Council of Europe
DPA/Inf (2009)13 15 April 2009
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COMPENDIUM OF ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORTS 2008
FROM THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE INFORMATION OFFICES
Document prepared by the Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
|Albania |CoE Office in Tirana |4 |
|Armenia |CoE Office in Yerevan |11 |
|Azerbaijan |CoE Office in Baku |15 |
|Bulgaria |IOCE Sofia |20 |
|Czech Republic |IOCE Prague |23 |
|Estonia |IOCE Tallinn |28 |
|Georgia |CoE Office in Tbilisi |34 |
|Hungary |Information Centre in Budapest |44 |
|Latvia |IOCE Riga |57 |
|Lithuania |IOCE Vilnius |61 |
|Moldova |CoE Office in Chisinau |67 |
|Poland |IOCE Warsaw |76 |
|Romania |IOCE Bucharest |86 |
|Russia |IOCE Moscow |97 |
|Slovakia |IOCE Bratislava |102 |
|Slovenia |IOCE Ljubljana |106 |
|“the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” |IOCE Skopje |117 |
|Ukraine |IOCE Kyiv |127 |
ALBANIA
COUNCIL OF EUROPE OFFICE IN TIRANA
Inaugurated on 5 March 2004
Address: Pallati i Kultures, Sheshi Skenderbej, Tirana
Tel: +355 4 2228419; +355 4 2254227; Fax: +355 4 2248940
E-mail: informtirana@coe.int; Internet:
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |First course of the Albanian School of Political Studies 2008 “Political Parties and Democratic |
| |Policies” |
|Date and place |7-9/3/2008, Tirana |
|CEAD number |22465 |
|Synopsis |The Albanian School of Political Studies organised its first course for 2008 named “Political |
| |Parties and Democratic Policies”. The course was held in Hotel Mondial in Tirana. |
|Title |Awareness-raising classes in high schools of Tirana on how to deal with violence in schools |
|Date and place |2-30/4/2008, Tirana |
|CEAD number |22831 |
|Synopsis |For the CoE programme “Building a Europe for and with Children”, the IOCE Tirana in cooperation with|
| |the Albanian Centre for Children Rights organised a series of trainings and awareness-raising |
| |classes in 52 elementary and 9 year schools in Tirana to sensibilise students, teachers and |
| |sociologists on how to deal with the violence at school. |
|Title |Seminar on Academic Writing - Albanian School of Political Studies |
|Date and place |8/4/2008, Tirana |
|CEAD number |22826 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the programme of the Albanian School of Political Studies a seminar on Academic |
| |Writing for the school participants was organised in Tirana. |
|Title |Second course of the Albanian School of Political Studies |
|Date and place |11-1/4/2008, Vlora |
|CEAD number |22819 |
|Synopsis |The Albanian School of Political Studies organised its second course “Challenges to Democracy” in |
| |Vlora. |
|Title |Seminar on “Global society, open society for change” - Albanian School of Political Studies |
|Date and place |24/4/2008, Tirana |
|CEAD number |22827 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the programme of the Albanian School of Political Studies a seminar on “Global |
| |society, open society for change” was organised in Tirana. |
|Title |Seminar on “SAA, challenges and problems” - Albanian School of Political Studies |
|Date and place |7/5/2008, Tirana |
|CEAD number |22828 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the programme of the Albanian School of Political Studies a seminar on “SAA, |
| |challenges and problematic” was organised. |
|Title |Third course of the Albanian School of Political Studies “European programmes and transition” |
|Date and place |9-11/5/2008, Durres |
|CEAD number |22829 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the programme of the Albanian School of Political Studies 2008 the third course |
| |on “European programmes and transition” was organised in Mali i Robit Resort in Albania. |
|Title |Training programme “Human Rights through peer to peer Education” |
|Date and place |12-15/5/2008 |
|CEAD number |23807 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the European Week, the Directorate of Youth in cooperation with the IOCE |
| |conducted a training programme “Human Rights through peer to peer Education” with the participation |
| |of 50 students coming from various Faculties of Tirana University. |
|Title |Seminar on Globalization and the open society for change |
|Date and place |29/5/2008, Tirana |
|CEAD number |22833 |
|Synopsis |Seminar on “Globalization and the open society for change” organised in the framework of the |
| |Albanian School of Political Studies 2008. |
|Title |Fourth course of the Albanian School of Political Studies “Democratic leadership” |
|Date and place |12-15/6/2008, Saranda |
|CEAD number |22853 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the programme of the Albanian School of Political Studies 2008 the fourth course|
| |on “Democratic leadership” was organised in Saranda. |
|Title |Essay presentations in the Albanian School of Political Studies |
|Date and place |18 and 24/9/2008; 3 and 15/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |25009 |
|Synopsis |The Albanian School of Political Studies organised a presentation of the final thesis by the class |
| |2008. |
|Title |Seminar on “The social protection and insurance schemes in Europe and in the region“ |
|Date and place |8/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |25010 |
|Synopsis |The Albanian School of Political Studies in cooperation with CoE SISP regional programme organised a|
| |seminar “The social protection and insurance schemes in Europe and in the region, comparative |
| |approaches as well as measures on how to develop and implement functional social protection and |
| |insurance schemes in Albania“. |
|Title |Albanian School of Political Studies - seminar on elections in the USA |
|Date and place |3/11/2008 |
|CEAD number |25012 |
|Synopsis |The Albanian School of Political Studies in partnership with the Centre for Political Sciences |
| |organised at Hotel Tirana international meeting with the Political Attaché of the American Embassy |
| |in Tirana, Mr Paul Poletes, on the presidential elections in the USA. |
|Title |Awarding ceremony of the Albanian School of Political Studies 2008 |
|Date and place |7/11/2008 |
|CEAD number |22848 |
|Synopsis |The Albanian School of Political Studies organised a diploma-award ceremony for the year 2008, |
| |attended by the President Bamir Topi, the Ambassador of the EC Delegation in Albania Helmuth Lohan, |
| |the diplomatic corps, senior government officials, representatives of political parties, media and |
| |the civil society. |
|Title |Publication of “Roma in Europe” in the Albanian language |
|Date and place |21/11/2008 |
|CEAD number |24850 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in Tirana in cooperation with DC published the CoE publication ''Roma in Europe'' in the |
| |Albanian language. |
|Title |Participation of IOCE in Tirana International Book Fair |
|Date and place |14-19/11/2008 |
|CEAD number |24889 |
|Synopsis |IOCE in cooperation with Dudaj Publishing House participated with its panel of publications in the |
| |Tirana International Book Fair. Thousands of people visited the fair and expressed interests on the |
| |CoE publications. |
The IOCE distributed 8,816 publications and awareness-raising materials in the Albanian language to various activities and partner institutions in Albania.
IOCE updated regularly the Office website, special web pages on the campaigns, and distributed 11 monthly e-newsletters to various institutions, NGOs and media.
- 1 chronicle prepared and broadcasted in a primetime at national Klan TV and Shijak TV in relation to the Summer University for Democracy 2008.
- 1 chronicle prepared and broadcasted at ORA News TV in relation to the Albanian School of Political Studies.
- IOCE director gave an interview at Koha TV in the framework of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
During January, the IOCE organised selection procedures for the participants of the Albanian School of Political Studies 2008. The website of the Albanian School of Political Studies was updated regularly.
Performance indicators:
Press conference [1]; Articles and references in newspapers [83]
TV/Radio broadcasts [297 references to various CoE activities in the Albanian media]
Number of events (co)-organised by the Office [2]
Translated documents [119]; Printed documents [28]
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; campaign against the death penalty; other (e.g. DOSTA! campaign)
During January, the IOCE organised the selection procedures for the participants of the Albanian School of Political Studies 2008. The website of the Albanian School of Political Studies was updated regularly.
|Title |Awareness-raising classes in high schools of Tirana on how to deal with violence in schools |
|Date and place |2-30/4/2008, Tirana |
|CEAD number |22831 |
|Synopsis |For the CoE programme “Building a Europe for and with Children”, the IOCE in cooperation with the |
| |Albanian Centre for Children Rights organised a series of trainings and awareness-raising classes in|
| |52 elementary and 9 year schools in Tirana to sensibilise students, teachers and sociologists on how|
| |to deal with the violence in school. |
| | |
|Title |Awareness-raising seminar with children in Shkodra |
|Date and place |1/6/2008, Shkodra |
|CEAD number |23808 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in partnership with the Law Faculty of the Shkodra University organised a meeting for about|
| |70 children from Shkodra coming from various backgrounds. Students of law discussed with the |
| |participating children their rights and referred to the CoE campaign on banning corporal punishment |
| |against children. |
|Title |Special website on the CoE campaign against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |10/9/2008 |
|CEAD number |24875 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE established a special web page, containing complete and updated information on the CoE |
| |action to ban the corporal punishment of children across Europe. |
|Title |Translation and printing into Albanian of “Key points – abolishing corporal punishment in a |
| |nutshell” |
|Date and place |15/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |24876 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE translated and printed into Albanian 1000 copies of the CoE information leaflet “Key points|
| |– abolishing corporal punishment in a nutshell”. |
|Title |Translation and printing into Albanian of “Off the books! Guidance for Europe's parliaments on law |
| |reform to eliminate corporal punishment of children” |
|Date and place |15/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |24879 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE translated and printed into Albanian 1000 copies of the CoE brochure “Off the books! |
| |Guidance for Europe's parliaments on law reform to eliminate corporal punishment of children”. |
|Title |TV debate at “ZIP” morning show on the CoE campaign against the death penalty |
|Date and place |10/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |24871 |
|Synopsis |IOCE organised a TV debate during the popular "ZIP" morning talk show, in Vizion+ TV channel. The |
| |idea was to promote the European day against the death penalty and the CoE role in abolishment of |
| |death penalty in Europe. The debate was focused on the arguments about abolishing of the death |
| |penalty and how it affected the decrease of crimes in Albania. |
|Title |Airing of the TV spot against the death penalty |
|Date and place |10/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |24872 |
|Synopsis |IOCE arrange free airing of TV spot against the death penalty (with the Albanian subtitles) on 10-11|
| |October by Vizion+ TV (with a broadcast coverage of 90% of the Albanian territory). The channel also|
| |broadcasts via satellite 24 hours a day through EUTELSAT W2. |
|Title |Publishing of an article at daily “Shqip” on the CoE day against the death penalty |
|Date and place |10/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |24873 |
|Synopsis |IOCE arranged publishing of an article on abolishing the death penalty, clearly elaborating the CoE |
| |position at the daily "Shqip" newspaper (distributed in Albania, and some cities of Kosovo and |
| |Macedonia). |
|Title |Special website on CoE campaign against the death penalty |
|Date and place |10/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |24874 |
|Synopsis |IOCE prepared a special web page containing updated information on the CoE campaign on abolishing |
| |the death penalty across Europe, in Albanian and English, as well as the main CoE publications on |
| |the issue. |
|Title |Talk show “Opinion” at the national Klan TV on the CoE campaign against the death penalty |
|Date and place |10/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |24878 |
|Synopsis |IOCE arranged a special edition of the very popular evening talk show “Opinion” at the national Klan|
| |TV on the abolition of the death penalty. |
|Title |Translation and printing into Albanian of “Parenting in contemporary Europe: a positive approach” |
|Date and place |10/11/2008 |
|CEAD number |24880 |
|Synopsis |IOCE translated and printed into Albanian 1000 copies of the CoE publication “Parenting in |
| |contemporary Europe: a positive approach”. |
|Title |Exhibitions with children drawings against corporal punishment in the Albanian regions |
|Date and place |14/11 – 2/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |24882 |
|Synopsis |Exhibitions addressing general public were organised in Tirana during the days of the National Book |
| |Fair (14-18/11/08) and in other 8 major cities: Shkodra, Lezha, Kurbin, Korca, Vlora, Elbasan, |
| |Librazhd and Diber during November-December. |
|Title |Airing of the TV spot on corporal punishment of children at Vision+ national TV channel |
|Date and place |17/11 – 7/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |22850 |
|Synopsis |IOCE arranged airing of a TV spot on the campaign at Vision+ TV during the period from 17 November |
| |to 7 December. |
|Title |Airing of the TV spot on corporal punishment of children in 7 regions in Albania through local TV |
| |channels |
|Date and place |17/11 – 7/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |22850 |
|Synopsis |IOCE in cooperation with the World Vision arranged airing of a TV spot on the campaign in 7 regions |
| |in Albania. |
|Title |Outdoor campaign against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |17/11 – 28/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |24685 |
|Synopsis |IOCE organised an outdoor campaign against corporal punishment of children in Tirana through the |
| |city lights and buses. |
|Title |Postcards for the campaign against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |17/11 – 20/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |24883 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE printed and distributed about 25,000 postcards (3 models) in the country through the |
| |Maniacard stands. |
|Title |CoE campaign postcards for season greetings |
|Date and place |15/12 – 20/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |24884 |
|Synopsis |IOCE in cooperation with the Speaker of the Parliament Jozefina Topalli and MPs (Ms Liri Berisha and|
| |Ms Lajla Pernaska) distributed officially the postcards of the children campaign as new year |
| |greeting cards. |
| | |
|Title |Participation in a morning TV talk show “Zip“ to promote the CoE action against corporal punishment |
| |of children |
|Date and place |20/11/2008 |
|CEAD number |24885 |
|Synopsis |IOCE director participated in a morning talk show “Zip” at Vision+ TV to promote the CoE action |
| |against corporal punishment of children. |
|Title |Documentary film on corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |15/11 – 15/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |24886 |
|Synopsis |IOCE prepared a documentary film on corporal punishment, which was broadcasted for free in the |
| |Albanian Public TV. |
|Title |Postcards on CoE campaign against discrimination |
|Date and place |12/12/2008 |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |IOCE translated and published a postcard on CoE anti-discrimination campaign through Shqip |
| |newspaper. |
Performance indicators:
Translated documents [78]; Special website for the campaigns [2]
Publication of the SG’s article on Trafficking of Human Beings in the daily newspaper “Shqip”
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
Number of missions facilitated [19]
- On 6 February, the IOCE arranged a special interview for the CoE Special Adviser in Albania at the Vizion Plus TV.
- On 8 February, the IOCE arranged media coverage of the Launching Event on Support to the Sustainability of the School of Magistrates of Albania EC/CoE Joint programme. A special interview was arranged for Ms Margaret Killerby, Director of Cooperation, DGHL, for the Vizion Plus TV and Mr Mihai Selegean, resident expert of the Albanian School of Magistrates at News 24 TV.
- On 14 February, IOCE arranged a special interview at Koha TV for Mr Graham Sutton, expert on Data Protection project.
- IOCE assisted organisation of a visit of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Delegation in Albania on 3-7 March.
- Assistance in organisation of the visit of the Association of the Local Democracy Agencies on 18-21 March in Albania.
- Assistance in organisation of DG III workshop on 7-8 October and of a round table on “Harmonisation of the Broadcasting Legislation in Albania with the European Standards”.
- Assistance in organisation of the 5th EDC Regional Networking Conference for South East Europe (SEE) organised by DG IV in Durres from 4-5 November.
- IOCE assisted organisation and provided media coverage for the conference ”Case-law on the execution of Article 1 of the First Additional Protocol and Article 3 of the ECHR in the point of view of the ECtHR“ organised by the Government Agent and DGHL.
- IOCE facilitated the CoE Secretariat visit to Albania from 24-27 November.
- Exclusive interview arranged in the Top Channel TV with Mr Thomas Hammarberg, CoE Commissioner for Human Rights, in relation to his latest report on the situation of human rights in Albania.
- Newspaper Shqip - publication of interview of the CoE Commissioner for Human Rights.
- Broadcasting of a video interview of the CoE Commissioner of Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg on 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Albanian Public Television and the BBC Radio in Albania.
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
The IOCE distributed 3,970 copies of human rights publications in Albanian for various activities and partners. The IOCE received 44 requests on ECHR.
|Title |Seminars on ECHR with lawyers, NGO activists and law students |
|Date and place |17,19 and 21/11/2008 |
|CEAD number |24771 |
|Synopsis |IOCE in partnership with the Albanian Helsinki Committee organised on 17, 19 and 21 November in |
| |Elbasan, Shkodra and Vlora the regional seminars on ECHR with lawyers, NGO activists and law |
| |students. |
Performance indicators:
Number of potential complainants at the IOCE premises [44]
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
IOCE Director did the appraisal of staff for 2007 and set the objectives for 2008 within the deadline. Financial transactions were carried out in accordance with relevant rules and guidelines from Strasbourg. IOCE provided headquarters with regular reports within deadlines and in requested forms.
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Weekly monitoring on the Council of Europe visibility for Directorate of Communication (DC). During the period January-June 2008 there were about 297 references to various CoE activities in the Albanian media. The database of the media representatives and experts was updated regularly. Media monitoring submitted weekly to DC and DGDPA.
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |1,137 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |49 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |19 |
|Number of website hits |993,603 |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD |41 |
|Number of documents translated (for all Expected results) |197 |
|Number of published documents (for all Expected results) |28 |
|Number of press conferences (for all Expected results) |1 |
ARMENIA
COUNCIL OF EUROPE OFFICE IN YEREVAN
(Inaugurated on 8 July 2003)
Address: Zarobyan 60; 0009 Yerevan
Tel: +37410 546322; Fax: +374 10 546326; E-mail: coe.yerevan@coe.int
Internet:
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |Presentation on the Council of Europe |
|Date and place |25/2/2008, Yerevan |
|CEAD number |22514 |
|Synopsis |In cooperation with Internews Media Support NGO the IOCE held a presentation for 30 journalism |
| |students on CoE structure and activities and distributed CoE materials. A presentation on the |
| |CoE and its campaigns for 15 school children (9-10 grades) was held in the IOCE new premises. 15|
| |promotional packs were distributed. 10 CoE lecture-presentations for YSU Sociology Department. |
| |Organisation of a CoE reception to introduce the new SRSG. |
| | |
|Title |IOCE Infopoints in the regions |
|Date and place |March, regions of Armenia |
|CEAD number |22513 |
|Synopsis |Joint implementation of the “Youth will not Tolerate Fraud” project initiated by the Urban |
| |Foundation for Sustainable Development in partnership with the Helsinki Committee of Armenia to |
| |increase awareness and understanding of regional youth and general public on electoral |
| |processes. 18 representatives of 9 civil society organisations from 3 regions (Shirak, Lori, and|
| |Tavoush) and 6 communities (Vanadzor, Gugark, Gyumri, Akhourian, Dilijan, and Ijevan) |
| |participated in advanced TOT on elections monitoring and electoral concept. They will train 350 |
| |young people in the regions on elections monitoring. |
| | |
|Title |Publication of CE&RA Newsletter |
|Date and place |May, Yerevan |
|CEAD number |22507 |
|Synopsis |IOCE published the 10th issue of CERA - Council of Europe and Armenia bilingual newsletter. The |
| |issue features Secretary General’s opinion article on fight against trafficking, an interview |
| |with the Director of Communication and the HR Commissioner’s special mission to Armenia. The |
| |electronic version is available on the IOCE website. |
| | |
|Title |IOCE website |
|Date and place |Ongoing, Yerevan |
|CEAD number |22516 |
|Synopsis |The coe.am website, which is updated regularly, was equipped with a new content management |
| |system. Thorough update of the SRSG; Signed and Ratified Documents and CoE Campaigns sections. |
| | |
|Title |Publication of CE&RA Newsletter |
|Date and place |May, Yerevan |
|CEAD number |22515 |
|Synopsis |IOCE published the 11th issue of CERA - Council of Europe and Armenia bilingual newsletter. The |
| |issue features the PACE Monitoring Committee report on Armenia, the CoE Human Rights |
| |Commissioner’s Summary of Findings after his July mission to Armenia, the White Paper on |
| |Intercultural Dialogue, the CoE campaign of Making Europe a Death Penalty-Free Zone. The |
| |electronic version is available at the IOCE website. |
| | |
|Title |Lecture Series on CoE within the INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS MA Programme |
|Date and place |October-November, Yerevan |
|CEAD number |22655 |
|Synopsis |3 comprehensive lectures for Yerevan State University Journalism Department. The project was |
| |organised by CoE, OSCE, EC, UN and NATO Information Office. |
Performance indicators:
Translations:
IOCE translated and proofread the CE-RA Newsletter 10 and 11
[15] Conventions and Armenia related reports
[40] press-releases translated and disseminated
Publications:
Publication of the 10th and 11th issues of CE-RA Newsletter, 2000 copies
Publication of the IOCE general brochure, 500 copies
[16] General presentations and events
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; campaign against the death penalty; other (e.g. DOSTA! campaign)
|Title |Campaign “You Are not For Sale” |
|Date and place |January, Shirak Region |
|CEAD number |22514 |
|Synopsis |In cooperation with the National Association of School Parents Council Members, screenings of |
| |You are not for sale documentary on CoE’s anti-trafficking activities produced by IOCE. The main|
| |target group were the teachers at 47 secondary schools in Gyumri and 3 villages (Akhuryan, |
| |Maisian and Azatan) of Shirak region. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “You Are not For Sale” |
|Date and place |23 February, Gyumri |
|CEAD number |22514 |
|Synopsis |IOCE assisted KASA Foundation Humanitaire Suisse to organise an event devoted to tolerance, |
| |women rights and against trafficking in human beings (42 participants). It consisted of “Zero |
| |Violence” exhibition, screening of “Not for Sale” documentary and a seminar on women rights. The|
| |IOCE contributed by providing CoE publications. |
| | |
|Title |Abolishing Corporal Punishment of Children |
|Date and place |5 and 12/5/2008, 2 and 9/6/2008 in regions of Armenia; |
| |10/12/2008 in Yerevan 1st Boarding School |
|CEAD number |22510 |
|Synopsis |Puppet plays to raise awareness and advocate abolition of corporal punishment against children. |
| |120 school children, teachers, parents and education specialists in Shenavan (Aragatsotn); 200 |
| |in Charentsavan (Kotayk); 400 in Armavir and 300 in Sevan (Aragatsotn); 250 in Yerevan, attended|
| |the events organised in partnership with the International Association of Puppeteers (covered by|
| |local TVs). |
|Title |Anti-Discrimination Campaign 2008 |
|Date and place |10/7/2008, Yerevan |
|CEAD number |22511 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a Diversity Rock Festival within the CoE Anti-Discrimination Campaign. Rock |
| |groups from Armenia and Georgia participated in the event. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign against the Death Penalty |
|Date and place |10/12/2008, Yerevan |
|CEAD number |22512 |
|Synopsis |Promotion of the World/European Day against the Death Penalty. Assistance to Helsinki Committee |
| |of Armenia to organise a conference “Europe/World Day against the Death Penalty: |
| |The 5th Anniversary of the Ratification of the Protocol 6 of the ECHR by Armenia”. IOCE Director|
| |made a speech on CoE role in abolition of the death penalty. The CoE thematic TV spot was shown.|
| |The conference was assisted by the IOCE and financed by the European Union. 50 copies of ECHR |
| |and 40 copies of the “Death is not Justice” leaflet in Armenian were provided. |
Performance indicators:
[7] Translations; [10] Printed documents
[1] Special web pages for the CoE campaigns (both in English and Armenian): Abolishing Corporal Punishment of Children, Europe against the Death Penalty and Combating Domestic Violence
[7] events: 5 Puppet plays in the regions and in Yerevan; 1 concert and 1 roundtable
[2] TV spots on Death Penalty in Armenian.
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
Facilitation of CoE missions to Armenia (dealt with primarily by SRSG). The IOCE provided the following support:
• Production of PSA on the new procedures of vote (CoE Action Plan in Support of February 19 Presidential Elections). The PSA was broadcast on Armenian TVs (AR, H2, Shant, Armenia, Kentron, Yerkir-Media, H1, ALM and regional TV channels) and uploaded on the IOCE website.
• The IOCE organised the Armenian translation of Minorities in International Law: An Introductory Study book in cooperation with DC Publishing Division.
• Translation and dissemination of the PACE Monitoring Committee statement on Implementation of Assembly Resolutions 1609(2008) and 1620 (2008) by Armenia.
• The IOCE translated and disseminated HR Commissioner Special Mission to Armenia: Summary of Findings report and placed it on the Office website.
• On 15 July, on the occasion of HR Commissioner Hammarberg’s visit, the IOCE organised a press conference attended by 32 media outlets.
• Logistical support to the mission of CoE Commissioner for Human Rights (19-22 November). The IOCE organised a press-conference, facilitated his interview to ‘25 minutes’ prime time programme on Public TV and provided media coverage of the visit.
Performance indicators:
[8] Missions facilitated; [3] Translations and publications; [5] Review of the media coverage
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
Performance indicators:
[2000] Information packs/complaint forms, as well as ECHR: Q&A brochure disseminated upon request to potential applicants and NGOs organising ECHR related events.
[30] Number of potential complainants at the IOCE premises
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
Financial transactions were carried out in accordance with relevant rules and guidelines from Strasbourg.
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Daily and weekly monitoring of the CoE visibility in the Armenian media for DC. The IOCE made regular news digest of the printed press and posted it on coe.am in English.
[50] daily and weekly reviews; [140] news digests
[810] references to CoE activities (including 3 articles on CoE structure in Azg facilitated by the Office).
OTHER
[5] co-operation programmes
Cooperation Agreement with the Yerevan State University to teach course on International Organisations to MA students at the Journalism Department in collaboration with the OSCE, EU, UN and NATO offices; Cooperation with the Helsinki Committee; European Integration NGO and ACRC to promote CoE related information and organise joint presentations.
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |112 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |32 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |9 |
|Number of website hits [visits] |192,210 |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD |12 |
|Number of documents translated (for all Expected results) |78 |
|Number of published documents (for all Expected results) |14 |
|Number of phone calls |1,150 |
AZERBAIJAN
COUNCIL OF EUROPE OFFICE IN BAKU
(Inaugurated on 8 April 2004)
Address: 39-41 Boyuk Gala Street, Icheri Shekher, 1004 Baku
Tel: + 994 12 497 54 93 or 54 89; Fax: + 994 12 497 23 95
E-mail: fieldbaku@coe.int; Internet:
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |Publication and distribution of the annual bilingual official newsletter |
|Date and place |1-30/7/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24912 |
|Synopsis |The aim was to inform about the CoE activities in Azerbaijan. |
| | |
|Title |Broadcasting of CoE video clip on local TV |
|Date and place |1-30/8/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24913 |
|Synopsis |The aim was to attract attention to the CoE, its values and mission. |
| | |
|Title |Broadcasting of CoE film on local TV |
|Date and place |15/11/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24914 |
|Synopsis |The aim was to attract attention to the CoE, its values and mission. |
Performance indicators:
Press conferences [3]; TV/Radio broadcasts [5]; Articles in newspaper [5]
Official magazine published [1]; Translated documents [3]
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; campaign against the death penalty; other (e.g. DOSTA! campaign)
|Title |Asphalt drawing contest under Anti-Discrimination Campaign |
|Date and place |22/5/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24915 |
|Synopsis |The aim of this campaign was to attract attention to anti-discrimination issue. Campaign was |
| |planned and implemented within the Anti-Discrimination Campaign. 30 children from 20 schools |
| |participated. |
| | |
|Title |Brain-ring contest under programme “Building a Europe for and with Children” (against corporal |
| |punishment) |
|Date and place |23/5/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24916 |
|Synopsis |The aim of the event was to help all players concerned to get information on the protection of |
| |children's rights and the prevention of violence against children. |
| | |
|Title |Seminars for school children under CoE campaign “Abolishing corporal punishment” |
|Date and place |1-30/5/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24917 |
|Synopsis |The campaign Abolishing corporal punishment of children called for action at different levels |
| |(comprehensive changes in legislation and new policy measures to ensure proper implementation and |
| |guidance for those working with children and families). |
| | |
|Title |Publication and distribution of the book “Abolition of corporal punishment of children: Questions |
| |and Answers” in Azerbaijani language |
|Date and place |5/8/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24918 |
|Synopsis |The aim was to attract attention to the protection of children's rights and the prevention of |
| |violence against children. |
| | |
|Title |Broadcasting of TV spot in the framework of programme “Building a Europe for and with Children” |
| |(against corporal punishment) |
|Date and place |22/10/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24919 |
|Synopsis |The aim was to attract attention to the protection of children's rights and the prevention of |
| |violence against children. |
| | |
|Title |Broadcasting of TV spot in the framework of the anti-death penalty campaign |
|Date and place |20/11/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24920 |
|Synopsis |The aim was to attract attention to the campaign against the death penalty. |
| | |
|Title |Re-voicing of TV spot in the framework of campaign Building Europe for and with Children (against |
| |corporal punishment) |
|Date and place |22/10/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24922 |
|Synopsis |The aim was to attract attention to the protection of children's rights and the prevention of |
| |violence against children. |
| | |
|Title |Re-voicing of TV spot in the framework of the anti-death penalty campaign |
|Date and place |22/10/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24923 |
|Synopsis |The aim was to attract attention to the anti-death penalty campaign |
| | |
|Title |Creation and up-date of a special web page on anti-discrimination campaign in the Office website |
|Date and place |28/11/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24924 |
|Synopsis |The aim of the special web page was to attract attention to anti-discrimination issue. It was |
| |launched for Anti-Discrimination Campaign. |
| | |
|Title |Creation/updating of a special web page in the framework of programme “Building a Europe for and |
| |with Children” (against corporal punishment) |
|Date and place |28/11/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24925 |
|Synopsis |The aim of the web page was awareness-raising for all players concerned with regards to the |
| |protection of children's rights and the prevention of violence against children. |
Performance indicators:
TV/Radio broadcasts [2]; Special webpage for the campaign [2]
Number of exhibitions [1]; Number of street events [1]; Number of competitions [2]
Publications [1]; Printed documents [4]
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
|Title |Organisational support during the visit of PACE co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan |
|Date and place |7/2/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |n/a |
|Synopsis |Assistance in organising of meetings with the media representatives and in organising of the |
| |press conference. |
| | |
|Title |Organisational support during the visit of Venice Commission Secretariat |
|Date and place |7-8/2/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |n/a |
|Synopsis |Assistance in organising interviews with the media representatives. |
| | |
|Title |Organisational support during the visit of DGHL |
|Date and place |19-22/2/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |n/a |
|Synopsis |Consultancy provided for the mission and assistance in organising of meetings with the media |
| |representatives. |
| | |
|Title |Organisational support during the visit of Ago Group |
|Date and place |3-4/4/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |n/a |
|Synopsis |Assistance in organising of the press conference for local media. |
| | |
|Title |Organisational support during the visit of PACE co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan |
|Date and place |18-20/5/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |n/a |
|Synopsis |Assistance in organising of the press conference for local media. |
| | |
|Title |Support to DGHL in organising a conference in cooperation with the Union of Journalists |
|Date and place |26/8/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |n/a |
|Synopsis |Assistance in organising of the conference. |
| | |
|Title |Organisational support to DGHL in conducting a training seminar for TV journalists |
|Date and place |30-31/8/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |n/a |
|Synopsis |Assistance in organising the training seminar. |
| | |
|Title |Assistance to PACE pre-election observation mission in conducting of a press conference |
|Date and place |18/9/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |n/a |
|Synopsis |Assistance in organising of the press conference. |
|Title |Assistance to the Head of PACE pre-election observation mission in organising exclusive |
| |interviews for Radio Liberty and ANS TV |
|Date and place |19/9/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |n/a |
|Synopsis |Assistance in organising the exclusive interviews for Mr A. Herkel. |
Performance indicators:
Number of missions facilitated [7]; Press conferences [4]
Number of translated documents [2]; Number of published documents [3]
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
|Title |Conducting training seminars on ECHR for students and young lawyers |
|Date and place |3-31/5/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24926 |
|Synopsis |The aim of the event was to provide undergraduate and graduate students from law academic |
| |backgrounds with the framework of the activities of the ECtHR, its working procedures, the Court |
| |case-law. |
| | |
|Title |Conducting training seminars on ECHR for students and young lawyers ( 2nd round) |
|Date and place |1/11 - 10/12/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24927 |
|Synopsis |The aim of the event was to provide undergraduate/graduate students from law academic backgrounds|
| |with the framework of the activities of the ECtHR, its working procedures, case-law; to explain |
| |them the mechanisms of the Court judgments to the practice of the local courts. |
| | |
|Title |Re-publication of the booklet Q&A on ECHR |
|Date and place |19/9/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |24928 |
|Synopsis |Taking into account the high interest in this brochure, it was reprinted. |
| | |
|Title |Publication of ECHR handbook on the property right |
| |(in cooperation with DGHL) |
|Date and place |22/11/2008, Baku |
|CEAD number |n/a |
|Synopsis |The aim was to give a practical guide on how particular articles of ECHR were applied and |
| |interpreted by the ECtHR. |
Performance indicators:
Number of potential complainants at the IOCE premises [354]
Number of events organised by the Office [2]; Number of published documents [2]
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
Financial transactions were carried out in accordance with relevant rules and guidelines from Strasbourg.
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Media monitoring submitted weekly to DC.
