Strasbourg, 4 September 2020

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE (CDDG)

DRAFT AGENDA

VIDEOCONFERENCE MEETING

Thursday 10 September 2020 from 10.30 to 1 and from 2.30 to 4.00 pm

Friday 11 September 2020 from 10.30 to 1 and from 2.30 to 4.00 pm

1. Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda

[CDDG(2020)OJ1]

Annotated agenda and order of business

2. Information on recent activities and developments

• Statement by the Chair ad interim
• Reports of Bureau meetings:
  • [CDDG-Bu(2020)9]
  • [CDDG-Bu(2020)12]
  • [CDDG-Bu(2020)15]
  • [CDDG-Bu(2020)18]
  • [CDDG-Bu(2020)25]
• Exchange of views with Ms Claudia Luciani, Director, Directorate of Human Dignity, Equality and Governance
• Information by the Secretariat

3. State of implementation of the CDDG activities according to its terms of reference 2020-2021

[CDDG(2020)5]

3.1 E-democracy

• Final approval of the Guidelines on e-democracy in the form of a toolkit
  [CDDG(2020)6]

3.2. Public ethics

• Updating the Guide on public ethics 
  [CDDG(2020)7]
• Presentation of the new toolkit on public ethics by Mr Alan Doig, expert consultant
  Toolkit

3.3. Democracy and technology

• Report of the 1st meeting of the Working Group on democracy and technology (27-28 January 2020) 
  [GT-DT(2020)5]
• Progress of work 
  [CDDG(2020)8]

3.4. Democratic accountability

• Report of the 1st meeting of the Working Group on accountability (13-14 February 2020)
  [GT-RE(2020)4]
• Progress of work 
  [CDDG(2020)9]

3.5. Stocktaking and exchange of views on priorities

4. Secretary General’s request for a contribution by the CDDG on general priorities and working methods

• Exchange of views and approval of a reply
  [CDDG(2020)14]

5. Promoting democratic governance through shared experience

• Exchange of views with a high-level representative of a member State

6. Democratic governance and Covid-19

• Consideration of a draft report
  [CDDG(2020)10 + Addendum I, II, III]
  Link to the webpage
• Exchange of views with Ms Simona Granata-Menghini, Secretary ad interim of the Venice Commission
  Link to report on Respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law during states of emergency

7. European Label of Governance Excellence (ELoGE)

Link to ELoGE webpage

• Stocktaking of implementation
• Presentation of the new webpage
• Presentation of the Regulations  and Rules
• European Capital of Democracy project: Presentation by Helfried Carl, Senior Director of the Innovation in Politics Institute

8. Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers

• Stocktaking of the Georgian Presidency (November 2019-May 2020)  
• Priorities of the Greek Chairmanship (May-November 2020)  

9. World Forum for Democracy

Information on the 2020 edition “Can Democracy Save the Environment?” (Strasbourg, 16-18 November 2020)

10. Activities of other Council of Europe bodies

[CDDG(2020)11]

11. Elections of the Bureau of the CDDG to be held at its 12th meeting

• Information by the Secretariat
  [CDDG(2020)13]

12. Other business

13. Concluding remarks by Snežana Samardžić-Marković, Director General of Democracy

14. Adoption of the abridged meeting report

[CDDG(2020)12]

15. Date and place of the next meeting

25-27 November 2020 (place/modalities to be confirmed)