NORTH-SOUTH CENTRE PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES KEY Statutory bodies Flagship events Global *This Programme of Activities is subject to be revised in view of ongoing negotiations with DG DEVCO for the renewal of the project beyong July Empowerment of Women YEAR ACTIVITY LOCATION DATES FRAMEWORK ACTION METHODOLOGY TARGET GROUP PARTNERS OUTPUT(S)/OUTCOME(S) ALIGNMENT WITH COUNCIL OF EUROPE PRIORITIES ALIGNMENT WITH UN SDGs Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Global Network annual meeting 14-15 February ILEGEND, Capacitybuiding National coordinators of the NSC GE network, practitioners & institutional National coordinators of the NSC GE network, practitioners & institutional Assesment of the NSC GE network in the previous year and definition of roadmap for ; Assesment of the results of the 2018 GEW Planning GEW; Peer-review of the Global revised Guidelines. and Human Rights. Pool of Experts' Working Group 18-22 February Monitoring, Capacitybuilding Civil society ' experts from Southern Mediterranean countries Assessment of the outcomes of NSPEW activities and definition of a roadmap and advocacy strategy for ; definition of the main ideas for guidelines on the coordinated approach in combating violence against women and role of CSO; contribution to the Lisbon Forum (the gender equality dimension) Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy - strategic objective 2: combating violence against women and domestic violence and strategic objective 6: gender mainstreaming; Council of Europe Policy towards its Neighbourhood regions; Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence 20th Bureau Meeting of the North- Strasbourg, France- South March Bureau and Executive Committee members The work of the is monitored and Preparatory meeting of the 7th Mediterranean University on and Global Citizenship Hammamet, Tunisia - 2nd week April /VC Partners and pedagogical teams of the 7th MedUni Tunisian Observaotry (ONJ), European Forum (YFJ) and others (tbc) The activities taking place in the framework of the MedUni are coordinated; Pedagogical team and other appropriate teams defined the weekflow and main elements of the activities under the coordination recommendation (97) 3 participation and the future of CM(2016)25 Action Plan on Building inclusive Extremism and Council of Europe Strategy Priorities (2018-) Goals Res(2250), Peace and elearning course - global education the Citizenship dimension 4 February - 3 March ILEGEND Capacity-Building Formal and non formal educators TNU-The Network University 50 multipliers selected from open applications (stakeholders, educators, young people and youth multipliers) are equipped with competences on Global Development (GDE) with a specific focus on Democratic Citizenship The online training courses promote a broad solidarity, understanding of how to raise awaraness and how to develop GDE projects and actions in different contexts, in and Human Rights a multicultural and international learning environment Recipients of the training courses use the Global Guidelines and share best practices via online GE resource
Lisbon Forum 2018 follow-up seminar location to be identified - 1st week April (tbc) public opinion, quadrilogue The multilateral bottom-up quadrilogue approach is enhanced; Pilot projects following the conclusions of the LF2018 are showcased. CM(2016)25 Action Plan on Building inclusive Extremism and Council of Europe Strategy Priorities (2018-) SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals Workshop on Strengthening capacities of women Madrid, Spain - end of (3rd) (including April monitoring meeting of the North- South Pool of Experts) CSO women and other of the quadrilogue, international, academia Pool of Experts on gender equality and women rights Peer-learning and knowledge exchanged in the field of gender equality and women rights in the Euro-Med region; The participatiry bottom-up approach to define gender sensitive policies is promoted; The Pool of Experts incorporated the recommendations of the workshop to elaborate the final guidelines of the Process for the Empowerement of Women project. Violence Against Europe's Steering Committee on 19-21 March Members of the Steering Committee, Better knowledge about the work of the among from Council of Europe Steering Committee; The relevance of the work of the in the field of global education is recognised and Human Rights Participation at Council of Europe's Steeting Committee (CDJ) and joint Council on (CMJ) March Council of Europe member States, observers and youth civil society 's participation contributed to a better knowledge of the work; Recognition of its relevance in the field of youth and support to its activities. Council of Europe Strategy Priorities (2018-) SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Goals, Res(2250), Peace and Europe's Gender Equality Commission April Members of the Gender Equality Commission, Better knowledge about the work of the among from Council of Europe Gender Equality Commission; The relevance of the work of the in the field of gender equality is recognised Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence SDG 5 Gender Equality XXIV Award ceremony of North- South Prize of the Council of Europe May/June (tbc) public opinion, quadrilogue Presidency of the Portuguese Republic, Assembly of the Portuguese Republic and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal Two personalities, one from the north, the other from the south, who have excelled in their commitment to human rights, democracy and the rule of law are distinguisehd; Awaraness is raised on issue around global interdependence and solidarity issues CM/Rec(2010)7 Charter on for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights ; European Convention on Human Rights; Council of Europe White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue Institutions; goals