STATISTICS
|Number of visitors in the Office |561 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |324 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |7 |
|Number of website hits [hosts and hits] |3,248 and 6,403 |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD |17 |
|Number of documents translated (all Expected results) |118 (including press releases) |
|Number of published documents (all Expected results) |8 |
|Number of press conferences (all Expected results) |5 |
BULGARIA
INFORMATION OFFICE IN SOFIA
(Inaugurated on 13 December 1993)
Address: 2 Han Asparuh street, Fl. 2, Ap. 7; 1463 Sofia
Tel/Fax: +359 2 954 11 89; E-mail: office@coe.bg
Internet:
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |Launching of the new website of the Information Office |
|Date and place |1/4 – 15/7/2008, Sofia |
|CEAD number |23394 |
|Synopsis |The website of a newly opened IOCE was designed with more than 100 different web pages, |
| |following a model of the official CoE portal. Many texts were translated and published on the |
| |website. |
|Title |Designing, translation and publication of the brochures, flyers and bookmarks for the |
| |Information Office |
|Date and place |1/10 – 15/12/2008, Sofia |
|CEAD number |24479 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE translated the brochure “Who we are“; designed and printed the IOCE brochure and flyer |
| |and a bookmark “Europe more closer“ for the wide public. |
Performance indicators:
[510] documents translated; [23] CEAD entries; [738] visitors in the Office premises
[49] press releases translated and put on website
[32] seminars, round tables, conferences organised/ co-organised/participated
[38,000] website hits; [5,038] website visits; [4] books published
[1,850] participants in the Office events (published in the CEAD database)
[21] press conferences; [9] TV/Radio broadcasts; [2] Articles in newspapers
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular CoE campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children“; against the death penalty; other.
|Title |National Round Table “Domestic Violence and Alternatives for Social Inclusion of Bulgarian |
| |women“ |
|Date and place |9/4/2008, Sofia, National Parliament |
|CEAD number |22972 |
|Synopsis |A joint open forum of parliamentarians, representatives of institutions and NGOs, providing |
| |services to victims of domestic violence to discuss and develop a joint platform to tackle the |
| |problem of domestic violence by identifying best practices. A joint action plan for 2008-2010 |
| |was proposed. A manual, gathering CoE standards, the existing Bulgarian legal framework, best |
| |practices, national and local contacts to be published as results of the event. |
| | |
|Title |National Travelling Exhibition “To break the silence“ and training seminars at the exhibition |
| |spots |
|Date and place |21/2-31/12/2008, all over Bulgaria (Silistra, Rousse, Pleven, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Sandanski, |
| |Stara Zagora, Yambol) |
|CEAD number |23396 |
|Synopsis |A series of training sessions for developing multi-institutional teams for support of victims of|
| |domestic violence was launched. The training was conducted by professional psychologists with |
| |extensive experience in work with the victims of domestic violence. The trainings were held in |
| |every town visited by the Photo Exhibition before its opening. |
|Title |National Joint Children‘ Council and parliamentarians‘ session against corporal punishment |
|Date and place |13-14/6/2008, Sofia, National Parliament |
|CEAD number |23392 |
|Synopsis |The National Children‘s Council, representatives of the State Agency for Child Protection and |
| |parliamentarians discussed in a 2-day meeting the efforts against corporal punishment. A joint |
| |appeal to the society against corporal punishment was agreed. Members of the National Children‘s|
| |Council met the DSG to discuss the CoE policy for active involvement of children in the decision|
| |making. The Council decided to join the children‘s campaign and to organise events in all 28 |
| |regions of Bulgaria. |
|Title |National Roma Children‘s Festival “Open Heart“ |
|Date and place |3-5/6/2008, Veliko Turnovo |
|CEAD number |23393 |
|Synopsis |The national festival gathered 2,500 children from Bulgaria, studying Roma civilisation at |
| |school. 5 workshops took place within the festival dedicated to Romany folk and traditions, |
| |Romany fairy tales and culture. A round table on teaching tolerance was organised, gathering 50 |
| |pedagogues teaching Romany civilisation at school. Best practices were presented. |
|Title |Launching of the Children‘s campaign – open air happenings and action days |
|Date and place |31/05 – 8/06/2008, Sofia, Smolyan, Silistra, Rousse, Kazanluk, Turgovishe, Veliko Turnovo |
|CEAD number |23407 |
|Synopsis |The campaign consisted of variety of actions (competitions, seminars, presentations, parades, |
| |distribution of leaflets, discussions). It covered 7 regions and activities were organised |
| |together with the local NGOs and authorities. More than 1,500 children participated. |
|Title |Launching of the Anti-Discrimination campaign - |
| |Week for Anti-Discrimination and Tolerance |
|Date and place |1/7 – 10/12/2008, all over Bulgaria (Sofia, Smolyan, Silistra, Veliko Turnovo, Gabrovo, |
| |Dryanovo, Yambol) |
|CEAD number |24975, 24974, 24680, 24679, 24678, 24677 |
|Synopsis |The campaign consisted of variety of actions: 2 competitions, seminars, public lectures, media |
| |training seminar and national conference. It covered 4 regions and activities were organised |
| |together with the local NGOs, authorities, the Ministry of Education and the State Commission |
| |for Protection against Discrimination. A Youth Photo competition was organised as a travelling |
| |exhibition to visit youth houses in the country in the next year. 700 participants |
|Title |Launching of the campaign against the death penalty – public lecture and students‘ debate |
|Date and place |1/10 – 10/12/2008, Sofia |
|CEAD number |24971, 24484 |
|Synopsis |The campaign consisted of a public lecture by the Head of the Supreme Court, a debate on the |
| |death penalty and discussion with law students from the University of Sofia. |
Performance indicators:
[210] documents translated
- Factsheet packs on campaign “Building a Europe for and with children”
- Factsheet packs on the campaign against the death penalty for journalists prepared
[12] documents/presentations produced; [21] press releases produced and disseminated
[17] press conferences/interviews; [2] Internet game “Wild Web Woods“ – translation in the Bulgarian and Romany languages
[32] conferences/seminars/round tables; [5] competitions; [9] action days
[8] travelling exhibition in 8 regions; [3] special websites
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the spot organisation / facilitation by the Information office
Performance indicators:
[4] Number of missions facilitated
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potencial complainants better informed about appropriated mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
Performance indicators:
[184] complainants
[325] telephone requests and [82] mail/e-mail requests
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
Financial transactions were carried out in accordance with relevant rules and guidelines from Strasbourg.
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
[32] Media monitoring submitted weekly to DC and DGDPA
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |738 |
|Number of information requested on ECHR – visits, Emails, phone requests |325 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |184 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |4 |
|Number of web site visits |5,038 |
|Number of website page views |38,000 |
|Number of activities put in CEAD |23 |
|Number of documents translated (incl. website docs) |720 |
|Number of published documents |4 |
|Number of promotional CoE/campaign materials |18,600 |
|Number of press conferences |21 |
CZECH REPUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICE IN PRAGUE
(Inaugurated on May 1992)
Address: Namesti Pod Kastany 2, 160 00 Praha 6
Tel: +420 233 085 450 Fax: +420 233 085 451
E-mail: dana.bekova@radaevropy.cz
Internet:
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |How to teach about the European institutions |
|Date and place |9/4/2008/Prague |
|CEAD number |22973 |
|Synopsis |Methodical seminar for teachers from primary and secondary schools organised in cooperation with|
| |the Eurocentrum and NGO Young European Federalists. 20 teachers learned about the difference |
| |among the European organisations and their scope of activity. The Ministry of Education |
| |presented its European projects. |
|Title |Education for human rights and situation in Belarus |
|Date and place |10/04/2008/Prague |
|CEAD number |22974 |
|Synopsis |Interactive seminar for students organised in cooperation with the Eurocentrum and NGO Young |
| |European Federalists. 65 students met with the representatives of IOCE, Eurocentrum and NGO |
| |People in Need. They heard about the situation of human rights in Belarus to compare it with the|
| |democratic principles of the rest of Europe. 65 participants. Target group: secondary school |
| |students. |
|Title |Open Doors Day on the CoE Day - 5 May |
|Date and place |5/5/2008/Prague |
|CEAD number |22975 |
|Synopsis |Meeting called Open Doors Day on the occasion of the CoE Day included presentation of the CoE |
| |activities. Distribution of CoE materials in the Czech language. Presentation of web pages to 45|
| |participants. |
|Title |Conference “International Migration in the European Context” |
|Date and place |15 -16/5/2008/Kolin |
|CEAD number |23152 |
|Synopsis |Conference organised in cooperation with the High School of Political and Social Sciences to |
| |discuss the challenge of migration waves to Europe. 50 participants |
|Title |Students´ Conference on Human Rights |
|Date and place |28/5/2008/Prague |
|CEAD number |23465 |
|Synopsis |Conference organised in cooperation with the Charles University - Faculty of Law presented to |
| |students of international law studies the Council of Europe and the ECtHR. 15 teachers/students.|
|Title |Printing of the CoE leaflet “Council of Europe and Human Rights” |
|Date and place |10-24/9/2008 |
|CEAD number |24930 |
|Synopsis |The printed document was distributed at different events organised by the IOCE, the CoE |
| |representatives and also to general public and potential complainants. |
|Title |Translation in Czech of CM Recommendation (2008)1 and (2008)5 |
|Date and place |10-30/11/2008 |
|CEAD number |24939 |
|Synopsis |The translated materials were prepared for publishing on the IOCE website for general public - |
| |to make awareness in the relevant fields. |
|Title |Translation in Czech of the CoE leaflet “Who we are, What we do“ |
|Date and place |10/11 - 10/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |24940, 24944 |
|Synopsis |The translated material was prepared for publishing on the IOCE website and for distribution to |
| |general public. The printed leaflet was prepared for distribution to the public and future |
| |events. |
Performance indicators:
Articles in newspaper [1]; [104] Press releases; [1] Article
Number of events (co)-organised by the Office [5]
Translated documents [3]; Printed documents [2]
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; campaign against the death penalty; other (e.g. DOSTA! campaign)
|Title |Invitation for the public to support the campaign “Raise your Hands against Smacking“ |
|Date and place |10/6 - 31/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |23466 |
|Synopsis |Translation into national language of a basic document for general public to learn about the CoE|
| |activities on abolishing of corporal punishment of children. |
|Title |Translation of document Abolishing Corporal Punishment of Children |
|Date and place |13-22/5/2008 Prague |
|CEAD number |23493 |
|Synopsis |Translation into national language of a basic document for general public to learn about the CoE|
| |activities on abolishing of corporal punishment of children. |
|Title |Translation in Czech of the CoE material Abolishing Corporal Punishment of Children, the key |
| |points |
|Date and place |14-29/5/2008 |
|CEAD number |23467 |
|Synopsis |Basic document translated to make awareness of the CoE campaign on children rights. |
|Title |Project “I - the Citizen“ on civic and human rights in the framework of the Abolishing corporal|
| |punishment of children |
|Date and place |11-12/6/2008 |
|CEAD number |23640 |
|Synopsis |Project for primary and secondary schools on education on human rights, a nation-wide round for |
| |children and their pedagogues. Children tried to express their views on human rights values in |
| |every day life, gave particular examples and competed for the best project. Web pages were |
| |created and article on the event published in Literarni noviny in September. 75 participants |
|Title |Special web page on the Death Penalty |
|Date and place |10/6 - 31/8/2008 |
|CEAD number |23494 |
|Synopsis |Creation of a special page on the Office website to put basic information on the campaign, |
| |related activities and documents. |
|Title |Translation and printing in the Czech language of the CoE material Abolishing Corporal |
| |Punishment of Children: Questions and Answers |
|Date and place |5-31/8/2008 |
|CEAD number |24297, 24929 |
|Synopsis |Basic document translated to make awareness of the CoE campaign on children rights. The printed |
| |document to be distributed among schools and educational institutions, NGOs. |
|Title |Printing of the ECRI overall document containing |
| |11 recommendations and ECRI status in the Czech language |
|Date and place |29/10 - 12/11/2008 |
|CEAD number |24932 |
|Synopsis |Printed document to be distributed at different events organised by the IOCE, the CoE |
| |representatives and also to general public, NGOs and other people interested in the |
| |anti-discrimination issues. |
|Title |Re-voicing of TV spot “Raise your Hands against Smacking“ |
|Date and place |29/10 - 29/11/2008 |
|CEAD number |24933 |
|Synopsis |Material was prepared for a programme “Building a Europe - stop violence on children“, starting |
| |in the Czech Republic in 2009, to be presented as a part of the Czech campaign against violence |
| |on children in 2009. |
|Title |Creation of special anti-discrimination web pages |
|Date and place |1/11 - 30/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |24934 |
|Synopsis |CoE documents devoted to the anti-discrimination problems to be presented in Czech on the IOCE |
| |website to make awareness of the CoE activities in this field. |
|Title |Printing of the CoE poster “Europe against the Death Penalty“ |
|Date and place |18/11 - 15/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |24986 |
|Synopsis |CoE documents devoted to the death penalty to be distributed on 10 October and special events. |
| |Done to make awareness of general public of the CoE activities in this field. |
Performance indicators:
Number of exhibitions [1] - photo competition ADAE campaign
Number of competitions [1]; Special website for the campaign [2]
Printed documents [3]; Translated documents [3]
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
Performance indicators:
Number of missions facilitated [2]
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
|Title |Translation in Czech of the CM Recommendation (2008)2 on efficient domestic capacity for rapid |
| |execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights |
|Date and place |7-22/7/2008 |
|CEAD number |24067 |
|Synopsis |Important document translated to make awareness of the efficient domestic capacity for rapid |
| |execution of the ECtHR judgments for the potential complainants. |
|Title |Translation in Czech of CoE document Frequently Asked Questions, Questions concerning |
| |Applicants, General Questions and Answers; Unique and Effective Mechanism |
|Date and place |7-22/7/2008 |
|CEAD number |24069 |
|Synopsis |Important document translated to make awareness of the efficient domestic capacity for rapid |
| |execution of the ECtHR judgments for potential complainants. |
|Title |Translation in Czech of CoE material Introduction of the Partial Agreements; About Conventions |
| |and Agreements in the CETS; Glossary on the Treaties |
|Date and place |26/8/2008 - 9/9/2008 |
|CEAD number |24938 |
|Synopsis |The translated material was prepared for publishing on the IOCE website and for potential |
| |complainants. |
Performance indicators:
Number of potential complainants at the IOCE premises [79]
Number of translations [8]
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
Financial transactions were carried out in accordance with relevant rules and guidelines from Strasbourg.
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Media monitoring submitted weekly to DC and DGDPA.
Creation of the contacts for main Czech media and journalists, as well as for TVs and Radios. 35 addresses checked up. The list to be updated twice a year (CEAD 23660).
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |281 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |91 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |2 |
|Number of website hits [visits] |374,159 hits |
| |21,180 visitors |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD |26 |
|Number of documents translated |14 documents, |
|(covering all Expected results) |104 Press releases, 1 article |
|Number of published documents (all Expected results) |5 (+104 Press Releases) |
ESTONIA
INFORMATION OFFICE IN TALLINN
(Inaugurated on 1 April 2002)
Address: Tõnismägi 2, 10122 Tallinn
Tel: +372 6 30 72 58; Fax: +372 6 46 00 89; E-mail: eni@coe.ee;
Internet:
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |Translation and dissemination of the CM recommendations |
|Date and place |January-December, Tallinn |
|CEAD number |23815, 23813, 24254 |
|Synopsis |In order to promote and disseminate information on CoE standards of particular interest the CM |
| |recommendations were translated, posted on the IOCE website and disseminated to professional |
| |groups: Rec(1999)5; Rec(1989)2 ; Rec(1987)15 ; Rec(2006)12; Rec(2006)19 and Rec(2007)17. |
|Title |Launch of the new IOCE website |
|Date and place |January-December, Tallinn |
|CEAD number |24412 |
|Synopsis |Since the website was originally launched in 2002, it needed full development and modernisation.|
| |The work began in 2007 and during 2008 the IOCE staff continued to work on new contents of the |
| |website. The new website was officially launched on 1 October. |
|Title |Regular updating of the IOCE website |
|Date and place |January-December, Tallinn |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |49 news on the CoE activities; 23 documents in the national language were posted on the website.|
| |Annotated records on IOCE’s holdings and articles from Estonian press were added into electronic|
| |database. The IOCE website is an important tool for dissemination of information on CoE in the |
| |local language (up to 114,000 hits per month.) |
|Title |Provision of quality customer service |
|Date and place |January-December, Tallinn |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |From January to 31 December 426 clients visited the Office; 608 telephone inquiries, 101 e-mail |
| |inquiries and 10 inquiries by mail about the CoE and its activities were answered. |
|Title |Production of a leaflet on objectives and services of the IOCE Tallinn |
|Date and place |November, Tallinn |
|CEAD number |24844 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE compiled and printed a leaflet introducing objectives and services of Office. Target |
| |groups: IOCE clients, universities, libraries, NGOs, participants of various events co-organised|
| |by the IOCE. |
|Title |Promotion of CoE publications in Estonia |
|Date and place |throughout 2008, Tallinn |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE created a special section on its website to promote CoE publications in Estonia and |
| |forwarded 12 clients orders of CoE publications to the Council of Europe Publishing. |
Performance indicators:
Articles in newspaper [1]; Translated documents [6]; Printed documents [1]
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; campaign against the death penalty; other (e.g. DOSTA! campaign)
|Title |Translation and publishing of promotional materials for the CoE campaign against corporal |
| |punishment of children |
|Date and place |March-June, Tallinn |
|CEAD number |23809, 23816 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE translated 7 documents on abolishing corporal punishment of children. All translations |
| |were published on the website and distributed to professional groups and media. |
|Title |Meetings (12) of the working group of the campaign against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |May-October, Tallinn |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised meetings of the co-ordination committee to introduce the campaign ideas, gain|
| |the support of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonian Child Welfare Association and Family |
| |Centre “You and Me” for the campaign and organised the campaign in Estonia. |
|Title |Printing and distribution of brochures “Abolishing corporal punishment of children. The key |
| |points and stickers” and “Abolishing corporal punishment of children. Q & A” |
|Date and place |October-December, Tallinn |
|CEAD number |23810, 23812 |
|Synopsis |The brochures were printed (2000 copies each), distributed to kindergartens and schools, centres|
| |of social work, local child welfare organisations, local self governments, public libraries, and|
| |disseminated at the thematic seminars and conferences held in the framework of the campaign |
| |against corporal punishment of children. Print of “Questions and answers” was financially |
| |supported by DG III. |
|Title |Adaption of the TV spot for the campaign against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |September, Tallinn |
|CEAD number |24409 |
|Synopsis |The TV spot was adapted into Estonian and Russian languages to be aired on four most popular |
| |Estonian TV channels (Kanal2, TV3, Kanal11, PBK) and posted on the IOCE website. |
|Title |Production of Internet banners to advertise the campaign against corporal punishment of children|
| |“Your hands should nurture, not punish” on the website |
|Date and place |September, Tallinn |
|CEAD number |24838 |
|Synopsis |Internet banners directing to the special campaign website were produced to advertise the |
| |campaign on Internet. 11 Estonian Internet portals and websites uploaded the banner to their |
| |website for the campaign period (29 September - 31 October). |
|Title |Printing of posters and postcards and production of a roll-up banner for the campaign against |
| |corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |2008 in Tallinn |
|CEAD number |24748 |
|Synopsis |100 posters for outdoor advertising, 1000 posters (size A1) for indoor use and 2000 postcards |
| |(size A6) were printed and a roll-up banner was produced to be disseminated or exposed during |
| |the campaign. |
|Title |Creation of a special section on the IOCE website |
|Date and place |June-September, Tallinn |
|CEAD number |23811 |
|Synopsis |To introduce the ideas of the campaign against corporal punishment of children “Your hands |
| |should nurture, not punish” and promote positive parenting, a special section was created on the|
| |IOCE website. The campaign webpage attracted 3,500 visitors and gained 65,000 hits. |
|Title |Launch of the campaign against corporal punishment of children “Your hands should nurture, not |
| |punish” |
|Date and place |1/10/08 in Tallinn |
|CEAD number |24408 |
|Synopsis |The campaign was launched at the parent education round-table in Tallinn on 1 October. |
| |Afterwards a press conference was held. The speakers were the Minister of Social Affairs Ms |
| |Maret Maripuu, Chairman of the Estonian Union for Child Welfare Mr Alar Tamm, Director of the |
| |Family Centre „You and Me“ Ms Monika Soosaar and the IOCE director. The CoE publications were |
| |distributed; the concept and visuals of the campaign were presented. |
|Title |Public advertising campaign against corporal punishment of children “Your hands should nurture, |
| |not punish” |
|Date and place |1-31/10/2008, several locations |
|CEAD number |24410 |
|Synopsis |IOCE together with the campaign partners carried out a public education media campaign against |
| |corporal punishment of children. Television: 4 TV channels aired a TV spot 90 times from 1-12 |
| |October. |
| |Outdoor advertising: 92 posters were exposed in 4 bigger cities: |
| |64 in Tallinn, 13 in Tartu, 10 in Narva and 5 in Viljandi. |
| |Internet advertising: Internet banners directing to the campaign website were uploaded to 11 |
| |websites. |
| |The campaign partners: Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonian Union for Child Welfare and Family |
| |Centre You and Me. All advertising costs were covered by the Ministry of Social Affairs. The |
| |campaign was introduced at the 2nd Parent Education Round Table (1/10), at a conference ”What |
| |does a child want?“ (3/10) and at a conference ”You are the model“ (3/12/08). |
|Title |Media work on the campaign against corporal punishment of children “Your hands should nurture, |
| |not punish” |
|Date and place |29/9 – 31/10/2008, Estonia |
|CEAD number |24948 |
|Synopsis |A press release on the launch of the campaign was sent to the press (published in 8 on-line news|
| |portals on 29 September - 1 October); |
| |An information pack was prepared and sent to the press. The public broadcaster Estonian |
| |Television and the public radio channel Vikerraadio aired the news on the aims of the campaign |
| |hourly during the day of launch. TV channel Kalev Meedia aired the news on the launch of the |
| |campaign at the evening news programme (1/10). Articles were prepared for the biggest dailies (6|
| |articles published). Interviews were given to different radio and TV channels (3). |
| |A special radio programme on the campaign was aired on radio Kuku (6/10). 16 articles covering |
| |the campaign directly and 18 articles were published during the campaign in the media. 11 |
| |websites uploaded a special Internet banner advertising the campaign. |
|Title |Distribution of promotional materials of the campaign against corporal punishment of children |
| |“Your hands should nurture, not punish” |
|Date and place |October-December, Tallinn |
|CEAD number |24749 |
|Synopsis |Poster and brochures of the campaign were mailed to the Estonian comprehensive schools and |
| |kindergartens with a letter encouraging discussion on positive parenting issues and a list of |
| |psychologists and family specialists ready to speak about positive parenting and non-violent |
| |upbringing. The materials were distributed to the centres of social work, local child welfare |
| |organisations and self governments, public libraries, and disseminated at the thematic seminars.|
| | |
|Title |Panel exhibition on the campaign against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |November-December, Tallinn and Kuressaare |
|CEAD number |24840, 24842 |
|Synopsis |The exhibition (8 panels) “Your hands should nurture, not punish“ was produced by the IOCE on |
| |abolishing corporal punishment of children and positive parenting – to be exposed in different |
| |regions of Estonia and in the Parliament. The exhibition was displayed in the Saare County |
| |Library in Kuressaare. The relevant CoE publications were made available to the public in the |
| |context of the exhibition. |
|Title |Conference on positive parenting and non-violent upbringing |
|Date and place |3/12/2008, Tallinn |
|CEAD number |24843 |
|Synopsis |The international conference “You are the model“ was organised by the Estonian Union for Child |
| |Welfare, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Family Centre You and Me and the IOCE. 100 |
| |participants (including experts from Finland, Sweden, Estonia and the Council of Europe). |
|Title |Translation of the White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue “Living Together as Equals in Dignity” |
|Date and place |December, Tallinn |
|CEAD number |25236 |
|Synopsis |IOCE translated the document into Estonian. |
Performance indicators:
Press conferences [1]; Number of exhibitions [1]; Conferences organised [1]
Promotional materials [12]; Printed documents [7]; Translated documents [9]
Special website for the campaign [1]; Articles published [35]
TV/Radio broadcasts [6]; Public advertising campaign [1]; TV spot aired on TV [90 times]
City light posters in bus stops, on streets and in the shopping centres [92 during 4 weeks]
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
|Title |Meeting of programme officer Ms L. Samokhina (DG III) with the officials from the Ministry of |
| |Social Affairs and the Ministry of Justice |
|Date and place |23/4/2008 in Tallinn |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |IOCE hosted a meeting to discuss on-going and future activities of the CoE programme Building a |
| |Europe for and with children. |
|Title |Contribution to the WHO European Ministers’ Conference “Health system, health and wealth”, |
| |provision of logistical support to Mr P. Mierzewski (DG III) |
|Date and place |26-27/6/2008, Tallinn |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |IOCE delivered relevant CoE documents (2,150 pages) and provided logistical support to CoE |
| |participant. |
|Title |Contribution to the CoE IV Consultation table “Diversity and induction of new teachers” |
|Date and place |15-16/10/2008, Tallinn |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |IOCE delivered 100 copies of the White paper on intercultural dialogue “Living together as |
| |equals in dignity” and other relevant CoE materials. |
Number of missions facilitated [3]
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
|Title |Printing of the brochure “ECtHR: questions and answers” in Estonian |
|Date and place |November-December, Tallinn |
|CEAD number |24845 |
|Synopsis |The brochure was printed in 1000 copies to inform the potential complainants about application |
| |criteria to the ECtHR. |
|Title |Updating the IOCE website with information on the ECtHR judgments concerning Estonia |
|Date and place |throughout 2008, Tallinn |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |IOCE posted the ECtHR judgments/decisions translated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the |
| |Ministry of Social Affairs on the website. |
|Title |Informing the potential complainants about the ECtHR procedures |
|Date and place |throughout 2008, Tallinn |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Routine activities of the IOCE. The potential complainants were helped in the office, over the |
| |phone, by e-mail and in writing. Information packs in Estonian and Russian language were |
| |prepared and provided to the IOCE clients and prison libraries. |
Number of potential complainants at the IOCE premises from 1/1 to 31/12/08 [278, incl. inquiries by phone, e-mail and mail] ; Printed documents [1]
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
Financial transactions were carried out in accordance with relevant rules and guidelines from Strasbourg. Objective-setting for 2008 was completed. Staff appraisal for 2008 in progress. Implementation of the Annual plan of activities 2008 was completed.
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Media monitoring submitted weekly to DC and DGDPA [summaries of 234 articles from Estonian media provided].
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |426 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |278* |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |3 |
|Number of website hits [visits] |1,132,152 hits |
| |[119,911 visits] |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD |22 |
|Number of documents translated |15 |
|Number of published documents |9 in print, all translated documents were published on the |
|(covering all Expected results) |website |
|Number of press conferences |1 |
*inquiries by phone, e-mail and mail included
GEORGIA
COUNCIL OF EUROPE OFFICE IN TBILISI
(Inaugurated on 20 April 2001)
Address: I. Chavchavadze ave., II Lane, 0179 Tbilisi
Tel: + 995 32 91 38 70 / 71 / 72 / 73; Fax: + 995 32 91 38 74
E-mail: informtbilisi@coe.int; Internet: coe.ge
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |Publication of questionnaire (Quiz) on the Council of Europe |
|Date and place |17/1/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |21784 |
|Synopsis |The “Quiz” covered all sectors of the Organisation’s activities. It was published on the website|
| |and all successful participants of the first week of the contest (giving 90 % of correct |
| |answers) were awarded by special prizes - CoE promotional materials/books. |
|Title |Annual information/training meetings (3) with the representatives from different media sectors |
|Date and place |15-17/1/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |21933 |
|Synopsis |Most of the meetings were dedicated to highlighting activities in 2009 (the 60th anniversary of |
| |the CoE and 10th anniversary of the Georgia’s accession to the Organisation). |
|Title |Presentation of the youth project aiming at enhancing the promotion and visibility of the Youth |
| |programme in South Eastern Europe and Caucasus (Georgia) |
|Date and place |12/2/2008, IOCE Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |The overall objective was to allow young people to acquire knowledge, skills and competencies, |
| |focusing on training of multipliers and on development of networks. The proposal combines |
| |co-operation, training and information, through implementation of different actions: seminars, |
| |setting-up of specialized info-points, website and newsletters, youth ambassadors groups, |
| |trainings of peer educators (multipliers), job shadowing, itinerant crossing youth fair and |
| |setting-up of 4 networks of stakeholders working in the field of youth in SEE and in Georgia |
| |(LDA, EU, CoE and the IOCE). |
|Title |Launching of a new Web-Library of CoE publications at the IOCE website |
|Date and place |March, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |23227 |
|Synopsis |The electronic data consists of all IOCE publications in Georgian and provides the visitors with|
| |the PDF versions. The search system of the library war entirely modernised and updated. |
|Title |Awarding ceremony for the winners of Internet Contest on the ECHR and related themes |
|Date and place |7/3/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |22566 |
|Synopsis |The ceremony took place at the IOCE premises and was organised as a press event, including PR |
| |elements, which contributed to the highlighting of the second same type project. |
|Title |Co-organisation of a round table within the project of “European Citizenship - European |
| |Citizen’s Shift” in co-operation with the Youth Union of PMMG |
|Date and place |29/3/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |Project aiming to support the youth human rights directed action and education for the |
| |democratic citizenship. |
|Title |Organisation of the 13th International Photographic Heritage Experience’s preliminary selection |
| |contest in Georgia |
|Date and place |1-20/4/2008, countrywide |
|CEAD number |23234 |
|Synopsis |13th national contest on cultural heritage sights, running as a part of the CoE/EC joint |
| |initiative – European Heritage Days. |
|Title |Second IOCE Internet Contest on the CoE history and activities |
|Date and place |May, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |23212 |
|Synopsis |The second quiz covered the history, organisational structure and other interesting details of |
| |the Council of Europe’s activities. |
|Title |Specialised study visit of a group of students (25) to the IOCE for a seminar on the CoE |
| |history, activities and goals |
|Date and place |19/5/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |23240 |
|Synopsis |Specialised seminars and round tables for students on highlighting the CoE action and raising |
| |awareness among the youth. |
|Title |Pilot project for the preparation of e-books for the visitors of the IOCE and e-advertisement |
| |cards |
|Date and place |June, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |23775 |
|Synopsis |Establishing the new approaches and ways of presenting to the general public of the most wanted |
| |CoE publications and texts. |
|Title |CoE Documentary film on the 60th anniversary of the Council of Europe |
|Date and place |July-August, Tbilisi-Strasbourg |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |Preparation (for 2009) of a documentary movie on the CoE (in co-operation with DC and Public |
| |Broadcasting). 45/60 minutes film will be dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Organisation |
| |and 10th anniversaries of Georgia’s accession to CoE and IOCE creation in Tbilisi. The video |
| |will be presented in a way of action clip, describing all interesting aspects related to the |
| |above-mentioned anniversaries. |
|Title |Second Internet Contest on the CoE history |
|Date and place |September, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |24331 |
|Synopsis |Launching of a second Internet Quiz on the CoE history and activities, supported by DC with the |
| |prizes (more than 2000 visitors). |
|Title |Tbilisi School of Political Studies co-operation |
|Date and place |22-25/10/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |24608 |
|Synopsis |Assistance to the Tbilisi School of Political Studies in a project on “Main challenges for |
| |Modern Georgia”. |
|Title |CoE Infopoint |
|Date and place |24/10/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |Establishing of the CoE Infopoint at the NGO “Students for the Human Rights”. |
|Title |CoE Handbook |
|Date and place |20/10/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |24611 |
|Synopsis |Preparation of the CoE specialised brochure with description of the campaigns and other new |
| |initiatives of the Organisation. |
|Title |Media trainings (5) |
|Date and place |17/11 – 9/12/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |24757 |
|Synopsis |Specialised media trainings for journalists, to be selected as the CoE partners in highlighting |
| |the Organisation’s action. |
|Title |Awarding ceremony |
|Date and place |7/11/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |24753 |
|Synopsis |Awarding ceremony for the winners of the IOCE Internet Contest on the CoE History and |
| |Activities. |
|Title |Broadcasting of BBC documentary film on the CoE |
|Date and place |3-28/11/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |24755 |
|Synopsis |Broadcasting of “The Record Europe” at the Georgian public broadcaster of BBC. |
Performance indicators:
Press conferences [3]; TV/Radio broadcasts [2]; Articles in newspaper [1]
Number of events [18]; Translated documents [133; 15 docs + 118 press releases]
Printed document [1]; Publications [7] ; [30] Video materials
[440] Press releases issued; [32] Press conferences
[2] Press articles (SG/DSG) published in printed/ electronic media
[8] Training meetings organised for media representatives
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; campaign against the death penalty; other (e.g. DOSTA! campaign)
Campaign against discrimination
|Title |Translation of “Domino” |
|Date and place |February, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |22231 |
|Synopsis |A manual to be used for peer group education as a means to fight racism, xenophobia, |
| |antisemitism and intolerance (for different youth actions organised within the campaign on |
| |anti-discrimination. |
|Title |Training Course “Compass before and in the future” |
|Date and place |May, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |23226 |
|Synopsis |32 participants from Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan were involved in the action. Organised in |
| |co-operation with the Agency of Youth Promotion and Development “Compass” (Tbilisi), Youth |
| |Association DRONI (Zugdidi) and the IOCE. |
|Title |Georgian National Training Course in Human Rights Education |
|Date and place |20-26/7/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |23230 |
|Synopsis |In order to make the COMPASS available to users across Europe, DG IV supported organisation of |
| |national/regional training courses in HR education. The course is a means to introduce trainers,|
| |facilitators, youth workers and youth leaders, as well as professionals in formal education, to |
| |work with “COMPASS” and, consequently, mainstream HR education in non-formal and formal |
| |education with young people. Organised by the Civic Integration Foundation, DG IV and the IOCE. |
| | |
|Title |Translation of the “Compassito” Manual |
|Date and place |24/10 – 31/12/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |24610 |
|Synopsis |Information material to be used for future trainings. |
Campaign on combating violence against women
|Title |Special radio programme and interview of Tania Riski on CoE campaign against the domestic |
| |violence broadcasted by Radio “Green Wave” |
|Date and place |June, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |Part of IOCE’s cooperation with the media sources on advertising of the CoE campaigns. |
|Title |DSG’s press article “Raising awareness is not enough – towards a new European Convention to |
| |protect women against violence” |
|Date and place |June, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |Part of IOCE’s cooperation with the media sources on advertising of the CoE campaigns. |
Programme “Building a Europe for and with children”
|Title |Fact-sheet “Banning corporal punishment of children” |
|Date and place |February, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |Translation of information material for the CoE campaign on children -to be used on local basis.|
|Title |Presentation of CoE Internet game “Wild Web Woods” at the largest and most popular Internet |
| |cafes (5) in Tbilisi |
|Date and place |14-20/3/2008 |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |PR work in co-operation with the youth organisations and groups. |
|Title |Presentation of Public Defender’s Office (PDO) and CoE programme “Building a Europe for and with|
| |Children” |
|Date and place |15-31/3/08 |
|CEAD number |22385 |
|Synopsis |Within the CoE campaign on children, the Child’s Rights Centre of the PDO in co-operation with |
| |the IOCE fulfilled a project “Presentation of the Public Defender’s Office for the School |
| |Children” (4 presentations). |
|Title |Georgian version of CoE web game “Wild Web Woods” for the CoE main portal |
|Date and place |April, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |23228 |
|Synopsis |Translation of information pack for the CoE website and media work. |
|Title |Presentation of CoE Campaign on children at 3 Orphan Houses in Georgia |
|Date and place |May, Bediani |
|CEAD number |23225 |
|Synopsis |Video presentation of CoE material on campaign and small-scale game seminars for the kids at the|
| |orphan houses. |
|Title |A special press article (in web and internet review “Navigator”) on CoE campaign on children and|
| |the game “Wild Web Woods” |
|Date and place |June, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |Part of IOCE’s cooperation with the media sources on advertising of the CoE campaigns. |
|Title |DSG’s press article “Parenting for the future – using hands to protect and nurture, not punish” |
|Date and place |June, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |Part of IOCE’s cooperation with the media sources on advertising of the CoE campaigns. |
|Title |Sunday school of informal study at the Office of Public Defender of Georgia |
|Date and place |July-October, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |23755 |
|Synopsis |The aim of the project was to: promote human rights protection; develop debate skills among |
| |children; promote the civic education for 14-15 year teenagers in the regions of Georgia. The |
| |objectives were: preparation of a training programme, training of local trainers; trainings for |
| |14-15 year teenagers in human rights; conducting thematic discussions in the human rights and |
| |fundamental liberal principles/values; outgoing training (for relaxation and conducting the |
| |exercises of certain trainings). 8 Sunday schools organised. |
Campaign against the death penalty
|Title |Translation and publication of a specialised web page on CoE Campaign against the Death Penalty |
|Date and place |March, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |22568 |
|Synopsis |Georgian version of the CoE portal’s material. Awareness-raising. |
Performance indicators:
Press conferences [2]
TV/Radio broadcasts [2]
Number of events [23]
Articles in the newspaper [3]; Publications [2]
Translated documents [8 docs + 26 press releases]
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
The IOCE co-organised 10 CoE/EC Joint Programmes and CoE Secretariat activities. It cooperated with the Parliament, LDA, GYLA, OSCE, GIPA, PDO, UNICEF and NGO of HR European standards in the breakaway regions of Georgia.
