SUMMER SESSION
Conference of INGOs session agenda
Committee agenda
Democracy, Social Cohesion and Global Challenges Committee
CONF/DEM(2015)A1
Draft Agenda
Wednesday 24 June 2015
9h30 – 13h
Room G03, Agora
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Launching the InterFaith Tour
Departure of Samir AKACHA, Lea FRIEDMAN, Ariane JULIEN and Lucie NEUMAN to travel around the world in search of cohesive interfaith initiatives (Tour presented before the committee by Samuel GRZYBOWSKY, President of COEXISTER, on 27 January 2015)
3. Adoption of the agenda
4. Adoption of the synopsis of the 27 January 2015 [CONF/DEM(2015)SYN1]
5. Climate change and migration
Discussion
6. European local Democracy week (SEDL) 2015,
«Living together in multicultural societies: respect, dialog, interaction»: the role of NGOs
Intervention by Denis HUBER, Head of the Service of Cooperation, Administration and External Relations of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and Orsolya GANCSOS Project Coordinator
Discussion
7. Word Forum on Democracy
Exchange of views with Eladio FERNANDEZ-GALIANO, Head of the Democratic Initiatives Department and responsible for the event to be held next November 18 - 20 on "Freedom versus control: For a democratic response".
8. Participations de la Commission aux travaux d'autres organes du Conseil de l'Europe
9. Committee Work Programme: launch of the working groups
=> Pole Global Challenges
=> Pole Human and Territorial cohesion
10. Other matters
11. Next meeting
Conference of INGOs session agenda
Committee agenda
Democracy, Social Cohesion and Global Challenges Committee
CONF/DEM(2015)A1
Draft Agenda
Wednesday 24 June 2015
9h30 – 13h
Room G03, Agora
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Launching the InterFaith Tour
Departure of Samir AKACHA, Lea FRIEDMAN, Ariane JULIEN and Lucie NEUMAN to travel around the world in search of cohesive interfaith initiatives (Tour presented before the committee by Samuel GRZYBOWSKY, President of COEXISTER, on 27 January 2015)
3. Adoption of the agenda
4. Adoption of the synopsis of the 27 January 2015 [CONF/DEM(2015)SYN1]
5. Climate change and migration
- Preparation of the 21st Conference of Parties on climate (COP21) to be held in Paris next December 1st to 12 2015
- Introduction by Anne-Marie CHAVANON, Chair (IFHP)
- Foreseeable consequences of climate change on migratory flows, by Karl DONERT, vice-chair of the committee, geographer, president of EUROGEO
- Questions to François GEMENNE, searcher, specialist of environmental geopolitics (video) tbc
- Update on the contribution of the committee to the Paris Summit by Edith WENGER European Environment Bureau (EEB) and Karl DONERT (EUROGEO), coordinator of the Working group on Climate and Human Rights
- The Papal Encyclical on Climate and Environment "Laudato Si" by Jean-Pierre RIBAUT (PAX Christi)
Discussion
6. European local Democracy week (SEDL) 2015,
«Living together in multicultural societies: respect, dialog, interaction»: the role of NGOs
Intervention by Denis HUBER, Head of the Service of Cooperation, Administration and External Relations of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and Orsolya GANCSOS Project Coordinator
Discussion
7. Word Forum on Democracy
Exchange of views with Eladio FERNANDEZ-GALIANO, Head of the Democratic Initiatives Department and responsible for the event to be held next November 18 - 20 on "Freedom versus control: For a democratic response".
8. Participations de la Commission aux travaux d'autres organes du Conseil de l'Europe
- European Committee on Democracy and Governance - CDDG - 16 et 17 avril 2015 (Thierry MATHIEU)
- Eighth Council of Europe Conference on the implementation of the European Landscape Convention (Council of Europe, Palais de l’Europe, Strasbourg, 19-20 March 2015 - CEP-CDCPP (2015) 1 (Gerhard ERMISCHER)
- Jury of the landscape award of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 16-17 April 2015 (Anne-Marie Chavanon)
9. Committee Work Programme: launch of the working groups
=> Pole Global Challenges
- WG Climate and Human Rights, coordination Karl DONERT (EUROGEO)
- WG Economy of Health, coordination Thierry MATHIEU (AIRHH)
=> Pole Human and Territorial cohesion
- WG Europe-Mediterranean area migrations, coordination Jean-Claude GONON (AEDE)
- Input of Jean-Pierre HICHERI (CITI)
- WG Shared Territories, coordination Gerhard ERMISCHER (Civilscape) and Bernard AUBERT (Isocarp)
- WG Active Coexistence : from living together to doing together, coordination Anne-Marie CHAVANON (IFHP) and Emmanuel MICHEL ( Coexister)
- WG Creation of a network of European Intercultural alliances, coordination Helene PICHON (CEPS)
- GT Code of good practice for civil participation to decision making process, coordination Antonella VALMORBIDA (ALDA)
- GT Gender Perspectives in political and democratic process, coordination Anje WIERSINGA (IFUW)
10. Other matters
11. Next meeting