11/10/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
There is an urgent need for all Council of Europe member states to act together against SLAPPs – frivolous, vexatious or malicious legal proceedings which aim to intimidate, harass or silence their targets, thus threatening public participation – according to PACE’s Culture Committee. Approving a...
05/10/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), PACE's General Rapporteur on media freedom and safety of journalists, today expressed concern at the “progressive degradation of the media ecosystem”, speaking at the opening of a conference in Riga, during which the Council of Europe will launch its new Campaign for...
02/06/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Experts and industry figures have given testimony to a PACE hearing in London on the risks and opportunities of the Metaverse, including ideas for ensuring that virtual spaces can be kept safe for children, and the impact of Artificial Intelligence. The hearing, organised by PACE’s Committee on...
02/06/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
A PACE hearing on “violence in sport and safeguarding” at the Houses of Parliament in London has heard powerful personal testimony from survivors of abuse in sport, as well as the steps being taken by top sports governing bodies to ensure a safe environment for players and athletes – and their...
03/05/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“Europe is unfortunately not a safe haven for media freedom, and this needs to change. Council of Europe member States should enforce the standards that they have endorsed and commit themselves more at international level to uphold media freedom; it is time to act!” said Mogens Jensen (Denmark...
27/04/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
PACE held a hearing on “exploring AI in schools” during its spring plenary session, in which students from the American Community Schools in Athens presented their project for exploring ethics in AI by designing and building a humanoid robot called “Niki”. The school’s President Peggy Pelonis...
25/04/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
A PACE parliamentary hearing on excluding Russian and Belarusian athletes from taking part in the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics brought together key players from all sides of the debate, and heard a range of strong views on the topic. The event, which took place during the Assembly’s...
23/03/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“’I was there!’... The metaverse has what we might call ’near adjacent perceptual proximity’. We know that virtual reality is not real, but we experience it directly all the same, and we tend to respond, both bodily and psychologically, as though it were real,” said Verity McIntosh of the British...
22/02/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The PACE Sub-Committee on culture, diversity and heritage met on 22 February 2023 in Olympia, Greece, on the premises of the International Olympic Academy. In her opening remarks Nina Kasimati, Chairperson of the Sub-Committee, underlined that “The Greek culture - in a wider context of its...
05/12/2022 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The 2023 Council of Europe Museum Prize has been awarded to the Workers Museum (Copenhagen, Denmark). The museum was selected by the Culture Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting in Paris on 5 December 2022. During a ceremony held in the Palais de l...
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...
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...