Statutory bodies
The European centre for global interdependence and solidarity, more commonly known as the North-South Centre, was established in November 1989 as an "Enlarged Partial Agreement" so that other states, not members of the Council of Europe, can also join. There are currently 20 member states, and one associate member.
Management of the North-South Centre is overseen by an Executive Committee that is composed of members representing each of the components of the "quadrilogue."
The "quadrilogue" is a concept coined to explain a partnership which brings together representatives of governments, national parliaments, local and regional authorities and civil society to ensure good governance of the North-South Centre, representative of all the relevant stakeholders. This system helps build bridges between political actors with different approaches, viewpoints and priorities, generating constructive synergies and offering a platform for structured dialogue and exchange of experience and good practice.
The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is the decision-making body of the North-South Centre.
The different components of the quadrilogue are represented as follows:
- A government representative for each member state of the North-South Centre
- Four parliamentarians, two of which from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and two from the European Parliament
- Four members representing local or regional authorities, two from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and two from the Committee of the Regions of the European Union
- Four members representing organised civil society active in priority activity areas for the North-South Centre and ready to engage in concrete cooperation
- A representative of the European Commission/Union
The Executive Committee meets twice a year, in principle in Lisbon and in Strasbourg.
Member States
Member States from the Council of Europe
Representatives : Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives to the Council of Europe
Andorra
Mr Joan FORNER ROVIRA
Azerbaijan
Mr Fakhraddin ISMAYILOV
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mr Haris BAŠIĆ
Bulgaria
Ms Maria SPASSOVA
Croatia
Mr Toma GALLI
Cyprus
Mr Dimitris HATZIARGYROU
Greece
Mr Panayiotis BEGLITIS
Liechtenstein
Mr Domenik WANGER
Luxembourg
Mr Patrick ENGELBERG
Malta (Chair of the Executive Committee)
Ms Francesca CAMILLERI VETTIGER
Montenegro
Ms Božidarka KRUNIĆ
Portugal
Mr Gilberto JERÓNIMO
Romania
Mr Ion JINGA
Serbia
Ms Suzana GRUBJEŠIĆ
Spain
Mr Juan Ignacio MORRO
Member States outside the Council of Europe
Algeria
Vice-Consul Mr Hicham FERHATI
Consul General a.i.
Cabo Verde
Mr José FILOMENO MONTEIRO
Ambassador of Cabo Verde to Belgium
Holy See
Monsignor Marco GANCI
Special Envoy and Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe
Kingdom of Morocco (Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee)
Mr Omar AMGHAR
Consul General
Tunisia
Mr Raouf MRADÂA
Consul General
Associate Member
Lebanon
M Henri El-Khoury
Minister of Justice
European Union
Delegation of the European Union to the Council of Europe
Ambassador, Head of Delegation
Ms Vesna Batistić Kos
Parliaments
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Committee Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Mr Stefan Schennach (Austria)
Substitute member:
Ms Carmen Leyte (Spain)
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media
Ms Edite Estrela (Portugal)
Substitute member:
Ms Eka Sepashvili (Georgia)
European Parliament Development Committee
Ms Janina Ochojska (Poland)
Substitute member:
Mr Karsten Lucke (Germany)
Local and Regional Authorities
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
Mr Jorge Sequeira (Portugal)
Ms Gunn-Marit Helgesen (Norway)
Substitute members:
Ms Carla Dejonghe (Belgium)
Mr Konstantinos Agorastos (Greece)
Committee of the Regions of the European Union
Mr Christophe Rouillon (France)
Substitute member:
Mr Jesús Gamallo Aller (Spain)
Civil Society Organisations
Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe
Mr Christopher Spreng
Advisory Council on Youth
Ms Roberta Bojang
KARAMA
Ms Saadia Wadah
CONCORD
Mr Rilli Lappalainen
The Bureau of Executive Committee
To facilitate efficient management, the Executive Committee shall elect a Bureau from among its members, ensuring representation of each of the four components of the quadrilogue.
The Bureau monitors the preparation and execution of programmes and reports to the Executive Committee. It also prepares the meetings of the Executive Committee, with the assistance of the North-South Centre's secretariat.
The Bureau shall also carry out any other task entrusted to it by the Executive Committee.
The Bureau meets twice a year, in principle, in Lisbon and in Strasbourg.
Member States
Greece
Mr Panayiotis BEGLITIS
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe
Kingdom of Morocco (Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee)
Mr Omar AMGHAR
Consul General
Malta (Chair of the Executive Committee)
Ms Francesca CAMILLERI VETTIGER
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe
Montenegro
Ms Božidarka KRUNIĆ
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe
Portugal
Mr Gilberto JERÓNIMO
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe
Spain
Mr Juan Ignacio MORRO
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe
European Union
Delegation of the European Union to the Council of Europe
Ms Vesna Batistić Kos
Ambassador, Head of Delegation
Parliaments
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Committee Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Mr Stefan Schennach (Austria)
Substitute member: Ms Carmen Leyte (Spain)
Local and Regional Authorities
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
Mr Jorge Sequeira (Portugal)
Substitute members:
Ms Carla Dejonghe (Belgium) Mr Konstantinos Agorastos (Greece)
Committee of the Regions of the European Union
Mr Christophe Rouillon (France)
Substitute member: Mr Jesús Gamallo Aller (Spain)
Civil Society Organisations
Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe
Mr Christopher Spreng
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