22-24 January - Training of Law Enforcement Officials on Human Rights with focus on Investigative Interviewing ‘Train-the-Trainers’. EC/CoE JP to Foster a Culture of Human Rights in Georgia. IOCE – Provision of literature, CoE promo materials (CEAD-12607).
22-25 January - Assistance of DGHL in organisation of a panel for the project aimed to strengthen the capacity of the Ombudsman institution in Georgia. IOCE – liaison with the candidates, organisation of meetings, logistics, highlighting (CEAD-21967).
15-20 February - Visit of Mr Jean-Louis Laurens, Director General of Democracy and Political Affairs to Georgia (IOCE-logistics, media-coverage).
6-7 May - Media coverage of two workshops: A complaint and appeals process for credible elections, Holding and Supervision of Elections - Rights and Duties of the Domestic Observers, organised by VC, Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, Supreme Court of Georgia, the High School of Justice and CoE Office in Georgia (CEAD-13838).
29-30 May - Seminar for editorial board staff on media professionalism (DGHL). IOCE – liaison with the local partner NGO and provision with the literature (CEAD-23263).
30 May – Assistance to the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs in organisation (and provision with literature) of a conference on “Media and Elections” (CEAD-23262).
11-14 August - Visit to Georgia of the CoE Secretary General Terry Davis and Mr Carl Bildt, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden (Russian-Georgian relations). IOCE – Media coverage, press briefings, liaison with local governmental, NGO and international counterparts.
18-21 August – Visit of Mr Mátyás Eörsi (Hungary, ALDE) and Mr Kastriot Islami (Albania, SOC), PACE Rapporteurs on the monitoring of the obligations and commitments by Georgia (Russian-Georgian relations). IOCE – Media coverage, press briefings, liaison with local governmental, NGO and international counterparts, organisation of a press conference.
22-27 August - Fact-finding visit of CoE Commissioner for HR (Russian-Georgian relations). IOCE – Media coverage, press briefings, liaison with local governmental, NGO and international counterparts, organisation of a press conference.
9-11 September – Visit of Mr Yavuz Mildon, CLRAE President (situation caused after August events). IOCE – Media coverage, press-briefings, liaison with local governmental, NGO and international counterparts, organisation of a press conference.
24-26 September – Fact finding mission of PACE’s ad hoc Committee to study situation in Russia and Georgia after the conflict in August 2008. IOCE – Media coverage, press briefings, liaison with local governmental, NGO and international counterparts.
25-28 September – Visit of CoE Human Rights Commissioner to Georgia. IOCE – logistics, media coverage, liaison with local governmental, NGO and international counterparts.
8-13 October - DG IV mission to assess the cultural heritage sites in Georgia. IOCE – logistics, liaison with the state and NGO agencies (CEAD-24394).
14-15 October - DG III Assessment mission to collect information for developing further projects. IOCE – logistics, liaison with the state and NGO agencies.
29-31 October - Visit of the PACE Presidential Committee. IOCE – Media coverage.
31 October - 4 November - Visit of Congress observers’ mission for the local elections in Adjara AR. IOCE – Media coverage, press conference.
11-13 November - DG IV visit of immediate action for cultural heritage in conflict zone in Georgia, Coordination meeting (CEAD-24686). IOCE – logistics, liaison with MoC.
11-15 November - Visit of HR Commissioner to Georgia. IOCE – logistics, media coverage, press conference, liaison with MFA.
16-22 November - Humanitarian consequences of the war between Russia and Georgia; visit of Ms Corien W.A. Jonker (NHL, EPP). IOCE – Media coverage.
18-20 November - Visit of DSG Maud de Boer-Buquicchio and Conference on Justice and Rule of Law in the South Caucasus (19-20/11/2008, organised by DGHL; CEAD-24487). IOCE – media coverage, press conferences.
Performance indicators:
Press conferences [24; TV/Radio broadcasts [3]; Number of events [18]
Articles in newspapers [14]; Translated documents [10]; Number of Secretariat Missions [20]
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECtHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
|Title |Pre-print preparation of two CoE publications in Georgian (with DGHL): The Right to Property |
| |under the ECHR – A guide to the Implementation of ECHR and its Protocols; Selected Case Law of |
| |the ECtHR. |
|Date and place |January, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |21155, 21143 |
|Synopsis |Information material for trainings and seminars. |
|Title |Publication of the 5th volume of selected judgments of the ECtHR |
|Date and place |March, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |21205 |
|Synopsis |Information material for trainings and seminars. |
|Title |Publication of a web page for the CoE local programmes in the fields of Human Rights and Legal |
| |Affairs |
|Date and place |March, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |Information material for the large public. |
|Title |Publication of the 10th series of Human Rights handbooks |
|Date and place |March, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |21259 |
|Synopsis |Information material for trainings and seminars. |
|Title |“Directing cases to the European Court of Human Rights” |
|Date and place |19/4/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |23229 |
|Synopsis |Seminar organised by the Georgian Young Lawyers Association and the IOCE. |
|Title |Series of HR trainings for the University and elementary school students |
|Date and place |21-30/4/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |23235 |
|Synopsis |Five systematic trainings organised for the youth and students. |
|Title |Translation of “Case of Saadi v. Italy”, Grand Chamber Judgment, Strasbourg, 28/2/2008 |
|Date and place |June, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |23755 |
|Synopsis |Documentation material for the Office website and trainings. |
|Title |Two information training seminars (for citizens) on the ECtHR and the application procedure |
|Date and place |9-16/6/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |23772 |
|Synopsis |Organised in co-operation with the Georgian Young Lawyers Association. |
|Title |Organisation of a Contest with the Judicial Training Centre of Georgia, for the future or acting|
| |judges and their assistants |
|Date and place |19/6/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |23773 |
|Synopsis |In co-operation with the High School of Justice. |
| | |
|Title |Project on highlighting of the ECHR |
|Date and place |25/9-20/10/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |24330 |
|Synopsis |IOCE project on highlighting of the ECHR and standards of CoE in the field of human rights, |
| |organised in co-operation with one of the most popular “Green Wave” Radio. The project consisted|
| |of : 1) advertising campaign (special radio clips on ECHR) including preparation of 10 messages |
| |to be aired 5 times per day; 2) quiz contest (1 week) with 50 questions and special prizes |
| |provided by DC; 3) expert consultations based on calls and f.a.q. of audience made during the |
| |previous 2 stages. The idea was supported at the IOCE website (15,000 listeners expected). |
|Title |CoE Human Rights Infopoint |
|Date and place |September, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |24374 |
|Synopsis |Establishing of CoE HR related infopoints at the new Ombudsman branch Offices in Batumi and |
| |Kutaisi (Western Georgia). |
|Title |Awarding ceremony |
|Date and place |3/11/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |24752 |
|Synopsis |Awarding ceremony for the winners of Radio Contest on the ECHR and ECtHR (4th final stage). |
Performance indicators:
Number of potential complainants at the IOCE premises [20]
Number of events organised by the Office [15]
Number of trainings [9]
Number of translations [1]
Number of Publications [2]
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
Office carried out its financial action in accordance with requirements of the Headquarters and in line with the national legislation:
- all locally recruited staff members were enlisted in taxation offices;
- financial reporting was done following the required standards and within deadlines.
IOCE provided Strasbourg with all type of reporting within the fixed dates.
The staff appraisal done in line with all necessary requirements.
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Office provided DC with weekly media monitoring of printed, electronic and broadcasting media. 10 specialised meetings were organised for journalists on issues related to active co-operation and coverage of CoE related activities.
[8] SG/DSG Opinion Articles published
OTHER:
Contributions to seminars organised by others:
5 May – Assistance (provision with the literature) for GTZ regional legal project provided at an international conference “Society and Justice” for Judges, Lawyers, Journalists and NGO representatives from Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
|Title |Joint co-project with the artistic union CUMBO on interactive DVD-ROM |
|Date and place |September-October , Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |24333 |
|Synopsis |Joint co-project with the artistic union CUMBO on production of bilingual (Georgian/English) |
| |interactive DVD-ROM on diversity of Georgian contemporary artists. This was the first of this |
| |kind of DVD made in Georgia. |
Election (2008 presidential and parliamentary) related activities:
|Title |Re-print and dissemination of a book on joint CoE/OSCE Missions in Georgia work: “Georgia Local |
| |Elections 2006 – Lessons Learned” |
|Date and place |January, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |21932 |
|Synopsis |Material for further dissemination and CEC use. |
|Title |Press conference of the PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs |
|Date and place |27/3/2008, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |Fact-finding visit of Mátyás Eörsi (Hungary, ALDE) and Kastriot Islami (Albania, SOC), |
| |co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee, to Georgia. The IOCE organised a press |
| |conference. |
|Title |Assistance to the Tbilisi School of Political Studies in organisation of training seminars for |
| |the forthcoming parliamentary elections in May 2008 |
|Date and place |April, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |Election related action. |
|Title |Media coverage and organisation of a press conference for the PACE delegation, led by Mátyás |
| |Eörsi (Hungary, ALDE) |
|Date and place |23-25/4/2008 |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |Election related action. |
|Title |Handbook on Fair and balanced election reporting, by Henrik Keith Hansen (election assistance |
| |action with DGHL) |
|Date and place |May, Tbilisi |
|CEAD number |23213 |
|Synopsis |Election related action. |
Performance indicators:
Number of events organised [1]
Number of translations [14]
Number of publications [3]
Press conferences [3]
TV/Radio broadcasts [3]
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |787 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |25 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |20 |
|Number of website hits |528,3098 |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD |46 |
|Number of documents translated (incl. Press Releases) |260 |
|Number of published documents (for all Expected results) |7 |
|Number of press conferences (for all Expected results) |32 |
HUNGARY
INFORMATION CENTRE IN BUDAPEST
(Inaugurated on 1 October 1991)
Address: Kossuth tér 1-3, 1357 Budapest
Tel: +361 441 4857; Fax: +361 441 4878
E-mail: idcbud@t-online.hu; Internet:
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |Distribution campaign |
|Date and place |9/1/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24070 |
|Synopsis |The Office made a distribution campaign in co-operation with the organisers of a conference “The|
| |future of our children - the future of our nation - the situation of education of Roma in |
| |Hungary”. 600 CoE documents in Hungarian were distributed. The visibility was given by the |
| |electronic / printed media. 300 participants. |
|Title |Exhibition “The Council of Europe and Hungary” |
|Date and place |11/1- 31/3/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24057 |
|Synopsis |On the occasion of the official visit of the Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány to the PACE session|
| |in Strasbourg (21/1/08) and the official visit of the ECtHR President Jean-Paul Costa to |
| |Budapest, the Office prepared an exhibition in the Parliament building highlighting |
| |governmental, parliamentary, NGO and human rights aspects and co-operation between the CoE and |
| |Hungary. 1000 participants. |
|Title |Media, freedom of speech and the Council of Europe |
|Date and place |14/2/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24058 |
|Synopsis |The Office organised a half-day programme on media, freedom of speech and the CoE for students |
| |of the Media Department, Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj (Romania) being on a 2-week study visit|
| |and a training session in Hungary. The Office director gave a lecture followed by training on |
| |the use of information sources and a discussion. As a result of the long-standing co-operation |
| |the students became regular users of the CoE websites. Information packages were distributed |
| |(154 documents to 12 participants). |
| | |
|Title |NGO FAIR 2008 |
|Date and place |20/2/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |22361 |
|Synopsis |The Office participated in the NGO Fair 2008 organised by the Human Rights Students Initiative |
| |at the Central European University with the aim to raise awareness on the CoE aims and |
| |activities. Information, handouts and leaflets were offered; a flyer produced and distributed at|
| |the information stand of the Office. 400 participants |
|Title |Study visit for a group of students form JATE University, Szeged |
|Date and place |17/3/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |A group of 15 students dealing with the analysis of frustrations concerning parliament and |
| |elected representatives paid a study visit to the Office. A presentation was made, followed by |
| |their research work, information packages were distributed. |
|Title |Seminar “Climate Change” |
|Date and place |23/4/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24059 |
|Synopsis |The Office organised a half-day session of the International Student Conference Climate Change |
| |with the participation of secondary school students from Hungary and Luxembourg. The programme |
| |was initiated by Mr József Ékes, MP, member of the PACE delegation, Committee on the |
| |Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs. The Office director made a lecture on |
| |the “CoE and Climate Change”, followed by contributions of experts; handouts were prepared and |
| |information packages distributed. 24 participants |
|Title |Exhibition “Europe Day” |
|Date and place |5-31/5/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24061 |
|Synopsis |On the occasion of the Europe Day, the Office set up an exhibition on core values and symbols of|
| |the Organisation. The exhibition was hosted by the Hungarian Parliament. 1000 participants |
|Title |Exhibition “Sport and the Council of Europe” |
|Date and place |9/6-30/9/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24064 |
|Synopsis |On the occasion of the Football World Championship and the Olympic Games, the Office prepared an|
| |exhibition to present the CoE activities and achievements, documents and publications related to|
| |sport. Due to the Olympic Games general interest was high (about 5000 visitors). |
|Title |Publication of the Anti-doping Convention and the Additional Protocol |
|Date and place |21/7-15/8/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |23749 |
|Synopsis |The third, modified and enlarged edition contains the Anti-doping Convention (CETS 135) and the |
| |Additional Protocol (CETS 188). The two ratified Conventions were published in Hungarian in 1000|
| |copies and posted on the Office website. |
|Title |Publication of the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption |
|Date and place |21/7-15/8/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |23750 |
|Synopsis |Publication of the ratified Convention (CETS 173) in Hungarian in 1000 copies. The publication |
| |was posted on the website. |
|Title |Updating of the website |
|Date and place |Continuous - Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The Office website was continuously updated. Press releases, speeches were translated by the |
| |Office staff, posted on the website and distributed to the partner institutions and journalists.|
|Title |New sections on the Hungarian website |
|Date and place |21/7- 5/9/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |23915 |
|Synopsis |The website (europatanacs.hu) was restructured and new sections created and regularly |
| |updated. |
|Title |Internship at the Hungarian Parliament |
|Date and place |16/9/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The Office held a half-day training session for students in law and political studies in the |
| |framework of the internship programme of the Hungarian Parliament. Lecture on the CoE and the |
| |use of information sources was provided. Information packages were distributed. |
|Title |Co-operation with the Roma Science and Art Society |
|Date and place |10/9/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The Office gave support to the Roma Science and Art Society for the Conference organised with |
| |the National Library of Foreign Literature. Short presentation on the CoE activities in Roma |
| |issues was made by the director. The documents “The Legal Status of Roma in Europe” and |
| |“Cultural Diversity in Europe” were offered to 100 participants. |
|Title |The protection of minority rights – training session |
|Date and place |30/9/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24366 |
|Synopsis |The Office organised a training session for a group of students having an internship at the |
| |Department for National and Ethnic Minorities, Prime Minister's Office. Lectures on the |
| |mechanisms for the implementation of minority rights and training in the use of information |
| |sources were given. Information packages were distributed. |
|Title |Publication of the European Landscape Convention |
|Date and place |3-31/10/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24416 |
|Synopsis |The ratified European Landscape Convention (CETS 176) was published in Hungarian in 1000 copies |
| |and posted on the website. |
|Title |Study visit from the Bundestag |
|Date and place |9/10/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |A group of young experts from the Bundestag spending 3 months in the Hungarian Parliament had a |
| |half-day programme in the Office. Besides the presentation of its activities, co-operation with |
| |the CoE Secretariat and with the Hungarian MPs/Committees of the Parliament were dealt with. |
|Title |Study visit of librarians from Sweden |
|Date and place |14/10/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |A group of 13 librarians from Sweden visited the Office. A presentation on the library services |
| |and the activities organised in the framework of the CoE campaigns was followed by an exchange |
| |of experiences concerning the information needs for CoE issues in both countries. |
|Title |Exhibition – Results of the project “Equal Opportunities for the Blind” |
|Date and place |15/10 -15/11/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24623 |
|Synopsis |An exhibition was set up by the Office to present the results of co-operation with the |
| |Federation for the Blind and Partially Sighted People in Hungary within the project “Equal |
| |Opportunities for the Blind” (2001-2008). A CoE Special Infopoint for the Blind, the CoE |
| |publications in Braille and the joint activities were presented in a tactile exhibition on the |
| |occasion of the 90th anniversary celebration of the Federation held in the Parliament. The |
| |project was presented at a press conference; interview was given by the Director. A press |
| |release was issued and information materials distributed. 200 participants |
|Title |Tactile exhibitions programme |
|Date and place |3/10/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The Office Director made a presentation of the project “Equal Opportunities for the Blind” at |
| |the “Tactile exhibitions in the National Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts” organised by the |
| |Joseph Károlyi Foundation within the international conference “For a wider access to Museums and|
| |Heritage for Visually impaired visitors”. |
|Title |Council of Europe Special Infopoint for the Blind |
|Date and place |Continuous, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Co-operation in running of the Special Infopoint for the Blind set up at the Hungarian |
| |Federation for the Blind and Partially Sighted, logistics and support offered in the CoE issues.|
| |An article was published on the achievements of the project “Equal opportunities for the Blind” |
| |in the monthly journal “Vakok világa” 2/2008 (printed and on-line version). |
|Title |Publication of information materials for the blind people |
|Date and place |20/11 -18/12/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24954 |
|Synopsis |Publication of information materials in Braille, large print and blind-friendly electronic |
| |format: brochure on the CoE Special Infopoint, information on the campaigns “Speak out against |
| |discrimination” and “Raise your hands against smacking”. New publications were presented at a |
| |press conference closing the anniversary events of the 90 years-old Hungarian Federation for the|
| |Blind and Partially Sighted. |
|Title |Publication of the brochure “The Council of Europe Information and Documentation Centre” |
|Date and place |19/11 -10/12/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24936 |
|Synopsis |A new brochure on the Budapest Office was published. It is addressed to the general public |
| |giving information on the CoE and its Office. |
|Title |Training session for students: CoE information sources |
|Date and place |25/11/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |During a half-year training course organised by the Parliamentary Library a session was held in |
| |the Office reading room. A lecture was given followed by training; information packages (200 |
| |documents) were distributed. |
|Title |Translation of CM Resolution (2007)12 on the cultural routes of the Council of Europe |
|Date and place |1-8/8/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |23913 |
|Synopsis |Translation of the CM Resolution (2007)12 on the cultural routes on the website (replacing the |
| |annulled Resolution (98)4). The director as member of the Presidency presented it to the members|
| |of the Route of Central-European Industrial Heritage Association. |
|Title |Participation in the work of the “Route of Central-European Industrial Heritage” Association |
|Date and place |Continuous work, various places |
|CEAD number |23913 |
|Synopsis |The Office was a partner of the Federation of Technical and Scientific Societies, the Chamber of|
| |Hungarian Engineers, the Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research and the Local Authority of |
| |Miskolc in the cultural route project for iron and industrial heritage over the years. On 13/3 |
| |at the statutory meeting of the “Route of Central-European Industrial Heritage” Association, |
| |director was elected member of the Presidency of the Association. The director participated in a|
| |quarterly meeting in Zalaegerszeg on 26/6 and made a presentation on the CM Resolution (2007)12.|
|Title |Enhancement of Gender Equality outside the EU |
|Date and place |4/2/2008 and continuous, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The Office director as a member of the working group “Enhancement of Gender Equality outside the|
| |EU” set up by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, participated in elaboration of the |
| |policy and carrying out of activities (e.g. Conference on the implementation of the Roadmap on |
| |Gender Issues on 17 October with participation of the EU Commissioner Vladimir Spidla). |
|Title |European Day of Languages |
|Date and place |26-29/9/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Assistance of the Office to the Open Day programme of the National Library for Foreign |
| |Literature and the parliamentary meeting with Leonard Orban presenting the EU language policy |
| |(organised by EU Representation). Translation and distribution of the CoE press release. |
|Title |Human Rights Day |
|Date and place |10/12/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24625, 24955 |
|Synopsis |Information files including the fact sheet ”The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the |
| |CoE“ were distributed at the event organised by the UN Association of Hungary with the |
| |participation of 120 professionals and law students. ECHR was presented by Tamás Lattmann, |
| |lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University. |
Performance indicators:
Number of exhibitions [4]; Number of seminars [6]; Articles in newspaper [1]
Number of events (co)-organised by the Office [14]
Translated documents [7] and press releases [7]; Printed documents [9]
Distribution campaign [1]; Special Infopoint for the Blind [1]
Press conference [1]; Press release issued [1]; Number of broadcasts/interviews [1]
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; campaign against the death penalty; other (e.g. DOSTA! campaign)
|Title |Exhibition of drawings “Children against violence” |
|Date and place |16/1-29/2/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |22346, 20783 |
|Synopsis |The selection of the best drawings and computer graphics participating in the competition of |
| |drawings organised by the Office in 2007, set up at the Mayor's Office at the invitation of the |
| |Education Department. |
| |500 participants |
|Title |Promotion of the game “Wild Web Woods” |
|Date and place |7-28/2/2008, all over Hungary |
|CEAD number |24065 |
|Synopsis |The Office staff contributed to the Hungarian version of the game Wild Web Woods by proofreading|
| |of the Hungarian translation, by testing the game for the producing company and by promotional |
| |activities and media work. The game and related information are available on the Office website.|
| |Important topic, interesting tool, interviews, promotional work resulted in a huge media |
| |coverage (40 items), including a radio and TV interview given by the director. 3000 participants|
|Title |Exhibition of drawings “Children against violence” |
|Date and place |1/3-30/4/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |22353 |
|Synopsis |The selection of the best drawings and computer graphics participating in the competition of |
| |drawings organised by the Office in 2007 was opened at the Slovak School on 6 March. |
| |Representatives of all minority language schools of the capital, representatives of the minority|
| |self-governments and IOCE Bratislava Director participated in the event offering an opportunity |
| |to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National |
| |Minorities and presenting the CoE programme “Building a Europe for and with Children”. Wide |
| |media coverage (18 minute programme in MTV Domovina, 2 radio interviews, printed press and |
| |websites, group visits at various schools followed the event). 1200 participants. |
|Title |Competition of drawings “Children against violence 2008” for schools of national minorities |
|Date and place |4/3 -17/4/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |23455, 23454, 22353 |
|Synopsis |On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Framework Convention for the Protection of |
| |National Minorities, the Office launched a competition of drawings “Children against violence |
| |2008” for schools of national minorities. The prize giving ceremony took place at the Slovak |
| |School in the framework of the Open Day. The best works of art were included in a travelling |
| |exhibition. Children, teachers and parents get involved in the programme (27 schools contacted; |
| |80 participants). |
|Title |Closing conference on violence against women |
|Date and place |1/4/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The Office contributed with publications (500) to the closing conference of the campaign Stop |
| |domestic violence against women organised by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. |
|Title |Open Day at the Slovak Minority School |
|Date and place |17/4/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |23454 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the Open Day of the Slovak Minority School the Office organised a prize |
| |giving ceremony of the drawings competition ''Stop violence 2008'' for schools of national |
| |minorities. The interactive programme included training for students on the basis of Compassito,|
| |computer games and a quiz on “Building a Europe for and with Children - Ban of corporal |
| |punishment”. Directors of schools expressed wish to organise the Open Day on CoE at their |
| |schools. Press conference was made, a press release and a flyer issued and media files |
| |distributed. 200 participants |
|Title |Regional seminar “Corporal punishment - Zero tolerance” |
|Date and place |29/4/2008, Kalocsa |
|CEAD number |24060 |
|Synopsis |A seminar organised within the programme “Building a Europe for and with Children” was hosted by|
| |the Educational Advisory Service of the Bács-Kiskun County. It aimed at abolishing corporal |
| |punishment, strengthening co-operation of the respective partners and contributing to a better |
| |exchange of experience in the functioning of the “signalling system”. A press release was issued|
| |and sent to media. Great interest was shown by local media: TV/radio interviews, information on |
| |local portals and printed media.100 participants |
| | |
|Title |Regional seminar “Corporal punishment - Zero tolerance” for professionals working in the field |
| |of child protection |
|Date and place |21/5/2008, Szolnok |
|CEAD number |24062, 24063 |
|Synopsis |A seminar organised within the programme “Building a Europe for and with Children” was hosted by|
| |the Aba Novák Cultural Centre, Szolnok. It aimed at awareness-raising on abolishing of corporal |
| |punishment, possibilities of strengthening co-operation, models of conflict management and best |
| |practices in prevention. Participants took part in an opening exhibition “Children against |
| |violence“. A press release was issued and a press conference organised. 35 participants |
|Title |Exhibition of drawings “Children against violence” |
|Date and place |21/5 - 25/6/2008, Szolnok |
|CEAD number |24063, 24062 |
|Synopsis |A travelling exhibition of the best drawings and computer graphics participating in the |
| |competitions of drawings organised by the Office in 2007 and 2008 was opened at the Aba-Novák |
| |Cultural Centre in the framework of the one-month Cultural Festival. It was opened by the |
| |Ombudsman for Educational Rights. A press release and media files were distributed. The event |
| |was followed by a seminar on Abolishing of Corporal Punishment. 4000 participants |
|Title |Translation of ECRI General Policy Recommendation 11 |
|Date and place |18/6 -21/7/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |23497 |
|Synopsis |Translation into Hungarian of ECRI General Policy Recommendation n˚11 “Combating racism and |
| |racial discrimination in policing” for publication on the website - special file All different, |
| |all equal. It was also published in the Hungarian human rights journal ACTA HUMANA in the |
| |framework of a long-standing co-operation agreement, giving visibility to the CoE. |
|Title |Publication of information on the campaign against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |6/7 - 5/8/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |23747 |
|Synopsis |A special file “Children and violence - Building a Europe for and with Children” on website was |
| |developed and a special file on corporal punishment set up. Documents in Hungarian, such as PACE|
| |Recommendation 1778 (2007) and CM Recommendation (2006)19 and information on activities related |
| |to the ban of corporal punishment and positive parenting were placed on the Office website. |
|Title |Translation and publication of the brochure “Abolishing corporal punishment of children – the |
| |key points” |
|Date and place |21/7 -19/8/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |23748 |
|Synopsis |Translation into Hungarian of a brochure “Abolishing corporal punishment of children - the key |
| |points” and stickers. |
|Title |Exhibition of drawings “Children against violence” |
|Date and place |16/8 -30/9/2008, Karcag |
|CEAD number |24155, 20782, 23455, 23748 |
|Synopsis |The travelling exhibition was opened at the Karcag Youth House within the Regional Cultural |
| |Festival of Nagykunság. It was opened by Sándor Fazekas, Mayor or Karcag, MP, Committee on Human|
| |Rights, Minority Rights, Religious Affairs and Civic Issues. A press release and media files |
| |were distributed at the press conference. |
|Title |Exhibition of drawings “Children against violence” |
|Date and place |7-25/10/2008, Tiszafüred |
|CEAD number |24894 |
|Synopsis |The travelling exhibition was opened at the County Library Tiszafüred within the National |
| |Library Days for Teenagers - by the Mayor of the town. A press release was issued and |
| |information files distributed. Organised groups visited the exhibition, discussions were |
| |moderated in the Library. Awareness-raising of the general public was achieved by the local |
| |media. Interview was given by the Director. |
|Title |Translation of the brochure “Abolishing corporal punishment of children – Questions and answers”|
|Date and place |7-25/10/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24440 |
|Synopsis |Translation into Hungarian of a brochure “Abolishing corporal punishment of Children - Questions|
| |and answers”, made on request and with the financial support of DG IV. |
|Title |Follow-up round-table at Miskolc |
|Date and place |13/10/2008, Miskolc |
|CEAD number |24900, 17461 |
|Synopsis |A follow-up round-table was organised by the Office in co-operation with the City Pedagogical |
| |Institute of Miskolc to evaluate a 2-year activity of the club set up at a seminar, to share |
| |best practices regarding violence in school and to make awareness on Abolishing Corporal |
| |Punishment. Best practices were presented. |
|Title |Exhibition of drawings “Children against violence” and a round table discussion |
|Date and place |18/11/2008, Kecskemét |
|CEAD number |24897 |
|Synopsis |The travelling exhibition was invited by the NGO Magyar Asszonyok Szövetsége (Federation of |
| |Hungarian Women) to Kecskemét. The Katona József County Library offered to host the exhibition |
| |and a round table discussion organised by the Office in co-operation with the partner NGOs. It |
| |was opened by the Mayor of Kecskemét. Local TV made interviews with Director and participants of|
| |a round table; 2 TV programmes were aired. 9 different publications, brochures were offered |
| |(altogether 528 for distribution to the participants and visitors). |
|Title |LOGOMOBIL: follow-up round-table and distribution campaign |
|Date and place |19/11/2008, Szombathely |
|CEAD number |24899, 20803 |
|Synopsis |A follow-up of a round-table to evaluate the outcomes of the 2007 seminar held for Student |
| |Council leaders was organised at LOGO Youth Service, Szombathely. A joint distribution campaign |
| |was launched together with LOGOMOBIL to make awareness-raising in Vas County on the CoE |
| |campaigns (especially Abolishing Corporal Punishment, Against the Death Penalty and Speak out |
| |against Discrimination). 16 different publications, leaflets and promotional materials (posters,|
| |flags, balloons, cards) were distributed by LOGOMOBIL in various towns. |
| | |
|Title |TV spot “Raise your hand against smacking” |
|Date and place |20/11/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24624 |
|Synopsis |The Hungarian version of a TV spot “Raise your hand against smacking” was prepared by the |
| |Office. TV spot against corporal punishment was aired on the occasion of the Children Rights |
| |Day. As a result of the negotiations free of charge airing was achieved at MTV channels in peak |
| |hours during 5 days on 20-24 November (altogether 10 times) and at RTL Klub from 27/11 to 6/12. |
|Title |Co-operation in the conference “Children Rights Day” |
|Date and place |20/11/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24624 |
|Synopsis |The Office as a partner of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour offered copies of the |
| |brochure “Key points – Abolishing Corporal Punishment of Children” to the speakers and |
| |participants of the conference (130); a TV spot “Raise your hand against smacking” was presented|
| |(airing on MTV was launched on the same day). |
|Title |“Speak out against discrimination” - a special file on the Office website |
|Date and place |20/11 – 9/12/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24937 |
|Synopsis |A special file on the campaign “Speak out against discrimination” was developed with information|
| |on the campaign, activities and documents - giving access to information in the Hungarian |
| |language. |
|Title |Translation of documents on the death penalty |
|Date and place |20-30/11/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24826 |
|Synopsis |Translations into Hungarian of resolutions, recommendations, the fact sheet on the death penalty|
| |and a leaflet ”Europe against the Death Penalty“ were posted on the website - a special file. |
|Title |Death Penalty TV spot |
|Date and place |10/12/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24625 |
|Synopsis |TV spot against the Death Penalty was aired in re-voiced Hungarian version on the occasion of |
| |the Human Rights Day by Eger TV. |
Performance indicators:
Press conferences [4]; Press releases issued [7]; Distribution campaign [1]
Number of exhibitions [6]; seminars [5]; competitions [2]; Number of events co-organised [6]
Number of open days [2]; Special websites for the campaign [4]
Promotional materials [7]; Printed documents [3]; Translated documents [18]
Re-voiced TV spots [2]; TV/Radio broadcasts/interviews [34]
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
|Title |Official visit of Mr Jean-Paul Costa, President of the European Court of Human Rights and Mr |
| |Andras Baka, judge of the ECtHR to Hungary |
|Date and place |16-19/1/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The delegation accompanied by Mr Zoltán Lomnici, President of the Supreme Court, visited the |
| |Office on 18/1 to discuss the activities in human rights and further co-operation. A press |
| |release was issued on 3 meetings held in the Parliament. |
|Title |Official visit of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány to the PACE session |
|Date and place |22/1/2008, Strasbourg |
|CEAD number |24057 |
|Synopsis |Facilitation of the official visit of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány to the Council of Europe |
| |on the occasion of the PACE session. Background paper was prepared and an exhibition in the |
| |Parliament building set up on the Council of Europe. |
|Title |Visit of Mr Viliam Figusch, Director of the IOCE in Bratislava |
|Date and place |6/3/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |22353 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in Bratislava co-operated in the Slovak language issues (proofreading, documents) for |
| |the opening of the Exhibition of drawings “Children against violence” at the Slovak School in |
| |Budapest. Director of the IOCE in Bratislava took part in the event and donated CoE documents |
| |and promotional materials to the school. |
|Title |Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament Katalin Szili at the European Conference of Presidents of |
| |Parliaments |
|Date and place |22/5/2008 - Strasbourg |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament was the rapporteur of the 1st theme “Parliaments and |
| |Civil Society”. The Office prepared a background paper for the Speaker on “The Council of Europe|
| |and NGOs”, translated the press release and the programme of the Conference and made a special |
| |file on the website. |
|Title |Visit of Lauri Sivonen |
|Date and place |28-29/8/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Facilitation of the visit of Mr Lauri Sivonen from the HR Commissioner Office, at the Budapest |
| |Human Rights Forum organised by the MFA. During his visit at the Office issues of co-operation |
| |were discussed. |
|Title |Visit of the Speaker of the Albanian Parliament |
|Date and place |24/9/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |A delegation lead by the Speaker of the Albanian Parliament paid a visit to the Office in the |
| |framework of the official visit to Hungary. As a former PACE member she was interested in |
| |co-operation of the Office and the Hungarian PACE Delegation, the blind project and activities |
| |concerning domestic violence. |
|Title |Visit of the Foreign Affair Committee of the Albanian Parliament |
|Date and place |5/11/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The Albanian delegation visited the Office. General presentation on activities and co-operation |
| |with the Committees of Hungarian Parliament was followed by a lively discussion. |
|Title |Seminar on the European electoral standards |
|Date and place |18-19/12/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Assistance to DGDPA in organising various issues regarding the Moldovan delegation. |
|Title |Meeting with Ms Ilze Brands Kehris, First Vice-President of the Advisory Committee on FCNM |
|Date and place |18/12/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |On the occasion of the Day of Minorities Ms Ilze Brands Kehris gave a lecture on behalf of the |
| |Advisory Committee on FCNM. In her meeting with Director the role and possibilities of |
| |Information Offices in the protection of minority rights were discussed. |
- Intensive co-operation of the Office with the CoE Press Division in organisation of visits of Hungarian journalists to Strasbourg on the occasion of conferences and PACE sessions;
- Regular exchange of information materials with the European Youth Centre in Budapest
Performance indicators:
Number of missions facilitated [8]; Distribution campaigns [2]
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
|Title |Lecture/Training on Human Rights |
|Date and place |15/5/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24072 |
|Synopsis |A lecture and training on the ECHR and the ECtHR made for a group of law students of the Eötvös |
| |Loránd University. HUDOC and the case-law database in Hungarian were presented; handouts and |
| |information packages distributed. 32 participants |
|Title |Equal opportunities for the Blind - Human Rights |
|Date and place |15/6/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24071 |
|Synopsis |The director wrote an article on the pilot project “Equal opportunities for the Blind” with |
| |emphasis on the tools developed for access to human rights information in various blind-friendly|
| |formats - for the special issue on access to information for disabled people (TMT Information |
| |Science Journal 8/2008). |
|Title |Human rights training for legal assistants |
|Date and place |6/10/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |A group of 30 legal assistants took part in a training on the use of information source on ECHR |
| |and ECtHR in the Office (handouts and documents were distributed – altogether 150). |
|Title |Publication of the brochure “ECtHR: Questions and Answers” in Hungarian (2nd edition, 2008) |
|Date and place |21/10 -15/11/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24829 |
|Synopsis |Publication of a brochure on the ECtHR in 500 copies. Potential complainants to be better |
| |informed about the Court’s procedures. |
|Title |Report on implementation of the decisions of the ECtHR |
|Date and place |18/11/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Report of Minister of Justice and Law Enforcement on the implementation of the decisions, |
| |judgments of the ECtHR and work of the Agent in 2008 was presented in the Joint meeting of the |
| |Committee of Constitutional Affairs and Law Enforcement and the Committee on Human Rights, |
| |Minority Rights, Religious Affairs and Civic Issues of the Hungarian Parliament. |
|Title |Human rights trainings |
|Date and place |8-12/12/2008, Budapest |
|CEAD number |24955 |
|Synopsis |A human rights training was held during the Human Rights Week for groups of students of the |
| |Eötvös Loránd University Budapest Law Faculty. |
|Title |Committee on Human Rights, Minority Rights, Religious Affairs and Civic Issues |
|Date and place |Continuous - Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The director enjoying special guest status in the meetings of the Committee on Human Rights, |
| |Minority Rights, Religious Affairs and Civic Issues of the Hungarian Parliament participated in |
| |meetings, prepared background information and offered CoE documents. |
|Title |Database on ECtHR case-law in Hungarian |
|Date and place |Continuous- Budapest |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Monitoring of the Hungarian translations of the judgments and decisions of the ECtHR, handbooks,|
| |various websites. Regular updating of the database and placement of translations in a special |
| |collection in the holdings of the Office library. |
Performance indicators:
Number of potential complainants at the Office [118]; Translated press release [1]
Information packages sent to potential complainants [54]; Special website [2]
Number of trainings [7]; Number of articles [1]; Special Infopoint [1]; Publication [1]
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
Financial transactions were carried out in accordance with relevant rules and guidelines from Strasbourg.
