BONAVENTURA (Jasminka Susmel, Bonaventura, BiH) attended at the conference World NGO Day ;
Why do we need NGOs?
(I)NGO contribution to the work and to the mandate of the Council of Europe
President INGO Conference, Ms Anna Rurka
Chair of the Committee of Ministers’ Rapporteur Group on Democracy, H.E. Razvan Rusu
Director of Human Dignity, Equality and Governance, DGII, Council of Europe, Ms Claudia Luciani
Session 1: (I)NGOs invaluable contribution to CoE’s mandate and to its work
Moderator: Mary Ann Hennessey
Contribution of the INGOs to CoE standard setting: the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe (Anna Rurka) and Advisory Council of Youth (David Neuber)
Contribution to CoE monitoring: execution of judgements (George Stafford, Co-Director of EIN), collective complaints procedures under ESC (Peter Verhaeghe, Caritas Europa)
Contribution to CoE cooperation activities: (Jasminka Susmel, Bonaventura, BiH)
Session 2: The cost to (I)NGOs, and their members, of working for human rights, democracy and the rule of law in a context of democratic decline
Moderator: Cyril Ritchie
Directors of Schools of Political Studies: Alexander Dabravolski, East-European School of Political Studies, Minsk; Ilgar Mammadov, Baku Political Studies Programme (Video message).
Ref.: Secretary General annual reports, Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)11 on the need to strengthen the protection and promotion of the civil society space in Europe)
Session 3: (I)NGOs message about future perspectives for NGO participation in CoE
Moderator: Anna Rurka
A moderated and facilitated discussion to come to a max of three conclusions to share/transmit to the Committee of Ministers 22 March meeting in Warsaw and/or Ministerial session in Helsinki.
https://www.facebook.com/bonaventura.ngo/videos/348680232413062/