At its Autumn session held from 14 to 16 October, the Conference of International Non-Governmental Organisations (CINGO), among other decisions,
• adopted its three-yearly strategy for 2024-27
• adopted a Youth Strategy and a Gender Equality Strategy;
• approved the creation of a new Committee for the European Social Charter and its monitoring mechanisms
• adopted a “Recommendation on history education in Europe”.
It held exchanges with Mr Gianluca Esposito, Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DG I), Ms Aoife Nolan, Chairperson of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) and Ms Urška Umek, Head of Democratic Institutions and Civil Society, on ways to increase interactions between CINGO and Council of Europe bodies and activities in the field of standard setting, monitoring and cooperation projects, in line with the Reykjavik process and the Secretary General’s Roadmap on engagement with civil society. On this occasion, it welcomed the appointment of a central contact person for civil society in DG I and invited all INGOs to encourage their governments to participate to the fullest extent in the system of the European Social Charter and
CINGO also heard an update on recent activities and future reports of its Expert Council on NGO Law, including the preparation of its next periodic report on developments in standards, mechanisms and case law related to NGOs in Europe. It agreed that additional efforts will be deployed to increase the visibility and recognition of the Expert Council’s important work in the current context.
The list of decisions and documents adopted at the session are published on the webpage of the session as they become available.
The next session is scheduled to take place on 7-9 April 2025