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
- The Office made regular media monitoring of the basic Hungarian newspapers
- Promotion of the Wild Web Woods game
- 16 press releases on Office events were issued
- Regular updating of “Hungarian Journalists” database, advice to DC upon request
- The Office facilitated a mission of 10 Hungarian journalists to Strasbourg
- CEPEJ-report: organisation of article in weekly, daily and monitoring, translation and distribution of the press release
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |403 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |118 + 54 |
|Number of information packages sent to complainants |54 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |4 |
|Number of website hits [visits] |582,379 |
| |[34,489] |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD |43 |
|Number of documents translated |25 documents |
|(covering all Expected results) |31 press releases |
|Number of published documents (all Expected results) |13 + promotional materials |
|Number of materials distributed |7,307 |
|Number of press conferences (all Expected results) |5 |
LATVIA
INFORMATION OFFICE IN RIGA
(Inaugurated on 16 February 1996)
Address: K. Barona Street 14, 1423 Riga
Tel/ Fax: +371 6728 6865; E-mail: centre@coe.lv
Internet:
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |Dissemination of the Council of Europe Information CD-ROM |
|Date and place |14/1 - 25/2/2008 |
|CEAD number |23669 |
|Synopsis |Distribution campaign of CD-ROMs with general information on the Council of Europe in three |
| |languages (English, French and Latvian) distributed to the Infopoints and secondary schools |
| |(1000 copies). |
|Title |Excursion day for school children – Europe Day |
|Date and place |5/5/2008, Riga |
|CEAD number |23769 |
|Synopsis |Discussions and information on the CoE activities and priorities, the ECtHR. Handouts, |
| |demonstration of multimedia files. 46 participants |
|Title |Translation of CM Recommendation (2006)5 on the CoE Action Plan to promote the rights and full |
| |participation of people with disabilities in society: improving the quality of life of people |
| |with disabilities in Europe 2006-2015 |
|Date and place |15/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |24988 |
|Synopsis |Recommendation and Action Plan translated and provided to the Ministry of Welfare and respective|
| |NGOs. |
|Title |Publication of a brochure “Human rights in Latvia – European perspective“ on the implementation |
| |of CoE Conventions |
|Date and place |15/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |24989 |
|Synopsis |The brochure was published in cooperation with the Human Rights Centre (800 copies) and |
| |disseminated to the respective NGOs. |
|Title |Round tables on language diversity in Latvia |
|Date and place |1/11 -15/12/2008, Riga |
|CEAD number |24990 |
|Synopsis |6 round tables in the framework of the European Language Day – Languages and dialects in Latvia.|
| |Organised in cooperation with the Latgale Student Centre at the IOCE premises. |
Performance indicators:
Articles in newspaper [16]; Number of events (co)-organised by the Office [6]
Translated documents [2]; Printed documents [1]; Press releases [134]
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; campaign against the death penalty; other (e.g. DOSTA! campaign)
|Title |Translation and publication of CoE leaflet “Abolishing corporal punishment – key points” |
|Date and place |1-31/3/2008 |
|CEAD number |23738, 23781, 23737 |
|Synopsis |The CoE leaflet “Abolishing corporal punishment of children – key points” was translated and |
| |published (1000 copies). |
|Title |Broadcast of TV programme “Protect the children” |
|Date and place |1-19/6/2008 |
|CEAD number |23767, Riga |
|Synopsis |TV programme prepared, broadcasted on the national TV1 Channel on 1, 5, 15 and 19 June 2008. It |
| |was devoted to the serious situation regarding violence against children in family. |
|Title |Dissemination campaign against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |December |
|CEAD number |24992 |
|Synopsis |Posters placed in the public transport, TV spot adapted and placed on the website, sent to the |
| |respective NGOs and aired on TV. |
|Title |Translation of information materials for the CoE campaign “Europe against the Death Penalty” |
|Date and place |1-15/10/2008 |
|CEAD number | 24858 |
|Synopsis |Translation into Latvian of documents related to the death penalty (leaflet, postcard, |
| |factsheet, speeches). |
|Title |Publication of the CoE leaflet Death is not justice |
|Date and place |1/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |24859 |
|Synopsis |The CoE leaflet published in 1000 copies, disseminated to schools, Eurodirect Centres and NGOs. |
|Title |Translation of the CoE brochure Death is not justice |
|Date and place |15/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |24863 |
|Synopsis |The brochure translated and put on the website. |
|Title |Adaptation of the TV spot Europe against Death Penalty |
|Date and place |November |
|CEAD number |24855 |
|Synopsis |TV spot adapted into Latvian and put on the Office website. |
|Title |Production and dissemination of DVD containing documentary on the history of death penalty in |
| |Latvia - TV spot |
|Date and place |December 2008 |
|CEAD number |23820 |
|Synopsis |DVD produced, disseminated to schools as additional educational material for human rights |
| |education. |
Performance indicators:
Promotional materials [6]
Translated documents [8]
TV/Radio broadcasts [6]
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
|Title |Assistance to a fact finding mission of the delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional |
| |Authorities of the CoE |
|Date and place |14-15/4/2008 |
|CEAD number |23742 |
|Synopsis |Press conference organised to present conclusions of the fact finding mission for the general |
| |public. Information on visit was presented on TV news and in 3 newspapers. |
|Title |Assistance in organising the ECRI round table on combating racism |
|Date and place |19/5/2008 |
|CEAD number |23768 |
|Synopsis |The logistical assistance provided to organisation of the ECRI round table. Representatives from|
| |government, Ombudsman Office, officials and the representatives from NGOs participated. |
| | |
|Title |Assistance to the visit of a delegation of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention |
| |for the Protection of National Minorities of the Council of Europe |
|Date and place |9-13 /06/2008 |
|CEAD number |23780 |
|Synopsis |3 meetings organised at the IOCE premises with NGOs, human right experts, representatives of |
| |national minorities and media (64 participants). Widely covered in the newspapers and TV. |
Performance indicators:
Number of missions facilitated [3]; Press conferences [2]
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
|Title |Conference “Topical Human Rights issues in Latvia: international and national rules and |
| |recommendations |
|Date and place |1-22/8/2008 |
|CEAD number |24860 |
|Synopsis |Organisation of translation and editing of materials (3 case-laws), preparation of files for 100|
| |participants. |
Performance indicators:
Number of potential complainants at the IOCE premises [58]
Number of seminars co-organised [1]; Number of translations [3]; Articles [9]
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
Financial transactions were carried out in accordance with relevant rules and guidelines from Strasbourg.
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Media monitoring submitted weekly to DC and DGDPA. 6 newspapers monitored (3 Latvian, 3 Russian), 195 newspaper articles annotated and sent to DC.
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |323 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |97 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |3 |
|Number of website hits [visits] |165,519 |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD |19 |
|Number of documents translated (all Expected results) |13 |
|Number of published documents (all Expected results) |5 |
|Number of press conferences (all Expected results) |2 |
LITHUANIA
INFORMATION OFFICE IN VILNIUS
(Inaugurated on 25 May 2001)
Address: Gedimino pr. 51, 01109 Vilnius
Tel: + 370 5 2496 685; Fax: + 370 5 2496 214
E-mail: m.prokopcik@lnb.lt; Internet: etib.lt
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |Lecture “The Council of Europe and young people” |
|Date and place |29/2/2008, Vilnius |
|CEAD number |22547 |
|Synopsis |Presentation of CoE youth policy, priorities for 2008 including antidiscrimination campaign, |
| |e-resources available in the IOCE, at the Lithuanian Youth forum “Cooperation of youth |
| |organisations and active participation in international youth policy”. |
|Title |Lectures on “Human rights and internet: challenges and possibilities” |
|Date and place |9-30/4/2008, Vilnius and Kaunas |
|CEAD number |22981 |
|Synopsis |Series of 4 lectures on the interaction between new information technologies and human rights, |
| |including threats of cyber crime, internet filtering and CoE instruments to deal with this issue|
| |- internet literacy, legal measures for students of Vilnius & Kaunas Universities. |
|Title |Presentation on the CoE action plan for Belarus |
|Date and place |23/10/2008, Vilnius |
|CEAD number |24473 |
|Synopsis |This presentation was part of a follow-up seminar “To bring international standards home” on de |
| |facto implementation of international obligations of Belarus in the field of civic rights and |
| |freedoms organised for Belarus lawyers and human rights defenders with participation from |
| |various countries. Participants presented their HR projects which were awarded with the prizes |
| |funded by international HR NGOs and had possibility to attend the film festival “Ad hoc: |
| |inconvenient films”. |
|Title |Discussion on situation of freedom of media and human rights in Belarus |
|Date and place |27/10/2008 Vilnius |
|CEAD number |24672 |
|Synopsis |Discussion was organised in the framework of a film festival “Ad hoc: Inconvenient films” after |
| |presentation of a film by Alech Dashkevich “Journalists” describing situation of media in |
| |Belarus and with participation of Director of Human Rights House (Belarus NGO in exile) Anna |
| |Gerasimova, President of Belarus HR NGO Ales Bialatski, Lithuanian journalists and politicians. |
Performance indicators:
Number of events [4]; Number of visitors in the Office premises [212]
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; against the death penalty; other.
|Title |Week against racial discrimination “Say no to racism” |
|Date and place |14-21/3/2008 |
|CEAD number |22656 |
|Synopsis |Week against discrimination comprised a variety of activities organised in the country around 21|
| |March - International day against racial discrimination. Activities aimed to raise awareness on |
| |stereotypes and prejudices that exist in the society and are often basis for discrimination. CoE|
| |presented the logo of All different - All equal campaign. |
|Title |Printing of CoE brochure “Abolishing corporal punishment of children: the key points” |
|Date and place |15/4/2008, Vilnius |
|CEAD number |22720 |
|Synopsis |Translation into Lithuanian and printing of CoE brochure “Abolishing corporal punishment of |
| |children: the key points” to be distributed during “May - month of no violence against children”|
| |activities within CoE programme “Building a Europe for and with children”. |
|Title |Campaign “No violence against children” |
|Date and place |30/4 - 26/5/2008, all over Lithuania |
|CEAD number |22722 |
|Synopsis |Activities aimed to promote positive parenting and abolishing of corporal punishment against |
| |children within CoE programme “Building a Europe for and with children” under logo NO violence |
| |against children. 11 events organised in co-operation with the NGO “Save the children Lithuania“|
| |and local branches. |
|Title |“NO violence against children” - a summing up conference |
|Date and place |9/6/08 Vilnius |
|CEAD number |23345 |
|Synopsis |The aim was to sum up experiences from the campaign NO violence against children. The conference|
| |consisted of 2 parts: children discussions and a round table discussion with adult partners |
| |representing state institutions, NGOs and parents. Organised in co-operation NGO “Save the |
| |children Lithuania“ and the local branches. |
|Title |Creation of a special web page on the CoE campaign against discrimination |
|Date and place |June |
|CEAD number |23349 |
|Synopsis |The aim of this activity was to create a special web page at the Office website to put |
| |information on the campaign related activities and documents. The web page is open for people |
| |writing on the issue of discrimination, willing to provide information/ideas. It was managed in |
| |cooperation with the Lithuanian project “All Different - All Equal”. |
|Title |Living libraries against discrimination |
|Date and place |14/7 - 14/8/2008 |
|CEAD number |23833 |
|Synopsis |The aim of the activities organised during various youth oriented events was to make possible |
| |for youngsters to meet people representing groups frequently confronted with prejudices and |
| |stereotypes, victims of discrimination or social exclusion. The libraries were organised using |
| |the pilot CoE techniques of “The living library”. |
| |5 activities were organised. |
|Title |Presentation of a special web page against discrimination |
|Date and place |9/9/2008, Vilnius |
|CEAD number |23832 |
|Synopsis |The aim of this activity was to present a newly created web page on antidiscrimination issues. |
| |The page is open for people writing on the issue of discrimination. It is managed in |
| |co-operation with members of the Lithuanian project “All Different - All Equal”. |
|Title |Cultural dialogue for tolerance |
|Date and place |26/9 - 3/10/2008, Vilnius |
|CEAD number |23345 |
|Synopsis |The aim was to promote issues of tolerance and antidiscrimination using documentary films on |
| |human right issues and by organising of workshops for young people to discuss notion of |
| |discrimination and fight against it. 6 workshops were organised within the film festival |
| |“Cultural dialogue for tolerance”. |
|Title |Closing of the artwork competition “My message to the adult world” |
|Date and place |15/10/2008, Siauliai |
|CEAD number |24449 |
|Synopsis |The competition of children artwork was planned as one of the activities within the CoE children|
| |campaign aiming to promote awareness-raising against smacking and for positive |
| |parenting. Children participating in a competition “My message to the adult world” presented |
| |their works/views on childhood and family. Exhibition of the best works and prize-giving |
| |ceremony was organised in Siauliai in co-operation with the local branches of NGO Save the |
| |Children Lithuania and the Europe Information Centre. More than 500 works were presented. |
|Title |Film festival “Ad Hoc: Inconvenient films” |
|Date and place |23/10 - 9/11/2008, Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda |
|CEAD number |24239 |
|Synopsis |This activity was planned as a part of the film festival on variety HR issues. Demonstration of |
| |documentary films produced by professional artists from different countries followed by |
| |discussions moderated by human rights experts. 8 discussions for young people on the notion of |
| |discrimination and fight against it were organised. |
| | |
|Title |Presentation of the Lithuanian version of CoE booklet “Abolishing corporal punishment of |
| |children” |
|Date and place |24/10/2008, Vilnius |
|CEAD number |24240 |
|Synopsis |Presentation of the Lithuanian version of CoE booklet “Abolishing corporal punishment of |
| |children” together with the action of Lithuanian NGOs to promote positive responsible parenting.|
|Title |Preparation, printing and presentation of publication “Prohibition of discrimination: |
| |implementation of the 12th Protocol of the ECHR in Lithuania” |
|Date and place |10/12/2008, Vilnius |
|CEAD number |23834 |
|Synopsis |The aim of the publication was to present issues of discrimination and equal opportunities in |
| |Europe and Lithuania, implementation of the 12th Protocol in Lithuania and respective case-law |
| |of the European Court of Human Rights. Articles were prepared by the Lithuanian lawyers. |
| | |
|Title |Human rights month campaign |
|Date and place |24/11 – 10/12/2008, Vilnius |
|CEAD number |24893 |
|Synopsis |It was devoted to variety of activities to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal |
| |Declaration of Human Rights (the graffiti project on human rights, presentation of and |
| |reflection on the Living library project). The activities were organised in cooperation with the|
| |Human Rights Monitoring Institute, Ministry of Education and Science/ Department of Youth. |
Performance indicators:
Translated documents [4]; Printed documents [3]; Workshops [6]; Living libraries [5]
Press conferences [3]; Number of street events [2]; Discussions [8]
Website for campaign against discrimination [1], Presentations [3]
Conferences [2]; Campaign [2]; Action day 1]; Competition [1]
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
|Title |First session of the East European School of Political Studies “Socio-economic models and |
| |tendencies in Central and East European Countries” |
|Date and place |17-20/1/2008, Vilnius |
|CEAD number |- |
|Synopsis |This round table for civil society activists, leaders of democratic opposition, independent |
| |political and sociological researchers, independent media discussed problems of democratic |
| |process and state of human rights in Belarus and suggested the new initiatives. |
|Title |Civil Society Communication platform for Belarus. |
| |Seminar “Defence of Public interest in the condition of pressure on civil society” |
|Date and place |1-12/4/2008, Vilnius |
|CEAD number |19291 |
|Synopsis |The workshop for civil society activists, leaders of democratic opposition, independent |
| |political/sociological researchers and media discussed the challenges of the parliamentary |
| |elections in 2008 in Belarus and suggested the new initiatives. |
|Title |Workshop “Right to a fair travel – article of the European Convention on Human Rights”. Human |
| |rights course for Belarus students of the Humanities University |
|Date and place |12-16/5/2008 |
|CEAD number |20806 |
|Synopsis |Course for the law students of the Humanities University (Vilnius) organised in co-operation |
| |with the Glasgow University and Lithuanian NGO Civil Defence Fund. |
|Title |Conference on Civil Society and media in Belarus on the eve of the Parliamentary Elections 2008 |
| | |
|Date and place |23-24/7/2008, Vilnius |
|CEAD number |23760 |
|Synopsis |The Conference discussed problems and obstacles faced by civil society and independent media |
| |during the electoral process in Belarus. This event was a follow-up to the recommendations of |
| |the Warsaw Conference on Democratisation of Media in Belarus (6-7 June), and was organised |
| |within the Civil Society Communication Platform for Belarus under the CoE Plan of assistance |
| |activities for Belarus. |
|Title |Civil Society Communication platform for Belarus - Prospects for democratic change after 2008 |
| |parliamentary elections in Belarus |
|Date and place |21-22/11/2008, Vilnius |
|CEAD number |22407 |
|Synopsis |Civil society activists, leaders of democratic opposition, independent political and |
| |sociological researchers and media discussed problems of the democratic process, state of human |
| |rights in Belarus and suggested the new initiatives. |
Performance indicators:
Number of activities [5] (co-organising and facilitation)
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
Performance indicators:
Number of potential complainants at the IOCE premises [68]
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
Financial transactions were carried out in accordance with relevant rules and guidelines from Strasbourg.
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Media monitoring submitted regularly to DC and DGDPA.
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
13-14 March. On the occasion of the launching of the European year of intercultural dialogue the IOCE director participated in a conference “Changes of cultural dialogue in Lithuania and Europe: experience, practice, prospects” and took part in a panel discussion on the role of civil society and NGOs in development of open, tolerant and friendly society.
12 May. Participation in the open discussion “European year of cultural dialogue in Lithuania” organised at the Seimas in the framework of the “European week”.
3 June. Participation in the open discussion on definition of contemporary family, European family concept and family policy organised by NGOs in connection with widely discussed Concept of Family Policy. The IOCE presented two CoE family related campaigns on prevention of violence against women and children.
21-22 June. Workshop for Belarus civil society members “Overview of European and International Human Rights and Democracy standards“. Organised in co-operation with the NGO Civil Defence Fund.
26 June. Participation in a conference “Content and ethics of children and youngsters literature”. Director presented CoE programme for the promotion of children's rights and protection of children from violence.
24 July. Lecture on the CoE work in the field of Human Rights to participants of the International Summer School “Challenges of Democracy in the Neighbouring Countries of Lithuania” organised by the Centre of East and Central Europe Studies and participation in the closing ceremony on 1 August.
25 – 26 August. International seminar “Language Teacher Development: realities and priorities” organised under CoE “Pestalozzi” programme. The director spoke on the CoE language education policy.
24 September. Participation in activities of the European Heritage Days “Historical organs in Lithuania” with a short presentation on the CoE cultural policy.
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |210 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |67 |
|Number of website visitors |29,700 |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD database |17 and 5 in which IOCE was mentioned as co-organiser or |
| |partner |
|Number of documents translated |4 CoE documents |
| |48 press releases |
|Number of published documents |3 |
|Number of press conferences |3 |
MOLDOVA
COUNCIL OF EUROPE OFFICE IN CHISINAU
(Inaugurated on 30 June 1997)
Address: 4 Puskin street, 2009 Chisinau
Tel: + 373 22 20 23 04; Fax: + 373 22 20 23 05; E-mail: informchisinau@coe.int
Internet:
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |An information seminar “The Council of Europe: what it is and what it does” |
|Date and place |7/2/2008, Straseni |
|CEAD number |22469 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a seminar in partnership with the Centre of Cooperation and Partnership in |
| |Straseni. Target group: 35 teachers from Straseni boarding schools; 210 publications |
| |distributed. |
|Title |Visit of journalists to the IOCE |
|Date and place |1/4/2008 |
|CEAD number |23074, Chisinau |
|Synopsis |Information visit of a group of young journalists to the IOCE, producers of a programme |
| |“Children’s Hour” at the National Radio (6 people). They were informed about the Council of |
| |Europe, its activities, priorities and the information/ audiovisual resources available at the |
| |Office. |
|Title |Information lecture on the Council of Europe |
|Date and place |23/4/2008, Chisinau |
|CEAD number |23085 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a lecture on the CoE: its history, activities and priorities for the |
| |representatives of the Coordination Council of Ethno-Cultural Youth Organisations of Moldova. 28|
| |participants received publications, promotional materials produced by the Office. |
|Title |Radio Quiz “Council of Europe: what it is and what it does” |
|Date and place |8/5/2008 |
|CEAD number |23086 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a radio quiz at the National Radio within the programme “Children’s Hour” |
| |with a contribution of a crew of young radio journalists. Radio listeners received a set of |
| |questions on the CoE history, structure, key treaties and priority campaigns. |
|Title |Prize awarding ceremony of the winners of a radio quiz “Council of Europe: what it is and what |
| |it does” |
|Date and place |18/6/2008 |
|CEAD number |23568, Chisinau |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a prize awarding ceremony of the winners of a radio Quiz organised at the |
| |National Radio on 8 May on the occasion of the CoE anniversary. Young radio listeners answered |
| |questions on the history of the Council of Europe. 3 winners were invited with their relatives |
| |to the IOCE and were awarded with the prizes by the SRSG. |
|Title |Presentation of CoE publication “Culinary Cultures of Europe: identity, diversity and dialogue” |
|Date and place |24/6/2008, Chisinau |
|CEAD number |23665 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a presentation of the latest CoE publication “Culinary Cultures of Europe: |
| |identity, diversity and dialogue” in a styled restaurant-gallery in Chisinau with the aim to |
| |promote intercultural dialogue and diversity. 40 participants (diplomatic corps, civil society, |
| |culinary professionals and representatives of the Ministry of Culture). |
|Title |Information lecture for secondary school students |
|Date and place |26/6/2008, Chisinau - IOCE premises |
|CEAD number |23666 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a lecture on the Council of Europe and its priority campaigns for a group of |
| |secondary school students from Balti (North of Moldova), accompanied by film presentation and |
| |debates. |
|Title |Exhibition of IOCE’s publications within the Annual International Book Saloon 2008 |
|Date and place |31/8/2008, Chisinau |
|CEAD number |24280 |
|Synopsis |An exhibition of IOCE‘s publications was organised by the IOCE within the Annual International |
| |Book Saloon 2008. A special focus of the exhibition was given to the CoE priority campaigns in |
| |2008. 300 publications and materials were distributed to the participants. |
|Title |Information lecture on the CoE and its priority campaigns 2008 |
|Date and place |16/9/2008, Chisinau - IOCE premises |
|CEAD number |25041 |
|Synopsis |A lecture on the CoE activities and priority campaign 2008, IOCE’s activities and information |
| |resources available supported by demonstration of video films and TV spots for students of the |
| |Law and Communication Sciences Faculty. 26 students received sets of general information |
| |publications produced by the IOCE. |
|Title |Information lecture on the CoE and its priority campaigns 2008 |
|Date and place |26/9/2008 |
|CEAD number |24404 |
|Synopsis |Presentation on the CoE activities and priority campaigns, IOCE’s activities and information |
| |resources available and an exhibition of general publications and CoE priority campaigns for |
| |students from the secondary school “Liviu Deleanu”. The IOCE Director organised a mini quiz on |
| |the CoE, the winners were awarded with the CoE promotional materials. 110 students received |
| |about 480 publications / promotional materials. The event was organised within the Week of the |
| |Right to Know. |
|Title |Translation and production of the Council of Europe Exhibition Kit |
|Date and place |30/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |25036 |
|Synopsis |Translation into Moldovan and printing of panels of CoE Exhibition Kit. |
|Title |Council of Europe: European Week of Local Democracy - Information lecture for students |
|Date and place |20/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |24644 |
|Synopsis |Presentation for students of the Academy of Economic Studies on the European Week of Local |
| |Democracy, CoE activities and priorities. 200 students attended the lecture and received |
| |relevant human rights materials. The presentation was accompanied by demonstration of films on |
| |the CoE and priority campaigns TV spots. |
|Title |Training on teaching human rights in schools |
|Date and place |21/11/2008, Causeni |
|CEAD number |24965 |
|Synopsis |One day training on “Teaching human rights in schools“ organised by the IOCE with the Law Centre|
| |of Causeni and the Raion Council of Causeni. 40 participants |
| | |
|Title |Itinerant Photo Exhibition “Human Rights are rights of everyone“ |
|Date and place |1-15/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |25050 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in partnership with the Centre of Partnership and Cooperation organised 3 itinerant |
| |photo exhibitions “Human rights are rights of everyone” in three regions: Causeni (south), |
| |Falesti (north), Criuleni (centre). |
Performance indicators:
Number of events (co)-organised by the Office [15]
Competitions [1]; Exhibitions [5]; TV/Radio broadcasts and interviews [18]
|10 March - IOCE Director gave an interview to the National Radio on CoE priorities and priority campaigns in 2008 with a special |
|focus on the CoE communication strategy. |
|17 April - IOCE organised radio broadcasting at the National Radio to announce a radio quiz “The Council of Europe - what it is |
|and what it does”. The broadcasting aimed to provide the radio listeners with a general presentation on the CoE history, |
|structure, goals. |
|1 April - IOCE Director gave an interview to the National Radio within a programme “European Dimension” on the CoE priorities and|
|campaigns (Building a Europe for and with children – fighting against corporal punishment of children; Combating domestic |
|violence against women). |
|9 April - IOCE Director participated in a radio programme “Tineri-pro” and gave an interview on the Council of Europe activities |
|and priorities in youth domain. |
|6 May - TV programme realised by the TV7 channel on the CoE anniversary. |
|7 May - IOCE Director gave an interview to the Antena C radio station on the occasion of the CoE anniversary. Subjects |
|highlighted: CoE anniversary, priority activities and campaigns. |
|8 May - IOCE Director gave an interview to the National Radio on the occasion of the CoE anniversary. Subjects highlighted: CoE |
|anniversary, priority activities and campaigns. |
|24 June - IOCE Director gave an interview to the Radio National within “European Dimension” programme on the anniversary of |
|Moldova‘s membership in the Council of Europe. |
|25 June - IOCE Director gave an interview to the National Radio journalist from Youth Programmes Department on the CoE activities|
|for youth. |
|3 July - as a follow up of the Radio Quiz “CoE: what it is and what it does” a prize awarding ceremony was organised by the IOCE |
|in June 2008, a one hour radio programme on the CoE. The contest was broadcasted within the National Radio Programme “Children’s |
|Hour”. |
|31 August - IOCE Director gave interviews to the National TV Channel and PRIME TV on the Annual International Book Saloon, IOCE |
|publications exhibited and a short presentation of CoE priority campaigns. |
|26 September - IOCE Director gave an interview to ANTENA C radio station on the European Day of Languages. |
|16 October - within the European Week of Local Democracy in Moldova, IOCE Director participated in a live TV talk show “Buna |
|seara” at the National TV Moldova 1 together with the Minister of the Public Local Administration, Rector of the Academy of |
|Public Administration and the Chairman of the Institute of Political Studies (CEAD 24643). |
|20 October - IOCE Director gave an interview to the National Radio on the promotion of the European Week of Local Democracy. |
|30 October - on the occasion of the Radio Professionals Day, IOCE Director gave an interview to the National Radio on the role of|
|mass media in promotion of the CoE values. |
|26 December - IOCE director participated in a radio broadcasting on CoE priorities and activities organised in 2008, organised by|
|the National Radio Station. |
| 26 December - IOCE Director participated in a highly popular live TV talk show “Buna Seara” at the National TV Moldova 1 with |
|the aim to receive a prize for the most interesting and viewed Talk show (on antidiscrimination organised by the IOCE on 27 |
|November 2008). |
|30 December - IOCE Director participated in a radio programme “Dor de Moldova” at the National Radio Station on the democratic |
|and cultural values shared by Moldova and other European states. |
Articles in newspaper [2]; Translated documents [6]; Printed documents [8]
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; campaign against the death penalty; other (e.g. DOSTA! campaign)
|Title |Publication of the opinion article of the Secretary General |
|Date and place |1/2/2008, National Daily “Moldova Suverana” |
|CEAD number |22439 |
|Synopsis |Publication of the opinion article of the Secretary General “Europe’s fight against trafficking in |
| |human beings, a new form of slavery”. |
|Title |Publication of the opinion article of the Deputy Secretary General |
|Date and place |18/2/2008, National Daily “Moldova Suverana” |
|CEAD number |22440 |
|Synopsis |Publication of the opinion article of the DSG and Jean-Marie Cavada and Claire Gibault, Members of |
| |the European Parliament “A ban on international adoptions makes children pay for mistakes made by |
| |adults“. |
|Title |Debate club on antidiscrimination “Youth for dialogue” |
|Date and place |5/2/2008, Chisinau |
|CEAD number |22808 |
|Synopsis |IOCE launched a debate club “Youth for dialogue” with the participation of representatives of main |
| |Youth NGOs. The activity was organised within the anti-discrimination campaign with the topic |
| |“Tackling for positive actions”. 23 participants from youth NGOs |
|Title |Debate club on antidiscrimination “Youth for dialogue” |
|Date and place |19/2/2008, Chisinau |
|CEAD number |22877 |
|Synopsis |2nd meeting of the debate club “Youth for dialogue” was held in the CoE Office. Topic was “Looking |
| |back-looking forward”. 20 participants |
|Title |Debate club on antidiscrimination “Youth for dialogue” |
|Date and place |26/2/2008, Chisinau |
|CEAD number |22878 |
|Synopsis |The 3rd meeting of the debate club “Youth for dialogue”. The discussion focused on “Different lives |
| |– equal rights”. 22 participants |
| | |
|Title |Debate club on antidiscrimination “Youth for dialogue” |
|Date and place |4/3/2008, Chisinau |
|CEAD number |22879 |
|Synopsis |The 4th meeting of the debate club on antidiscrimination at the IOCE premises. Topic: Dialogue for |
| |change. 23 youth NGO representatives |
|Title |Debate club on antidiscrimination “Youth for dialogue” |
|Date and place |11/3/2008, Chisinau |
|CEAD number |22880 |
|Synopsis |The 5th meeting of the debate club on antidiscrimination at the IOCE premises. Topic: Different |
| |people - one world. 21 participants (NGOs). |
| | |
|Title |Seminar on Domestic Violence and Trafficking in Human Beings – issues of interest and concern for |
| |local authorities |
|Date and place |26/3/2008, Orhei |
|CEAD number |22807 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a seminar on Domestic Violence and Trafficking in Human Beings in partnership |
| |with the Law Centre Causeni and within the campaigns against trafficking in human beings and |
| |combating domestic violence. Target groups: Chairmen of local commissions for fighting trafficking |
| |in human beings of Orhei Region, school principals and police representatives (42 participants). |
|Title |Debate club on antidiscrimination “Youth for dialogue” |
|Date and place |26/3/2008, Chisinau |
|CEAD number |22881 |
|Synopsis |The last meeting of the debate club on antidiscrimination - summing up the club’s activity and |
| |establishing further strategy of fighting discrimination at the local level, involving the |
| |representatives of youth NGOs, young politicians, etc. |
|Title |Round Table “You can become a victim, too” |
|Date and place |17/04/2008, Orhei |
|CEAD number |23006 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a round table “You can become a victim, too“ within the campaign fighting |
| |trafficking in human beings in Orhei city hall. It was attended by district public librarians, |
| |teachers and school principals, representatives of local mass media. 35 participants received |
| |materials produced by the IOCE for this campaign. |
|Title |Training on intercultural dialogue |
|Date and place |14/5/2008, Chisinau - IOCE premises |
|CEAD number |23367 |
|Synopsis |Training on intercultural dialogue organised by the IOCE with the Coordination Council of |
| |Ethnic-Cultural Youth Organisations of Moldova. 25 participants |
|Title |Implementation of the new joint CoE / EC project on Roma in Moldova |
|Date and place |14/5/2008 |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Providing assistance for the implementation of a new joint CoE/EC project on Roma in Moldova |
| |(producing of promotional materials, printing of publications, inviting media to a press conference |
| |launching the Dosta! campaign in Moldova). |
|Title |Debate club “Youth against discrimination” and training “Council of Europe: zero tolerance towards |
| |any type of discrimination“ |
|Date and place |23/9/2008, Balti |
|CEAD number |24403 |
|Synopsis |One day activity including a debate club meeting “Youth against discrimination“ and a training CoE: |
| |“zero“ tolerance towards any type of discrimination for students of the Law Faculty, librarians and |
| |didactical staff of the State University “A. Russo“ organised by the IOCE at its Regional Infopoint |
| |in Balti within the campaign on antidiscrimination. |
|Title |Meeting of the Debate Club on Antidiscrimination |
|Date and place |29/10/2008, Causeni |
|CEAD number |24707 |
|Synopsis |A meeting of the discrimination club on “The role of civil society in preventing and combating |
| |discrimination“ organised by the IOCE at the Law Centre in Causeni within the CoE campaign on |
| |antidiscrimination. |
|Title |Launch of the CoE Campaign “Abolishing corporal punishment of children“ at the national level |
|Date and place |25/11/2008, Chisinau |
|CEAD number |25048 |
|Synopsis |Official launch of the campaign “Abolishing corporal punishment of children“ in a round table |
| |organised by IOCE and the Parliamentary Committee for Social Protection, Health and Family. A |
| |presentation of the campaign was followed by very constructive discussions on the need to adopt |
| |national policies for combating all forms of violence against children. It was attended by |
| |members of the Parliamentary Committee for Social Protection, Health and Family, Deputy Minister|
| |of Social Protection, Family and Child, representatives of Ministry of Justice, Ministry of |
| |Internal Affairs, UNICEF, UNDP and Moldovan NGOs active in the domain of protection of |
| |children's rights. The event enjoyed a very good media coverage (TV Channels: TV7, Moldova 1, TV|
| |N4, PRO TV, Antena C Radio Station, Info Prim Neo News Agency and other mass media |
| |representatives). |
|Title |Action Days against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |27/11/2008, Chisinau, Causeni, Criuleni |
|CEAD number |25049 |
|Synopsis |Following the official launch of the CoE campaign “Abolishing corporal punishment of children“, |
| |an action day was organised in Chisinau and in other localities including: |
| |- organisation of a big awareness-raising event at the Post Office, with a wide dissemination of|
| |publications, posters and postcards to the beneficiaries of the Central Post Office and in the |
| |streets. |
| |- awareness-raising activities in schools and libraries covering several localities (Causeni, |
| |Criuleni, etc.) |
| |- distribution of publications produced by the IOCE; placing of posters |
| |- coordination of organisation of debate clubs |
|Title |Action Day against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |28/11/2008 |
|CEAD number |25049 |
|Synopsis |Within the Action Days against corporal punishment, the IOCE in Moldova in partnership with the |
| |Committee for Social Protection, Health and Family, organised a signing of campaign postcards by|
| |the Parliamentarians during the Parliamentary ordinary session. |
|Title |Live TV talk show “Zero tolerance towards any form of discrimination” |
|Date and place |28/11/2008 |
|CEAD number |25051 |
|Synopsis |A live TV talk show “Zero tolerance towards any form of discrimination” at the National TV |
| |Channel Moldova within the programme 'Buna Seara'' promoting the CoE campaign against |
| |discrimination with participation of the representatives of civil society, Roma organisations, |
| |Ministry of Justice and journalists. |
|Title |Concert “Raise your hands against smacking” |
|Date and place |12/12/2008, Chisinau |
|CEAD number |25640 |
|Synopsis |A concert “Raise your hands against smacking“ organised by the IOCE at the National Philharmonic|
| |Theatre, organised within the Action Days promoting the CoE campaign against corporal punishment|
| |of children. The event gathered students, NGOs and large public. |
|Title |TV spot “Raise your hands against smacking“ |
|Date and place |10-27/12/2008 |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |National voiceover and broadcasting of TV spot “Raise your hands against smacking” at the |
| |National TV Channel Moldova 1 at the time of highest audience. |
|Title |TV spot “Europe against the death penalty“ |
|Date and place |10-29/12/2008 |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |National voiceover and broadcasting of TV spot “Europe against the death penalty” at the |
| |National TV Channel Moldova 1 at the time of highest audience. |
Performance indicators:
Number of events (seminars) organised by the Office [20]
TV/Radio broadcasts and interviews [4]
|Title |Radio Debate “Death penalty: pro and con“ |
|Date and place |8/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |24433 |
|Synopsis |One hour radio debate organised by the IOCE at the National Radio Moldova within the campaign on|
| |abolishing death penalty. The IOCE invited a representative of the Ministry of Justice, the Head|
| |of General Division for International Relations and European Integration, and a professor from |
| |the Moldovan Academy of Theology. A large number of radio listeners participated in direct in |
| |the debates, expressing their attitudes and opinions on the death penalty. |
|Title |Second Radio Debate “Death penalty: pro and con“ |
|Date and place |9/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |24434 |
|Synopsis |Radio debate organised by the IOCE at the National Radio Moldova within the CoE campaign against|
| |the death penalty (with participation of IOCE Director, representatives of the Ministry of |
| |Internal Affairs, the Chairman of the Jurits Union of Moldova, Amnesty International Moldova and|
| |Human Rights Centre). The debates focused on the need to abolish the death penalty in Moldova |
| |and all other countries. |
Promotional materials [5000 copies]
|Moldovan version of promotional materials within death penalty campaign - CEAD 25038 |
|Moldovan version of promotional materials for the campaign on abolishing corporal punishment of children - CEAD 25039 - |
|postcards and posters, 1000 copies of each |
|Posters “Speak out against discrimination” – 1000 copies |
|Postcards and folders “Speak out against discrimination” - 500 copies of each |
Printed documents [18]; Translated documents [12]; Special website for the campaign [3]
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
|Title |Press conference of the Congress election observation delegation |
|Date and place |17/3/2008, Chisinau |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE provided assistance to organisation of a press conference of the Congress election |
| |observation delegation, following the observation of the People’s Assembly elections in Gagauzia|
| |on 16 March at INFOTAG News Agency. |
| | |
|Title |Implementation of the new joint CoE/EC project on Roma in Moldova |
|Date and place |14/5/2008 |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Providing assistance for the implementation of the new joint CoE/EC project on Roma in Moldova |
| |(producing of promotional materials, printing of publications; inviting media to a press |
| |conference launching the Dosta Campaign in Moldova). |
|Title |Action Plan Seminar providing assistance to States with a view to guaranteeing social rights |
| |through wider application of the European Social Charter |
|Date and place |18/11/2008 |
|CEAD number |21371 |
|Synopsis |IOCE provided assistance as a local partner in organising of a seminar “The European Social |
| |Charter and Moldova”, with the participation of representatives of Parliament, Government, |
| |Ministries, international institutions, mass media and civil society (65 participants). |
Number of missions facilitated [4]
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
Performance indicators:
Number of potential complainants at the IOCE premises [344]
TV/Radio broadcasting and interviews [1]
|15 May - IOCE Director gave an interview to the TV7 Channel on the procedure of application to the European Court of Human |
|Rights, conditions of lodging an application and on the activity of the Court. |
Number of documents translated/printed [each set in Romanian and Russian]
|Multiplication of sets of ECtHR documents for potential applicants – 300 copies |
|Re-print of brochure “Execution of ECtHR judgments - 1000 copies |
|Re-print of leaflet “ECtHR: Questions and Answers” – 1000 copies |
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
Financial transactions were carried out in accordance with relevant rules and guidelines from Strasbourg. The Annual plan of activities was carried out in full accordance with relevant regulations.