Visegrad regional seminar followup meeting on Global Development (3rd) Preparatory meeting of the 20th University on and Development Balkan regional seminar follow-up meeting on Global Development (3rd) Hungary (tbc) - May Mollina, Spain - May /VC Albania/B&H/FYROM/ Montenegro (tbc) - June NSC GE network regional and policy coordinators, makers (quadrilogue) from Council of Europe, the Czech Republic, Hungary, CONCORD, GENE, Poland and Slovakia UNESCO Partners and pedagogical teams of the 19th UYD Spanish Institute for (INJUVE), European Forum (YFJ), Spanish National Council (CJE) and others (tbc) and policy NSC GE network makers (quadrilogue) from regional Albania, Croatia, "The former coordinators, Yugoslav Republic of Council of Europe, Macedonia," Montenegro, CONCORD, GENE, Serbia and Bosnia and UNESCO Herzegovina The seminar facilitated cooperation and sharing of best practices and advocacy mechanisms; Recommendations of the 3rd European Congress on Global served as basis for actions to strengthen GE in targeted countries The activities taking place in the framework of the UYD are coordinated; Pedagogical team and other appropriate teams defined the weekflow and main elements of the activities under the coordination. The seminar facilitated cooperation and sharing of best practice and advocacy mechanisms; Recommendations of the 3rd European Congress on Global served as basis for actions to strengthen GE in targeted countries. and Human Rights and Human Rights ; Council of Europe Framework of Reference of Competences for Democratic Culture, civil society; Recommendation Rec(2003)8 on the promotion and Council of Europe Strategy Priorities (2018-). Goals, and Human Rights. Launching event of the revised Global Guidelines location to be identified - June/July Capacity Building, policy makers and media NSC GE network regional coordinators The revised Global Guidelines are presented and widely disseminated and Human Rights. 7th Edition of the Mediterranean University (MedUni) Joint Programme coordination Training Course on Participation for Peace and Quadrilogue seminar on youth participation and multilevel governance Hammamet, Tunisia - 9-16 June /VC Awareness raising Quadrilogue (with special focus on youth policy) responsible for youth policy/cooperation in Europe and the Southern Meditarranean, international, academia and researchers National Observatory of Tunisia (ONJ), European Forum (YFJ), other youth-led from Europe, the Southern Mediterranean, and beyond 150 young leaders/activists benefited from different capacity-building, advocacy and networking activities in the framework of the MedUni; 20 young leaders/activists are trained and equipped with tools related to Participation for Peace and ; Recommendations to improve participation mechanisms are put forward by the stakeholders present at the MedUni; Young people and youth developed joint actions with other quadrilogue actors or between peers and promot and South-South cooperation;, partnership and peer-learning between youth are reinforced CM(2016)25 Action Plan on Building inclusive Extremism and Council of Europe Strategy Priorities (2018-) Goals
Diaspora Training Course Norway (tbc) - beginning July Capacity Building from Diaspora groups in Europe youth-led from Europe 20 Diaspora youth leaders are equipped with tools to contribute to promote Global Development ; Quadrilogue actors are mobilised to participate in panel discussions addressing youth participation and multilevel governance in Europe and the Southern Mediterranean; Council of Europe Strategy Priorities (2018-) Goals 21st Bureau meeting of the North- location to be South identified - June Members of the Bureau of the The work of the is monitored and 20th Edition of University on and Development (UYD) Joint Programme coordination and 20th anniversary of the UYD 22nd Bureau and Jury of the Prize Meeting 22nd Executive Committee meeting of the Closing seminar of the North- South Process for the Empowerement of Women project Mollina, Spain - 16-22 September Strasbourg, France- Morocco - (tbc) Awareness raising Educators, young people and youth multipliers, quadrilogue (with special focus on youth policy) responsible for youth policy/cooperation, international, academia and researchers Bureau and Executive Committee members CSO women and other of the quadrilogue, international, academia Spanish Institute for (INJUVE), European Forum (YFJ), Spanish National Council (CJE) and others (tbc) Government of Morocco, North- South Pool of Experts 250 youth benefited from different capacity-building, advocacy and networking activities in the framework of the UYD;, partnership and peer-learning between youth are reinforced. The work of the is monitored and The main outcomes of the Process for the Empowerement of Women Project are disseminated, Progress in relation to the implementation of the Conference and workshops recommendations is assesed; A roadmap with benchmarks beyond is put forward; Opportunities for joint action and collaboration are identified. and Human Rights ; Council of Europe Framework of Reference of Competences for Democratic Culture, civil society; Recommendation Rec(2003)8 on the promotion and recognition of non-formal education/learning of young people; Council of Europe Strategy Priorities (2018-). Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy, CM(2016)25 Action Plan on Building Inclusive Societies; Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence; Convention in Action against Trafficking of Human Beings; Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 1765(2010); Recommendation 1940 (2010) in Gender related claims for asylum. Goals, SDG 5 Gender Equality,
Council of Europe's Steeting Committee (CDJ) and joint Council on (CMJ) Council of Europe member States, observers and youth civil society 's participation contributed to a better knowledge of the work; Recognition of its relevance in the field of youth and support to its activities. Council of Europe Strategy Priorities (2018-) SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals, Europe's Steering Committee on Global Week 18-24 November 30th anniversary of the North- South Lisbon Forum November November Members of the Steering Committee, Formal and non-formal Awareness-raising Educators & Learners from Council of Europe member States public opinion, quadrilogue GEW network coordinators AKDN, Portuguese public opinion, quadrilogue Government Better knowledge about the work of the among from Council of Europe Steering Committee; The relevance of the work of the in the field of global education is recognised School activities and awareness raising activities on GE are promoted in formal and non-formal educational settings in Council of Europe targeted countries The work of the throught the years is recognised and commemorated; Awareness is raised on issues around global interdependence and solidarity. Topic to be defined, The multilateral bottom-up quadrilogue approach is enhanced,recommendations with regards to the topic (connected with Council of Europe universal values) are put forward and Human Rights solidarity, CM/Rec(2010)7 Charter on for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights To be defined depending on topic ; SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals Meeting of the partners of the Network of Universities on and Global Citizenship Database of young trainers on Global Development Monitoing of the Pool of Experts on gender equality and women rights Euro-Med Women Network (EMWN) December Programme Spanish Institute (INJUVE), National Observatory of Tunisia (OIJ), Pan-African Union (PYU), Network of International Organisations (NIYOA), Latin American and Caribbean Forum (FLACJ), African Diaspora Network in Europe (ADYNE) and the Advisory Council on of the Council of Europe Young formal and non-formal CSOs educators Pool of Experts on gender equality and women rights Public opiniion, from Members of the different women EMWN and from other quadrilogue levels assesment of the work of the Network of Universities on and Global Citizenship Definition of roadmap for 2020 The creation of the database contributed to increase the number of and access to qualified trainers with specific expertise on GDE A good monitoring of the work of the Pool of Experts allowed: To provide guidance and technical support to the experts; To ensure fluent communication and exchange of information among the experts of the Pool; To collect specific reports and recommendations, To share training/facilitation opportunities in other activities and conferences; To offer capacity building activities; To assist in the production of the final guidelines to be presented at the end of the Project with the aim to encourage members of the quadrilogue to address different issues at stake for women and girls in the Southern Mediterranean region. The EMWN facilitated the exchange of good practices, the identification of common challenges and the sharing of experiences; The EMWN contributed to the identification of projects and partnerships. and Human Rights Council of Europe Framework of solidarity, CM(2016)25 Action Plan on Building inclusive societies; Recommendation Rec(2003)8 on the promotion and recognition of non-formal education/learning of young people; Council of Europe Strategy Priorities (2018-). solidarity, CM/Rec(2010)7 Charter on for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights CM(2016)25 Action Plan on Building Inclusive Societies; Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence; Convention in Action against Trafficking of Human Beings; Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 1765(2010); Recommendation 1940 (2010) in Gender related claims for asylum. CM(2016)25 Action Plan on Building Inclusive Societies; Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence; Convention in Action against Trafficking of Human Beings; PACE Resolution 1765(2010); Recommendation 1940 (2010) in Gender related claims for asylum. SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals,