Partial agreement is a term used within the Council of Europe to a major activity of European cooperation that is organized by the Council of Europe but does not include all of its member states. This form of activity dates from a resolution adopted by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers on 2 August 1951. [ citation needed ] The resolution for the adoption of agreements of a limited number of member states, without the participation of the remainder. Any expenditure would be made by the participating states alone. This form of variable geometry in inter-governmental cooperation has not been imitated by other international organizations. This form of cooperation also permits some activities to include non-European states as full-fledged participants. Read More…
The Palace of Europe ( French : Palais de l’Europe ) is a building Located in Strasbourg , France , HAS That served as the seat of the Council of Europe since 1977 When It REPLACED the ‚House of Europe‘. Between 1977 and 1999 it was also the Strasbourg seat of the European Parliament . Read More…
The North-South Prize is awarded annually by the North-South Center of the Council of Europe to two public figures who are recognized for their deep commitment, outstanding achievements and hope they have generated in the field of protection of human rights , the defense of pluralist democracy and North-South partnership and solidarity. The prize originated in 1995 and is known to the Lisbon North-South Prize. Read More…
The North-South Center , officially the European Center for Global Interdependence and Solidarity , is a Partial Agreement – of the Council of Europe , the oldest political organization of European states. Read More…
The Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS) was created in 2001 to enhance the process of democratization and decentralization in south-east Europe. It is currently made up of national associations of local authorities in the region. Read More…
The National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia Was set up in 2003 by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe under the instruction of the Council of Europe and the European Commissionin order to carry out a new gasket activity for setting up a national association of local authorities in Georgia . Read More…
The INGO (International Non-governmental Organizations) Conference is the body of the civil society in the Council of Europe , a European organization founded in 1949. The Council of Europe has 47 member States with some 800 million citizens and its seat is in Strasbourg , France .
The INGO Conference of the Council of Europe is a space for free and innovative participation of committed citizens, offering the possibility to contribute directly to the construction of Europe. It is the only assembly of NGOs playing an institutional role in an international intergovernmental organization . Read More…
The Ministers‘ Deputies are the representatives of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers at Strasbourg . While the Committee of Ministers is the executive organ of the Council of Europe, it actually only meets the year in Strasbourg, in what is known to the ministerial sessions. They are the permanent representatives , mostly of ambassadorial rank, the heads of their countries‘ diplomatic missions in Strasbourg. So most of the time that the Committee of Ministers is actually having something, it is actually the deputies who have taken the decision. Their decisions have the same weight and effect as the Committee of Ministers. Read More…
Yavuz Mildon (born 1 June 1955 in Turkey ) is a Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the former president of the Congress of the Council of Europe . Read More…
Ian Micallef (born 6 September 1969, Gzira , Malta ) is the President of the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Congress of the Council of Europe . He was elected to May 2006 and re-elected on May 27, 2008 for a two-year period; he was also Acting President of the Congress from December 2008 to October 2010.
A specialist in European law , Micallef served as a municipal councilor for Gzira , in Malta , between 1994 and 2012; he acted as Chair of the Association of Local Councils of Malta between 1996 and 2012. [1] Read More…