made, inter alia, about the grants for international activities and annual work plans to be implemented by youth organisations in 2022, as well as study sessions to be organised in cooperation with the European Youth Centres, also in 2022. The criteria for structural support to international youth organisations or networks in 2022 and 2023 and the maximum amount of the grant for local pilot projects in 2022 were also agreed upon. The Programming Committee has been following closely the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on both the Youth Department activities and the supported projects by youth NGOs in the field. The meeting was an opportunity to take stock of the situation, but also to cautiously start planning ahead, as 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the youth sector. Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) The agenda of the 10th CDCPP plenary session (18 June 2021, online) will include the adoption of the CDCPP Strategy for 2022-2025, and a proposal to prepare a draft recommendation on the essential role of culture, cultural heritage and landscape in helping to address global crises, with special consideration of the impact of AI in these areas. Responsible for all matters relating to culture, the CDCPP will begin discussions about a possible scheme for pan-European public financial support and a legal framework to facilitate international TV series co-productions. There will be a digital exhibition “Free to Create – Create to be Free”, presentations about the hosting website and the new 10-module MOOC on Strategy 21.
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