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COE: Priorities for the Swedish Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers (May-November 2008)

/noticias.info/ Strasbourg, 07.05.2008 – Sweden will today take over the six-month Chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers from Slovakia.

The main objective of the Swedish Chairmanship is to promote the realisation of the Council of Europe's core objective - to “make rights real”. By focusing on implementation, and striving for widest possible co-operation between the Council of Europe, member states and other actors, Sweden intends to encourage further progress.

The Swedish Chairmanship will focus on the implementation of the action plan adopted at the Council of Europe summit in Warsaw in 2005 and the streamlining of the Council of Europe's activities, as well as on reform measures for a more efficient and transparent Council of Europe. A comprehensive approach should create links between policy, standards, monitoring, actions for implementation and evaluation.

The Chairmanship will strive for enhanced political dialogue on both topical and thematic issues. This should be done hand-in-hand with the efficient running of the Committee of Ministers' work. Furthermore, Sweden will promote a constructive dialogue with the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities as well as with other actors, including the Conference of International Non Governmental Organisations.

A series of conferences and other events are being organised as part of the Swedish Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers. notas_de_prensa_archivo