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Media monitoring was submitted weekly to DC and DGDPA, as well as media monitoring on events organised by CoE.
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |949 visitors |
|Number of complainants in the Office |354 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |4 |
|Number of website hits [visits] |Service not available till December |
| |21,833 in December |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD |43 |
|Number of documents translated |27 |
|Number of published documents |29 |
|Number of publications/materials donated |8,526 |
POLAND
INFORMATION OFFICE IN WARSAW
(Inaugurated on 31 January 1992)
Address: Al. Niepodległości 22, 02653 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 853 57 73; Fax: +48 22 853 57 74; E-mail: informwarsaw@coe.int
Internet:
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |Meeting on teaching of human rights in secondary schools |
|Date and place |29/1/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a preparatory meeting for the debate on teaching of human rights in secondary|
| |schools. 30 participants |
|Title |Presentation of the general activity of the IOCE |
|Date and place |31/1/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |A meeting with the Secretary of State in Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Presentation of the |
| |general activity of the IOCE with special reference to distribution of the ECtHR judgments and |
| |the training programmes for judges and prosecutors in the area of human rights. |
|Title |Implementation of the ECHR in the domestic legal order |
|Date and place |8/2/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |A seminar on the implementation of the ECHR in the domestic legal order; a lecture was delivered|
| |by the IOCE Director for civil servants. 85 participants |
|Title |Presentation of the general activity of the IOCE |
|Date and place |25/4/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Seminar for students of Fulbright Foundation from the CoE member states (Ukraine, Moldova, |
| |Belarus, France) on the activities of the CoE and the activity of the IOCE in the context of the|
| |CoE campaigns. |
| |30 participants |
|Title |Presentation of the CoE general activity |
|Date and place |7/5/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Lecture on CoE political priorities delivered by the IOCE Director for representatives of |
| |International NGOs in the framework of the Schuman week (European days including the Schuman |
| |parade) organised by Schuman Foundation with the IOCE contribution. |
| | |
|Title |53rd Warsaw International Book Fair |
|Date and place |15-18/5/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |23249 |
|Synopsis |53rd Warsaw International Book Fair (over 600 publishers from 29 countries and 45,000 visitors).|
| |Stand on behalf of the CoE was prepared by the Office. The IOCE participated in 2 press |
| |conferences. |
|Title |IOCE Bulletin 1/2008: The European Prison Rules |
|Date and place |August, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24905 |
|Synopsis |80 pages, 1 recommendation, 1 article and 3 judgments |
| |Quarterly, published since 1992. 500 copies. Language: Polish |
| |Editor-in-Chief: Hanna Machinska. |
|Title |Seminar on the challenges of movement of people in the Schengen area |
|Date and place |14/11/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24963 |
|Synopsis |Seminar organised by the Faculty of Law students and the University of Warsaw with support of |
| |the IOCE. Presentation of the CoE standards concerning movements of people in Europe. 30 |
| |participants |
|Title |Conference Quality of life of people with disabilities in the light of the Council of Europe's |
| |standards |
|Date and place |18/11/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24800 |
|Synopsis |Conference organised in cooperation with the Polish Government Plenipotentiary for Disabled |
| |People and Maria Grzegorzewska's Academy of Special Education. Presentation of CoE |
| |Recommendation (2006)5 Action Plan to promote the rights and full participation of people with |
| |disabilities in society. 170 participants |
|Title |Launching of the new IOCE website |
|Date and place |15/12/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24961 |
|Synopsis |The website provides rich information to Polish citizens and institutions about the CoE, its |
| |campaigns, activities and institutions; providing researchers with specialised information about|
| |the Council of Europe. |
Performance indicators:
Press conferences [3]; TV/Radio broadcasts [7]; Articles in newspaper [8]
Number of events (co)-organised by the Office [15]
Translated documents [41]; Printed documents [6]
Information put on the Office website [27]
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; campaign against the death penalty; other (e.g. DOSTA! campaign)
|Title |Preparation of the Antidiscrimination campaign |
|Date and place |January, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Meetings with the local sport authorities. The IOCE discussed further activities in the |
| |framework of the campaign on anti-discrimination, proposing to address the campaign to sport |
| |fans. |
|Title |Preparation of the Antidiscrimination campaign |
|Date and place |15/1 and 18/4/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised meetings with representatives of youth organisations on the future CoE |
| |anti-discrimination campaign. |
| |10 participants |
|Title |Preparation of the Antidiscrimination campaign |
|Date and place |18 and 20/2/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Meetings of the Office staff with the Secretary General of the Polish Football Association on |
| |the preparation to the CoE campaign against discrimination. |
|Title |Stop domestic violence against women – film prepared for the Euronews TV |
|Date and place |11-14/2/2008, Warsaw and Lubliniec |
|CEAD number |22820 |
|Synopsis |The Office prepared a visit of the CoE Press Officer Ms Margherita Sforza and two cameramen to |
| |the prison in Lubliniec, for the Euronews film illustrating performance of female prisoners, |
| |victims of domestic violence. The IOCE Director participated in the preparation of the film. |
|Title |Stop domestic violence against women – a film prepared for the Euronews TV |
|Date and place |8-15/3/2008, all over Europe |
|CEAD number |22820 |
|Synopsis |Film illustrating performance of female prisoners, victims of violence, prepared in cooperation |
| |with the IOCE. The film was broadcasted by the Euronews TV on 8-15 March, 4 times per day. |
|Title |Seminar on violence against women and theatre performance |
|Date and place |27/3/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |22810 |
|Synopsis |Seminar on violence against women with participation of parliamentarians, politicians and NGOs, |
| |organised by the IOCE. Theatre performance prepared by the former prisoner “Fears”. More then |
| |150 representatives of different organisations participated. |
|Title |Presentation of the CoE general activity |
|Date and place |5/5/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Opening of the Schuman week (European days including the Schuman parade) organised by the |
| |Schuman Foundation with the IOCE contribution. Presentation of the CoE campaigns in 2008. |
|Title |Seminar of experts in the framework of Building a Europe for and with children programme |
|Date and place |9/5/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |23253 |
|Synopsis |A seminar of experts Children as victims on abolishing corporal punishment of children, |
| |organised by the IOCE with representatives of the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Labour and |
| |NGOs. It focused on elaborating of the new proposals of legal instruments. 30 participants |
|Title |Leaflet Abolishing corporal punishment of children: the key points |
|Date and place |May, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |23468 |
|Synopsis |Verification and printing of a leaflet with stickers Abolishing corporal punishment of children:|
| |the key points. Language: Polish; 1000 copies. |
|Title |Distribution of materials – Building a Europe for and with children campaign |
|Date and place |1/6/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Meetings with children invited by the Academy of Special Pedagogy. Distribution of CoE materials|
| |on campaign against corporal punishment |
| | |
|Title |Presentation of a game Wild Web Wood – Building a Europe for and with children programme |
|Date and place |18-19/9/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24622 |
|Synopsis |Presentation of CoE internet game Wild Web Woods during 2nd International Conference Keeping |
| |children and young people safe online. The conference was organised by NASK (internet provider) |
| |and Nobody’s Children Foundation in partnership with a German Internet safety project |
| |(klicksafe.de), as part of the European Commission’s Safer Internet Plus program. 280 |
| |participants |
|Title |Booklet Death is not justice. The Council of Europe and the death penalty |
|Date and place |September, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24340 |
|Synopsis |Verification and printing of a booklet Death is not justice. The Council of Europe and the death|
| |penalty. Language: Polish. 500 copies |
|Title |Booklet Abolishing corporal punishment of children: Questions and answers |
|Date and place |September, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24339 |
|Synopsis |Verification and printing of a booklet Abolishing corporal punishment of children: Questions and|
| |answers. Language: Polish. 1000 copies |
|Title |Campaign against the death penalty – distribution of materials |
|Date and place |1-10/10/2008, Poland |
|CEAD number |24489 |
|Synopsis |IOCE organised distribution of CoE materials (posters/brochures) on Death is not a justice: |
| |1/ for general public during a street event in the centre of Warsaw – in cooperation with the |
| |Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights |
| |2/ for students in biggest towns in Poland – in cooperation with ELSA (European Law Students' |
| |Association) |
| |3/ during OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meetings |
| |4/ campaign poster was printed in 3 editions of Metro daily (free of charge) on 3, 9 and 10 |
| |October (760,000 copies on 3/10; 445,000 on 9/10 and 760,000 on 10/10) and put on the Metro |
| |website. |
| |5/ Interview in Radio TOK FM. |
|Title |Campaign against the death penalty - street event |
|Date and place |10/10/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24511 |
|Synopsis |Street event in the centre of Warsaw (one of the main streets) in cooperation with the Helsinki |
| |Foundation for Human Rights - promotion of the 2nd European Day against the Death Penalty and |
| |distribution of promotional materials against the death penalty (posters and brochures Death is |
| |not a justice). 30,000 participants |
|Title |Re-voicing of a TV spot Raise your hand against smacking |
|Date and place |October, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |25018 |
|Synopsis |Material to promote the CoE programme Building a Europe - stop violence on children. |
|Title |Presentation of a TV spot Raise your hand against smacking |
|Date and place |27-28/10/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24701 |
|Synopsis |Presentation of CoE TV spot during conference Help the children – victims of crime, organised by|
| |Nobody’s Children Foundation in partnership with the Ministry of Justice. 280 participants |
|Title |Seminar for media on campaign against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |4/11/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24962 |
|Synopsis |Seminar on involvement of journalists in CoE campaign against corporal punishment. Discussion on|
| |a special edition of Metro daily on the corporal punishment of children. 20 participants |
|Title |Re-voicing of a TV spot Death is not a justice |
|Date and place |October, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |25020 |
|Synopsis |Material to promote campaign on abolishing of the death penalty. |
|Title |Launching in Poland of CoE campaign against corporal punishment |
|Date and place |20/11/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24941 |
|Synopsis |Launching in Poland of the CoE campaign against corporal punishment – press conference. Official|
| |presentation of CoE TV spot Raise your hand against smacking in the Ombudsman for Children |
| |Rights premises. 300 participants |
|Title |Presentation of DOSTA! campaign |
|Date and place |26/11/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24959 |
|Synopsis |Presentation of DOSTA! campaign during a seminar on Roma organised by the Romanian Cultural |
| |Institute, Representation of the European Commission and the IOCE. 45 participants |
|Title |Campaign against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |28/11/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Publication of materials on CoE campaign against corporal punishment of children in the daily |
| |Metro (789,000 copies). |
|Title |Implementation of the CoE standards in the area of antidiscrimination to the law and the state |
| |practice – workshop for judges |
|Date and place |29/11/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24754 |
|Synopsis |Workshop was organised in the framework of training programme: the ECHR in the Polish legal |
| |system (for judges and prosecutors). Lectures delivered by: Prof. Roman Wieruszewski (Poznań |
| |Centre for Human Rights) on Legal protection against discrimination and Katarzyna Lakoma (the |
| |IOCE lawyer) on Overview of the ECHR recent judgements. 90 participants |
|Title |IOCE Bulletin 3/2008: The European Antidiscrimination Standards |
|Date and place |December |
|CEAD number |24907 |
|Synopsis |130 pages. 3 articles, 1 judgment and 2 recommendations. |
| |Quarterly, published since 1992. Editor-in-Chief: Hanna Machinska. 500 copies. Language: Polish |
|Title |Prison theatre performance – campaign against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |10/12/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24949 |
|Synopsis |The therapeutic prison theatre (female prisoners sentenced for killing their oppressors) invited|
| |by the IOCE and Maria Grzegorzewska's Academy of Special Education. Personal stories of the |
| |prisoners were at the background of the performance. CoE materials on the campaign distributed. |
| |300 participants |
|Title |Seminar on the CoE campaigns |
|Date and place |12/12/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Seminar for youth on the CoE activities – including ongoing and previous campaigns. 20 |
| |participants |
|Title |Seminar on antidiscrimination, attitudes and measures |
|Date and place |15/12/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24960 |
|Synopsis |Seminar for young journalists on antidiscrimination organised in cooperation with the Helsinki |
| |Foundation for Human Rights. |
| |45 participants |
Performance indicators:
Press conference [1]; TV/Radio broadcasts [17]; Articles [25]
Number of seminars [10], meetings [7], street events [1], performances [2]
Promotional materials [13]; Printed materials [6]; Translated documents [12]
Information put on the website [25]; Special website for the campaign [1]
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
|Title |Friendly settlement negotiation |
|Date and place |7-8/2/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |22650 |
|Synopsis |A friendly settlement negotiation in the Hutten-Czapska case took place in the Office with the |
| |participation of representatives of the European Court Registry (Mr Michael O’Boyle and Ms |
| |Renata Degener), the Polish Government and the applicant’s lawyer. |
| |15 participants |
|Title |CoE Commissioner for Human Rights visit to Poland |
|Date and place |28-31/5/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |23361 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE supported a visit of the Commissioner for Human Rights T. Hammarberg and contributed to|
| |the ceremony of awarding the Doctorate Honoris Causa of Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special |
| |Education to him. |
|Title |Seminar with the Commissioner for Human Rights |
|Date and place |31/5/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |23361 |
|Synopsis |Organisation of seminar for the representatives of NGOs from Central and Eastern Europeans |
| |countries with the Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg on the strategic litigation system. 60 |
| |participants |
| | |
|Title |Call@Justice TV documentary production |
|Date and place |28-31/5/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |23364 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE gave logistical support to the Call@Justice TV documentary production by organising a |
| |visit of Mr Wilson Ruiz. The documentary was prepared for the 60th Anniversary of the Council of|
| |Europe by the MSD-Global Company. |
|Title |Booklet by Commissioner for Human Rights Children have the right to be heard and adults should |
| |listen to their views |
|Date and place |May, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Contribution of the IOCE to the preparation of a booklet by the Commissioner for Human Rights |
| |and verification of the Polish version of booklet Children have the right to be heard and adults|
| |should listen to their views. 2007 Council of Europe Janusz Korczak Lecture dedicated to |
| |children participation. |
|Title |Conference on Democratisation of the Mass Media in Belarus |
|Date and place |6-7/6/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |23477 |
|Synopsis |The Office coordinated activities of Pulaski Foundation, the main organiser, Belsat TV and other|
| |Polish institutions involved in the conference (Parliament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs). The |
| |logistics and participation of some Polish speakers arranged by the Office. 80 participants. The|
| |IOCE organised meetings with the representative of Pulaski Foundation and Belsat TV (on 6 and 14|
| |May). |
|Title |International Conference on Economic Crime |
|Date and place |20/6-1/7/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Facilitation of visits of the Ukrainian prosecutors and judges, CoE officials (53 persons) in |
| |the international conference on economic crime: Project on International Cooperation in Criminal|
| |Matters in Ukraine (UPIC) with contribution of the Project against Money Laundering and |
| |terrorist Financing in Ukraine (MOLI-UA-2). |
|Title |Implementing an integrated approach to economic migration, social cohesion and development |
|Date and place |6/10/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24238 |
|Synopsis |Support to organisation of a side-event during the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meetings.|
| |41 participants |
|Title |Meetings on situation of LGTB |
|Date and place |12/11/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24798 |
|Synopsis |Support to the visit of Rapporteur of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights PACE Committee Mr |
| |Andreas Gross. Organisation of meetings with the representatives of LGTB (lesbian, guys, |
| |transsexuals and bisexuals) and academics. 17 participants |
|Title |Pompidou Group Mid-Term Conference |
|Date and place |26/11/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Distribution of materials during the Pompidou Group Mid-Term Conference in Warsaw. 120 |
| |participants |
|Title |Seminar on the Framework Convention of National Minorities |
|Date and place |1/12/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24947 |
|Synopsis |Meeting on antidiscrimination policy organised in the framework of a visit to Poland of the |
| |Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The |
| |visit was a part of the second cycle of monitoring visits. 16 participants |
|Title |CoE conference – protection of children |
|Date and place |15-16/12/ 2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24188 |
|Synopsis |3rd Regional Conference promoting the CoE Convention on the Protection of Children against |
| |Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, organised by the CoE and Polish Ministry of Justice. The |
| |IOCE distributed materials in Polish. |
Performance indicators:
Number of missions facilitated (incl. missions of the conferences’ participants) [104]
Number of seminars/meetings [3]; Translations [3]
Number of information sent to media [71]; Information put on the website [10]
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
|Title |Application of the ECHR in the Polish legal system: training programme for judges and |
| |prosecutors (2008 edition) |
|Date and place |March – December, Warsaw and Strasbourg |
|CEAD number |22624 |
|Synopsis |One-year programme organised by the IOCE in cooperation with the Warsaw University Centre for |
| |Europe. During seminars (7 weekend sessions), the main issues related to the ECHR and the ECtHR |
| |were discussed from the Polish perspective. Participants took part in a study visit to the |
| |Council of Europe. The lectures were delivered by the outstanding judges of the Constitutional |
| |Court, specialists in the area of human rights, professors of the Warsaw University. |
| |85 participants: judges and prosecutors, mainly from regional and district courts and |
| |prosecutor's offices out of Warsaw. |
|Title |Application of the ECHR in the Polish legal system: training programme for judges and |
| |prosecutors – 1st seminar |
|Date and place |15/3/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |22629 |
|Synopsis |1st seminar for judges and prosecutors on ECHR in the Polish legal system. Lectures were |
| |delivered by Prof. Andrzej Wróbel (Justice of the Supreme Court) and Prof. Ewa Łętowska (Judge |
| |of the Constitutional Tribunal). 90 participants |
|Title |Application of the ECHR in the Polish legal system: training programme for judges and |
| |prosecutors – 2nd seminar |
|Date and place |12/4/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |23076 |
|Synopsis |2nd seminar for judges and prosecutors on ECHR in the Polish legal system. Lectures were |
| |delivered by Marek Antoni Nowicki (former member of the European Commission of Human Rights and |
| |former Ombudsman in Kosovo) and Jakub Wołąsiewicz (Polish Agent before the ECtHR). 90 |
| |participants |
| | |
|Title |Application of the ECHR in the Polish legal system: training programme for judges and |
| |prosecutors – 3rd seminar |
|Date and place |10/5/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |23250 |
|Synopsis |3rd seminar for judges and prosecutors on ECHR in the Polish legal system. Ms Agnieszka Szklanna|
| |(DGHL) provided a lecture and workshop on Execution of the ECHR judgements. 90 participants |
|Title |Application of the ECHR in the Polish legal system: training programme for judges and |
| |prosecutors – 4th seminar |
|Date and place |14/6/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |23476 |
|Synopsis |4th seminar for judges and prosecutors on ECHR in the Polish legal system. Lectures were |
| |delivered by Prof. Jan Barcz (former Ambassador, international law expert), Wojciech Hermelinski|
| |(Judge of the Constitutional Court) and Katarzyna Lakoma (the IOCE lawyer). |
| |90 participants |
|Title |General information about ECHR |
|Date and place |25/4/2008, Toruń |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Seminar organised by Toruń University on the Procedural issues of the complaint to the ECtHR |
| |with participation of K. Lakoma, the IOCE’s lawyer. |
|Title |General information about ECHR |
|Date and place |19/5/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |A lecture delivered by the IOCE Director for the School of Diplomats of the MFA on the |
| |Effectiveness of the human rights system in the framework of the CoE. |
|Title |General information about ECHR |
|Date and place |January – June, all over Poland |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE lawyer provided information on admissibility criteria of the application to the ECtHR. |
| |1,013 persons asked for information during January-October 2008. A great number of the cases |
| |were related to the complaints about the length of proceedings and the problem of so-called |
| |“fourth instance” (clients complain about an unjust decision, stating that they have been |
| |wronged by the Court). |
|Title |IOCE Bulletin 2/2008: The Jurisprudence of the ECtHR in Polish Cases, vol. 1 |
|Date and place |September, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24906 |
|Synopsis |128 pages, 7 judgments and 1 article. |
| |Quarterly, published since 1992. Editor-in-Chief: Hanna Machinska. 500 copies. Language: Polish |
|Title |Application of the ECHR in the Polish legal system: training programme for judges and |
| |prosecutors – study visit to Strasbourg |
|Date and place |4-11/10/2008, Strasbourg |
|CEAD number |24512 |
|Synopsis |IOCE organised a seminar in Strasbourg for judges from different courts in Poland. The judges |
| |participated in a one-year programme organised by the Office on Implementation of the European |
| |Convention in the Polish legal system. 45 participants |
|Title |Application of the ECHR into the Polish legal system: training programme for judges and |
| |prosecutors – 6th seminar |
|Date and place |20/12/2008, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24935 |
|Synopsis |6th seminar for judges and prosecutors on European Convention on Human Rights in the Polish |
| |legal system. The lectures were delivered by dr Małgorzata Wąsek-Wiaderek (judge, Supreme Court)|
| |and Mr Marek A. Nowicki (former Ombudsman in Kosovo). 90 participants |
|Title |IOCE Bulletin 4/2008: The Jurisprudence of the ECtHR in Polish Cases, vol. 2 |
|Date and place |December, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24995 |
|Synopsis |130 pages, 5 judgments and 1 article. Quarterly. Editor-in-Chief: Hanna Machinska. 500 copies. |
| |Language: Polish |
|Title |Leaflet on the admissibility criteria |
|Date and place |December, Warsaw |
|CEAD number |24996 |
|Synopsis |Leaflet Practical tips: how to lodge an application to the ECtHR. |
| |For general public. 4 pages. 3000 copies. Language: Polish |
Performance indicators:
Number of potential complainants (at the IOCE and by correspondence) [1013]
Number of events organised by the Office [7]; Number of trainings [2]
Translated documents [33]; Documents put on the website [44]
TV/Radio broadcasts [6]; Articles in newspapers [3]
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
Financial transactions were carried out in accordance with relevant rules and guidelines from Strasbourg
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Media monitoring submitted weekly to DC and DGDPA.
