The EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement is a Partial Agreement of the Council of Europe , set up in 1987 by Resolution (87) 2 [1] of the Committee of Ministers . Its full name is „Co-operation Group for the Prevention of, Protection Against, and Organization of Relief in Major Natural and Technological Disasters (EUR-OPA)“.
Its aims are to develop disaster prevention, risk management , post-crisis analysis and rehabilitation. Read More…
Jakob Eng (born June 25, 1937) is a Norwegian banker, organizational leader and politician for the Christian Democratic Party . Read More…
The Emerald Network is a network of nature protection areas to conserve wild flora and fauna and their natural habitats of Europe , which was launched in 1989 by the Council of Europe as part of its work under the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats or Bern Convention that came into force on 1 June 1982. It is to be set up in each Contracting Party or observe state to the Convention.
The Bern Convention is signed by the 46 member states of the Council of Europe , together with the European Union , Monaco , Burkina Faso , Morocco , Tunisia and Senegal . Algeria , Belarus , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Cape Verde, Vatican City , San Marino and Russia are among the non-signatories that have observed status at meetings of the committee. Read More…
Andrew (Andrzej Zbigniew) Drzemczewski (born 7 July 1951) is the Head of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Department of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , Strasbourg , France . [1] Read More…
Dosta! a Romani word meaning „enough“, is a Council of Europe awareness raising campaign that aims to bring to the forefront of the conflict.
The Dosta! The European Council for Europe and the European Commission Joint Program called „Equal Rights and Treatment for Roma in South Easter Europe“.
It has been implemented in the following countries in 2006 and 2007: Read More…
A Cultural Route of the Council of Europe , sometimes Referred to as a European Cultural Route is a title Awarded to Cultural routes Recognized as significant Throughout Europe by the Council of Europe through Promoting shared culture, history, memory and European integration . These roads must match aussi Some Fundamental gains Promoted by the Council of Europe Such As democracy , human rights and intercultural exchanges in the framework of cultural tourism. [1] Read More…
The Council of Europe Development Bank ( French : CEB, Development Bank of the Council of Europe ) dates from 1956, When the Council of Europe Established the Resettlement Fund for National Refugees and Over-Population in Europe as a Partial Agreement . In 1994, it changed its name to the Council of Europe’s Social Development Fund, before becoming the Council of Europe Development Bank in 1999. [1] Read More…
The Council of Europe Archives are located at the headquarters of the Organization at the Palace of Europe in Strasbourg , France. They were set up in 1949 soon after the Organization was created. Open to the public, they constitute a unique research source for the early history of European integration . Files are declassified under the Council of Europe’s one-year, 10-year and 30-year rules, which are explained on the Archives website.
In 1960 the Archives of the Treaty of Brussels Organization, for social and cultural activities, were transferred to the Council of Europe Archives, when the Council of Europe took over these activities. Read More…
The organization of a Conference of Specialized Ministers is a traditional working method of the Council of Europe .
The purpose of such conferences is to define and pursue the goals of the Council of Europe in their particular fields of competence. These conferences have a quasi-legal identity of their own in international relations . The practice began in Vienna in 1959 with the first Conference of Ministers responsible for Family Affairs. However, the working methods for such conferences were only formalized in 1971 with the adoption of the Committee of Ministers Resolution (71) 44., [1] which gives a list of conferences with which the Council of Europe has a special working relationship. Read More…
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment , [1] abbreviated en français as CEFR or CEF or CEFRL (compared to the German abbreviations GeR or GeRS, the French abbreviation CECRL, the Italian QCER, or the Spanish MCER ), is a guideline used to describe achievements of foreigners in Europe and, more, in other countries. It was put together by the Council of Europe as part of the „Language Learning for European Citizenship“ project between 1989 and 1996. Its main aim is to provide a method for learning, teaching and assessing which applies to alllanguages in Europe . In November 2001, a European Union Council resolution using the CEFR to set up systems of validation of language ability. The six reference levels (see below) are widely accepted in the European standard for grading an individual’s language proficiency . Read More…