Implementation of Committee of Ministers Resolution (93) 38 on relations between the Council of Europe and international non-governmental organisations
Doc. 7570
31 May 1996
COMMUNICATION FROM THE SECRETARY GENERAL
1. In accordance with the revised rules for consultative status as set out in Committee of Ministers Resolution (93) 38,[1] the Secretary General has the honour to communicate to the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly the names of the international non-governmental organisations to which he has decided to grant consultative status.
They are as follows:
� International Academy of Legal Medicine (IALM);
� Association of Schools of Public Health in the Europe Region (ASPHER);
� European Association of Hospital and Health Services Social Workers (AEASHS);
� European Newspaper Publishers' Association (ENPA);
� European Association for Leisure Time Institutions of Children and Youth (EAICY);
� European Association of R�gies de Quartier (AERDQ);
� Association Francophone d'Amiti� et de Liaison (AFAL);
� European Help Centre for Non-Profit Organisations;
� European Conference of Christian Radios (CERC);
� Eurolink Age;
� Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA);
� Federation of European Direct Marketing (FEDIM);
� World Federation of Modern Language Associations;
� European Forum for Child Welfare;
� European Forum of Victim Services (EFVS);
� United for Intercultural Action;
� International Group of Catholic Parents' Associations (OE-GIAPEC);
� Kiwanis International, European Federation;
� European Advertising Tripartite (EAT);
� European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO).
2. The particulars of each of these organisations needed to assess each case and to understand the Secretary General's decision to add their names to the list of NGOs enjoying consultative status with the Council of Europe, are appended.
In the absence of any objection founded on the conditions set out in paragraph 9 of the appendix to Resolution (93) 38,[2] the above organisations will be added to the list of those enjoying consultative status at the end of a period of three months following the date of this document.
3. Since the last communication of 20 February 1995 to the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly on consultative status to be granted to international non-governmental organisations (CM (95) 31/Doc. 7257) under the new rules governing consultative status [Committee of Ministers Resolution (93) 38], the Secretary General has given thorough consideration to the files of some one hundred non-governmental organisations seeking consultative status with the Council of Europe.
4. In deciding to grant consultative status to the NGOs listed in paragraph 1 above, the Secretary General took account of the following reports and regulations:
� the provisions of the revised rules for consultative status as set out in paragraphs 2, 5, 7 and 8 of the appendix to Committee of Ministers Resolution (93) 38;
� the fact that the great majority of the organisations interested in having consultative status have already established, on an ad hoc basis, productive working relations with different Council of Europe departments. Moreover, both the quality of these working relations and the review of these NGOs' files show that the latter are in a position to make a useful contribution, through their activities, to the work of the Council of Europe in particularly important and topical areas.
5. As for the NGOs to which the Secretary General decided not to grant consultative status:
i. The Secretary General rejected ex officio the applications for consultative status from some nine NGOs which did not meet the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of the appendix to Committee of Ministers Resolution (93) 38.
They are as follows:
� Centro Internazionale di Studi Lombardi (CEISLO);
� European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI);
� European Federation of Funeral Services (EFFS);
� European Federation of the Hand Urgency Services (FESUM);
� Feminin Europeans of Medium and Small Enterprises (FEM);
� Foundation of European Carnevalcities (FECC);
� Prison Fellowship International;
� "Twin Cities" International Association (TCIA);
� Working Community of the Danube-Regions.
ii. Furthermore, the Secretary General considered it appropriate to postpone examining the files of three NGOs seeking consultative status for a certain period.
They are as follows:
� International Co-operative Alliance (ICA);
� Mouvement International d'Apostolat en Milieux Sociaux Ind�pendants (MIAMSI);
� International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA).
Although these NGOs do not fully meet the requirements for consultative status at the present time, they nevertheless appear to be in a position to contribute to certain Council of Europe activities. Consequently, these NGOs have been invited to establish initial contacts with the operational directorates concerned on an ad hoc, pragmatic basis. Arrangements for possible fruitful future co-operation with these NGOs might be determined, in years to come, on the basis of the results of those contacts.
iii. A number of NGOs have been invited to complete their files in conformity with the provisions of Committee of Ministers Resolution (93) 38.
6. Moreover, a large number of NGOs (more than in previous years) have sought details of the procedure for the granting of consultative status and have already given the Secretary General an initial overview of their activities. They have not yet submitted a formal application for consultative status in conformity with Resolution (93) 38, paragraph 7, of the appendix.
7. Since the last communication of 20 February 1995 to the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly, referred to in paragraph 3 above, the Secretary General has also noted that the following NGOs appearing on the list of those enjoying consultative status, have ceased their activities. Accordingly, the Secretary General has removed these NGOs from the list:
� International Council of Homehelp Services (ICHS),
� International Workers Aid (IWA).
8. Moreover, since the communication of 20 February 1995, the Secretary General has also noted that a number of consultative NGOs have failed to comply with their obligations under the rules, set out in paragraph 2 of the appendix to Resolution (93) 38, to contribute to the work programme of the Council of Europe or to make known its activities among the European public. Therefore, the Secretary General has decided to remove these NGOs from the list of consultative NGOs. In conformity with Resolution (93) 38, the Secretary General have informed the organisations in question of his intention to remove them from the list of organisations with consultative status, in order to give them an opportunity to present their observations within two months.
The organisations in question are the following:
� European Association of Hotel School Directors (EUHOFA);
� European Association of Radiology;
� European Association of Thermology (EAT);
� International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW);
� International Hotel Association (IHA);
� International Association of the Soap and Detergent Industry (AIS);
� World Medical Association;
� International Centre of Studies and Documentation on the European Communities (CISDCE);
� International Humanitarian Centre;
� International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA);
� Free International Federation of Deportees and Resistance Internees (FILDIR);
� European Institute for Vocational Training (IEFP);
� Socialist International Women (SIW);
� Austrian College;
� International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories for Materials and Structures (RILEM);
� European Union of Public Accountants;
� International Association of Crafts and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (IACME).
9. In keeping with the provisions of paragraph 14 of the appendix to Resolution (93) 38, the Secretary General has called on all NGOs with consultative status to submit a report on their activities as specified in paragraph 5.c of the appendix to that resolution.
The reports received are currently being examined.
Once that examination is complete, the Secretary General hopes to submit his observations to the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly shortly, also taking account of paragraph 10 of the appendix to Resolution (93) 38 on the withdrawal of consultative status from those NGOs which no longer comply with the obligations set out in the resolution. Moreover, this examination should introduce greater transparency as to the actual role of NGOs in the activities of the Council of Europe, and should lead to a thorough review of the list of consultative NGOs.
APPENDIX
International non-governmental organisations to be considered for inclusion in the list of NGOs enjoying consultative status with the Council of Europe
International Academy of Legal Medicine (IALM)
1. Application for consultative status: 23 May 1995
2. Founded: 1938 (new statutes in 1994)
3. Headquarters: M�nster
President: Prof Dr. B. Brinkmann, Von-Esmarch-Str. 86, D-48149 M�nster, Tel. (49)251. 835161, Fax (49)251. 835158
4. Aims:
To further scientific progress in the field of legal medicine, especially by promoting collaboration and information exchange among specialists on an international level, by holding scientific meetings and congresses, and through scientific publications.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
� Full membership: is open to any academically qualified person involved scientifically and/or professionally in the speciality of legal medicine.
� Corporate membership: can be applied for by other bodies and legal entities (for example commercial companies, national societies); these members of the academy will not have the right to vote.
� Applications for membership must be made to the Presidium of the Academy and these should be accompanied by references from two full members. The Presidium may request the submission of a curriculum vitae.
� Honorary members: scientists and specialists who have made a significant contribution to the discipline of legal medicine and other persons who have effectively promoted the discipline of legal medicine on a national and international level.
B. Organs:
i. General Assembly: is constituted by the membership of the IALM; is responsible for the following matters: receipt of the report of the Presidium, election of the members of the Presidium, election of the auditors, relieve the members of the Presidium, decisions on congresses, decisions on alterations of statutes, decisions on dissolution of the Academy, decisions on honorary members. The regular meeting of the General Assembly takes place on the occasion of the main congress of the Academy every three years.
ii. Presidium: consists of the President, two Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer and the Secretary, who constitute the Executive Presidium; its members are elected by the General Assembly; holds a meeting at least once per year.
iii. Sections: The Academy can be subdivided into sections on the basis of continents. At present a European Section of the International Academy is in existence and will be referred to as the European Academy of Legal Medicine (EALM).
6. Activities:
� consultative status with the WHO;
� participation in the Council of Europe's Experts Committee on bioethics;
� providing information, statistics or any specific data from medico-legal institutions;
� organisation of conferences, symposia and hearings on major topical issues in the field of legal medicine;
� publication of The Journal of Legal Medicine.
7. Representation:
Members in twenty-three European countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia-Montenegro).
8. Personalities:
President: Prof. Dr. B. Brinkmann (Germany)
Vice-Presidents: Prof. Dr. J. Harbison (Ireland), Prof. A. Farneti (Italy)
Representative to the European Section: Prof. Dr. P. Mangin (France)
9. Finance:
� annual membership fees.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
This representative organisation covers a wide range of activities of the Council of Europe. It is a very professional body which has valuable information and expertise. The IALM and in particular its European Section, the European Academy of Legal Medicine, could usefully collaborate with the Council of Europe in advising on various questions such as human rights, including prevention of torture and sexual exploitation, bioethics, legal affairs including justice, crime prevention or medical responsibility.
For these reasons, the Secretary General decides in favour of granting consultative status to the International Academy of Legal Medicine (IALM).
Association of schools of public health in the Europe region (ASPHER)
1. Application for consultative status: 25 April 1994
2. Founded: 1966
3. Headquarters: Maastricht
Secretary General: Ms Evelyne de Leeuw MA MPH PhD, School of Health Sciences, University of Limburg, PO Box 616, NL-6200 MD Maastricht, Tel. (31)43. 88 12 35/88 11 44/88 22 22, Fax (31)43. 67 09 32
4. Aims:
� to provide a focus for the development of collaborative education and research activities in the art and science of public health at a European level;
� to encourage and to co-ordinate collaborative activity among its members in the development of education and research programmes and strategies.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
There are four classes of membership:
institutional: institutional membership is open to institutions as described in Article 1 of the statutes; it carries the right to appoint two representatives to administrative meetings of the General Assembly, only one of whom will be entitled to vote.
individual: individual membership is open to individuals as described in Article 1; it carries the right to participate in all activities of the association other than administrative meetings.
honorary: honorary membership may be conferred upon individuals who have rendered distinguished services to the association; it carries the right to participate in all activities of the association other than administrative meetings.
associate: associate membership is open to institutions with a legitimate interest in public health or public health training, but precluding them to become institutional member; it carries the right to participate in all activities of the association other than administrative meetings.
B. Organs:
General Assembly: meets annually; is composed of all members (institutional, individual, honorary and associate) of the association.
Administrative meeting of the General Assembly: transacts the business of the association; comprises two representatives of each institutional member, one of whom has a vote.
Executive Board: comprises the president, the immediate past president, the president-elect, the secretary general and the treasurer; is responsible for carrying out the policy of the association between administrative meetings.
6. Activities:
� co-operation with the WHO Regional Office for Europe in developing Europe-wide educational and research programmes and strategies in the fields of health policy and health care provision.
7. Representation:
Members in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia-Montenegro).
8. Personalities:
President: Prof. Dr.med. U. Laaser (Germany)
Secretary General: Ms E. de Leeuw (Netherlands)
9. Finance:
� membership fees.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
This is a well-established organisation, concerned with training of public health professionals and researchers. It promotes the development of public health schools and helps in developing common concepts and convergent approaches in the field of health. In this realm, the countries of central and eastern Europe increasingly turn to ASPHER to build and expand their expertise and networks, looking for valuable modes of co-operation.
The Health and Social Policy Division of the Council has had several contacts with this association which have been beneficial to both sides.
For these reasons, the Secretary General is in favour of granting consultative status to the Association of Schools of Public Health in the Europe Region (ASPHER).
European Association of Hospital and Health Services Social workers (AEASHS)
1. Application for consultative status: 13 January 1995
2. Founded: 1989
3. Headquarters: Strasbourg
President: Ms Claude-Marie Laedlein-Greilsammer, Avenue Moli�re, F-67098 Strasbourg Cedex, Tel. 88 28 90 00, ext. 2394
4. Aims:
AEASHS is the only organisation representing hospital and health services social workers in Europe and has three fields of activity:
� it organises training and standardises social-work provision in hospitals and health services in Europe;
� through its members, who work in European hospitals or health services astride the health and welfare fields, it identifies malfunctioning and specific problems and provides a framework for collectively considering them and giving guidance on solving them;
� it provides training courses for hospital social workers in Europe.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
The association has active members and honorary members.
B. Organs:
� Administrative Council;
� Executive Bureau;
� General Assembly.
6. Activities:
Council of Europe sponsorship for:
� 1989 conference, "Hospital social work in Europe � research and action", CHRU, Strasbourg;
� 1991 conference, "Hospital social work 1995", Ministry of Health, Madrid (Spain);
� 1992 conference, "Europe and HIV infection", European Parliament;
� 1993 conference, "Alternatives to hospitalisation � factors and prospects", European Parliament;
� 1994 conference, "Health in the Common Market and its implications for the social services", Heidelberg (Germany);
� 1994 conference, "Organ transplants in Europe � science and ethics", European Parliament.
7. Representation:
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland.
8. Personalities:
President: Ms Claude-Marie Laedlein-Greilsammer (France)
9. Finance:
� membership fees.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
AEASHS is a representative and active organisation which already has close working relations with the Council of Europe. Having regard to the contribution it could make to the Council of Europe's work, the Secretary General decides to grant consultative status to the European Association of Hospital and Health Services Social Workers (AEASHS).
European Newspaper Publishers' Association (ENPA)
1. Application for consultative status: 6 March 1995
2. Founded: 1987
3. Headquarters: Groot-Bijgaarden (Belgium)
Director: Mr Michel Vander Straeten, Gossetlaan 30, B-1702 Groot-Bijgaarden, Tel. (32) 2 466 88 75, Fax (32) 2 466 15 00
4. Aims:
� to stimulate research, training and education in the press sector with a view to maintaining the highest possible degree of professionalism in standards of management and journalism so as to defend and promote press freedom;
� to represent newspaper publishers' interests and explain their points of view to the European institutions. The ENPA has an extremely broad field of activity covering both immediate economic concerns and broader areas such as ethics and the issues of freedom of information;
� to gather and collate information on newspapers and press organisations in Europe and distribute it to member organisations, EU institutions and, where appropriate, the general public.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
Membership of the association is strictly limited to national professional or employers' associations established legally under the laws and customs of their respective countries and representing newspapers and press organisations in all EU member countries.
B. Organs:
Annual General Meeting: responsible for management of the association's business and activities; has full powers in relation to achievement of the association's objectives. In particular, has responsibility for fixing members' dues; approving the budgets and accounts; electing and dismissing the president, vice-president, board members and treasurer; amending the articles of association; winding up the association. The president and vice-president are appointed for three-year terms.
Executive Board: composed of the president, vice-president and treasurer; meets at least three times a year; determines conditions of employment; produces a report on day-to-day management of the association and prepares the agendas for the board of management and the annual general meeting.
Board of Management: runs and manages the association; has the power to set up temporary or standing committees on specific issues.
6. Activities:
� takes part in some activities of the Mass Media Section (Directorate of Human Rights);
� monthly review distributed widely among newspaper publishers throughout Europe; also available in database form on the GEIS Newspaper Management On-Line network.
7. Representation:
The ENPA has member associations in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
8. Personalities:
President: Mr Alvin Sold (Luxembourg)
Director: Mr Michel Vander Straeten (Belgium)
9. Finances:
� Members' dues.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
The ENPA is a responsible organisation which plays an active role in its particular field. Its philosophy is entirely in line with the Council of Europe's concerns with regard to the protection of the freedom and independence of the press. It is sufficiently representative at European level and is in a position to make a contribution to the Council's work in this particular area.
For these reasons, the Secretary General is in favour of granting consultative status to the European Newspaper Publishers' Association (ENPA).
European Association for Leisure Time Institutions of Children and Youth (EAICY)
1. Application for consultative status: 20 June 1995
2. Founded: 1991
3. Headquarters: Praha
President: Dr. Ph. Oto Maget, Karlinsk� n�m. 7, CZ-18600 Praha 8, Tel./Fax (42) 2. 24218573
4. Aims:
� to assist in a healthy and all-round development of children and youth mainly by creating, promoting and co-ordinating programmes of leisure time activities;
� to stimulate, develop, consolidate and organise direct bilateral and multilateral contacts among children and youth, their exchanges during summer and other vacations, and other forms of co-operation;
� to stimulate, promote and organise meetings, exchange of experience, seminars, conferences, training courses, study stays, etc. of adult professional and voluntary leaders and organisers in the field of children and youth leisure;
� to stimulate and develop informative and study research and theoretical activities, and spread pedagogic experience in the field of children and youth leisure, and to publish the results of these activities in analytical and comparative studies and other publications.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
Full members: leisure time organisations or institutions for children and youth as well as individuals agreeing with the principles of the association and acting in accordance with it.
Honorary members: individuals having fulfilled the objectives of the association in an exceptional way.
B. Organs:
General Assembly ("Member's Assembly"): supreme body deciding on programme, budget of the association, electing and recalling President, General Board (Presidium) and Control Commission, granting honorary membership; meets once in two years.
General Board (Presidium): consisting of up to twelve members elected for two years; it implements the Member's Assembly's decisions, manages the association's finance, sets up working groups, appoints an Office as the association's executive body and controls it.
Control Commission: is composed of three members elected by the Member's Assembly; it supervises financial and legal aspects of the association's activities as well as the use of its resources.
6. Activities:
Period from 1993 to 1995:
� Regular publication of the bulletin Youth of Europe (11 issues so far);
� organisation of symposia.
7. Representation:
Members in the following countries: Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, USA, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia-Montenegro).
8. Personalities:
President: Dr. Ph. Oto Maget
9. Finance:
The funds of the association come from: members' subscription, revenue of EAICY's own activities and services on the international or national level, voluntary contributions from members or others.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
This organisation fulfils the necessary conditions for the granting of consultative status. It is sufficiently representative at a European level. The organisation has already established good working relations with the relevant services of the Council of Europe. It appears that EAICY could make a useful contribution to the work programme of the Council in the field of youth policies, and youth education.
For these reasons, the Secretary General decides in favour of granting consultative status to the European Association for Leisure Time Institutions of Children and Youth (EAICY).
European Association of Regies de Quartier (Neighbourhood Management Agencies)
1. Application for consultative status: 28 August 1995
2. Founded: 1993
3. Headquarters: Strasbourg
Person in charge: Mr Michel Flament, 28, avenue de Normandie, F-67100 Strasbourg, Tel. 88 793 371/88 793 993, Fax 88 403 332/88 793 371
4. Aims:
� to bring together networks in different European countries subscribing to the European Neighbourhood Management Agencies Charter;
� to represent these networks in dealings with supranational authorities, international and national bodies able to aid the agencies;
� to assist national networks in dealing with emergencies arising out of urban development and the problems of people in difficulty;
� to further and organise exchanges between network members;
� to propose action based on analysis of innovatory social practices in the spheres of urban development and integration;
� to provide training for network and agency personnel;
� to support the establishment of new networks.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
Membership is open to neighbourhood management agencies and their national networks, and to any local association which has or wishes to have a European partnership.
Procedure:
� written application;
� undertaking to pay the subscription for the current year;
� written acceptance of the charter.
B. Organs:
Annual General Meeting of all members: appoints Board of Management.
Board of Management composed of not more than twenty-four natural persons: elects Bureau.
Bureau composed of five to seven members; appointed for two years.
6. Activities:
An agency is an association but operates like a firm: its aim is to help neighbourhood residents in particular difficulty to reintegrate and, at the same time, to help make the neighbourhood a more pleasant place for all who live in it. There are a little over 100 agencies in France, where they originated. The European Association currently numbers 147 agencies in Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy.
� action to combat social deprivation and promote local democracy in disadvantaged neighbourhoods;
� action to integrate or reintegrate the most disadvantaged people;
� development of local services in close co-operation with local residents and associations;
� co-ordination of transfers of know-how, training modules and expertise between the 147 member agencies in four (soon to be seven) European countries;
� active involvement in the restoration of social cohesion;
� organisation of forums, steering committees and information meetings (the biggest took place in Strasbourg on 21 and 22 October 1995, when the Rencontres Europ�ennes des R�gies de Quartier were attended by 4 600 people who came from all over Europe to exchange ideas and information).
7. Representation:
Member associations in Belgium, France, Italy and Netherlands.
8. Personalities:
President: Mr Fr�d�ric Nitschke
Executive officer: Mr Michel Flament
9. Finance:
� subscriptions;
� voluntary contributions;
� grants-in-aid.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
The neighbourhood management agencies rely on a self-help economy to develop civic sense and citizenship among groups, families, individuals � especially the young � at present suffering from severe economic, social and even political deprivation. There is no doubt that they contribute to improving social cohesion by safeguarding the human rights of a great many people: the right to dignity, to decent housing, access to a qualification, etc. They already exist in several European countries and have formed an association. They perform a function which ought to be developed throughout the member countries of the Council of Europe since they all have to deal with the same problems.
For these reasons the Secretary General is in favour of granting consultative status to the European Association of R�gies de Quartier (AERDQ).
Association francophone d'amitie et de liaison (AFAL)
1. Application for consultative status: 26 June 1995
2. Founded: 1974
3. Headquarters: Paris
President: Mr Xavier Deniau, 5, rue de la Boule Rouge, F-75009 Paris, Tel. 47 70 10 83, Fax 47 70 07 69
4. Aims:
AFAL's aims, as an umbrella group for French-speaking associations, are to:
� organise consultation between them and support their activities;
� facilitate their action by providing information of common concern;
� arrange for participation, as necessary, in international French-speaking organisations.
5. Structures:
A. Members:
AFAL is composed of French and non-French legal entities which wish to assist its action. In exceptional cases, individuals may join it.
To become a member it is necessary to be proposed by two AFAL members and for the Administrative Council to approve the application. The annual membership fee is set by the General Assembly.
B. Organs:
AFAL is run by a Bureau, composed of:
� the President;
� four to six vice-presidents (or more), whose responsibilities are delegated to them by the President and who can deputise for him when he/she is unavailable or at his/her request;
� a general delegate for international relations;
� a secretary general;
� a treasurer;
� special advisors.
Bureau members are elected by the Administrative Council from among its own members, for a three-year term.
The Administrative Council has twenty to thrity members. Its members are elected by the General Assembly from among its own members and elections to the Administrative Council are held every three years.
The General Assembly is composed of all AFAL members. It meets once a year or when convened by the Bureau or at the request of not less than one-third of the members.
6. Activities:
� AFAL is an international union of non-governmental associations and organisations operating in particular sectors or geographical areas and covering a wide range of fields in the French-speaking world.
� It is in regular contact with official bodies (Ministry of Culture, Ministry for the French-speaking World, D�l�gation g�n�rale � la langue fran�aise, Haut Conseil de la Francophonie, Agence pour la coop�ration culturelle et technique, etc.).
� It attended the summit meetings of heads of state and government in Paris (1986), Quebec (1987), Dakar (1989), Paris (1991) and Mauritius (1993).
� In September 1993, with a view to the October 1993 meeting in Mauritius, it held a congress at the Centre de conf�rences internationales in Paris to put forward recommendations from French-speaking associations.
� AFAL representatives also attend various events held by AFAL itself or its member associations.
� In 1991 AFAL was admitted to Unesco's list of NGOs.
7. Representation:
114 member associations.
8. Personalities:
President: Mr Xavier Deniau
Secretary General: Mr N'Sougan Agblemagnon
Delegate General: Mr Louis Bouroux
9. Finances:
In working towards its objectives AFAL draws on all the resources allowed in law.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
AFAL comprises some 114 associations active in a wide range of fields. They include the Alliance fran�aise, the F�d�ration internationale des professeurs de fran�ais, and the Institut international de droit d'expression et d'inspiration fran�aises. Its main aim is to develop international relations both in Europe and worldwide, and since the Berlin Wall came down it has considerably developed its activities with central and eastern Europe.
In addition it has a worldwide network allowing extensive dissemination of information about the Council of Europe's work.
The Secretary General accordingly grants consultative status to the Association Francophone d'Amiti� et de Liaison (AFAL).
European Help Centre for NGOs (CEAVA)
1. Application for consultative status: 2 February 1996
2. Founded: 1990
3. Headquarters: Lille (France)
President: Mr Daniel Zielinski, 219bis, bd de la Libert� (BP 2001), F-59011 Lille C�dex, Tel. 20 52 72 07, Fax 20 52 25 01
4. Aims:
� to promote the development of non-profit community work and help develop links between voluntary associations by pooling experience and exchanging information;
� to defend the interests of community associations at the European institutions and to move legislation towards recognition of the specific identity of such associations, based on the principle of serving the community on a non-profit basis;
� to contribute to European co-operation by boosting exchanges between bodies of this kind throughout Europe;
� to promote democracy and the development of responsible, independent European citizenship by means of information and training.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
Members include associations, foundations or individuals involved in promoting community work and also in opinion-forming and information networks.
B. Organs:
� Board of Management,
� Annual General Meeting.
6. Activities:
The centre's activities are based on the Council of Europe's approach to developing a responsible civil society in central and east European countries through measures to encourage the establishment and development of non-governmental community activities. Since being set up, the Council of Europe information centres have been involved in all the work of the CEAVA.
1990: CEAVA (France) set up a "Europe Committee" with three aims: finding partner associations throughout Europe, sharing experiences and doing the groundwork for community projects at European level.
1991: first East/West community work summer school in Angers. Signature of a European agreement known as the Angers Charter.
1992: Meeting in Warsaw: network set up.
1994: Summer school in Bratislava, involving twenty countries. Articles of association drawn up and European Help Centre for NGOs (CEAVA) set up as an international non-governmental organisation.
1995: associations forum held in Ustron (Poland) in partnership with the European Fund for Freedom of Expression on the themes of media pluralism, public involvement in the organisation and management of local affairs, NGO minorities work and the state of progress of legislation on associations.
Training activities: three training courses on non-profit community work (in Ukraine, Lithuania and Albania). Three-day courses with specialist workshops, pooling of projects and one main theme.
Franco-Polish youth seminar on the involvement of young people in community activities, focusing on motivations and expectations.
Training seminar on a citizens' Europe and the development of voluntary work in Europe, held in Strasbourg and Brussels with the involvement of officials from the Council of Europe and the European Commission.
Round table to take stock of Franco-Albanian co-operation, involving Council of Europe officials and "Nord-Pas-de-Calais/Ukraine".
7. Representation:
The CEAVA is represented in Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Ukraine.
8. Personalities:
President: Mr Daniel Zielinski
Vice-Presidents: Mr Jerzy Kaczmarek, Mrs Annetta Zubekova, Mr Jernej Videtic, Mrs Gabrela Matei, Mr Herv� Collet
General Secretary: Mrs Anne Schumann
9. Finance:
� registration fees and members' dues;
� subsidies from central governments, local and regional authorities and European and international organisations;
� income from services provided on a contractual basis;
� donations.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
The CEAVA heads a network of associations involved in exchanging information and know-how in all areas of non-profit community activities, covering both operational aspects (legislation, taxation, communication) and a wide range of specific fields (education, health, social work and vocational training).