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |2,007 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |1,013 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |104 |
|Number of website hits [visits] |33,250 visits |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD |43 |
|Number of documents translated (all Expected results) |86 |
|Number of published documents (all Expected results) |22 |
|Number of press conferences (all Expected results) |4 |
ROMANIA
INFORMATION OFFICE IN BUCHAREST
(Inaugurated on 26 October 1994)
Address: 6 Alexandru Donici Street, Sector 2, 020478 Bucharest
Tel: + 40 21 2116810; Fax: + 40 21 2119997; E-mail: mihaela.tirigan@coe.ro
Internet:
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |Presentation of CoE Campaigns in the framework of the Education Fair, 9th edition |
|Date and place |21-23/3/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23340 |
|Synopsis |The Office participated in the 9th edition of the “Education Fair” organised by the Bucharest |
| |University. 3,600 documents on the CoE campaigns (against domestic violence on women, “All |
| |Different – All Equal, “Building a Europe for and with Children”) were presented. |
|Title |General update of the IOCE website |
|Date and place |20/7-15/10/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24998 |
|Synopsis |In order to give access to key CoE information in the Romanian language the IOCE made a general |
| |up-to-date of its website. |
Performance indicators:
[1] Translation: “Exploring Children’s Rights – Nine short projects for primary level”
[1] National Education Fair
[1] General update of the Office website; [63] web pages updated
[43] CoE press releases translated and put in the Office website
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns against: discrimination, violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; DOSTA! Campaign
|Title |2008 European Campaigns: “Building a Europe with and for Children” - Joint project with the |
| |National Radio |
|Date and place |28/1/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23051 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of a joint programme between the IOCE and National Radio Broadcast Cultural |
| |Section on 2008 European campaigns, the 1st broadcast was dedicated to “Building a Europe with |
| |and for Children” with a theme “Reduction of violence at schools”. The last achievements of the |
| |campaign were presented by the Office director. |
| | |
|Title |OP- ED Trafficking in Human Beings |
|Date and place |20/1 – 1/2/08, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23053 |
|Synopsis |The opinion article of the Secretary General on human beings trafficking, issued on the occasion|
| |of the entering into force of CoE Convention on action against trafficking in human beings |
| |(published free of charge in the national newspaper “Adevarul”). |
|Title |Dissemination of on line game “Wild Web Woods” |
|Date and place |14/2/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23054 |
|Synopsis |Wide dissemination of information regarding the launch of the Romanian version of on line game |
| |“Wild Web Woods”. The link to the game was on the Office and the National Authority for the |
| |Protection of Children’s Rights websites. Information was published in 4 newspapers (1 national |
| |and 3 regional), presented in 1 TV and on 6 News websites. |
|Title |OP-ED on International Adoptions |
|Date and place |18/2/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23057 |
|Synopsis |The opinion article of the Deputy Secretary General on international adoption was published free|
| |of charge in “Tribuna Invatamantului”- a weekly specialised newspaper on education. |
|Title |CoE campaign “Building a Europe with and for Children” (joint project with the National Radio) |
|Date and place |25/2/2008 |
|CEAD number |23056 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the joint project on 2008 European Campaigns, the 2nd broadcast was |
| |dedicated to the launch of the Romanian version of on line game “Wild Web Woods”. |
|Title |Round table on “Data Protection vs. Data Retention” |
|Date and place |6/3/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23062 |
|Synopsis |In partnership with the Association for Technology and Internet the Office organised a round |
| |table on “Data Protection vs. Data Retention” in its premises. The Secretary of State of the |
| |Ministry of Communication and Technology and IT Associations participated. An IOCE press release|
| |was issued and transmitted to the press. |
|Title |Presentation ”Mass Media and the Approach of Intercultural Dialogue” |
|Date and place |10-11/3/2008, Sinaia |
|CEAD number |23059 |
|Synopsis |The Office Director presented the CoE values and initiatives in the field of intercultural |
| |dialogue during a seminar “Mass Media and the Approach of Intercultural Dialogue” organised by |
| |the Department for Interethnic Relations of the Romanian Government. |
|Title |2008 European Campaigns (joint project with the National Radio) |
|Date and place |24/3/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23341 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the joint programme (IOCE - National Radio), the 3rd broadcast was dedicated|
| |to presentation of the conclusions of a round table on “Data Protection vs. Data Retention”. Mr |
| |Constantin Teodorescu, Secretary of State, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology|
| |and Mr Gheorghe Serban, Executive Director, National Association of Internet Service Providers, |
| |participated. |
|Title |Round table on “Violence in Schools” |
|Date and place |25/3/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23339 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a round table on “Violence in School”. The Office director presented the CoE |
| |campaign to 30 pupils and 4 teachers, followed by a debate. Relevant CoE document were offered. |
|Title |Programme ''Building a Europe with and for Children'' (joint project with the National Radio) |
|Date and place |28/04/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23342 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the joint programme, the 4th broadcast was dedicated to presentation of the |
| |Commissioner for Human Rights Annual Report, especially on children rights and children |
| |suicides. Mr Hammarberg’s statement at the PACE spring session was broadcasted. |
|Title |Media campaign “Stop domestic violence against women” |
|Date and place |11/5 – 30/6/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24978 |
|Synopsis |Accordingly to the partnership established between the IOCE and the National Agency for the |
| |Protection of Family, a TV and radio spot on domestic violence were broadcasted by the national |
| |television TVR and the National Radio in the period May - June 2008. |
|Title |Presentation “Reduction of Violence in Schools” |
|Date and place |22/05/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23858 |
|Synopsis |A presentation of the CoE values and initiatives on reduction of violence in schools was made by|
| |the Office during a seminar “The School Says NO to Violence! Measures to Prevent Violence in |
| |School”. |
|Title |Antidiscrimination Campaign (joint project with the National Radio) |
|Date and place |26/5/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23860 |
|Synopsis |The 5th broadcast of the joint project was dedicated to the Antidiscrimination Campaign. The |
| |message of Terry Davis, CoE Secretary General, to the Paris press conference on 13 May 2008 |
| |“Unite against racism” was broadcasted. The Office Director presented the ECRI Declaration |
| |“Unite against Racism”. |
|Title |International Symposium “Football: Instrument of Social Integration and Intercultural Dialogue |
| |or Breeding Ground for Racism and Violence” |
|Date and place |27/5/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23861 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE was a partner of the Swiss Embassy in organising of a symposium “Football: Instrument |
| |of Social Integration and Intercultural Dialogue or Breeding Ground for Racism and Violence” in |
| |Bucharest. The Ambassadors, representatives of UNDP, National Agency for Sport, Romanian |
| |Football Federation, Swiss Federal Office for Sport, NGOs and journalists participated in the |
| |event. The message of Terry Davis, CoE Secretary General, to the press conference on 13 May 2008|
| |in Paris “Unite against racism” was delivered, as well as the ECRI declaration. |
|Title |Awarding Ceremony of the History Competitions Winners in the framework of the Children Campaign |
|Date and place |11/6/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23884 |
|Synopsis |At its premises, the IOCE in partnership with the Bucharest School Inspectorate organised the |
| |awarding ceremony for local winners (335 pupils) of a history competition in the framework of |
| |the programme “Building a Europe with and For Children”. The winners and their teachers were |
| |awarded with a diploma. The Council of Europe 800 million Europeans and CoE Handbook were |
| |offered together with the children campaign promotional materials. An IOCE press release was |
| |issued and transmitted to the press. |
|Title |Presentation of the White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue |
|Date and place |17/6/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23914 |
|Synopsis |The Office director presented the “White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue” during a plenary |
| |session of the National Minorities Council. The Romanian version of chapters 5 and 6 of the |
| |White Paper along with the English/French versions were offered to the participants. |
|Title |2008 European Campaigns: ''Stop domestic violence against women'' (joint project with the |
| |National Radio) |
|Date and place |30/6/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23885 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the joint programme, the 6th broadcast was dedicated to the closing |
| |conference of the campaign on domestic violence. The Office director presented a speech |
| |delivered by Ms Maud de Boer-Buquicchio at the closing conference and also the results of the |
| |campaign. Ms Mihaela Mostavi, President of the National Agency for the Protection of Family |
| |participated in the radio broadcast. The radio spot on domestic violence was broadcast during |
| |the show. |
|Title |Round table on the CoE Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and |
| |Sexual Abuse |
|Date and place |24/7/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24381 |
|Synopsis |At its premises, the IOCE in partnership with the National Authority for the Protection of |
| |Children’s Rights and FOCUS Centre organised a round table “CoE Convention on the protection of |
| |children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse” aiming to prepare the ratification of the|
| |Convention and its implementation in Romania. A press release was issued and a press conference |
| |was held. |
|Title |Special web page on “Building a Europe for and with Children” |
|Date and place |30/7-14/10/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24999 |
|Synopsis |In order to increase the visibility of the CoE programme “Building a Europe for and with |
| |Children” the Office up-dated a special web page with the latest developments on the campaign. |
|Title |DOSTA! TV spots produced in the Romanian language |
|Date and place |30/7-5/8/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |25000 |
|Synopsis |In order to increase the visibility of DOSTA! campaign, the IOCE produced the Romanian version |
| |of the DOSTA! TV spots (25' and 50'). |
|Title |“Handscape“ TV spot produced in the Romanian language |
|Date and place |20/9-7/10/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |25001 |
|Synopsis |In order to increase the visibility of CoE initiative “Raise your hand against smacking”, the |
| |IOCE produced the Romanian version of a TV spot. |
|Title |Presentation of the White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue |
|Date and place |22-24/9/2008, Braşov |
|CEAD number |24671 |
|Synopsis |The Office Director presented the “White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue” during the forum |
| |“European Cultural Clusters'' organised by the Consultancy Centre for European Cultural |
| |Programmes. |
|Title |Programme Building a Europe for and with Children – “Raise your hand against smacking” |
|Date and place |29/9/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24673 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the joint project (IOCE-National Radio), the 7th broadcast was dedicated to |
| |the presentation of the CoE initiative “Raise your hand against smacking” and to the launch of a|
| |national campaign in the period from 16/10 to 10/12/08. Ms Gabriella Tonk, Sub-Secretary of |
| |State, National Authority for the Protection of Children Rights and Mrs Wajiha Harris, President|
| |of the Scheherazade Foundation, participated. |
|Title |Round table 1: Violence Reduction in Schools and the Campaign “Raise Your Hand against Smacking”|
|Date and place |7/10/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24717 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in partnership with the Bucharest School Inspectorate and Europe Direct Centres |
| |organised a first round table on “Building a Europe for and with Children” focused on reduction |
| |of violence in schools and elimination of corporal punishment. The Office Director made a |
| |presentation emphasizing the priorities of the campaign to 17 methodology teachers specialized |
| |in non-formal activities. |
|Title |National Conference “Justice in Child’s Interest” |
|Date and place |13-14/10/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24726 |
|Synopsis |Scheherazade Foundation in partnership with the Council of Europe, National Authority for the |
| |Protection of Children Rights, Superior Council of Magistrates, Ministry of Justice, Public |
| |Ministry, Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform and with the financial support of the |
| |Royal Netherlands Embassy organised a conference “Justice in Child's Interest”. The objective |
| |was to present the juvenile justice situation in Romania and to identity the action lines and |
| |measures for improvement. |
|Title |Press conference: Launching of the national campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” |
|Date and place |16/10/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24722 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE together with the National Authority for the Protection of Children Rights, Ministry of|
| |Education, Research and Youth, National Council of Audiovisual and Scheherazade Foundation |
| |launched on a press conference the national campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” at the |
| |IOCE premises. The Office Director presented the priorities of the campaign and the partners |
| |spoke about specific actions in Romania. 15 journalists from Press Agencies, national TVs, |
| |radios and newspapers participated. The Romanian version of TV spot was broadcasted on a screen |
| |during the press conference. |
|Title |National Awareness Raising Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” |
|Date and place |16/10 – 10/12/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24784 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE together with the National Authority for the Protection of Children Rights, Ministry of|
| |Education, Research and Youth, National Council of Audiovisual and Scheherazade Foundation |
| |launched the national awareness-raising campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” which was |
| |held during October-December. CoE promotional materials of the campaign: posters (31,000 |
| |copies), postcards (260,000) and brochures (7500) were disseminated in the country. Romanian |
| |version of a TV Spot “Handscape” was broadcasted by the national/regional TV stations. |
|Title |Round table 2: Violence Reduction in Schools and the Campaign “Raise Your Hand against Smacking”|
|Date and place |21/10/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24718 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in partnership with the Bucharest School Inspectorate and Europe Direct Centres |
| |organised a second round table on reduction of violence in schools and elimination of corporal |
| |punishment. The Office Director made a presentation emphasizing the priorities of the programme |
| |“Building a Europe for and with children” to 50 teachers specialized in non-formal activities. |
| |Relevant CoE documents translated into Romanian language were offered to the participants. |
|Title |Round table 3: Violence Reduction in Schools and the Campaign “Raise Your Hand against Smacking”|
|Date and place |24/10/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24719 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in partnership with the Bucharest School Inspectorate and Europe Direct Centres |
| |organised a round table on “Building a Europe for and with Children” focused on reduction of |
| |violence in schools and elimination of corporal punishment. The Director made a presentation of |
| |the programme emphasizing its priorities and objectives for 150 pedagogues. Relevant CoE |
| |documents translated into Romanian language were offered to the participants. |
|Title |Programme Building a Europe for and with Children - National Campaign “Raise your hand against |
| |smacking” (joint project with the National Radio) |
|Date and place |27/10/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24723 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the joint project, the 8th broadcast was dedicated to presentation of the |
| |national campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” taking place in October-December. |
|Title |Round table 4: Violence Reduction in Schools and the Campaign “Raise Your Hand against Smacking”|
|Date and place |28/10/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24721 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in partnership with the Bucharest School Inspectorate and Europe Direct Centres |
| |organised a round table on reduction of violence in schools and elimination of corporal |
| |punishment. The Director made a presentation of the programme “Building a Europe for and with |
| |children” to 40 teachers specialized in non-formal activities. Relevant CoE documents in |
| |Romanian language were offered to participants. |
|Title |Round table 5: Violence Reduction in Schools and the Campaign “Raise Your Hand against Smacking”|
|Date and place |28/10/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24720 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in partnership with the Bucharest School Inspectorate and Europe Direct Centres |
| |organised a round table on “Building a Europe with and for Children” focused on reduction of |
| |violence in schools and elimination of corporal punishment. The Director made a presentation of |
| |the programme to 42 teachers specialized in non-formal activities. Relevant CoE documents in the|
| |Romanian language were offered. |
|Title |Round table 6: Violence Reduction in Schools and the Campaign “Raise Your Hand against Smacking”|
|Date and place |4/11/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24785 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in partnership with the Bucharest School Inspectorate and Europe Direct Centres |
| |organised a round table on “Building a Europe for and with Children” focused on reduction of |
| |violence in schools and elimination of corporal punishment. The Director made a presentation of |
| |the programme to 50 teachers specialized in non-formal activities. Relevant CoE documents in the|
| |Romanian language were offered. |
|Title |Workshop “Studies in Europe and Intercultural Dialogue” |
|Date and place |5/11/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24786 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in partnership with the Europe Direct Centres organised a workshop “Studies in Europe |
| |and Intercultural Dialogue” in the framework of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue at |
| |the IOCE premises. The IOCE Director made a presentation of the “White Paper on Intercultural |
| |Dialogue”. Ms Sandra Pralong, Ambassador of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue in |
| |Romania, and the representatives of students associations AISEC, ERASMUS and ASJC (around 35 |
| |students) participated. The Romanian version of chapters 5 and 6 of the White Paper was offered |
| |to the participants. An IOCE press release was transmitted to the national media. |
|Title |Round table 7: Violence Reduction in Schools and the Campaign “Raise Your Hand against Smacking”|
|Date and place |11/11/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24791 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in partnership with the Bucharest School Inspectorate and Europe Direct Centres |
| |organised a round table on reduction of violence in schools and elimination of corporal |
| |punishment. The Director made a presentation of the programme “Building a Europe for and with |
| |children” to 45 teachers specialized in non-formal activities. Relevant CoE documents translated|
| |into Romanian language were offered. |
|Title |International Conference “From Multiculturalism to Intercultural Dialogue” |
|Date and place |12/11/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24818 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in partnership with the Department for Interethnic Relations of the Government and with|
| |the support of the Intercultural Institute in Timişoara organised a conference “From |
| |Multiculturalism to Intercultural Dialogue”. The IOCE Director made a presentation of the CoE |
| |activities in the fight against discrimination and on Dosta! campaign. Relevant CoE documents in|
| |Romanian language were provided. |
| | |
|Title |Launching of the CoE publication “Roma in Europe” in the Romanian language |
|Date and place |12/11/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |25005 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the conference “From Multiculturalism to Intercultural Dialogue”, the |
| |launching of the Romanian version of CoE publication “Roma in Europe” in the presence of its |
| |author Mr Jean Pierre Liégeois was held. Roma NGOs and personalities participated in the launch.|
| |The IOCE press release was sent to the local press. |
|Title |DOSTA! radio spot produced in the Romanian language |
|Date and place |12/11 - 5/12/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |25006 |
|Synopsis |In order to increase the visibility and to promote the DOSTA! campaign, the IOCE produced the |
| |Romanian version of the DOSTA! radio spot. |
|Title |Round table 8: Violence Reduction in Schools and the Campaign “Raise Your Hand against Smacking”|
|Date and place |18/11/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24980 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE Bucharest in partnership with the Bucharest School Inspectorate and Europe Direct |
| |Centres organised the 8th round table on reduction of violence in schools and elimination of |
| |corporal punishment. The IOCE director made a presentation of the programme “Building a Europe |
| |for and with children” to 40 teachers specialized in non-formal activities. Relevant CoE |
| |documents translated into Romanian language were offered. |
|Title |Special web page on antidiscrimination “Roma and Travellers” |
|Date and place |21/11 – 22/12/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |25007 |
|Synopsis |In order to increase the visibility of the CoE Campaign on antidiscrimination the Office created|
| |a special web page “Roma and Travellers“ on its website (coe.ro). |
|Title |DOSTA! campaign “Go beyond prejudices, discover Roma” |
| |(joint project with the National Radio Broadcast) |
|Date and place |24/11/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24981 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the joint program, the 9th broadcast was dedicated to presentation of the |
| |DOSTA campaign “Go beyond prejudices, discover Roma” and to the launch of the Romanian version |
| |of CoE publication “Roma in Europe”. Roma personalities (Vasile Ionescu, Nicolae Gheorghe, |
| |Vasile Burtea) participated. |
|Title |2008 European Campaigns: Antidiscrimination Campaign |
| |(joint project with the National Radio) |
|Date and place |8/12/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24984 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of the joint project, the 10th broadcast was dedicated to the presentation of |
| |CoE Antidiscrimination campaign. The guest: Ms Angela Garabagiu, Integration of people with |
| |disabilities Division, DGIII. |
10 March, Sinaia: IOCE Director offered an interview to Rompres and to the monthly review of the Slovak minority “Our efforts” on the CoE initiative concerning the Charter for Intercultural Dialogue. The presence of Director in a seminar “Mass Media and the Approach of Intercultural Dialogue” was mentioned in the “Last Hour” journal (10 March), Radio News (10 March), Radio Cultural (10 March), National TV (19 March, “Convietuiri” Show).
30 May, Bucharest: the Director gave an interview on the launching of the CoE initiative “Raise your hand against smacking!” to Radio Europa FM, broadcasted at 13h and 14h news.
2 June, Bucharest: the Assistant to the Director gave an interview on the launching of the CoE initiative “Raise your hand against smacking” to the National Radio.
12 June, Bucharest: The IOCE director participated in a broadcast dedicated to the intercultural dialogue and produced by Radio NGO. The Office director presented the CoE White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue.
16-22 June, Bucharest: The announcement on the launching of the CoE initiative “Raise your hand against smacking” was published free of charge in “Tribuna Invatamantului”- weekly specialised newspaper on education.
28 June, Bucharest: The IOCE Director gave an interview to “Realitatea” TV on the CoE campaign “Stop domestic violence against women”. The interview was broadcasted in the show “The reporters of the reality” dedicated to the phenomenon of domestic violence.
6 September, Bucharest: Dosta TV spot and the Red Card spot: Fight against Racism in Football were broadcasted on a big screen during the “Diversity Festival” (outdoor event) organised by RomaniCriss.
1 October, Bucharest: Director gave an interview to B1TV on DOSTA! campaign.
2 October, Bucharest: The Office director participated in a morning live show “710” at B1 TV station. 10 minutes were dedicated to the social campaign “Discover the Roma before Judging them”. The IOCE director presented the DOSTA! Campaign; a TV spot was broadcasted, too.
10 November, Bucharest: The Office gave a live interview (by phone) on the national campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” to Constanta TV station.
12 November, Bucharest: The Office director gave 2 interviews on Dosta! campaign and on the Romanian version of the CoE publication “Roma in Europe” to the National Television (TVR 1) and B1TV.
Performance indicators:
[16] Events organised/co-organised by the Office; [4] Presentations of CoE campaigns
[200] CDs with CoE documents on Corporal Punishment Campaign offered to teachers
[1] Media campaign “Stop domestic violence against women” (11 May – 11 June)
[162] TV and [64] Radio broadcasts of the spot on domestic violence
[1] National awareness raising campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” on 16/10-10/12
[1] “Handscape” TV spot produced in the Romanian language
[1,027] TV broadcasts of the “Handscape” spot at national TVs and [549] at regional TVs [31,000] Posters produced and disseminated
[1] Brochure “Abolishing of corporal punishment” produced (with the financial support of Scheherazade Foundation) and disseminated to specialized actors (7,500 copies)
[260,000] Postcards produced (with the financial support of the Scheherazade Foundation) and disseminated to the specialised actors
[2] Special web pages; [2] Press conferences; [10] Radio broadcasts/TV shows
[3] CoE articles in the Romanian press; [6] IOCE press releases issued
[3] Articles on IOCE events published in the Romanian press
[9] News on IOCE events broadcasted on TV stations/Radios
[12] Radio/TV/newspapers interviews; [10] Translated documents
DOSTA! National Awareness-Raising Campaign
[1] Launch of the publication “Roma in Europe”, Romanian version (1100 copies)
[2] DOSTA! TV spots (25’ and 50’) produced in the Romanian language
[1] DOSTA! Radio spot produced in the Romanian language
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
|Title |Visit of the CoE Secretary General at the IOCE premises |
|Date and place |13/6/2008 |
|CEAD number |23894 |
|Synopsis |In the framework of his mission to Bucharest, the CoE Secretary General Terry Davis visited the |
| |IOCE premises. Latest developments of the IOCE activities were discussed. |
|Title |HR Commissioner‘s meeting with the Romanian NGOs |
|Date and place |22-26/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |24724 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised Mr Thomas Hammarberg’s meeting with the Romanian NGOs in the field of human |
| |rights especially on Roma. |
13 June, Bucharest: the Office facilitated the interviews offered by Mr Terry Davis, Secretary General of the CoE, to “Jurnalul National” newspaper (published on 20 June) and the National Radio (broadcasted on 15 June during the show “Political Week”).
Performance indicators:
[3] Missions facilitated; [2] Radio and newspaper interviews of the SG facilitated
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
|Title |Presentation of the CoE activity in the field of human rights |
|Date and place |13/2/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23052 |
|Synopsis |In partnership with the Law Faculty of “Dimitrie Cantemir” University the Office organised a |
| |seminar “CoE and the Protection of Human Rights” at the UN High Commissioner for Refugee Office.|
| |22 students of international law participated. The director made a presentation on the CoE and |
| |its activities in the field of human rights. |
|Title |Seminar on International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture |
|Date and place |26/6/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |23886 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE and the Independent Society of Human Rights in partnership with the Epoch Times |
| |organised a seminar “International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture”. A presentation of |
| |the CPT activities was made by the Office director and relevant CoE documents were offered. An |
| |IOCE press release was transmitted to the media. |
|Title |Law Students Conference “Council of Europe: Human Rights and Youth” |
|Date and place |17/11/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24979 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in partnership with the Romanian Independent Society of Human Rights and the European |
| |Law Students Association in Bucharest (ELSA) organised a conference “CoE: Human Rights and |
| |Youth”. The director made a presentation on the CoE activities in the field of human rights and |
| |youth. Participants: 24 students of law |
|Title |Workshop 1: “ECtHR – Jurisdictional Mechanism of Human Rights Protection in Romania – How to |
| |Fill in an Application” |
|Date and place |24/11/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24982 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in partnership with the Romanian Independent Society of Human Rights and the European |
| |Law Students Association in Bucharest organised a workshop how to fill in an application to the |
| |ECtHR. |
|Title |Workshop 2: “ECtHR – Jurisdictional Mechanism of Human Rights Protection in Romania – the Role |
| |of the Governmental Agent” |
|Date and place |8/12/2008, Bucharest |
|CEAD number |24983 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in partnership with the Romanian Independent Society of Human Rights (SIRDO) and the |
| |European Law Students Association in Bucharest organised a workshop on the role of the |
| |Governmental Agent. The Agent made a presentation of its activities. Law students participated |
| |and received the relevant CoE documents. |
Performance indicators:
[646] Number of potential complainants at the Office (365 visitors + 89 letters from citizens and detainees + 32 e-mails + 160 phone requests)
[5] Events organised/co-organised by the Office; [1] IOCE press release issued
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
Financial transactions were carried out in accordance with relevant rules and guidelines from Strasbourg.
[1] Appraisal and objectives setting for the Assistant of the Office
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Weekly media monitoring of the written press and quarterly up-date of the Romanian journalists contacts for CoE database.
Media monitoring submitted weekly to DC and DGDPA.
Performance indicators:
[41] Weekly written press monitoring
[228] Articles on CoE issues translated
[4] Quarterly up-dates of media databases (110 journalists)
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |681 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |646 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |3 |
|Number of website hits [visits] |195,738 |
|Number of website visitors |45,715 |
|Number of up-dated web pages |63 |
|Number of events organised/co-organised by IOCE |27 |
|Number of Press conferences organised by IOCE |2 |
|Number of radio/TV shows organised by IOCE |10 |
|Number of Radio/TV/newspaper interviews |12 |
|Number of CoE articles in the Romanian written press |3 |
|Number of articles on IOCE events in the press |3 |
|Number of news on IOCE events broadcasted on TVs/Radios |9 |
|Number of IOCE press releases issued |7 |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD |51 |
|Number of documents translated (all Expected results) |11 |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
INFORMATION OFFICE IN MOSCOW
(Inaugurated on 28 January 1993)
Address: Pr. Vernadskogo 76 (MGIMO building), 119454 Moscow
(in December 2008 the Office moved to the new premises located in
Nikoloyamskaya 1, 109189 Moscow; Tel: + 7 494 775 3762)
E-mail: informmoscow@coe.int
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |CoE publication “Council of Europe Law – Towards Pan-European Legal Area” |
|Date and place |15/1/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |IOCE received from the publishing house 500 copies of the publication “Council of Europe Law – |
| |Towards Pan-European Legal Area”. |
| |(It was translated in 2007). |
|Title |Interview with The Vedomosti and Gazeta newspaper |
|Date and place |17/1/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Director gave an interview with The Vedomosti and The Gazeta on the visit of PACE President Rene|
| |van der Linden to Moscow and the PACE upcoming session. |
|Title |Interview with The Delovie Novosti newspaper |
|Date and place |18/1/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Director gave an interview with The Delovie Novosti on visit of PACE President Rene van der |
| |Linden to Moscow. |
|Title |Translation of CoE Secretary General’s article |
|Date and place |23/1/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |IOCE translated the article of CoE Secretary General “Europe’s fight against Trafficking in |
| |Human Beings, a new form of slavery”. The translation was disseminated among Russian printed and|
| |on-line media on 31/1. The Gazeta newspaper published the article on 1 February on its printed |
| |and on-line versions. |
|Title |Participation in a Round Table on the European Law |
|Date and place |29/1/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE Director took part in a round table on the European Law at the Russian Academy of |
| |Sciences. He made a presentation of the CoE recent publication “Council of Europe Law – Towards |
| |Pan-European Legal Area”. 30 copies of the book were distributed. |
| | |
|Title |Promotion of FACE (Film Award of the CoE) |
|Date and place |7/2/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE translated the FACE promotional materials and distributed the press release among |
| |profile media. |
|Title |Participation in radio live talk show |
|Date and place |18/3/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Director took part in a live talk show at the radio station Govorit Moskva. |
|Title |Interview with The Govorit Moskva radio station |
|Date and place |3/4/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Director gave a radio interview on issues connected with the PACE upcoming session and other CoE|
| |related fields. |
|Title |Interview with The Govorit Moskva radio station |
|Date and place |17/4/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Director commented to the radio station on the CoE’s reaction on the tensions exacerbated |
| |between Georgia and Russia. The tensions were caused by Russia’s decision to lift economic |
| |sanctions against Abkhazia and South Ossetia. |
|Title |Interview with The Gazeta newspaper |
|Date and place |22/4/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Director commented to the newspaper on the visit of PACE Co-Rapporteurs on Russia (Mr L. van den|
| |Brande and Mr T. Pangalos). The Co-Rapporteurs came to Moscow to assess Russia’s fulfilment of |
| |its obligations and commitments to the CoE. |
|Title |Interview with The Gazeta newspaper |
|Date and place |23/4/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Director commented to the newspaper on the visit of GRECO Commission to Moscow. |
|Title |Comments to The Voice of Russia radio station |
|Date and place |25/4/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Director commented to the radio station on the outcomes of the visit of CoE Commissioner for |
| |Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg to the North Caucasus. |
|Title |Interview with Govorit Moskva radio station |
|Date and place |23/5/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Director gave an interview with the radio station on the European Court of Human Rights recent |
| |judgements in cases versus Russia. |
|Title |Interview with The Vedomosti newspaper |
|Date and place |10/6/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Director gave an interview with the newspaper on the European Court of Human Rights activities |
| |and judgements in cases versus Russia. |
|Title |Comments to German ARTE TV channel |
|Date and place |11/6/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Director gave an interview with the TV channel on the European Court of Human Rights activities.|
|Title |Participation in the live talk show at Govorit Moskva radio |
|Date and place |30/6/2008 Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |Director took part in a live talk show at the radio station. The programme was dedicated to |
| |recent political developments in Europe and the activities of the European institutions. |
|Title |UNIC evening – campaign presentation |
|Date and place |14/11/2008, Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE Communications Officer participated in the evening organised by the UN Information |
| |Centre with the presentation of the Corporal punishment campaign and CoE stance on the |
| |intercultural dialogue. |
|Title |EC Debate Role of media in intercultural relations |
|Date and place |25/11/2008, Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE Communications Officer participated in a panel debate organised by the European |
| |Commission on the subject Role of media in inter-cultural relations. |
|Title |Promotion of the CoE campaign against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |26/11/2008, Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE Communications Officer participated in a talk show at NTV-Mir channel to promote the |
| |campaign (aired on 11 January 2009). |
|Title |Promotion of the CoE campaign against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |14/12/2008, Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE Communications Officer participated in a talk show at Semya channel to promote the |
| |campaign (aired on 25/12/08). |
Performance indicators:
Round tables/conferences [5]; TV/Radio broadcasts [20]; Translated documents [2]
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; campaign against the death penalty; other (e.g. DOSTA! campaign)
|Title |Provision with materials and information on the CoE campaigns |
|Date and place |29/1/2008, Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE provided the human rights movement “Soprotivlenie” with materials on the CoE campaigns |
| |“All Different, All Equal” and “Building a Europe for and with Children”. Soprotivlenie is one |
| |of the most efficient human rights movements in Russia. |
|Title |Translation and dissemination of materials |
|Date and place |16/5/2008, Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE translated the promotional materials for CoE campaign “Raise your hand against |
| |smacking” and disseminated it among Russian media. |
| | |
|Title |Presentation of the campaign against corporal punishment of children |
|Date and place |8-10/11/2008, Sochi |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE presented the campaign at Kinotavrik arts festival in Sochi (within the framework of |
| |the partnership agreement between the IOCE Moscow and the Kinomarc company). |
|Title |Presentation of the campaign against corporal punishment of children and CoE activities in the |
| |field of tolerance |
|Date and place |14/11/2008, Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE presented the campaign and CoE activities in the field of tolerance at the evening |
| |event in the UN Information Centre in Moscow. |
Performance indicators:
Number of public events [2]; Translated documents [2]
The IOCE Communications Officer translated the opinion article on Children’s campaign into Russian (for local printed media)
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
|Title |Administration of the ECRI round table |
|Date and place |22-23/9/2009, Moscow |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE took part in the administration of the ECRI round table in Moscow. |
Performance indicators:
Number of missions facilitated [9]
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
|Title |Information support |
|Date and place |January-November 2008 |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |IOCE provided its visitors willing to apply to the European Court of Human Rights with necessary|
| |information on the application procedure. Each visitor was given a special brochure containing |
| |all necessary materials in the Russian language. |
Performance indicators:
Number of potential complainants at the IOCE premises [229]
Number of phone calls replied on ECtHR issues [1057]
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
The IOCE compiled payment requests and bank statement on a monthly basis.
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Regular monitoring of the Russian press; the IOCE compiled the Russian Press Reviews on a weekly basis and submit them to DC in due time. The IOCE Director gave interviews to various newspapers and radio stations.
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |473 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |229 |
|Number of phone calls replied on ECtHR issues |1,057 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |9 |
|Number of documents translated (all Expected results) |4 |
|Number of interviews given |20 |
SLOVAKIA
INFORMATION OFFICE IN BRATISLAVA
(Inaugurated on 12 October 1993)
Address: Klariska 5, P.O.Box 217, 810 00 Bratislava 1
Tel: +421 2 5443 5752; Fax: +421 2 5443 5672; E-mail: centrum@radaeuropy.sk
Internet: or
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |Publication of the article “Europe’s fight against trafficking in human beings, a new form of |
| |slavery” |
|Date and place |5/2/2008, Bratislava |
|CEAD number |24154 |
|Synopsis |Article by the CoE Secretary General concerning coming into force of the Convention on action |
| |against trafficking in human beings published in the second mostly read daily SME. |
|Title |Seminar on the European Social Charter |
|Date and place |12/2/2008, Bratislava |
|CEAD number |21313 |
|Synopsis |IOCE facilitated organisation of and participated in a seminar on the European Social Charter |
| |organised by the DG-HL, Service of the European Social Charter, and the Slovak Labour Ministry in|
| |the framework of the 3rd Summit Action Plan, aimed at supporting the ongoing process of |
| |ratification of the revised Charter by Slovakia and at raising awareness on the ratification of |
| |the Collective Complaint Protocol. |
|Title |Launching of “coe.sk” website |
|Date and place |December |
|CEAD number |25022 |
|Synopsis |New website of the Office is aimed to imitate more closely the main CoE portal and focus on |
| |priority issues – the CoE campaigns. Materials from radaeuropy.sk were transferred step by |
| |step to the new website. |
Performance indicators:
[1] document published (SG article); [1] seminar
[75] press releases translated, posted on the Office website and sent to media
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular trafficking in human beings; children and violence; youth action against racism.
|Title |Council of Europe and Priorities of the Slovak Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers |
|Date and place |4-5, 26 and 28/2/2008 in Prešov, Sabinov, Banská Bystrica, Nitra |
| |27/3/2008 in Bratislava |
|CEAD number |24119 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE Director gave presentations on the CoE for university/ secondary school students. |
| |Meetings were organised in cooperation with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (300 |
| |participants). |
|Title |Final Conference of the Slovak ADAE campaign |
|Date and place |15-16/2/2008, Bratislava |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE Director contributed by presentation about the Office involvement in the campaign |
| |against discrimination and cooperation with national organisers. Exchange of information and best|
| |practices among representatives of youth NGOs participating in the campaign activities. 100 |
| |participants |
|Title |Stop violence against women |
|Date and place |28/5/2008, Bratislava |
|CEAD number |25034 |
|Synopsis |IOCE Director gave a speech at the closing seminar of the campaign “Stop violence against women” |
| |held at the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family with participation of NGOs and other |
| |institutions. |
| |50 participants. A TV discussion was aired after the conference. |
|Title |Abolishing corporal punishment of children campaign materials in the Slovak language |
|Date and place |October - December |
|CEAD number |25016 |
|Synopsis |Illustrations from Gabriel Pagonis were adopted for posters; 5 of them and 1 poster of |
| |Saatchi&Saatchi printed (1000 copies) and distributed. |
|Title |Translation and printing of DOSTA! campaign materials in the Slovak language |
|Date and place |November |
|CEAD number |24111 |
|Synopsis |Part of DOSTA! toolkit “Is this a stereotype?” was translated. Printing was carried out in |
| |co-operation with the Office of the Government. |
|Title |InfoRoma library made accessible in the IOCE Bratislava |
|Date and place |22/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |25088 |
|Synopsis |The Roma Institute, the IOCE and the University Library made accessible a Roma Library in the |
| |premises of the Office. A press release was distributed. |
Performance indicators:
[6] seminars/presentations; [1] competition; [1] TV discussion; [6] materials printed
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECtHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
|Title |Application of provisions of the ECHR in the Slovak legal system |
|Date and place |14-15/2/2008 and 24-25/4/2008, Bratislava |
|CEAD number |25035 |
|Synopsis |Four seminars on application of provisions of the ECHR in the Slovak legal system organised by |
| |the Justice Academy in cooperation with the civil association EUROIURIS - as part of a regular |
| |training for judges. 90 participants. |
|Title |Human Rights Olympics |
|Date and place |17-19/3/2008, Liptovský Mikuláš |
|CEAD number |24156, 25014 |
|Synopsis |Annual students’ competition. The IOCE supported the event by providing prizes for winners. The |
| |IOCE Director helped to prepare case studies for the contestants and sat on the jury. Domestic |
| |violence was the main topic discussed in 2007-2008. |
| |153 participants of the national round, including 62 contestants qualified through local and |
| |regional rounds of the competition (about 4,000 students and 250 teachers involved). |
| |The IOCE’s proposal - ban of corporal punishment of children - was accepted as the main topic of |
| |the 2008-2009 competition. |
Performance indicators:
[4] seminars; [1] competition
OTHER:
Contributions to events, organised by other institutions
- 4 March, IOCE Director gave presentation about the revised European Social Charter in a seminar organised by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
- 6 March, IOCE Director participated in the opening of a travelling exhibition of drawings “Children against violence” where also 10th Anniversary of the Framework Convention was commemorated at the Slovak school in Budapest; publications in the Slovak language were donated to the school (CEAD 22353)
- 3 April, IOCE facilitated organisation of a press conference and provided press kits during the conference of the ECtHR Agents held in Bratislava (CEAD 22073)
- 7 April, Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg visited the IOCE and held a meeting with the representatives of several Slovak NGOs (CEAD 22009)
- 8-9 April, IOCE Director participated in a conference Education and training of Roma children and youth: the way forward organised by the Council of Europe and the Slovak Chairmanship of the CoE Committee of Ministers (CEAD 21263)
- 10-11 April, IOCE Director chaired a workshop on Ethnic stability – ethnic changes organised by the Forum Minority Research Institute in Šamorin together with the members of the Advisory Committee for Framework Convention for the protection of national minorities (CEAD 22873)
- 17-18 April, CoE Conference Education through Sport in Bratislava - the IOCE Director was invited to speak about “How to strengthen positive role of sport in modern society”
- 16-18 April, IOCE provided information material on CoE for a conference on improving governance at local level, organised by the Interior Ministry within the Slovak CM Chairmanship
- 24 April, Landscape in planning policies and governance: towards integrated spatial management - IOCE Director participated in the workshops for implementation of the European Landscape Convention in Piestany (CEAD 22463)
- 25-26 April, participation in a conference NGOs and Civil Society: Promoters of Democracy and Active Citizenship with contribution by IOCE Director on ESC and collective complaint procedure, role of NGOs in work of the CoE (CEAD 22759)
- Assistance to DGIII in proof reading of a publication in the Slovak language “Abolishing corporal punishment of children − Questions and answers'' (CEAD 22466)
- 11 June, IOCE organised a meeting of Mr Cilevics, PACE rapporteur, on the best practices in minority protection in Europe, with the minority representatives from Slovakia
- September-October, promotion of the ”European Local Democracy Week“ in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, high number of local and regional authorities and institutions organised events in this framework (CEAD 25033). IOCE Director addressed a meeting of students with the representatives of Bratislava regional self-government on 17 October
- 8-12 September, facilitation of the ECRI delegation mission to Slovakia
- 8 October, visit of the IOCE premises by a delegation of senior judges from Moldova
- 17 October, relevant CoE materials presented and distributed at a workshop on fair-play and education organised by the Slovak Olympic Committee
- 18 November, the Labour Ministry organised a conference on "Gender equality − new issues, new challenges". IOCE Director presented recent activities of the CoE in gender equality issues
- 11 December, conference on "New ethical and social challenges" organised by the Foreign Ministry, Slovak Commission for UNESCO and the House of Europe. IOCE Director was invited to speak in a panel on CoE human rights activities; distribution of human rights materials including posters and publications against corporal punishment of children
Relations with the media
– All press releases received from Strasbourg were sent to the media in original versions. 75 releases were translated into Slovak and e-mailed to the media
– Co-operation with the daily SME – publication of an article by SG
– Slovak media and contact journalists provided with the relevant CoE materials concerning draft press act (CEAD 22443)
– IOCE provided CoE material to the Slovak Television for the purposes of drafting new Ethical Code of the Slovak Television
– IOCE provided CoE material to the Slovak Television for youth discussion programme aired in May on rights of the child and the corporal punishment
– Regional TV Centrum aired a discussion related to the national campaign Stop violence against women. IOCE Director participated in a discussion
– IOCE facilitated organisation of a press conference and provided press kits during the conference of the ECtHR Agents in Bratislava (CEAD 22073)
Website
Website of the IOCE Bratislava focused on publishing of the CoE texts in the Slovak language. It was the most important tool for communication with the public. Texts on radaeuropy.sk website were widely linked with the websites of the Slovak institutions and NGOs (more than 2,200 link occurrences found for radaeuropy.sk by Google browser). In connection with the CoE priority activities, IOCE up-dated the special web pages on priority topics: Children and violence, All different ( all equal and Violence against women campaigns. A special web page on the Slovak CM Chairmanship was compiled and national institutions were encouraged to update their websites related to the Council of Europe. The new website coe.sk was introduced in December 2008 as a separate tool.
