European Committee on Democracy and Governance (CDDG) in cooperation with the Conference of International Non-Governmental Organizations is preparing new guidelines to ensure meaningful civil participation in political decision-making. The guidelines will be addressed to the authorities in Council of Europe member states and will seek to promote sustainable mechanisms for dialogue, consultation and co-operation between them and civil society. In accordance with the CDDG’s decision, a wide public consultation on the draft guidelines is being organized during the summer period before finalizing the guidelines. Civil society and public authorities at all levels are kindly invited to send their comments (in English or in French) on the draft to the CDDG Secretariat (CDDG@coe.int) by September 4th, 2016. The working group that will meet later in September will consider the input received. Feel free to inform others that might be interested to participate in this consultation process. The Draft Guidelines on Civil Participation in Political Decision-Making is available here.
Source: Council of Europe