It has already established close links with the Council of Europe. Given this fact and the information in the file, it can be concluded that the CEAVA is sufficiently representative at European level and is in a position to make a contribution to the activities of the Council of Europe.
For these reasons the Secretary General is in favour of granting consultative status to the European Help Centre for NGOs (CEAVA).
European Conference of Christian Radios (CERC)
1. Application for consultative status: 13 December 1994
2. Founded: 1994
3. Headquarters: Lyon
President: Mr Paul Huot-Pleuroux, 7, place Saint Ir�n�e, F-69321 Lyon Cedex 05, Tel. 72 38 20 22, Fax 72 38 20 57
4. Aims:
� promote Christian radios' common interests while upholding the eleven human rights, pluralism and democracy;
� develop contact and exchange of experience between Christian radio stations in Europe and collective improvement of professional skills;
� help build European awareness and understanding between the peoples of Europe as part of promoting a genuine Christian humanism;
� co-operate with the European Union and the Council of Europe as well as with other organisations, whether national or international, concerned with communication between people.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
Admission of new member organisations is subject to the Administrative Council's unanimous approval of a Bureau proposal. The Administrative Council lays down the number of representatives and votes which the new organisation has in the General Assembly. An application for membership has to be submitted by two members of the CERC Association, Administrative Section.
B. Organs:
General Assembly: convened annually by the President.
Administrative Council: comprises five to nine members, who serve a two-year term.
6. Activities:
� The President of CERC personally has had a considerable working contact with the Council, as Secretary General of the Commission of the Episcopacies of the European Community (1980-89).
� CERC has had contact with the Council of Europe under the Demosthenes Programme in connection with providing training for media practitioners in central and eastern Europe.
� The French branch of CERC (Serveur Fourvi�re FM) was invited to take part in the 1994-96 campaign on racism and intolerance.
� At present CERC undoubtedly has an audience of over ten million in France, Spain, Italy and Portugal.
� It currently brings together some 600 local radio stations broadcasting round the clock. Other radio stations or associations of radio stations (Poland, Slovenia, Hungary, Latvia, etc.) will shortly be joining the four founder members.
7. Representation:
France, Italy, Portugal, Spain
8. Personalities:
President: Paul Huot-Pleuroux
Secretary-General: Emmanuel Payen
Special advisor: Clotilde Foulquier
9. Finance:
� membership fees.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
CERC is an adequately representative association at European level. Contact on several occasions between the Audiovisual Resources Unit and CERC (or individual CERC members) has demonstrated the thoroughness of its work. Christian radio stations, which CERC represents, often cover Council of Europe events despite the very limited broadcasting resources at their disposal.
The Secretary General is accordingly in favour of granting advisory status to the European Conference of Christian Radios (CERC).
Eurolink Age
1. Application for consultative status: 3 August 1995
2. Founded: 1981
3. Headquarters: London
Secretary General: Ms Sally Greengross, Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, GB-London SW16 4ER, Tel. (44) 81. 679 8000, Fax (44) 81. 679 6727
4. Aims:
The promotion of concentrated action on issues affecting older citizens of the European Union through:
� the co-operation within the European Union between individuals and organisations which represent, work with or serve older citizens;
� the provision of a forum for debate within the European Union, amongst policy-makers, professionals, and others concerned by the widest range of ageing issues;
� the collection and dissemination of information and commission research on:
i. the implications of EU measures affecting older citizens,
ii. other policies and actions at both national and international levels;
� the liaison with international and regional organisations and institutions, including the EU, the Council of Europe, the United Nations, the World Health Organisation and the International Labour Organisation with a view to ensuring better representation of older people's interests within Europe.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
Full membership: founder members; organisations representing, working with, or serving older people, and gerontological bodies based within the EU, conforming to conditions set by the Council
Associate membership: individuals, other professional bodies interested in issues of ageing.
B. Organs:
Eurolink Age Council is composed of:
� the President;
� one representative from Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal;
� two representatives from Germany, Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy.
6. Activities:
� organisation of seminars and conferences to promote the aims of Eurolink Age;
� collaboration with the United Nations International Institute of Ageing;
� links with NGOs within the EU and worldwide, such as the International Federation on Ageing;
� working with EU institutions, monitoring information and legislation and organising EU policy encounters;
� assistance and support to the European Parliament Intergroup on Ageing;
� official NGO status with the World Health Organisation;
� co-ordination of specialist programmes on several issues (older people in poverty, active elders, older workers and age discrimination and the Ageing Well programme);
� publication of the Eurolink Age Bulletin twice a year in English, French, German.
7. Representation:
Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom.
8. Personalities:
President of the Eurolink Age Council: Dr Athanas Zogromolidis
Secretary General: Ms Sally Greengross
Executive Secretary: Ms Virginia Graham
9. Finance:
� annual subscriptions and donations.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
This is an active organisation playing a leading role in its field. Moreover, the Directorate of Economic and Social Affairs of the Council of Europe has enjoyed positive working relations with Eurolink Age to mutual benefit for some years.
The Secretary General is therefore in favour of granting consultative status to Eurolink Age.
Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA)
1. Application for consultative status: 29 June 1995
2. Founded: 1990
3. Headquarters: London
Secretary: Mr Patrick Hardy, IFFA CREDO, Domaine des On�ins, BP 0109, F-69592 L'Arbresle Cedex
4. Aims:
As an international body to represent common interests of constituent associations in the furtherance of all aspects of laboratory animal science in Europe by:
� co-ordinating the development of education, animal quality monitoring and other aspects of laboratory animal science in Europe by such means as meetings, study groups and publications;
� acting as a focus for the exchange of information on laboratory animal science amongst European states;
� establishing and maintaining appropriate links with international or governmental bodies as well as other organisations concerned with laboratory animal science;
� promoting the recognition and consultation of FELASA as the specialist federation in laboratory animal science and welfare within Europe.
To organise a triennial joint scientific meeting of the constituent associations.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
As a federation FELASA has no individual members. Its authority resides with its constituent associations.
B. Organs:
� Board of Management,
� General Meeting.
6. Activities:
FELASA offers a unique breadth of expertise on laboratory animals, their welfare, health, quality, supply, transportation and use in industrial and academic situations.
As an observer, FELASA has contributed several papers to multilateral consultations on Convention ETS No. 123. FELASA made detailed educational recommendations which were adopted in so far as they were relevant to the convention, a contribution formally recognised in the Report to the Committee of Ministers. The European Commission guideline document (XI/723/91) on education was drawn up bearing the FELASA recommendations in mind. FELASA has also made available to the multilateral consultation its publications on the health monitoring of laboratory animals, and the detection and control of pain or distress in them, as well as on the education of those professionally involved in the use of animals for scientific purposes.
7. Representation:
Italy, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, France.