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |380 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |130 |
|Number of seminars/conferences/exhibitions organised |11 |
|Number of media outputs: |3 |
|Number of documents translated (all Expected results) |81 |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD database |11 |
|Number of publications/leaflets/posters produced |6 |
|Visitors of the Office website |184,000 |
SLOVENIA
INFORMATION OFFICE IN LJUBLJANA
(Inaugurated on 17 October 1997)
Address: Rimska cesta 16, 1000 Ljubljana
Tel: +386 1 421 4300; Fax: +386 1 421 4305 214; E-mail: info@coe.si
Internet:
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |Facilitation of media interviews with the CoE officials |
|Date and place |January-June, Slovenia |
|CEAD number |24030, 24010, 24031, 24026 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised interviews for Slovene media with the Deputy SG (Radio Slovenia, 17 March), the |
| |Director of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage (daily Večer, 14 May) and the Commissioner for |
| |Human Rights (TV Slovenia, 3 June). A video message by the Commissioner was prepared for the Slovene |
| |public on the occasion of the World Refugee Day - 20 June (the IOCE co-organised an event in the |
| |centre of Ljubljana). |
| | |
|Title |Video message by the Secretary General at the opening ceremony of the Festival for the 3rd life |
| |period |
|Date and place |30/9/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24812 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a video message by the CoE Secretary General on human rights of the elderly, their|
| |non-discrimination and important role in the society. It was broadcasted at the opening ceremony of |
| |the Festival for the 3rd life period (30/9) and repeated on big screens within the 3-day festival. |
| | |
|Title |Facilitation of a media interview with the Secretary General |
|Date and place |20/11/2008, Slovenia |
|CEAD number |24895 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE facilitated a media interview with the Secretary General for the TV show GLOBUS at national |
| |public TV Slovenia to be broadcast on the occasion of the World Human Rights Day (10 December). |
| | |
|Title |Co-organisation of the event on Human Rights Day in the Slovene Parliament |
|Date and place |10/12/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24943 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE co-organised an event on Human Rights Day with a focus on children's rights in the |
| |Parliament. An exhibition with creative works on children's rights was prepared in cooperation with |
| |NGOs in the main hall of the Parliament. The President of the Parliament opened the exhibition and |
| |(on-line) signed the initiative against corporal punishment of children. A TV spot against corporal |
| |punishment of children was broadcasted on big screen in front of the main hall. All MPs and high |
| |state representatives were invited, along side with all relevant actors (Amnesty, UNICEF, etc). The |
| |IOCE arranged the printing and distribution of cards for signature of support for that occasion. |
| | |
|Title |Public debate ”Rethinking Europe” |
|Date and place |1/7/2008, Slovenia |
|CEAD number |24028 |
|Synopsis |The Office organised a public debate on publication of the Slovene translation of the book |
| |“Rethinking Europe”. The debate with three prominent researchers and professors from University of |
| |Ljubljana aimed to reflect on the outcome of the Irish referendum, the conclusions of the Slovene EU |
| |Presidency and upcoming Slovene CoE chairmanship. |
| | |
|Title |Lecture and award ceremony “Quality performance in NGOs” |
|Date and place |22/9/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24831 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in cooperation with the Centre for Information, cooperation and development of NGOs hosted a|
| |lecture and an award ceremony “Quality performance in NGOs”. The IOCE Director presented the role of |
| |NGOs within the CoE system, then first certifies of quality performance were delivered to two Slovene|
| |NGOs. It was an opening event of the annual national NGO festival Lupa with various activities around|
| |Slovenia. |
- the IOCE Director gave more than 25 media interviews
- the Office regularly prepared press releases about its activities, translated the CoE press releases to the media and posted on the website (more than 200)
- CoE bi-weekly e-news were produced by the IOCE
- the Office translated the views by the HR Commissioner, to be used within the campaigns
- the Office arranged for publication of opinion articles by high CoE officials in Slovene media (HR Commissioner's views, articles by SG and DSG) [5]
Performance indicators:
Press conferences [4]; TV/Radio broadcasts [55]
Number of events (co)-organised by the Office [62]
Translated documents [210]
[1] Printed document – card for signature of support to campaign for abolishment of corporal punishment
Ljubljana Process (300 brochures, 300 leaflets, 53 press kits)
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; campaign against the death penalty; other (e.g. DOSTA! campaign)
|Title |Campaign “Stop Violence against Women”- media briefing |
|Date and place |4/3/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |23997 |
|Synopsis |A media campaign prepared upon passing of the new Slovene law on domestic violence before the World |
| |Women’s Day (8 March). The Office produced TV/Radio spots in Slovenian which were aired on many |
| |TV/Radio stations, in movie theatres and at shopping malls. The Office organised a media briefing |
| |introducing the campaign (4/3/08, 30 participants) and communication support to an international |
| |conference “Violence against women through development perspective”, (7/3/08, 200 participants). |
| |IOCE translated/distributed the relevant CoE documents, and organised a number of media interviews |
| |and coverage on the topic. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Stop Violence against Women” – adaptation and airing of radio and television spots |
|Date and place |February-March |
|CEAD number |24945 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE arranged adaptation and free-of-charge airing of Radio and TV spot on the campaign “Stop |
| |the violence against women”. During first two weeks of March - on the occasion of passing of the new|
| |Slovene law against domestic violence and around the International Women's Day - the spots were |
| |broadcasted on 13 TV stations and at the largest Ljubljana movie theatre, in cinemas, bowling |
| |centres and supermarkets in 3 major towns. Radio spots were very well placed on the national Radio |
| |Slovenija, many other radio stations responded with initiations for interviews with the IOCE |
| |Director. |
| | |
|Title |Round table on “Children's rights in Media” |
|Date and place |22/4/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24006 |
|Synopsis |The Office organised a round table “Children's rights in Media” together with the Peace Institute |
| |and the Ombudswoman Office. Among speakers was the Ombudswoman for Human rights and the moderator of|
| |a popular TV talk show. The IOCE Director presented the CoE activities for the promotion of |
| |children's rights, in the framework of the programme Building a Europe for and with Children, and |
| |introduced the new campaign for abolishment of corporal punishment of children. |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” - launching event |
|Date and place |17/6/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24022 |
|Synopsis |A launching event of the campaign in the most popular park and children playground in Ljubljana. |
| |Speakers: Ombudsman for Human Rights, a representative from the Ministry of Labour, Family and |
| |Social Affairs, UNICEF Slovenia and the IOCE Director. Also celebrities-supporters were invited, |
| |many actively participated in a debate, beside the journalists and NGOs (30 participants). A |
| |creative workshop and sports activities for children were organised at the spot for a class of |
| |children. The campaign received excellent media coverage – the IOCE Director gave 7 interviews in |
| |June. The Office translated/distributed relevant CoE documents, distributed over 2000 copies of |
| |the “Key facts” brochure - to all schools, centres of social work, ombudsman network of children's|
| |rights advocates, and organised a print of “Questions & Answers”. The IOCE provided print and |
| |posting of 400 campaign posters on billboards all over Slovenia (June-September). |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” |
|Date and place |June-November, Slovenia |
|CEAD number |24790 |
|Synopsis |Since the launch of the campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” in mid-June in Slovenia, the |
| |IOCE carried out many campaign activities (10 round tables, workshops for children and |
| |presentations of the initiative, also at some major public events; posting of 400 city lights all |
| |over Slovenia; airing of the Slovene version of a TV spot on 12 TV stations; distribution of 4,000|
| |brochures and posters to all relevant actors; launching of a competition for children in |
| |cooperation with the main children and youth magazines, under the auspices of the President of the|
| |Republic; involvement of 22 engaged supporters-celebrities; preparation of 7 media articles for |
| |special supplements, including 1 print advertising; cooperation with the most popular website for |
| |parents Ringaraja (516,500 website visits per month). |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” - involvement of celebrities-supporters in Slovenia |
|Date and place |June-November, Slovenia |
|CEAD number |24820 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE approached well known personalities from the field of children and youth literature, |
| |sports, culture, humanitarian work, psychology and social work, and received an active support by |
| |22 of them. They signed the anti-corporal punishment petition and were engaged in the activities |
| |of the Office - writing short texts about how they see and experience corporal punishment, |
| |moderating round tables, organising workshops, promoting the initiative in public and media. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” - City light posters |
|Date and place |July-August, Slovenia |
|CEAD number |24814 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE translated, printed and posted 400 city light posters at locations around Slovenia, |
| |following the launch of the campaign in mid-June and during summer (July-August). |
| | |
|Title |Brochure “Abolishment of corporal punishment of children - Key facts” and booklet “Abolishment of |
| |corporal punishment of children - Questions and answers” in Slovenia |
|Date and place |June-August, Slovenia |
|CEAD number |24816 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE arranged translation, printing and distribution of the “Abolishment of corporal |
| |punishment of children - Key facts” (4,000 copies) and a booklet “Abolishment of corporal |
| |punishment of children - Questions and answers” (2,000 copies). They were distributed to: all |
| |primary schools in Slovenia (550x2), centres of social work (500x2), advocates of children's |
| |rights within the Ombudsman for human rights network (70), to paediatricians and nurses (110x2), |
| |to participants of the IOCE events and activities on the topic (around 1,000). |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” - media work |
|Date and place |June-November, Slovenia |
|CEAD number |24819 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE prepared media articles on corporal punishment of children for the special supplements of|
| |family and children magazines: published in the supplement ONA to the main daily DELO (15/7/08, 4 |
| |pages), a magazine for parents SOS (17/7/08, 3 pages), a magazine for young parents MOJ MALČEK |
| |(August, 2 pages), a new magazine for parents STARŠ.SI (October, 10 pages), and a supplement to |
| |the catholic weekly DRUŽINA (October, 2 pages). The IOCE established cooperation with the website |
| |for parents (airing of a TV spot), prepared articles for the website and print |
| |Ringaraja magazine, and a web quiz on corporal punishment. Magazine OTROK IN DRUŽINA published a |
| |print ad of the initiative, next to an expert article on damages of corporal punishment. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” – adaptation and airing of a TV spot |
|Date and place |August-September, Slovenia |
|CEAD number |24815 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE provided adaptation of a TV spot into Slovene and distributed to all TV stations. 12 TVs |
| |aired the spot free of charge in August-September, including the national TV Slovenia. 1 cinema |
| |complex ran the TV spot in their lobby and in the bowling area. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” - Summer weekend workshops for children in Ljubljana |
| |city park |
|Date and place |17 and 31/8/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24806 |
|Synopsis |Creative and sports workshops were organised for children in Ljubljana city park, close to |
| |children play-ground and close to café. “Hands that create, do not punish'' children were making |
| |balloons and talked about their families, their good qualities and about the things they did wrong|
| |and how were they disciplined. Parents were offered the brochures. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” - workshops for children and presentation of the |
| |initiative at a major children fair “Otroški bazaar” |
|Date and place |11-14/9/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24807 |
|Synopsis |In cooperation with NGO Simply Friends the Office prepared creative workshops, where children did |
| |something for their family (postcard with a special message “I love you”, book with explanation |
| |how they have made happy their close ones, making the family from natural materials) and talked |
| |about their roles in the family. At the event there were 25 posters of the campaign and one big |
| |poster at the main stage. TV spot was running at all LCD projections at least 2 times per hour. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” |
| |Presentation of the initiative at NGO public events |
|Date and place |September-October, Slovenia |
|CEAD number |24808 |
|Synopsis |The initiative was presented at the street fairs: on 24/9 at the regional NGO street fair in Novo |
| |mesto; on 25/9 at the annual national NGO street fair Lupa in Ljubljana; on 6-10/10 at the |
| |regional NGO street fair in Metlika; on 24/10 at the Peace Festival in Slovenj Gradec. The IOCE |
| |had a stand with different publications and always exposing the children's campaign. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” - Presentation of the initiative at seminars for |
| |teachers organised by UNICEF |
|Date and place |September-October, Slovenia |
|CEAD number |24809 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE staff presented the initiative at the seminars for teachers organised by UNICEF |
| |Slovenija: 26/9 in Ljubljana, 30/9 in Nova Gorica, 2/10 in Maribor, 3/10 in Ljubljana, 7 and 9/10 |
| |in Ljubljana, 10/10 in Nova Gorica and 14/10 in Maribor. Each teacher-participant received a |
| |folder with the CoE material about the initiative. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” - Interactive children event ''Singing stars'' |
|Date and place |28/9/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24810 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE and the NGO “Simply friend” organised an interactive children's event “Singing stars” in |
| |Ljubljana at the Three bridges cafe. The initiative against corporal punishment was presented, |
| |children prepared their own musical programme, a special guest was a famous singer Tinkara Kovač |
| |speaking about the campaign and singing a song. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” - presentation of the initiative & participation in a |
| |round table within the 8th Festival for the 3rd Life Period |
|Date and place |30/9-2/10/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24811 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE director presented the initiative at a round table on violence in the society at the |
| |festival. A TV spot was aired at the opening ceremony and at the beginning of each event within |
| |the festival (5 screens, 5 times per day, during 3-day festival). |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” - Launch of a creative children's competition |
|Date and place |October 2008 - January 2009, Slovenia |
|CEAD number |24817 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE launched a creative children's competition on appropriate punishment, together with |
| |children and teen magazines PIL and PLUS, and under the auspices of the President of the Republic,|
| |who held a reception for the winners in January. An exhibition of their works to be organised in |
| |January 2009. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking”- round table on positive parenting |
|Date and place |8/10/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24805 |
|Synopsis |On the occasion of Children's Week, the IOCE organised a round table on positive parenting where |
| |two researchers - professors of psychology and social work took part. The Office presented the CoE|
| |initiative against corporal punishment of children, research findings on contemporary family |
| |relations and patterns of authority, guidelines for positive parenting, and creative workshops for|
| |children and their parents. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” - presentation of the initiative and workshops for |
| |students at a major student fair “Študentska arena” |
|Date and place |14-16/10/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24813 |
|Synopsis |In cooperation with the NGO Simply Friends the Office prepared workshops at this event. The |
| |students were painting on the themes My hands should nurture, not punish and How can I make your |
| |day better. |
| | |
|Title |Lecture on promotion of Children's Rights at the annual meeting of Slovene catholic journalists |
|Date and place |6/11/2008, Veržej |
|CEAD number |24837 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE Director held a lecture on promotion of Children's Rights at the annual meeting of |
| |Slovene catholic journalists in Veržej. The CoE programme Building a Europe for and with children |
| |with the latest Stockholm declaration, and the initiative against corporal punishment of children |
| |were presented and campaigns materials distributed. The director gave a radio interview to the |
| |catholic Radio Ognjišče. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Raise your hand against smacking” - organisation of a school event “Children's message |
| |to the parents” on the occasion of the International Children Day |
|Date and place |20/11/2008, Lukovica |
|CEAD number |24794 |
|Synopsis |On the occasion of the International Children's Day the Office prepared an event for and with |
| |children in cooperation with a local school. The school psychologist was very engaged on the topic|
| |of corporal punishment (by leading workshops with children where they prepared “messages for the |
| |parents”). The messages were presented at the event, where children hosted teachers and parents. |
| |The event was moderated by a very popular moderator of youth TV shows open primarily to local |
| |public, but also to national media. It was accompanied by creative workshops and a small |
| |exhibition of children creative works. |
Performance indicators:
Press conferences [32];
Number of competitions [2]
Printed documents [9]; Translations [13]
|Title |Promotion of intercultural dialogue |
|Date and place |January-June, Slovenia |
|CEAD number |24005, 24008, 24009, 24027 |
|Synopsis |Promotion of the White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue - communication support to the events within |
| |the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. The Office translated relevant CoE material about the |
| |White paper on Intercultural Dialogue, the news on the launching of the White Paper was distributed |
| |to the media and the White Paper was promoted at all relevant events (such as the Festival of Young |
| |Volunteers (17/4); international conferences “Education for intercultural dialogue” (8-9/5), “New |
| |paradigms, New Models – Culture in the EU’s External relations” (13-14/5), “Are you speaking |
| |interculturally?” (6-7/6), “Intercultural Dialogue in Development Education” (9-10/6), and “European |
| |Network of Active participation in Culture Activities” (20/6), “European day of languages” (26/9), |
| |“Round table on intercultural dialogue and minority languages“ (6/11). |
|Title |Campaign against discrimination - coorganisation of an anti-discrimination concert |
|Date and place |27-29/6/2008, Otočec/Novo mesto |
|CEAD number |24023 |
|Synopsis |The Office delivered a special CoE certificate with awards (T-shirts, caps, bracelets, key hangers) |
| |for “opening borders and encouraging tolerance“ to a rock group Human from Bosnia and Herzegovina - |
| |winner of the competition at the festival. The Office distributed materials on the campaign “All |
| |different, all equal” at a CoE stand during a 3-day festival. At the stand engaged NGOs had live |
| |activities: competition for the best anti-discrimination message, a quiz on the situation of |
| |immigrants in Slovenia, young debaters performed live to the public on how minorities should be |
| |treated. The CoE logo was on all festival materials, at the stand and on the stage during the |
| |concert, 2 press releases were distributed to the media and through NGO networks, and posted on the |
| |websites. |
| | |
|Title |Communication activities against discrimination at the major student fair “Študentska arena” |
|Date and place |14/10/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24833 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE Director participated in a round table on anti-discrimination policies, including Roma at |
| |the Anti-discrimination truck by the European Commission which stopped at a major student fair |
| |“Študentska arena” in Ljubljana. CoE campaigns “Speak out against discrimination” and “Dosta!” were |
| |presented. |
| | |
|Title |Round tables on intercultural dialogue and minority languages |
|Date and place |6/11/2008, Ljutomer, Ormož |
|CEAD number |24836 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE Director participated in the round tables on intercultural dialogue and minority languages, |
| |organised for young debaters in Ljutomer and Ormož. 100 young debaters from Slovenia and 10 other |
| |countries attended both events. The CoE activities and relevant documents were presented. The event |
| |was used to invite for active involvement of young people to both CoE campaigns in Slovenia. |
| | |
|Title |White book on intercultural dialogue - translation to Slovene |
|Date and place |October-November |
|CEAD number |24839 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE arranged translation of the White book on intercultural dialogue to Slovene. The options for|
| |print were discussed with the state institutions. |
|Title |European Day of Languages - activities of the IOCE Ljubljana |
|Date and place |26/9/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24832 |
|Synopsis |On the occasion of the European Day of Languages the IOCE Director delivered a speech at the |
| |exhibition on Esperanto organised by the Information Office of the European Parliament in Ljubljana. |
| |Director participated in a live presentation of the CoE activities at the Language Fair, organised by|
| |the EC Representation. She gave an interview for the morning show at the national Radio Slovenia. |
| | |
|Title |Round table “Intercultural dialogue during the European year of intercultural dialogue - a new brand |
| |name or a genuine new politics of co-existence?” |
|Date and place |26/9/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24830 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a round table on intercultural dialogue (ICD) with presentation of research |
| |findings on perceptions of ICD in different Slovene regions and presentation of best practices in a |
| |Roma settlement Kamenci. The White book on ICD was presented and fact sheets on ICD distributed. |
| | |
|Title |Organisation of the Global Education Week in Slovenia |
|Date and place |15-23/11/ 2008, Slovenia |
|CEAD number |24793 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE together with the Slovene platform of NGOs (SLOGA) organised activities for the Global |
| |Education Week. Among these, a round table on global education “Are Slovene global citizens?” at the |
| |IOCE premises on 19/11, including speakers from the Ministry of Education and UNICEF Slovenija, |
| |accompanied by a photo exhibition and NGO fair on global development issues at the IOCE. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Speak up against discrimination” - adaptation and printing of posters in Slovenia |
|Date and place |24/11-31/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |24977 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE arranged adaptation and printing of posters for the campaign “Speak up against |
| |discrimination“ in Slovenia. |
Performance indicators:
Press conferences [15]; Number of competitions/exhibition [1]
Printed documents [5]; Translated documents [10]
Special website for the campaign [1] - Global Education Week in Slovenia tuditi.si
|Title |Campaign “Dosta!”- preparation, introductory events |
|Date and place |March-June |
|CEAD number |23998, 24002, 24007 |
|Synopsis |Presentation of the campaign and distribution of material at Roma related events. The Office |
| |hosted a working meeting of Roma counsellors (20/3, 20 participants), and a round table on the |
| |situation of Roma (7/5, 20 participants). The IOCE Director delivered a speech on the World Roma |
| |Day in a Roma settlement Kamenci (12/4), and had several interviews on the topic. |
| | |
|Title |Presentation of the Dosta! campaign at the meeting of Roma counsellors |
|Date and place |22/10/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24825 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE hosted a meeting of the Roma counsellors where the Dosta! campaign was presented. |
| | |
|Title |Participation in a round table on issues of Roma settlements, within the 1st international |
| |festival of Roma music and dance |
|Date and place |18/7/2008, Grad Goričko |
|CEAD number |24029 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE Director delivered an opening speech at a round table on issues of Roma settlements, |
| |within the 1st international festival of Roma music and dance. She presented CoE activities and |
| |recommendations on the topic and mentioned that Slovenia was officially invited to launch the |
| |Dosta! campaign. |
| | |
|Title |Presentation of the Dosta! campaign at the municipality of Lendava |
|Date and place |13/10/2008, Lendava |
|CEAD number |24828 |
|Synopsis |The Director presented the Dosta! campaign at a special meeting in Lendava (with large Roma |
| |population). The mayor, local authorities, Roma counsellors, NGOs and regional media participated|
| |in the meeting. A TV spot was aired and the campaign leaflets, toolkits and CDs were distributed.|
| |The Director had several media interviews. |
| | |
|Title |Introductory meeting for the preparation of the Dosta! campaign in Slovenia |
|Date and place |7/10/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24824 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE together with the Government Office for Minorities hosted an introductory meeting of all|
| |relevant actors (state institutions, Roma and local communities, NGOs, research institutes, |
| |media) for preparation of the Dosta! campaign in Slovenia. All participants were informed about |
| |the campaign and invited to propose the activities within the campaign. The date for the launch |
| |of the campaign was set for 17/11/2008. |
| | |
|Title |Dosta! campaign – adaptation and airing of a TV spot |
|Date and place |October-December |
|CEAD number |24822 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE arranged adaptation of a TV spot of the Dosta! campaign and addressed all Slovene TV |
| |stations with a request for free of charge airing after the launch of the campaign on 17 |
| |November. The costs of the adaptation were covered by the Government Office for Minorities. |
| | |
|Title |Dosta! campaign in Slovenia – translation, editing and print |
|Date and place |October-December |
|CEAD number |24823 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE arranged translation and print of the material for the Dosta! campaign: a leaflet (6000 |
| |copies in Slovene, 3000 copies in 3 different Roma language versions - 1000 each), a poster (3000|
| |copies), a toolkit (1000 copies) and a CD-ROM (1000). All costs for translation and print were |
| |covered by the Government Office for Minorities. The materials were distributed at the launching |
| |event on 17 November and further on, at all events and activities within the campaign. |
| | |
|Title |Launch of the campaign “Dosta!” |
|Date and place |17/11/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24792 |
|Synopsis |The Government Office for Minorities together with the IOCE officially launched the campaign |
| |Dosta! in Slovenia. The opening speech was delivered by the President of the Parliament Pavle |
| |Gantar. Representatives of the Roma community, NGOs, researchers and other relevant actors were |
| |included to the campaign. The materials were produced in the Slovene version (posters, leaflets –|
| |Slovene + 3 Roma versions, toolkit, CD-ROM) were distributed at the launching and other events, a|
| |TV spot was offered for free of charge airing to all TV stations in Slovenia. The launch was |
| |accompanied by other media activities (interviews, live radio and TV broadcasts). |
Performance indicators:
Press conferences [8]; Printed documents [6]; Translated documents [9]
Special website for the campaign [1]: dosta.si
|Title |Campaign “Human being – not for sale!” - participation in the international student UN simulation on |
| |intercultural dialogue and human trafficking |
|Date and place |6/3/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24004 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE Director delivered a speech at the international student UN simulation on intercultural |
| |dialogue and human trafficking organised at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. |
| |She presented CoE activities in the field of intercultural dialogue and human trafficking, point to |
| |entering into force of CoE Convention on human trafficking on 1 February. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign “Human being – not for sale!” - round table on human trafficking “You too can become a |
| |victim” |
|Date and place |18/10/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24834 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE Director participated in a round table on human trafficking “You too can become a victim'', |
| |organised by the EU Information Centre and the Government Office for Communication on the occasion of|
| |the European day of fight against human trafficking. The CoE Convention on action against human |
| |trafficking and the campaign “Human being - not for sale” were presented with the airing of the |
| |Slovene version of TV spot. |
| | |
|Title |Campaign against the death penalty - adaptation of a TV spot into Slovene |
|Date and place |5/11-15/12/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24967 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE arranged adaptation of the TV spot against the death penalty to the Slovenian language. |
Performance indicators:
Press conferences [2]; Translated documents [3]
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
|Title |Activities of the North-South Centre |
|Date and place |8-11/6/2008 |
|CEAD number |24025 |
|Synopsis |Facilitation of a meeting of national coordinators of the Global Education Week, organised by |
| |the North-South Centre in Ljubljana on 8 June. The Office organised a launching event of the |
| |Global Education Guidelines together with the North-South Centre on 11 June. The Director |
| |participated with a representative of the North-South Centre at the inauguration of the |
| |Euro-Mediterranean University in Portorož on 9 June. |
Performance indicators:
Number of missions facilitated [1]
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
Facilitation of preparation of law students for the European competition in human rights law Rene Cassin (January-February).
|Title |Round table “How to approach the European Court of Human Rights” |
|Date and place |25/11/2008, Ljubljana |
|CEAD number |24896 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a round table on “How to approach the European Court of Human Rights” with a |
| |lawyer-expert for ECtHR complaints and legal representation, with a constitutional judge and |
| |representatives of NGO Legal Information Centre offering free-of-charge help to the potential |
| |complainants. |
| | |
|Title |Preparation of a practical guide for potential complainants to the European Court of Human |
| |rights |
|Date and place |1/9 - 31/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |24966 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE in cooperation with the Legal Information Centre (offering free legal advise to |
| |potential complainants to the ECtHR) prepared a short practical “guide” leaflet (A3 format) for |
| |potential complainants with concise, practical instructions on how to approach the ECtHR. |
Performance indicators:
Number of potential complainants at the IOCE premises [110]
Number of events organised by the Office [1]
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
Financial transactions were carried out in accordance with relevant rules and guidelines from Strasbourg.
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Media monitoring was submitted weekly to DC and DGDPA.
