Regional news
Second working group meeting for developing an online course on ensuring women’s access to justice
The second working group for the development of a HELP course (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) on Ensuring Women’s Access to Justice took place on 30-31 May 2018 in Strasbourg. It brought together a group of three legal experts with a e-learning designer, the regional project...
Mayors and councillors are the knots of the net of democracy
Opening the conference on “Ethics and transparency at local level: strategies and tools”, in Tbilisi, on 6 December 2017, Congress Secretary General Andreas Kiefer underlined the key elements for a successful local self-government: an adequate legislative framework, mayors and elected...
Regional conference on strategies and tools for ethics and transparency at local levels
On 6-7 December 2017, a regional conference will be organised under the joint Council of Europe/EU project "Strengthening institutional frameworks for local governance" in Tbilisi, Georgia. The conference will bring together around 100 mayors and local elected representatives from Armenia,...
How can women's political empowerment be supported in Armenia?
A round table entitled “Women’s voice and leadership in politics: Armenian perspective” was organised as part of the Partnership for Good Governance Programme co-funded by the European Union and Council of Europe, in cooperation with the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia and civil...
More women in politics means less men in politics
“The message to women is clear, but what is the message to men?” was one of the emerging questions during a lively and open discussion amongst representatives from local and national authorities, political parties, civil society organisations and media, during the presentation of the Azerbaijani...
Misuse of administrative resources during electoral processes: a major challenge for democratic elections - regional conference
Next 9-10 November, Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) , Venice Commission and Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, will hold in London, England, a regional conference entitled “Misuse of administrative resources during electoral processes: a major challenge for democratic...
Presentation of the Romanian version of the Regional Gender Study “Women’s political representation in the Eastern Partnership Countries”
A balanced political representation of women and men is crucial for the political, economic and social wealth of each country. Though, stereotypical assumptions about the role of women, the legal framework and party policies are still in many countries factors which hinder women to take up a...
Regional Conference 2017 “Money in Politics”
Much has been achieved in the last twenty years to regulate and control who funds political parties and election campaigns, transparency has increased and accountability was strengthened. Of the recommendations issued by the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) of Council of Europe in the...
Increasing civil society involvement in our work
The Conference “Partnership for Good Governance: enhancing the co-operation with civil society” will take place on 2 June 2017 in Room G6 of Agora building, Council of Europe. The scope of the conference is to look for mechanisms for significantly increasing the involvement of NGOs and civil...
Second study on civil participation in decision making in EaP published
A new study on "Civil Participation in Decision Making in the Eastern Partnership Countries Part II: Practice and Implementation" has just been published. It contains 24 case studies from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus, and includes a set of recommendations...
Call for tenders: development of the Council of Europe e-learning platform on Good Governance at Local Level
The Council of Europe has developed a set of 12 Principles of good governance at local level. The purpose of present call for tenders is to design, develop and operate an e-learning tool to promote the principles of those 12 Principles. This tendering procedure is an international call for...
The lack of women in political life is seriously undermining democratic processes in EaP countries
Democracy should apply to all women and men stated participants from the Council of Europe at the Conference on 'Women’s political representation in the Eastern Partnership countries – a regional study and exchange of information' which took place in Kyiv (Ukraine) on 1st December 2016. The event...
International conference on enhancing the right to data protection in EaP countries
"Enhancing the Right to Data Protection in Eastern Partnership Countries" is the objective of this International Conference (Tbilisi, Georgia, 14-15 December 2016). The event brings together for the first time representatives of Eastern Partnership countries who benefit from the "Programmatic...
Call for proposals for initiatives on transparency, accountability and integrity in local government
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities promotes local democracy and a culture of ethical and inclusive decision-making, as part of the thematic programme “Strengthening institutional frameworks for local governance” in the Eastern Partnership countries. In this context, the Congress is...
Regional Conference on ‘Supporting Democratic School Culture in the Eastern Partnership countries’
The Conference was organised in the framework of the Regional Project “Promoting Human Rights Education and Democratic Citizenship (EDC/HRE) in Eastern Partnership countries. Mr Matthew Johnson, Director of Democratic Citizenship and Participation addressed the participants of the Conference at...
Citizens as partners in local policy-making in the Eastern Partnership region
“We work with our citizens so that they don’t just live in their municipality but with their municipality – what we do, we do together” shared Vladimir Prebilič, Kočevje, member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, (Slovenia, PAP-NPA) with fellow mayors in the regional seminar...
Improving the observation of elections in Eastern Partnership countries
Eastern Partnership countries should engage in a pre and post electoral dialogue with a view to implementing the recommendations of international and national election observation missions, asked Council of Europe participants at the Conference on “Follow up to the recommendations of...
Council of Europe and European Union presented mid-term results of projects for Ukraine
On 26 October 2016, the Council of Europe and the European Union presented to the media in Kyiv the mid-term results of their projects for Eastern Partnership countries, including Ukraine. The five country-specific projects carried out in Ukraine under the Programmatic Cooperation Framework (PCF)...
Conference on “Follow up to the recommendations of international Election Observation Missions in the countries of the Eastern Partnership”
In the context of the Programmatic Cooperation Framework and more specifically of the project on “Reforming electoral legislation and practice, and developing regional co-operation in electoral matters” the Division of Electoral Assistance and Census of the Council of Europe is organising a...
Second Regional Meeting on public-private cooperation in cybercrime
On 19-20 September, the Council of Europe Cybercrime Programme Office will hold a Second Regional Meeting of the Cybercrime@Eastern Partnership III Project in Minsk, Belarus, which will focus on issues of public-private cooperation in cybercrime and electronic evidence. The Regional Meeting is a...