8. Personalities:
President: Mr Philip O'Donoghue (Great-Britain)
Secretary: Mr Patrick Hardy (France)
9. Finance:
� members' contributions.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
FELASA has member organisations covering twenty European countries. Its activities seem therefore to be sufficiently rooted at the European level. Co-operation with FELASA in the field of the Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes (ETS No. 123) has been established, and FELASA has already significantly contributed, within the framework of the multilateral consultations, to the implementation of the convention. The means of publicising the work of the Council (scientific symposia, other publications in journals and newsletters) are adequate to making known the work of the Council of Europe among the European public.
For these reasons the Secretary General is in favour of granting consultative status to the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA).
Federation of European Direct Marketing (FEDIM)
1. Application for consultative status: 24 October 1994
2. Founded: 5 May 1994
3. Headquarters: Belgium, Place des Chasseurs Ardennais, 20, B-1040 Bruxelles, Tel. (32) 2. 735 22 52, Fax (32)2. 735 49 48
4. Aims:
� to study any questions related to direct marketing under all its forms (tendencies, opinions and projects of European institutions and non-governmental entities);
� to offer to all interested in direct marketing a central contact and dialogue place with governments and other entities on the European level.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
Members of FEDIM are national direct marketing associations and the European Direct Marketing Association, as well as companies interested in trading across frontiers.
B. Organs:
General Assembly: supreme and sole body of the association entitled to: change the status, nominate and recall administrators, approve of financial matters, exclude associates, decide on matters submitted to it by the Executive Committee. The Assembly meets every year.
Executive Committee: including a president, one or more vice-presidents, one representative of each member, among which a treasurer general will be elected by the Executive Committee. Committee members are elected for one year except for the president, the vice-president(s) and the general manager (two year's mandate to be confirmed after one year). The general manager is responsible of everyday management of the federation.
6. Activities:
� to gather information, statistic data and other important aspects of direct marketing and forward the thus obtained relevant data to members, supra-national institutions and, where appropriate, to the public;
� to co-operate with every member in order to enhance and promote direct marketing in European countries, remove obstacles to this aim, foster understanding between those being interested in it and promote the role of advertisement in the European context especially in front of legal authorities;
� to co-operate as often as possible with the International Chamber of Commerce, especially in Advertising Code of Ethics matters, in that perspective, to co-operate with the "European Advertising Standards Alliance";
7. Representation:
FEDIM members include the European Direct Marketing Association and national direct marketing associations of the following countries: Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
8. Personalities:
Secretary General: Mr Alastair Tempest
Communications Director: Ms Kate Bingley
Office Manager: Mrs H�l�ne Mergeay
Secretary: Ms Isabelle Stoffel
9. Finance:
� contributions from member associations;
� donations from thirds;
� revenue from FEDIM assets;
� subventions and similar revenue.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
This organisation is formed from an alliance of national direct marketing trade associations, the European Direct Marketing Association and companies with a special interest in direct marketing. It has already established working links with the Legal Directorate of the Council of Europe. It presents an interest for the organisation in fields such as data protection, and consumer protection in general.
For these reasons, the Secretary General decides to grant consultative status to the Federation of European Direct Marketing (FEDIM).
World Federation of Modern Langague Associations (FIPLV)
1. Application for consultative status: 24 August 1991
2. Founded: 1931 (in Paris)
3. Headquarters: Z�rich, Seestra�e 247, CH-8038 Z�rich, Tel. (41) 1. 482 1065, Fax (41) 1. 481 6124, Tlx: 815250
4. Aims:
� to promote and encourage friendly and fraternal relations between the modern-language teachers of the various countries;
� to co-ordinate the efforts and research work of its members for the purpose of improving methods and ensuring the development of modern language teaching;
� to improve the initial and in-service training of modern-language teachers;
� to bring about and facilitate exchanges of all kinds (teachers, teacher trainers pupils, books, periodicals, classroom materials, audiovisual aids, etc.) between its members.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
Active members: national and � where appropriate � transnational multilingual associations of modern language teachers. In countries where such associations do not exist, the cultural organisations to which modern-language teachers belong.
Affiliated members: international unilingual associations of modern-language teachers.
B. Organs:
General Assembly: meets once a year; decides on new members, budget, activities, subscription, modification of the statutes; elects the Executive Committee and an Editorial Board from among the members of this committee.
Executive Committee: is composed of the President, three vice-presidents, the Secretary General, the Liaison Secretary, the Treasurer General, the Editor and the nominees of the affiliated organisations.
6. Activities:
� Consultative Status B granted by Unesco in 1965;
� Adoption by the World Congress in P�cs (Hungary) of a draft universal charter of fundamental linguistic rights (August 1991);
� On Unesco request, drawing up of a report on linguistic policies in the world for the XXIst century (August 1993);
7. Representation:
Multilingual national associations in: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela.
East African association includes: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.
West African association includes: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tchad, Togo, Zaire.
8. Personalities:
President: Mr Michel Candelier (France)
Secretary General: Mr Denis Cunningham (Australia)
Acting Vice-President: Mr Tuula Penttil� (Finland)
9. Finance:
� member's subscriptions;
� subsidies;
� fees from advertisements in the publications.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
The FIPLV has maintained lasting working links with the relevant services of the Council of Europe, in particular as regards the promotion of intercultural understanding and linguistic diversification in language learning, the protection of language rights, and innovation in language teaching and teacher training. It can provide an outreach for the Council's work, and disseminate it through the Europe region and beyond.
For these reasons, the Secretary General decides in favour of granting consultative status to the World Federation of Modern Language Associations (FIPLV).
European Forum for Child Welfare (EFCW)
1. Application for consultative status: 9 September 1994
2. Founded: 1993
3. Headquarters: Brussels
4. Aims:
� to improve the quality of life for children and young people in Europe and in particular to:
a. ensure services for children in need and especially for those children whose rights are violated by individuals and/or states within Europe;
b. assist national governments and institutions within Europe to understand children's needs and respond appropriately.
� to support those members based in Europe who work with children in developing countries.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
Only members of IFCW (National NGOs that include the welfare of children as part of their mandate of direct or indirect service, and who have paid the IFCW subscription) can fully participate in EFCW, vote and hold office.
Groups and individuals in sympathy with EFCW's aims and objectives may take out a mailing subscription (amount to be set at annual general meeting of EFCW) which ensures such organisations are kept informed of EFCW activity, publications etc. and allow attendance at certain meetings of EFCW (without voting rights or the right to hold office in EFCW).
B. Organs:
� Annual General Meeting;
� Council;
� Bureau.
6. Activities:
� EFCW draws on the expertise of more than forty member organisations which are national NGOs concerned with the welfare of children. Members come from across Europe (including the Nordic countries and eastern Europe);
� conferences and seminars are regularly organised across Europe, which provide an opportunity to develop policy initiatives and improve practice. A report is produced after each conference;
� furthermore, position statements are produced: to-date these are available on child pornography and sexual exploitation, family support services, children and families, residential care and unaccompanied refugee children in Europe;
� EFCW is a member of the Council of Europe Working Group II "Child Day Care Policies, Family Policies and the Interests of the Child";
� it is also a member of the Working Group on a European Documentation and Resource Centre for Children, which includes representatives from the Council of Europe, Unicef, the International Catholic Child Bureau, Unesco, Bernard Van Leer Foundation, Childwatch International and the European Commission.
7. Representation:
Member associations in the following countries: Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
8. Personalities:
Secretary General: Mrs Meg Fassam-Wright
9. Finance:
� membership fees.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
EFCW is a regional group of the International Forum for Child Welfare. This is a particularly active and representative organisation in its field. It has already established mutually beneficial working links with the Council of Europe. In addition, it can provide an important source of information and opinion on which the Council of Europe could draw.
For these reasons, the Secretary General is in favour of granting consultative status to the European Forum for Child Welfare (EFCW).
European Forum of Victim Services (EFVS)
1. Application for consultative status: 16 August 1994
2. Founded: [Statutes amended 1993 and 1994]
3. Headquarters: Z�rich, Hofstra�e 15, CH-8181 Z�rich
4. Aims:
� to promote the development of effective services for victims of crime throughout Europe;
� to promote fair and equal compensation for all victims of crime throughout Europe, regardless of the nationality of the victim concerned;
� to promote the rights of the victims of crime in Europe in their involvement with the criminal justice process and justice process and with other agencies.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
� Non-governmental organisations providing or co-ordinating services for victims of crime throughout their countries;
� Organisations which have demonstrated their ability to develop such services in countries where none at present exists.
B. Organs:
General Meeting: meets once a year; discusses general affairs; amends the statutes; hears a moral and financial report from the Executive Committee and the Finance Auditor; considers applications for membership and exclusion of members; decides on programme and contributions; elects the Executive Committee and selects auditors. Voting procedures require a two-third majority to be constituted.
Executive Committee: consists of five members, of which four are elected at the General Meeting; the fifth member is a representative of the country organising the next annual General Meeting. The Executive Committee is conducting business between two general assemblies.
6. Activities:
� developing services for victims, providing expert advice to national governments and to international institutions on all aspects of policy related to victims;
� research programmes on aspects of victimisation conducted in the member states;
� publication of a newsletter twice a year.
7. Representation:
Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
8. Personalities:
President: Mr Marc Groenhuusen (Netherlands)
Secretary: Mrs Helen Reeves (Great Britain)
Treasurer: Mr Eugeen Van Kerckhoven (Belgium)
9. Finance:
� annual membership fees,
� voluntary contributions,
� donation grants from public bodies.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
This organisation is a federative body of European victim support services and organisations. As the question of victim support is gaining more and more importance throughout Europe, the Council of Europe could greatly benefit from what could be called a "European victim movement". Indeed, EFVS could bring in a practical expertise in the operation and management of victim services. In the medium term such expertise will be certainly of interest to the Council as regards assistance to central and eastern Europe in this area.
For these reasons, the Secretary General decides in favour of granting consultative status to the European Forum for Victim Services (EFVS).
United for Intercultural Action
1. Application for consultative status: 20 June 1996
2. Founded: 1993
3. Headquarters: Postbus 413, Amsterdam, Tel. 31 20 683 47 78, Fax 31 20 683 45 82
4. Aims:
� co-ordination and organisation (at international level) of activities against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees;
� promotion of the constant exchange of information between factions who develop activities on the hereupon named fields;
� promotion and maintenance of an international network of the organisations who support the objectives of the foundation and who co-operate with the foundation and between themselves.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
Specialists in all working fields of the organisation (researchers, social workers, journalists, university professors, etc.).
B. Organs:
� Board;
� Advisory Council;
� Commission and working groups.
6. Activities:
United for Intercultural Action is actually the biggest European network against racism, supported by 340 organisations from different European countries. These organisations represent the whole field of anti-racism, national and international youth work, human rights and interculturality, anti-fascism, anti-nationalism, migrants' and refugees' support.
It has established practical co-operation with the following departments of the Council of Europe:
� Committee of Migration, Refugees and Demography (Parliamentary Assembly);
� European Youth Foundation;
� European Youth Centre;
� North-South Centre (Lisbon);
� Directorate of Human Rights;
� European Commission against Racism and Intolerance.
7. Representation:
Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Albania, Austria, Croatia, Poland, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Denmark, Turkey, Romania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Bulgaria, France, Spain, Belgium, Ireland, Czech Republic, Greece, Great Britain, Slovakia, Portugal, Azerbaijan.
8. Personalities:
Secretary General: Mr J�rgen Sch�fer
9. Finance:
� profit from the activities of the foundation;
� inheritances, legacies and donations;
� subsidies and contributions.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
United for Intercultural Action is the most important European network against racism, supported by 340 organisations from different European countries. The network has already helped the Council of Europe in a number of activities, especially during the Campaign Against Racism, Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism and Intolerance. It has also established working links with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and contributed to a recommendation on protecting and improving the human rights of refugees and asylum-seekers in Europe. This joint venture can usefully co-operate with the Council of Europe and make its activities known for a large segment of network organisations.
For these reasons, the Secretary General is in favour of granting consultative status to United for Intercultural Action.
International Group of Catholic Parents' Associations (OE-GIAPEC)
1. Application of consultative status: 15 September 1994
2. Founded: 1987
3. Headquarters: Brussels
President: Mr Boris Kalitventzeff, Rue Guimard 1, B-1040 Brussels, Tel. (32)2. 511 65 05
4. Aims:
� to unite Catholic parents' associations in Europe and enable them to co-operate, in particular within the CEEC, with a view to helping promote a type of education which matches the wishes of Christian parents;
� to uphold parents' right to choose their children's school and promote unrestricted parental freedom to exercise that right without fear of being discriminated against;
� to promote the interests, and more particularly the distinctive nature, of Catholic education at European level;
� to promote the European idea, more particularly in the context of education in Europe, on the basis of a Christian view of life guided by the Gospel and the teachings of the Church;
� to promote parental participation in education generally and more particularly in Catholic education in Europe;
� to meet regularly to debate family issues such as arise in education at European level.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
All national groups or movements of parents' associations subscribing to the aims of OE-GIAPEC.
B. Organs:
� General Assembly,
� Council.
6. Activities:
The organisation has launched an "Educational Community" project rallying parents, teachers and head teachers to a concept of school based on the values of the Gospel and including explicit teaching of the Christian faith.
It takes part in various committees on education and adult education, public health and family matters in various official settings.
Each national association produces a newsletter sent to all its members.
7. Representation:
Italy, Portugal, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France.
8. Personalities:
President: Mr Boris Kalitventzeff
9. Finance:
� membership fees.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
It is clear from the application that this organisation is adequately representative at European level. It has branches at national, regional and local level enabling it to publicise and represent constructively and effectively the Council of Europe's work in the education field.
The Secretary General accordingly decides to grant consultative status to the International Group of Catholic Parents' Associations (OE-GIAPEC).
