External
relations of the Assembly
xx.Cooperation agreement concluded between
the Parliamentary Assembly and the European Roma and Travellers
Forum
Exchange of letters between the President of the Parliamentary
Assembly and the Chairperson of the European Roma and Travellers
Forum (ERTF) (January 2011)
The President of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe, on the one hand, and the Chairperson
of the European Roma and Travellers Forum (ERTF), on the other,
have agreed on the following:
— representatives
of ERTF will be invited to Assembly committee meetings whenever
a subject of interest for the Roma minority is on the agenda;
— representatives
of the ERTF and of the Parliamentary Assembly will be invited to
conferences and other events organised by the Parliamentary Assembly
or the ERTF on subjects of mutual interest;
— the ERTF may
be consulted, on an ad hoc basis, by Assembly committees on subjects
of mutual interest;
— the secretariat
of the ERTF and of the Assembly will exchange public documents on
subjects of mutual interest.
It is understood by both parties that
the costs involved by the participation of ERTF representatives
in activities of the Assembly shall be borne by the Forum.
