«Building the worldwide agreement with Rotary and Inter-Country Committees»
ICC Enlarged Executive Council - 6-7 May 2016
Strasbourg, France
ICC Enlarged Executive Council - 6-7 May 2016
Strasbourg, France
This conference of the Rotary Inter-Country Committees took place at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
The Council of Europe was founded in May 1949 by 10 countries under the initiative of Winston Churchill to promote democracy, human rights and human values expression on which are built civilizations at a time where half of the European continent were ruled by communist regimes. Today, the institutions of the Council of Europe play a key role in the promoting mutual understanding between European nations: European Court of Human Rights, Committee of Ministers, comprising the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), which comprises national parliamentarians from all member states, Conference of NGOs (in which Rotary is a member).
The Council of Europe, Rotary and its Inter-Country Committees share and work toward the same goal: to help foster a peaceful world.
On the Agenda of the conference:
- Role of the Council of Europe in the achievement of the European mutual understanding
- Role of Rotary in the Council of Europe
- Human rights
- Role of Rotary and its ICC in the building of peace
- Peace in the Mediterranean
This event falls within the long history of Rotary relationships with International Organizations.
Presentations:
- Meeting opening and welcome: Gwénaël de Bergevin, Chair of the ICC Executive Council (PP)
- Meeting opening and welcome: Gwénaël de Bergevin, Chair of the ICC Executive Council (text)
- The role of Rotary in the Council of Europe inside the framework of the Conference of NGOs: François Goettelmann, Representative of Rotary in the Council of Europe
- The institutional framework of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and other components: Yann de Buyer, Head of the Central Division of the Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- ICC Germany-France: Herbert D. Jess, RC Bonn-Siebengebirge
- ICC France-Germany: Margarethe Potocki, RC Clermont-Ferrand-Blaise Pascal
- 65 years ICC France-Germany: Herbert D. Jess et Margarethe Potocki
- The role of France and Italy, of these ICCs, for the mutual understanding, the search for peace, the European construction: Sergio Vinciguerra, Chair of ICC Italy-France, RC Torino Polaris (PP)
- The role of France and Italy, of these ICCs, for the mutual understanding, the search for peace, the European construction: Sergio Vinciguerra, Chair of ICC Italy-France, RC Torino Polaris (text)
- Inter-Country Committees in Ukraine for seeking the agreement leading to peace with Russia: Volodymyr Pylypenko, Chair of ICC Ukraine-France
- In the Balkans: Ovidiu Cos, Chair-Nominee of the ICC Executive Council, ICC National Coordinator for Romania-Moldova
- Rotary, ICC and the culture of the Peace: Serge Gouteyron, Former Vice President of the Rotary International, ICC Honorary Chair (PP)
- Rotary, ICC and the culture of the Peace: Serge Gouteyron, Former Vice President of the Rotary International, ICC Honorary Chair (text)
- Peace in the Mediterranean with the contribution of Inter-Country Committees: Mohamed Ghammam, ICC National Coordinator for Tunisia (PP)
- Peace in the Mediterranean with the contribution of Inter-Country Committees: Mohamed Ghammam, ICC National Coordinator for Tunisia (text)
- ICC Executive Council, Report of the Chair Gwénaël de Bergevin
- ICC Executive Council, Report of the General Secretary Antonio Strumia
- Prix Inter-Country Committees Peace Projet Challenge US$ 10K: Toni Polsterer
- Development of the ICCs: Marcel Zuckerman
- Development of the ICCs, Report of the English speaking Group
- Development of the ICCs, Report of the French speaking Group
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