Kiwanis International, European Federation
1. Application for consultative status: 20 June 1995
2. Founded: 1915 (internationally)/1963 (Europe)
3. Headquarters: H�nenberg (Switzerland)
President: Mr Roland Steulet, Im B�sch 37, CH-H�nenberg, Tel. (41) 42. 36 06 86, Fax (41) 42. 36 07 45
4. Aims:
� to promote precedence of human and spiritual values over materialism;
� to promote as ethical aims and methods as possible in community, professional and business life;
� to play a considered, active and effective part in developing and propagating the concept of service to others through precept and example;
� to develop, through Kiwanis Clubs, practical means of strengthening friendships, rendering altruistic service and building better communities;
� to co-operate in creating and maintaining a healthy philosophy and high ideals such as to encourage honesty, justice and loyalty to a native or adoptive country that upholds freedom of the individual, and to promote international and local goodwill.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
Kiwanis is a voluntary association and the clubs accordingly select their own members. Candidates must have attained at least senior management level in their occupation or practise a profession.
B. Organs:
� Kiwanis Clubs;
� the Administrative Council;
� the European Council;
� annual meetings.
6. Activities:
� welfare action on behalf of the most deprived, children and disabled adults;
� humanitarian action (natural disaster, aid to those in severe hardship).
7. Representation:
Since 1963 clubs have been established in Andorra, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom, Sweden and Switzerland.
8. Personalities:
President: Mr Roland Steulet
9. Finance:
� contributions from clubs.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
Kiwanis is a worldwide organisation. Through their various ventures in the fields of health, education, youth and social development, Kiwanis clubs have the potential to contribute effectively to the Council of Europe's various programmes. They are also in a position to raise European and world awareness of the Council of Europe's work.
The Secretary General accordingly decides to grant consultative status to Kiwanis International, European Federation.
European Advertising Tripartite (EAT)
1. Application for consultative status: 20 January 1995
2. Founded: 1991
3. Headquarters: Brussels
4. Aims:
� to uphold and secure the freedom to advertise responsibly as an integral part of the freedom of expression;
� to represent the European advertising business and promote its common interest in the European debate on advertising issues;
� to keep its members informed about European developments relevant to the advertising community;
� to promote and maintain high standards of practice for advertising in Europe, including the continued development of effective self-regulatory systems throughout Europe.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
� advertisers;
� agencies;
� media;
� national tripartites;
� corporate members.
B. Organs:
General Assembly,
Governing Board.
6. Activities:
The EAT has been a member of the Advisory Committee of the European Audiovisual Observatory during the last two years. The Advisory Committee consists of the representatives of the audiovisual industry and professionals, and the task of the said committee is to advise the European Audiovisual Observatory in regard to its programme of activities. Member organisations have also agreed to work jointly towards more transparent and harmonised information in the audiovisual sector.
The EAT is the best source of harmonised advertising data; it makes continuous efforts within the advertising industry to produce reliable and comprehensive information on advertising. Publication of "EAT's Weekly".
7. Representation:
National tripartites in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
8. Personalities:
Honorary President: Mr Gaston Thorn
Chairman: Mr Jacques Bille
Vice-Chairman: Mr Fernando Santos
Secretary General: Mr Michel Deurinck
9. Finance:
� membership fees.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
This organisation is the most representative European organisation in its field of competence. EAT has already established good working relations with the Council of Europe, and it was particularly active in the discussions leading up to the finalisation of the European Convention on Transfrontier Television. The association submitted a comprehensive body of information on advertising and sponsorship, and took part in a number of hearings and exchanges of views. It appears also that EAT could make a useful contribution to the work programme of the Council of Europe.
For these reasons, the Secretary General is in favour of granting consultative status to the European Advertising Tripartite (EAT).
European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO)
1. Application for consultative status: 31 July 1995
2. Founded: 1990
3. Headquarters: in the headquarters of the National Sports Confederation or the National Olympic Committee of the incumbent Secretary General
Secretary General: Mrs Marlis Rydzy-G�tz, Deutscher Sportbund, Otto-Fleck-Schneise 12, D-60525 Frankfurt, Tel. 49 69 670 00, Fax 49 69 47 49 06
4. Aims:
� to promote and defend the independence, autonomy and common interest of its members;
� to help improving sports development in the members' countries and to increase co-operation within European sport.
5. Structures:
A. Membership:
Admission of any member is subordinated to agreement by the General Assembly, which pronounces itself after receiving the considered guidance from the Executive Committee. However, no country can have more than one member organisation.
B. Organs:
� the General Assembly;
� the Executive Committee;
� the working groups;
� the auditors.
6. Activities:
� sharing of information on national sports development;
� discussing current sport political issues;
� seeking common positions on sport issues, and making these positions publicly known;
� strengthening the co-operation with other sport bodies, such as the European Olympic Committees (EOC) and European Special Sports Federations;
� representing the common NGO position within the European Sports Conference and contributing to intergovernmental sports co-operation, for example within the CDDS of the Council of Europe and the European Union;
� striving to find solutions for common problems related to voluntarism, funding, sport administration and organisation, women and sport, EU and Sport and East/West co-operation.
7. Representation:
Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
8. Personalities:
President: Mr Bengt Sevelius (Sweden)
Secretary General: Mrs Marlis Rydzy-G�tz (Germany)
9. Finance:
� membership fees.
10. Opinion of the Secretary General:
ENGSO is the only representative organisation of national sports confederations at European level (including Israel). ENGSO is in close co-operation with the CDDS (Intergovernmental Committee for Sport Co-operation) on all sport matters of mutual concern and interest. It is invited as an observer to the annual CDDS meetings and is usually given the opportunity to render a brief report on its activities. An NGO representative, coming from one of ENGSO's member organisations, has a permanent seat in the CDDS Bureau.
It can usefully co-operate with the Council of Europe in fields such as the strengthening of voluntarism in society, the promotion of equality among women and men in sport and sport leadership, as well as in developing support programmes for the central and east European countries to help them in their process of further democratisation and market-orientation of their sport structures and activities.
For these reasons, the Secretary General is in favour of granting consultative status to the European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO).
[1]. Paragraph 8 of the appendix to Resolution (93) 38:
"The decision to grant an organisation consultative status shall be taken by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in accordance with the above rules. The Secretary General may also take into consideration the main priorities of the Council of Europe programme of activities and possible proliferation of organisations in a given sector of activity.
However this decision will be submitted for tacit approval to the Committee of Ministers and to the Parliamentary Assembly. To this end the Secretary General shall inform the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly at least once a year of the names of the organisations concerned, together with those items from the relevant files which are necessary for the assessment of each case and his or her reasons for suggesting that they be added to the list. In the absence of any objection founded on the conditions set out in paragraph 9 below, the said organisations will be added three months later to the list of those enjoying consultative status."
[2]. Paragraph 9 of the appendix to Resolution (93) 38:
"During the three-month period, a member of the Committee of Ministers or three members of the Assembly of different nationalities may request that an examination be made of the file of any applicant organisation. In the former case, the examination shall be made and the decision to add the name to the list shall be taken by the Committee of Ministers. In the latter case, the Committee of Ministers shall defer its decision until it has received a recommendation from the Assembly acting on a report from its competent committee."