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Support for the development of ‘Open Council of Europe Academic Networks’

05/12/2022 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

The Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media has emphasised the essential role of universities and research institutes in upholding Council of Europe values and entrenching them in the social fabric. In the view of parliamentarians, universities have real potential to facilitate the...

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Celebrating Europe’s ‘cultural routes’ as a way of promoting cohesion and diversity

05/12/2022 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

PACE’s Culture Committee is encouraging member states to join the Council of Europe “Cultural Routes” programme – 48 different itineraries spread across Europe which introduce Europeans to the continent’s cultural treasures and highlight the links between heritage, human rights and democracy. The...

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General rapporteur stresses importance of Assembly's work to defend media freedom

22/11/2022 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Speaking at a conference in Vilnius on the role of public service media in upholding democracy, Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC) recalled that media freedom and freedom of information were under increasing threat and pressure, especially in countries with hardening political regimes, and in the...

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PACE hearing on workers’ rights in Qatar on the eve of the World Cup: positive change but work still to do

13/10/2022 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Participants at a PACE public hearing on workers’ rights in Qatar, held just a month before the 2022 World Cup kicks off, have agreed that reforms introduced as a result of the tournament have resulted in significant improvements for workers in the country – but that much more needs to be done...

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States must assess the effectiveness of tracing applications, while complying with data protection standards

12/10/2022 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

According to the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and the Media, the recourse to digital public health technologies must be part of a comprehensive national epidemiological strategy, “balancing all interests at stake” and “based on an evaluation of its real effectiveness”. The committee...

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Internet intermediaries should ensure a ‘free and pluralistic flow of information online which is...

10/05/2022 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Internet intermediaries “should assume specific responsibilities based on international standards and national legislation regarding users’ protection” against manipulation, disinformation, harassment, hate speech and any expression which infringes privacy and human dignity, PACE’s Committee on...

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Committee calls for banning Russian and Belarusian nationals from all events in the fields of sport...

27/04/2022 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Expressing its solidarity with the Ukrainian people, the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media has called on decision makers in the fields of sport, science, education and media in the member States to exclude Russian and Belarusian national teams, clubs and individuals from all...

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The 2022 Museum Prize was awarded to Nano Nagle Place

26/04/2022 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

The Museum Prize was awarded to Nano Nagle Place (Cork, Ireland) during a ceremony at the Palais des Rohan, in Strasbourg. The museum was chosen last December by the Culture Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Recieving the Prize, Shane Clarke, CEO of Nano...

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Roberto Rampi: “Culture is a security issue in an insecure world”

01/04/2022 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

“Long-term human investment in culture and education must be given equal priority with investment in the economy, infrastructure, security and all other areas seen as crucial to Europe’s global economic competitiveness and stability”, today said Roberto Rampi (Italy, SOC), Vice-Chairman of PACE...

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General rapporteur on media freedom seriously concerned by the risk of closure of the Bosnia-Herzegovina...

31/03/2022 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on media freedom and the protection of journalists, today expressed his serious concerns about the risk of closure of the Bosnia-Herzegovina public service broadcaster (BHRT). The...

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Nano Nagle Place (Cork, Ireland) wins 2022 Museum Prize

03/12/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

The 2022 Council of Europe Museum Prize has been awarded to Nano Nagle Place (Cork, Ireland). The museum was selected by the Culture Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) meeting today. Nano Nagle Place not only commemorates the educational and religious work of...

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PACE committee sets out wide-ranging recommendations for placing human rights at the heart of football

02/12/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Football’s main players must put human rights values at the heart of the sport, a committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has said in a wide-ranging report on football governance. The report, prepared by Lord George Foulkes (United Kingdom, SOC) for the Assembly’s...