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#MyAssembly | PACE at a glance for new members

WELCOME!

Whether you are a new or returning member of PACE, you will find everything you need on this page in order to carry out your parliamentary mission:

  • Short videos on the basics for new members
  • A comprehensive members’ handbook to download
  • How the Assembly is composed and how it works
  • The Rules of Procedure
  • PACE-APPS – your personal online space

We hope you find it useful. Thank you for your commitment to serving the citizens and values of Europe, and good luck in your work!

Despina Chatzivassiliou
Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly

OVERVIEW

You have been appointed by your national parliament from among its members, joining a unique body made up of parliamentarians from across greater Europe – congratulations and welcome!

The Assembly’s procedure

Parliamentary representation

Reports currently in preparation

Electing the ECHR judges

Observing national elections

THE POWERS OF THE ASSEMBLY

As a member of the Council of Europe’s parliamentary arm, you speak for 675 million Europeans. You can demand action from governments, question Heads of State and Prime Ministers, set new standards, inspire laws, conduct probes and observe elections:

More on the powers of PACE

Video guides: your first day as a new membeR

  • #MyAssembly: welcome! 

    You've made it to the Palais de l'Europe as a new member of PACE. Learn the basics and find your way around.
  • #MyAssembly: making your voice heard

    As a PACE member you'll have lots of ways of being heard: take the floor in plenary, table a motion, put questions and more.
  • #MyAssembly: committees

    Committees are where all the prep work is done. Find out different ways to get involved in the preparation of a PACE report.
  • #MyAssembly: visibility

    Keen to get heard beyond the Palais? Learn about the various tools at your disposal for talking to the media and to the world.

 

PACE-APPS – YOUR PERSONAL ONLINE SPACE

This is a password-protected personalised space – accessible via desktop, tablet or smartphone – which gives you access to documents and registration lists, and allows you to sign up to speak, table or sign motions, and more:

Log in to PACE-APPS

User guide for PACE-APPS

YOUR AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES

Find out the different ways you can watch the plenary live or on replay, create video clips of your plenary interventions, download official photos or sign up to do a piece to camera at the MediaBox studio:

All your multimedia tools

THE BODIES YOU CAN JOIN

Learn more about the bodies you can join as a member of PACE:

Join a committee

Join a network, alliance or platform

Join a political group

Join Women@PACE

WHO’S WHO

Information on your President and the Assembly’s other leading officeholders, your fellow members and the secretariat which supports you in your work:

Your President

Your Vice-Presidents

Your fellow members – by committee, delegation or group

Your Secretary General

Your secretariat

Your predecessors – former members since 1949

DOWNLOAD THE HANDBOOK

This handbook is your essential guide to life as a member of PACE. It contains advice on how to be active and effective, as well as practical information on plenary sessions and committee work.

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THE RULES OF PROCEDURE

The Rules of Procedure are the operating manual underpinning your work. Together with a series of complementary texts, they govern every aspect of Assembly business: the conduct of proceedings, sessions, committee work, elections, voting and more:

The online Rules of Procedure – fully indexed

Download the Rules of Procedure in PDF format – searchable

YOUR ETHICAL CONDUCT

As a European parliamentarian, you pledge to uphold the highest ethical standards. Find out more about the Assembly’s ethical principles and framework:

The Assembly’s ethical framework

Code of conduct for members

How to submit your annual declaration of interest