03/12/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media has reaffirmed that the effective participation of young people is “vital for the renewal, resilience and legitimacy of democratic institutions” and stressed that Europe’s future depends on societies “in which young...
01/12/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Parliamentary Alliance for Good Governance and Integrity in Sport of the PACE, chaired by Kim Valentin (Denmark, ALDE), held a hearing on 1 December in Paris, addressing urgent challenges at the intersection of sport, public health, integrity, and human rights. The first session, dedicated to...
07/11/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
At the World Forum for Democracy 2025 in Strasbourg, a session co-organised by PACE and the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe explored how history education shapes democratic citizenship and resilience. Moderated by Matjaž Gruden, Director for Democracy at the Council of Europe, the...
06/11/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
At the World Forum for Democracy 2025 in Strasbourg, a discussion explored how young people are reshaping democratic participation beyond traditional voting. The session, “Beyond the ballot: youth-led innovations boosting Democracy” was moderated by Valentina Grippo (Italy, ALDE), PACE General...
10/09/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Young people across Europe are “among the most active defenders and imaginative builders” of democracy, human rights the rule of law, according to PACE’s Culture Committee, and they should be treated “not with repression or indifference, but with recognition, protection and support”. Approving a...
08/09/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“Young people must be able to participate in public life freely and without fear of reprisal,” said Yevheniia Kravchuk (Ukraine, ALDE), Rapporteur on Youth movements for democracy and Chairperson of the sub-committee on youth and the society of the future, welcoming today’s decision to release...
05/09/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is also a war against truth, in which free media and journalists are treated as enemies by the aggressor state,” said the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media. Adopting the draft resolution, based on the report by Yevheniia Kravchuk...
02/09/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“I express my deep concern at reports of the disappearance in Turkey of Anatol Kotau, a respected figure in the international sports community and a long-standing advocate for the rights of Belarusian athletes,” today said Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), general rapporteur on governance and ethics...
23/06/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Welcoming the finalisation of the draft Council of Europe Convention on the Co-production of Audiovisual Works in the form of Series, the PACE Committee on Culture said it “commends its ambition to promote cross-border collaboration and cultural diversity”. However, adopting a preliminary draft...
03/06/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
A launch meeting for the new PACE Parliamentary Alliance for Good Governance and Integrity in Sport took place in Trondheim, Norway, dedicated to the theme of “rebuilding trust” in the integrity of sport and promoting the values of fair play and transparency in the bodies that govern world sport...
22/05/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
A delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) visited FIFA Headquarters in Zurich on 21 May for high-level discussions on the promotion and protection of human rights in and through sport, with FIFA leadership and experts, including Mattias Grafström, Secretary...
02/05/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2025), PACE’s General Rapporteur on media freedom and safety of journalists Valentina Grippo (Italy, ALDE) has reiterated the importance of press freedom and the safety of journalists as fundamental pillars of a genuine democracy, emphasising the...