21.10.2010 - CESP

The reform of the Council of Europe, initiated by its Secretary-General, plans a drastic reduction in the funds allocated to the functioning of the Conference of the INGO in the budget 2011.

The Members of Parliament of the Council of Europe are mobilized to save the Conference.

We can legitimately ask the question: to whom benefits the "crime"?

Doc. 12418
18 October 2010

Council of Europe reform: participation of civil society in danger

Written Declaration No 462

This written declaration commits only the members who have signed it

The undersigned members of the Parliamentary Assembly :

• honor the Council of Europe institutional structure, the “quadrilogue” guaranteeing the synergy between the highest levels of decision-making, citizens and the grass-roots of the society;
• underline the role of the International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGO) Conference in this structure as a voice of people in Europe of all political outlooks and all social and cultural origins;
• are concerned about the Council of Europe planned financial reform, proposed within the framework of 2011 budget, foreseeing over a 50 % reduction in the INGOs Conference budget (which represented 0,52 % of the 2010 global budget);
• underline that such budgetary cuts would sacrifice the Conference of INGOs activities and means of subsistence;
• urge the Committee of Ministers to consider other means of rationalisation and saving and to review the draft budget for 2011 accordingly.

Signed:

WILLE Paul, Belgium, ALDE

ABURTO BASELGA Fátima, Spain, SOC

AGHAJANYAN Artsruni, Armenia, NR

BATET LAMAÑA Meritxell, Spain, SOC

CORREIA Telmo, Portugal, EDG

DORIĆ Miljenko, Croatia, ALDE

ERR Lydie, Luxembourg, SOC

ETHERINGTON Bill, United Kingdom, SOC

FALZON Joseph, Malta, EPP/CD

FEDOROV Valeriy, Russian Federation, EDG

GAUDI NAGY Tamás, Hungary, NR

GEORGIOU Aristophanes, Cyprus, UEL

GORYACHEVA Svetlana, Russian Federation, SOC

GREENWAY John, United Kingdom, EDG

GROTH Annette, Germany, UEL

HANCOCK Michael, United Kingdom, ALDE

HAUPERT Norbert, Luxembourg, EPP/CD

HERASYM'YUK Olha, Ukraine, EPP/CD

HOSTALIER Françoise, France, EPP/CD

HUSEYNOV Rafael, Azerbaijan, ALDE

HUSS Jean, Luxembourg, SOC

JOHN-CALAME Francine, Switzerland, SOC

KAUFER Virág, Hungary, SOC

KOÇ Haluk, Turkey, SOC

KOX Tiny, Netherlands, UEL

LAAKSO Jaakko, Finland, UEL

LAMBERT Geert, Belgium, SOC

LOTMAN Aleksei, Estonia, UEL

Van der MAELEN Dirk, Belgium, SOC

MARIN Christine, France, EPP/CD

MARQUET Bernard, Monaco, ALDE

McCAFFERTY Christine, United Kingdom, SOC

MEALE Alan, United Kingdom, SOC

MENDES BOTA José, Portugal, EPP/CD

MOTA AMARAL João Bosco, Portugal, EPP/CD

NAGHDALYAN Hermine, Armenia, ALDE

OMTZIGT Pieter, Netherlands, EPP/CD

O'REILLY Joseph, Ireland, EPP/CD

PAPADIMITRIOU Elsa, Greece, EPP/CD

PAPADIMOULIS Dimitrios, Greece, UEL

PARFENOV Valery, Russian Federation, EDG

POPESCU Ivan, Ukraine, SOC

POURGOURIDES Christos, Cyprus, EPP/CD

PUCHE RODRÍGUEZ-ACOSTA Gabino, Spain, EPP/CD

de PUIG i OLIVE Lluís Maria, Spain, SOC

ROUQUET René, France, SOC

RUPPRECHT Marlene, Germany, SOC

RUSSO Giacinto, Italy, ALDE

RUSTAMYAN Armen, Armenia, SOC

SPAUTZ Marc, Luxembourg, EPP/CD

STRENZ Karin, Germany, EPP/CD

SUDARENKOV Valeriy, Russian Federation, SOC

TINDEMANS Elke, Belgium, EPP/CD

TOSHEV Latchezar, Bulgaria, EPP/CD

ÜNAL Mustafa, Turkey, EPP/CD

WILLIAMS Betty, United Kingdom, SOC

WOHLWEND Renate, Liechtenstein, EPP/CD

WURM Gisela, Austria, SOC

XUCLÀ i COSTA Jordi, Spain, ALDE

ZOHRABYAN Naira, Armenia, ALDE

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Total = 60



EPP/CD: Group of the European People’s Party

      SOC: Socialist Group

      ALDE: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

      EDG: European Democratic Group

      UEL: Group of the Unified European Left

      NR: not registered in a group