- weekly monitoring reports with list of media coverage and summaries of all items mentioning CoE, sent to DC (press review)
- support to DC concerning provision of proper media contacts and other information on Slovene media landscape on request
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |409 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |124 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |15 |
|Number of website hits [visits] |77,788 |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD |58 |
|Number of documents translated (all Expected results) |210 |
|Number of published documents (all Expected results) |26,433 |
|Number of press conferences (all Expected results) |62 |
“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
INFORMATION OFFICE IN SKOPJE
(Inaugurated on 7 April 1997)
Address: Mito Hadzi Vasilev Jasmin bb, 1000 Skopje
Tel: + 389 2 3123 616; Fax: + 389 2 3123 617
E-mail: informskopje@coe.int; Internet: .mk
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |Presentation on the CoE and the Joint Programmes activities |
|Date and place |15/2/2008, Academy of Judges and Prosecutors |
|CEAD number |25204 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE staff and CoE expert of the Project on Technical assistance to the Penitentiary reform |
| |organised half-a-day session for 30 students at the Academy of Judges and Prosecutors. The IOCE |
| |distributed relevant CoE publications and materials. |
|Title |Establishment of CoE Infopoint at the National Parliament |
|Date and place |17/3/2008, National Parliament – Skopje |
|CEAD number |22702 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE established a CoE Infopoint within the National Parliament joining the project ”Parliament |
| |Library“ and donated books of CoE Conventions and other CoE publications related to the work of |
| |Parliament. The library was inaugurated by the Parliament Speaker Ljubisa Georgievski, followed by |
| |great media coverage. Part of the Library with the IOCE donation was marked with the official plate.|
|Title |Promotion of CoE film award (Istanbul Film Festival) in the media |
|Date and place |1/4/2008, TV Sitel with nation-wide coverage |
|CEAD number |25229 |
|Synopsis |The CoE FACE film award was announced in the news on TV Sitel (national coverage). The news was |
| |broadcasted on 1 April in the daily and evening news in a prime time without costs. |
|Title |Info-stand at the “Skopje Book Fair” |
|Date and place |18/4/2008 |
|CEAD number |22728 |
|Synopsis |As in the previous years, the IOCE took part in the Skopje Book Fair with the objective to market CoE |
| |publications to the broader reader’s public. The IOCE distributed CoE campaign materials in local |
| |languages free of charge. 70 organisations-exhibitors and 40,000 visitors. |
|Title |Celebrating “Europe week” 2008 |
|Date and place | 29/4-16/5/2008; Skopje |
|CEAD number | 23074 |
|Synopsis |In cooperation with the EC Delegation in Skopje, the Secretariat for European Affairs of the |
| |Government and the national branch of the European Movement, the IOCE donated books and set up the |
| |“European corner” at the “Braka Miladinovci“ Library in Skopje. In addition, IOCE participated in |
| |the European Happening, organised in Veles where it had a stand and distributed CoE campaign |
| |brochures and materials. |
|Title |Training “One Voter – One Vote (Prevention of Family and Proxy Voting)“ |
|Date and place | 15/5/2008, National Parliament - Skopje |
|CEAD number | 25231 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE supported training on “One Voter – One Vote“, organised by the State Election Commission |
| |and UNDP in the Parliament. The IOCE distributed CoE publications in local languages (100 copies of |
| |the brochure ”Code of Good Electoral Practices of the Venice Commission” in Macedonian and Albanian |
| |languages; 80 copies of a brochure “Women’s Individual Voting Rights” in Macedonian and Albanian |
| |languages). |
|Title |Marking of the UN International Day against torture and ill-treatment |
|Date and place | 26/6/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number | 23633 |
|Synopsis |The panel discussion was organised jointly by the EC Delegation, the UN Office and the IOCE on the |
| |occasion of the UN International Day against torture and ill-treatment. The IOCE distributed CoE |
| |materials to the participants (judiciary, NGO sector, Government), while the Council of Europe was |
| |represented by the CoE expert and a former judge to the ECtHR Ms Margarita Tsatsa Nikolovska. |
Performance indicators:
Presentation on the CoE [1]; Establishment of an Infopoint [1]
Distribution of CoE materials in local languages [5 events]; Events co-organised [4]
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; campaign against the death penalty; other (e.g. DOSTA! campaign)
|Title |Conference “The School – safe and secure place” within the CoE campaign “Building a Europe for |
| |and with Children” |
|Date and place |1/2/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number |22110 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE supported a conference “The School – safe and secure place” organised by the NGO Women |
| |Action. CoE teaching materials and publications as part of the campaign “Building a Europe for |
| |and with children” were presented to 100 professionals, schools directors, teachers and |
| |local-self government representatives. |
|Title |Round table on “Citizen support for the work of the Committees for inter-community relations at |
| |local level” |
|Date and place |12-13/4/2008, municipality Butel, Skopje |
|CEAD number |22971 |
|Synopsis |In cooperation with the municipality Butel and NGO Women’s Action, the IOCE co-organised a round|
| |table on “Citizen support for the work of the Committees for inter-community relations at local |
| |level”. The IOCE distributed CoE publications relevant to the local self-government. The IOCE |
| |Director had an introduction on the CoE and CLRAE experiences on this topic. |
|Title |School competition “Building a Europe for and with Children” - Children rights and participation|
|Date and place |16/5/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number |23210 |
|Synopsis |In cooperation with the primary school “Johan Heinrich-Pestalozzi'', the IOCE organised a |
| |competition and exhibition of children paintings dedicated to the promotion of children rights |
| |within the campaign Building a Europe for and with children. The event included a theatre play |
| |and musical conducted by primary school children. The IOCE distributed a tangram and the |
| |brochure “Seven Good Reasons for Building a Europe for and with Children”. |
|Title |Lecture and distribution of materials to mark the European Day against the Death Penalty (10 |
| |October) |
|Date and place |8-10/10/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number |24447 |
|Synopsis |In order to mark the European Day against the Death Penalty, the IOCE gave a lecture on the CoE |
| |campaigns, focusing on the campaign “Europe against the Death Penalty” to 15 students at the |
| |secondary school Algoritam in Skopje. The IOCE distributed the campaign materials to the |
| |bookstore “Matica Makedonska”, which provided them free-of-charge to all bookstore visitors on |
| |10 October, while the campaign posters were displayed on the windows of several bookstores and |
| |cafe bars in Skopje. IOCE distributed the materials to several libraries in Skopje, while the |
| |campaign postcards were distributed to restaurants and bars throughout Skopje. |
|Title |Marking the International Day on the Rights of the Child |
|Date and place |19/11/2008, Skopje |
|Synopsis |The IOCE held a joint press conference, together with the EU Ambassador and the UN |
| |representative in Skopje. The events planned by the IOCE on the occasion of marking the |
| |international human rights day (essay competition for pupils on human rights topics, seminar on |
| |HR education for democratic citizenship) were announced in the media. The spot “Raise your hand |
| |against smacking“ and the CoE children game “Wild Web Woods“ were presented at a press |
| |conference. |
|Title |School competition “Building a Europe for and with Children” - Children rights marking the |
| |International Human Rights Day |
|Date and place |10/12/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number |25228 |
|Synopsis |On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, as part of a wider initiative together |
| |with the UN Officer and EU Delegation in Skopje, the IOCE awarded best essays of secondary |
| |school students on human rights topic. A debate and a press conference were held at the EU |
| |Information Centre to announce the winners and celebrate the Human Rights Day. At the NGO Fair |
| |organised as part of this event, IOCE Skopje had a stand at which distributed CoE publications |
| |and campaign materials. TV spots (“Raise your hand against smacking“, and the campaign against |
| |the death penalty) were broadcasted. |
Performance indicators:
Number of press conferences [2]; competitions [2]; Number of events co-organised [4]
Translated documents [7]; Translated and published campaign posters [3]
CoE campaign on eliminating corporal punishment of children:
- CoE Fact-sheet on “Abolishing corporal punishment of children” translated in Macedonian
- CoE brochure “Abolishing corporal punishment of children – Questions and answers” was translated in the Macedonian language;
- CoE brochure “Off the books!” - A guidance for Europe’s Parliaments on law reform to eliminate corporal punishment was translated in the Macedonian language;
- The brochure “Encouraging Better Behaviour – A Practical Guide to Positive Parenting” was translated in the Macedonian language;
- CoE publication “Eliminating corporal punishment - A human rights imperative for Europe's children” was translated in the Macedonian language.
CoE campaign “Europe against the Death Penalty”:
Published CoE books/brochures [4]; CoE campaign posters [3]; CoE postcards [2]
- The brochure for the campaign against the Death Penalty “Death is not Justice” was published in the Macedonian language in 300 copies;
- Bilingual postcards (in Macedonian and Albanian language) for the campaign against the Death Penalty published in 5,000 copies.
CoE campaign “Speak Out against Discrimination“
- The poster for the CoE campaign “Speak Out against Discrimination“ was printed in a total of 1000 copies (500 copies in Macedonian and Albanian language each);
- Bilingual postcards (in Macedonian and Albanian language) for the campaign “Speak Out against Discrimination“, published in 5000 copies.
Other:
The CoE publication “Roma in Europe” was translated from English into Macedonian.
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
|Title |Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg official visit |
|Date and place | 25-29/2/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number | 22007 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a lecture of the HR Commissioner on “Human Rights in Europe - Continuous |
| |Challenge”. The lecture took place at the Law Faculty Iustinianus Primus in Skopje on 26/2, where |
| |the IOCE provided logistic support and interpretation. The IOCE organised meetings of the |
| |Commissioner with representatives of NGOs, a press conference and TV interview with the Human Rights|
| |Commissioner at the Kanal 5 TV and at the bilingual ALSAT M channel. |
|Title |Assistance to the mission of the Department for Monitoring of Execution of Judgments of the ECtHR |
|Date and place | 13-14/3/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number | 22292 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE provided interpretation at the meetings with the Minister of Justice and the President of |
| |the Supreme Court. |
| |
|Title |Assistance to the visit of the CoE Development Bank delegation |
|Date and place | 25-28/3/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number | 22806 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE provided logistic support and interpretation at meetings with the Bureau for Execution of |
| |Sanctions within the Ministry of Justice. The aim was to discuss the possibilities of the Council of|
| |Europe Bank loan for refurbishing of prisons and review the projects for renovation of prison |
| |facilities, proposed by the Ministry of Justice. |
|Title |Presentation of CoE activities at the Action Plan Seminar providing assistance to states with a view|
| |to guaranteeing social rights through wider application of the European Social Charter |
|Date and place | 17-18/3/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number | 21314 |
|Synopsis |The seminar, opened by the Minister of Labour and Social Policy, was organised jointly by DG-HL and |
| |the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. The IOCE presented CoE activities in the field and CoE/EC |
| |Joint Programmes to 40 participants. |
|Title |Assistance to the visit of Ms Mary Ann Hennessey, DGDPA |
|Date and place | 3-6/4/2008, Skopje and Mavrovo |
|CEAD number | 22749 |
|Synopsis |Assistance by organising meetings and providing logistic support for the visit. Ms Hennessey |
| |participated in a session of the Skopje School of Politics in Mavrovo on 4-6 April. |
|Title |Support for the launch of the new CoE/EC Joint Project “Support to the Prosecutors’ Network in |
| |South-Eastern Europe – PROSECO” |
|Date and place | 29/5/2008, Skopje |
|Synopsis |The IOCE provided support and interpretation at the meeting between the Minister, representatives of|
| |the Ministry of Justice and the Public Prosecution, the project manager and representatives of the |
| |Italian Ministry of Justice. The discussion focused on the modalities for launching and |
| |implementation of the new CoE/EC Joint project “Support to the Prosecutors’ Network in South-Eastern|
| |Europe – PROSECO”. |
|Title |Training session for Law Enforcement Officials on “Introduction and implementation of international |
| |human rights standards with focus on domestic violence” |
|Date and place |10-12/6/2008, Ohrid |
|CEAD number |20897 |
|Synopsis |The seminar was organised by the Police and Human Rights Programme, DG-HL and the IOCE, in |
| |co-operation with the Ministry of Interior. Participants: 35 police officials. The Office provided |
| |assistance in logistics and finance-related matters. |
|Title |Support to the Post-Election Mission of Ad Hoc Committee for the observation of the Parliamentary |
| |Elections |
|Date and place | 15-16/7/2008, Skopje |
|Synopsis |The IOCE supported the Post-Election mission of the PACE Committee. The delegation met with the |
| |officials to evaluate the degree of compliance with PACE conclusions and recommendations regarding |
| |the 1 June 2008 parliamentary elections. The IOCE organised a press conference on 16 July with a |
| |great visibility in printed and electronic media. |
|Title |Support to the visit of Ms Tanja Rakusic Hadzic (DG-HL) |
|Date and place |6-7/10/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number |24389 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised a visit of Ms Tanja Rakusic Hadzic providing logistic assistance and |
| |interpretation at meetings with the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Interior. The visit |
| |explored the possibilities for starting new Joint Programme with the MoI and MoJ focusing on the |
| |needs for possible assistance in the area of the penitentiary reform. |
|Title |Training session for Law Enforcement Officials on Human Rights Aspects in Police Work |
|Date and place |21-22/10/2008, Ohrid |
|CEAD number |20898 |
|Synopsis |The DG-HL, Police and Human Rights Programme and the Ministry of Interior co-organised training |
| |for Law Enforcement Officials on Human Rights Aspects in Police Work (for 35 police officers). |
| |The training focused on article 3 of the ECHR and the case law of the ECtHR. |
| | |
|Title |E-voting - support to the visit of Ms Susanne Caarls (DGDPA) |
|Date and place |28-29/10/2008, Skopje |
|Synopsis |The IOCE organised meetings, provided logistical and interpretation support for the meetings |
| |with the State Election Commission, the Ministry of Justice and NGOs. A fact-finding mission was|
| |organised upon request by the State Election Commission for CoE assistance in their deliberation|
| |on the possible introduction of e-voting and Internet voting for voters living abroad. |
|Title |Visit of Mr Giovanni Celiento, Mr Jean Andre Claus and Ms Vartuhi Khechoyan (DSP) |
|Date and place |4-5/11/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number |24682 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE supported a visit of DSP representatives by organising meetings and providing |
| |interpretation with the national Ministries’ officials and international possible donors in |
| |order to discuss future areas of cooperation and the CoE involvement. |
|Title |Visit of the PACE Monitoring Committee delegation |
|Date and place |2-5/11/2008, Skopje |
|Synopsis |The IOCE assisted the mission of PACE Monitoring Committee delegation by organising meetings |
| |with the NGO sector, international organisations and diplomatic corps. |
|Title |PROSECO workshop on Cybercrime - Training for Prosecutors and Judges in South Eastern Europe and|
| |International Cooperation against Cybercrime: Review of Effectiveness |
|Date and place |17-20/11/2008, Ohrid |
|Synopsis |The workshops were organised within the Regional Project on Support to the Prosecutors’ Network |
| |in South Eastern Europe and the CoE Project on Cybercrime. In cooperation with the DG-HL and the|
| |national Public Prosecutor’s Office, the IOCE co-organised a regional conference and workshop. |
| |80 participants |
|Title |Training session for Law Enforcement Officials on Human Rights with focus on CPT standards |
|Date and place |25-26/11/2008, Ohrid |
|CEAD number |24464 |
|Synopsis |Together with the DG-HL and the Ministry of Interior, the IOCE co-organised a training session |
| |for Law Enforcement Officials on Human Rights with focus on CPT issues and Article 3 from ECHR. |
| |Participants: 20 police officers |
| |Visit of the Venice Commission expert and Secretariat member; Electoral Training with the State |
|Title |Election Commission |
|Date and place |16-17/12/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number |25386 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE facilitated a visit of the Venice Commission representatives and assisted organisation |
| |of the Electoral training, organised by the Venice Commission, DGDPA and the State Electoral |
| |Commission. |
Performance indicators:
Number of missions facilitated [15]; Training sessions/conferences/events co-organised [3]
Support in the launch of a new JP [1]; Press conferences [2]
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
|Title |Training seminar for lawyers on articles 3, 5 and 6 of the ECHR |
|Date and place |27-29/6/2008 |
|CEAD number |22674 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE supported organisation of a seminar together with the DG-HL and the national Young |
| |Lawyers Association by disseminating CoE publications on the ECHR and the ECtHR case-law. |
|Title |Two seminars on Selected Articles of the ECHR |
|Date and place |22-23/9/2008 and 2/10/2008, Ohrid |
|CEAD number |24227 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE gave a brief introduction at the seminar on Article 6 and Article 1, Protocol 1 of the |
| |ECHR. The seminar was co-organised by the Academy of Judges and Prosecutors and DG-HL. The |
| |topics included presentations of judges from the Court of First Instance Skopje II and the |
| |Supreme Court. |
Performance indicators:
Number of potential complainants at the IOCE premises [about 1,100]
Number of trainings assisted/co-organised by the Office [3]
EXPECTED RESULT 5:
Financial and human resources are managed efficiently and effectively, with a view to carrying out the Annual plan of activities and in accordance with the relevant Regulations
From January 2007 the IOCE was fully integrated in the CoE FIMS system and all transactions were carried out in accordance with the new CoE regulations. A quarterly plan of activities was forwarded to DGDPA in time.
The IOCE provided support to finance related activities for the projects (Social Institutions Support Project, the CoE/EAR Joint Project on Technical Assistance to the Penitentiary Reform, and organisational/financial support to the CoE/EC Joint Regional Project on Development of Reliable and Functioning Prison Systems in the Western Balkans).
The IOCE provided organisational and financial support to the CoE Action Plan on Education for Democratic Citizenship, as well as to the CoE Venice Commission regarding the Pre-electoral assistance activities in December 2008.
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Press conferences [5]
- The IOCE Skopje supported a visit of the HR Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg by organising a press conference in its premises on 28/2/2008. The Commissioner presented the observations of his first official visit on 25-29/2/2008.
- On 16 July, the IOCE co-organised a press conference of the PACE members, representatives of the Post-electoral mission, Ad Hoc Committee for the observation of the parliamentary elections. The IOCE contacted media and provided interpretation. The national MTV and TV stations A1, Sitel, Telma and Kanal 5 broadcasted statements from the press conference in prime-time news.
- The Electoral training, part of the Pre-electoral support, organised jointly by the Venice Commission (VC), IOCE and the State Elections Commission (SEC) on 16-17/12 had significant coverage in the media. The biggest TV stations transmitted the statements of the VC representatives and the President of SEC on this event.
Articles in newspapers on CoE [approx. 100]; Campaign spots [2]
40 media reports submitted to DC and DGDPA on a weekly basis
The IOCE translated and submitted to DC and DGDPA newspaper articles relevant to the CoE and developments in the country on regular basis [140]
OTHER:
CoE Pre-electoral assistance – Early Parliamentary Elections on 1 June 2008
|Title |CoE Pre-electoral assistance |
|Date and place |May, Skopje |
|CEAD number |23444 |
|Synopsis |In view of the early Parliamentary Elections on 1 June and in order to promote the CoE standards|
| |in electoral matters, the IOCE reprinted the CoE publications in Macedonian (“Media and |
| |Elections” - 1000 copies; “Handbook for Monitors of Elections” – 10,000 copies; “Women’s |
| |Individual Voting Rights” - 1000 copies; “Code of Good Electoral Practices of the Venice |
| |Commission” - 1000 copies). |
CoE Pre-electoral assistance – Assistance for the Presidential and Local Elections, scheduled in March 2009
| |Electoral Training with the State Election Commission |
|Title |“How to Prepare the Forthcoming Elections for Achieving Credible and Genuine Elections?” |
|Date and place |16-17/12/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number |25386 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE assisted organisation of the electoral training “How to Prepare the Forthcoming |
| |Elections for Achieving Credible and Genuine Elections?” organised by the Venice Commission, |
| |DGDPA and the State Electoral Commission. The workshop was opened by the Minister of Justice |
| |Mihajlo Manevski and the President of SEC Aleksandar Novakoski. For the training, the IOCE |
| |printed in Macedonian: |
| |- “Preconditions for a Democratic Election”, 500 copies |
| |- “Handbook for Monitoring of Elections”, 5000 copies. |
The IOCE Skopje facilitated implementation of 6 co-operation programmes:
• CoE Pilot phase on Education for Democratic Citizenship, realised in cooperation with the national Bureau for Development of Education
• Joint Regional Programme between the CoE and the European Commission on Development of Reliable and Functioning Prison Systems in the Western Balkans
• Joint National Programme between the European Agency for Reconstruction and the CoE on Technical assistance to the Penitentiary reform
• Social Institutions Support Regional Programme (SISP)
• Joint Programme between the European Agency for Reconstruction and the CoE, in partnership with ZELS on Leadership Benchmark Best Practice and Programme on Strengthening Public Ethics at Local Level
• PROSECO CoE/EC Joint Project “Support to the Prosecutors’ Network in South-Eastern Europe
I. Council of Europe Action Plan on Education for Democratic Citizenship
|Title |Seminar 1: |
| |“Exploring Children’s Rights to Strengthen Sustainable Human Rights Education for Children”, |
| |Council of Europe EDC Action Plan – Train the trainers |
|Date and place |1-2/3/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number |21803 |
|Synopsis |Within the CoE Action Plan on Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC), DGIV, the Ministry of |
| |Education and the IOCE organised a seminar on the “Reflection of testing phase and introduction |
| |to methodical specifications for EDC primary school teachers”. |
| |30 participants (primary school teachers and NGOs) |
|Title |Seminar 2: |
| |“Exploring Children’s Rights to Strengthen Sustainable Human Rights Education for Children”, |
| |Council of Europe EDC Action Plan – Train the trainers |
|Date and place |21-22/6/2008, Ohrid |
|CEAD number |21804 |
|Synopsis |The seminar was organised as part of a wider DGIV project in cooperation with the national |
| |Education Development Bureau. Participants: 35 trainers on children’s rights education working |
| |on the adaptation of the Exploring Children's Rights Manual in Macedonian and Albanian |
| |languages, were trained as multipliers for children’s rights education. |
|Title |Seminar 3: |
| |“Presentation of Children Rights Portfolios of the Multipliers and Arranging Criteria for |
| |Evaluation and Dissemination“ |
|Date and place |20-22/11/2008; Skopje |
|CEAD number |24670 |
|Synopsis |The seminar on Exploring Children’s Rights to Strengthen Sustainable Human Rights Education for |
| |Children was organised in cooperation with the national Education Development Bureau. |
| |Participants: 20 trainers on children’s rights education |
Performance indicators:
Translated publications [2]; Printed documents [1]; Number of events (co)-organised [3]
II. CoE/EC Joint Regional Programme on Development of Reliable and Functioning Prison Systems in the Western Balkans
|Title |Round table on Presentation of the CoE Guidelines for Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons |
|Date and place |28/1/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number |17037 |
|Synopsis |In cooperation with the DG-HL and the Bureau for the Execution of Sanctions, the IOCE |
| |co-organised a round table on Presentation of the CoE Guidelines for Inspection and Monitoring |
| |of Prisons within the CoE/EC Joint Regional Project on Development of Reliable and Functioning |
| |Prison Systems in the Western Balkans. |
|Title |Pilot cascade training for prison management and operational staff on “Human Rights in Prisons” |
|Date and place |13-14/3/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number |17069 |
|Synopsis |As part of the EC/CoE Joint Regional Project on Development of Reliable and Functioning Prison |
| |Systems in the Western Balkans, in cooperation with the Bureau for Execution of Sanctions, the |
| |DG-HL and IOCE co-organised the Cascade training on Human Rights in Prisons for 25 prison |
| |managers. |
III. National Joint Programme between the European Agency for Reconstruction and the Council of Europe on Technical Assistance to the Penitentiary Reform
|Title |“Training of trainers“ session on substantive European human rights standards and methodological|
| |aspects for prison management staff |
|Date and place |29-31/1/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number |17036 |
|Synopsis |In cooperation with the DG-HL and the national Bureau for the Execution of Sanctions, the IOCE |
| |co-organised a seminar on human rights in prisons; training-for-trainers was held on 29-31 |
| |January. |
| |20 participants - employees of the prisons in Skopje, Idrizovo, Stip, Bitola and Ohrid. |
|Title |6th Meeting of the Steering Committee for the CoE/EAR Joint Programme on Technical Assistance to|
| |the Penitentiary reform |
|Date and place |19/2/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number |20872 |
|Synopsis |The 6th meeting of the Steering Committee was chaired by the IOCE Director, with participation |
| |of representatives from the Bureau for Execution of Sanctions, Ministry of Justice, from the EC |
| |Delegation and EAR Office in Skopje. An overview of the project activities was presented, |
| |followed by a discussion on the progress. |
| | |
|Title |Evaluation conference of the Joint Project on Technical Assistance to the Penitentiary Reform |
|Date and place |6/3/2008, Skopje |
|CEAD number |20269 |
|Synopsis |The conference aimed to evaluate the results of the Joint Project on Technical Assistance to the|
| |Penitentiary Reform and supporting the on-going reform and further development of the |
| |penitentiary system in the country. |
|Title |7th Steering Committee Meeting for the CoE/EAR Joint Project on Technical Assistance to the |
| |Penitentiary Reform |
|Date and place |25/3/2008, Skopje |
|Synopsis |Participation of the IOCE Director in the 7th Steering Committee Meeting where the Project |
| |expert presented an overview of the Project activities and progress. |
Performance indicators:
Number of cooperation programmes facilitated by the Office [3]
Number of events co-organised by the Office [6]
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |1,900 |
|Number of potential complainants in the Office |1,100 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |15 |
|Number of website hits [visits] |106,762 |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD |15 |
|Number of documents translated (all Expected results) |11 |
|Number of published documents (all Expected results) |6 |
|Number of press conferences (all Expected results) |5 |
UKRAINE
INFORMATION OFFICE IN KYIV
(Inaugurated on 15 September 1995)
Address: 24A I. Franka Street, 01030 Kyiv
Tel: +38 044 234 37 78; Fax: +38 044 234 40 84; E-mail: informkiev@coe.int
Internet: http:// coe.kiev.ua
EXPECTED RESULT 1:
An increasingly wide public is given access to key CoE information in their language
|Title |Educational project “European Studies” |
|Date and place |1/3 – 31/12/2008, Kyiv |
|CEAD number |22776, 24866 |
|Synopsis |One week training for students from the Kyiv International University. The students selected the|
| |topics and studied documents in the reading hall. All participants were given a pack of the CoE |
| |publications. |
|Title |A series of lectures on the CoE activity for senior pupils, students, Parliament‘s interns |
|Date and place |1/1/08 – 31/12/2008, Ukraine |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The purpose of the lectures was to acquaint youth with the CoE activity, including the latest |
| |youth campaigns, human rights activity and possibilities of participating in it. All |
| |participants were shown a documentary on the CoE and given a pack of the CoE publications. |
|Title |Book Exhibition “Information Fair 2008” |
|Date and place |17-18/4/2008, Kyiv |
|CEAD number |22 778 |
|Synopsis |Participation in the annual book exhibition “Information Fair 2008” organised by the Verkhovna |
| |Rada with presentation of the CoE materials, including IOCE publications in Ukrainian, in order |
| |to raise awareness on CoE activity among wide public. Promotional materials were disseminated; |
| |number of the visitors of reading hall increased dramatically after the event. |
|Title |Publication of the “Manual on the Council of Europe” |
|Date and place |1-31/1/2008, Kyiv |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The manual was published in co-operation with the Institute of International Relations in order |
| |to give the professional groups access to information on the CoE history, activities, main legal|
| |instruments, co-operation with international organisations and states, particularly with |
| |Ukraine. |
|Title |Updated publication of a brochure “The Council of Europe. 800 million Europeans” |
|Date and place |1/4 – 31/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |22782 |
|Synopsis |The book gives an insight into the Council of Europe, what it is and how it works. Public was |
| |given more detailed information on the CoE. |
| | |
|Title |Publication of the “Bulletin of the IOCE n˚13” |
|Date and place |1/7 – 31/12/2008 |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |This issue contained 3 reports of the CPT together with the answers of the Ukrainian Government.|
| |The texts included an assessment of detention’s condition and recommendations of their |
| |improvement. |
Performance indicators:
Lectures [18]; Translated documents [1]; Publications [3]
Interventions in the conferences [8]; Number of visitors in the Office [466]
Press releases translated, sent to the media and put on the Office website [80]
Written answers to inquiries received via e-mail [130] and by post [112]
“Week in brief” translated, put on the Office website and sent to the media [42]
EXPECTED RESULT 2:
Decision-makers, professional groups and general public are made aware of CoE priority issues, in particular campaigns: against discrimination; to combat violence against women; programme “Building a Europe for and with children”; campaign against the death penalty; other (e.g. DOSTA! campaign)
|Title |“Dosta!” campaign |
|Date and place |1/1 – 31/12/2008, all over Ukraine |
|CEAD number |24289 |
|Synopsis |Improving the living conditions of Roma citizens by safeguarding their basic human rights, |
| |promoting access to services and supporting their participation in social/political life and |
| |further empowerment were the priorities of a joint CoE/EC awareness-raising project launched in |
| |Moldova and Ukraine on 14 May. The Ukrainian version of the Dosta! campaign website was |
| |launched; radio programme recorded; leaflet on the campaign translated and promotional materials|
| |produced. |
|Title |Series of radio programmes devoted to campaigns: “All equal – All Different”, “Building a Europe|
| |for and with Children”, “Dosta!” |
|Date and place |1/5 – 30/6/2008, all over Ukraine |
|CEAD number |23334 |
|Synopsis |Radio programmes were initiated together with the State Radio Company with the aim to increase |
| |awareness among citizens on the CoE campaigns, to draw attention to the cases of xenophobia and |
| |racism, situation of Roma and children rights in Ukraine. Discussion of national NGOs and state |
| |bodies’ representatives in the studio. |
|Title |TV Programme in the framework of the campaign “Building a Europe for and with Children” |
|Date and place |1/5 – 30/06/2008, all over Ukraine |
|CEAD number |23842 |
|Synopsis |TV Programme ”Time by Greenwich” (5 TV Channel) on the CoE activity in the field of corporal |
| |punishment ban was organised in order to support to the CoE Conference in Zagreb on 14-15 June |
| |and to draw attention to the CoE initiative “Raise your hand against smacking”. Ministries and |
| |NGOs representatives were invited to the studio to inform public. |
|Title |All-Ukrainian “Week of Tolerance” campaign in the framework of the CoE “All Equal – All |
| |Different” campaign |
|Date and place |1/1 – 31/12/2008, all over Ukraine |
|CEAD number |24290 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE produced promotional materials which were disseminated to 15 partners in different |
| |regions of Ukraine. 10 November final activities in the framework of the CoE “All Equal – All |
| |Different” campaign; All-Ukrainian Campaign “Week of Tolerance” in Vinnytsia town. Youth art |
| |initiative “100 meters to Europe” and a street action “Light a Lamp of Tolerance” were carried |
| |out in the town. Rewarding ceremony of art competitions winners was held where all winners |
| |received among other presents a package of CoE promotional materials. |
| | |
|Title |Production of information materials for the Day against the Death Penalty |
|Date and place |1/7 - 10/10/2008 |
|CEAD number |24291 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE translated and published a leaflet “Europe against the Death Penalty”. |
|Title |Organisation of a round table “Europe against the Death Penalty” |
|Date and place |10/10/2008, Zhytomyr |
|CEAD number |24857 |
|Synopsis |Round Table “Europe against the Death Penalty” was organised jointly with the International |
| |Society for Human Rights (Ukrainian section). Information and promotional materials on the CoE |
| |were disseminated among participants. Representatives of NGOs, political parties, high rank |
| |officers from the State Department on Execution of Punishment in Ukraine, prosecutors, Ministry |
| |of Interior and journalists took part. |
|Title |Radio programme devoted to the International Day of Human Rights |
|Date and place |9/12/2008 |
|CEAD number |25208 |
|Synopsis |Radio programme devoted to the International Day of Human Rights, organised together with the |
| |Amnesty International and Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, was aimed to draw attention to |
| |the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its connection with the |
| |ECHR, as well as to the situation of the human rights in Ukraine. |
Special website for Dosta! campaign [1]; Documents translated [15]
Promotional materials on Dosta! campaign on CoE request [7,600]; initiated by IOCE [500]
“Dosta!” TV spot broadcasts in “Roma’s Life” programmes by the Transcarpathian State Broadcasting Company
Radio programmes broadcasted by the State Radio Station [3]
TV programmes broadcasted by 5 TV Channel [1]
Publications of the articles by SG and DSG in national media [3]
Translation and publication of a Leaflet “Europe against the Death Penalty” [500 copies]
Radio programme devoted to the International Day of Human Rights [1]
Presentation of the campaign ”Building a Europe for and with children” for pupils of secondary school, dissemination of information materials on campaign [1]
Interventions at the Conference [10]
Press release translated and put on the Office website, sent to the media [95]
EXPECTED RESULT 3:
Member states benefit from more effective and efficient cooperation activities and visiting missions through on-the-spot organisation / facilitation by the Information Office
|Title |PACE Monitoring Committee fact-finding mission |
|Date and place |13-17/1/2008, Kyiv |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |IOCE took part in preparation of a programme of the mission (meetings with NGOs and journalists,|
| |organisation of TV/newspapers interviews). |
|Title |”Kyiv Initiative” representatives mission |
|Date and place |28/2/2008, Kyiv |
|CEAD number |21219 |
|Synopsis |IOCE took part in preparation of a programme of the mission (meetings with the EC, British |
| |Council, World Bank, Goethe Institute, UNDP). |
|Title |CoE Secretary General Terry Davis visit in Kyiv |
|Date and place |19-20/3/2008, Kyiv |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE took part in preparation of a programme of the SG visit - arranging of meetings with |
| |NGOs, organisation of TV interviews. |
|Title |Advisory Committee of Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities visit |
|Date and place |6-11/4/2008, Kyiv-Simferopol |
|CEAD number |21525 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE took part in preparation of a programme of the visit - arranging of meetings with the |
| |human rights NGOs, the national minorities representatives, independent experts and media; |
| |assistance with contacts to NGOs in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. |
|Title |Venice Commission representatives visit |
|Date and place |28-31/5/2008, Kyiv |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE took part in preparation of a programme of the visit (translation of the Draft Concept |
| |for Comprehensive Review of the Constitutional Regulation of Social Relations in Ukraine with |
| |the Explanatory Note). |
|Title |Committee on European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages visit |
|Date and place |25-30/5/2008, Kyiv |
|CEAD number |21574 |
|Synopsis |The IOCE took part in preparation of a programme of the visit (meetings with the representatives|
| |of national minorities and leaders of public cultural and national associations coming from |
| |regions and Kyiv). |
|Title |Representatives of the Social Cohesion, Migration and Roma Department, Migration Division visit |
|Date and place |24-28/4/2008, Kyiv |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE took part in preparation of a programme of the visit (meetings with the political |
| |parties’ representatives). |
|Title |Publication of the Ukrainian version of the Report by the Commissioner for Human Rights on his |
| |visit to Ukraine in 2006 |
|Date and place |1-30/4/08, Kyiv |
|CEAD number |22961 |
|Synopsis |Publication was disseminated among mass media during a press conference in the framework of the |
| |International Conference “Modern Challenges to Human Rights and Freedoms” on 14 April where Mr |
| |Hammarberg took part. The Report by the Commissioner was disseminated in order to raise |
| |awareness on the CoE activities in general and the Commissioner for Human Rights’ activity in |
| |particular. |
|Title |Two visits of CoE consultants within the project “Moldova and Ukraine: Enhancing the domestic |
| |capacity to devise, implement, monitor and communicate on the national action plans for Roma and|
| |countering negative stereotyping faced by Roma people” |
|Date and place |5-8/8/2008; 16-19/11/2008 |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |The IOCE took part in preparation of the visits (meetings and a round table on “Needs Assessment|
| |of the Situation of Roma in Ukraine”). |
Performance indicators:
Number of missions facilitated [7]; Meeting with NGOs [4]; Meeting with journalists [2]
Number of TV interviews [5]; Number of interviews given to newspapers [1]
Translations [2]; Interventions [2]; Translated press releases and sent to media [32]
EXPECTED RESULT 4:
Potential complainants better informed about appropriate mechanisms to deal with their human rights problems, and ECHR procedures, especially admissibility criteria
|Title |Publication of the ECtHR case-law in Ukrainian (Vol. V) |
|Date and place |April, Kyiv |
|CEAD number |19761 |
|Synopsis |The book was designed to assist judges and lawyers at all levels and potential complainants as |
| |well to get acquainted with the ECtHR case-law. It consists of 19 cases that were chosen with |
| |consideration of the most actual problems at the Ukrainian courts. |
|Title |Publication of a handbook on ”The right to property under the European Convention on Human |
| |Rights” |
|Date and place |March, Kyiv |
|CEAD number |21152 |
|Synopsis |This publication was aimed to improve access to human rights case-law and to human rights |
| |training material. |
| | |
|Title |Translation and publication of the selected ECtHR case law |
| |(Vol. VI) |
|Date and place |December, Kyiv |
|CEAD number |21152 |
|Synopsis |The publication was aimed to improve access to human rights case-law and training material; |
| |access for professional groups to the ECtHR case law in the relevant languages. |
|Title |Publication of the “European Convention on Human Rights” |
|Date and place |1/7 – 31/12/2008 |
|CEAD number | |
|Synopsis |This edition was composed of the ECHR with all Protocols, the Application Form and the |
| |Explanatory Note for persons wishing to apply to the ECtHR. |
Performance indicators:
Publications [4]
Number of potential complainants [169]
Intervention [1]
Written answers to requests on the ECtHR sent by e-mail [113] and by mail [163]
Translated press releases and put on the Office website, sent to media [25]
EXPECTED RESULT 6:
Provide media monitoring in accordance with the guidelines of the Directorate of Communication
Media monitoring submitted to DC and DGDPA [98]
STATISTICS:
|Number of visitors in the Office |582 |
|Number of complainants in the Office |495 |
|Number of CoE visits facilitated |9 |
|Number of website hits [visits] |Hits: 17,737 |
| |Visits: 11,236 |
|Number of activities put in the CEAD |18 |
|Number of documents translated (all Expected results) |19 |
|Number of published documents (all Expected results) |9 |
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