Calendar of Major Events during the Swedish Chairmanship - May to November 2008

DRAFT 28 April 2008

May

  • 7 May, Strasbourg Ministerial Meeting, transfer of Chairmanship
  • 15-16 May, Stockholm Parliamentary Assembly Political Affairs Committee
  • 27-29 May, Strasbourg Congress of local and regional governments - Plenary Session
  • 29-30 May, Stockholm Sessions of the Bureau and the Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe:

June

  • 9-10 June, Stockholm Colloquy on effectiveness of the Convention system
  • 10-11 June, Strasbourg Concluding Conference of the campaign against Violence Against Women
  • 23-27 June, Strasbourg Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly
  • 30 June - 4 July, Strasbourg Summer University of the Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe
  • 4-5 September, Kyiv Conference of Ministers responsible for Migration
  • 8-10 September, Stockholm High-level conference in Stockholm: Building a Europe for and with Children - Towards a Strategy for 2009-2011
  • 29 September - 3 October, Strasbourg Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly

October

  • 2 October, Strasbourg Re-inauguration of the Council of Europe Youth Centre
  • 6-7 October, London Conference on International Courts and Tribunals
  • 6 October, Sweden Seminar on human rights implementation on local and regional level. Organised by the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions in co-operation with the Congress and the Commissioner for Human Rights
  • 9-10 October, Strasbourg Forum on Civic Partnership for Citizenship and Human Rights Education
  • 10-11 October, Kyiv Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth
  • 15-17 October, Madrid Forum for the Future of Democracy
  • 20 October, Strasbourg Quadripartite meeting CoE-EU
  • 29-30 October, Strasbourg Conference on the Council of Europe Action Plan/The UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons. Title: Protecting and promoting the rights of persons with disabilities in Europe - Towards full participation, inclusion and empowerment
    Organised in co-operation with the Nordic Council of Ministers

November

  • 4-5 November (tbc), Tblisi Regional Conference in the Southern Caucasus on the Rule of Law
  • 6-7 November, Stockholm Conference on Systematic Work for Human Rights Implementation
  • Mid-November, Strasbourg Handover of the Chairmanship from Sweden to Spain

Ministry for Foreign Affairs (email to the Ministry)
Published 02 May 2008
Last updated 19 May 2008