{"id":1645,"date":"2014-02-04T13:37:23","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T11:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/?page_id=1645"},"modified":"2024-09-21T11:10:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T10:10:49","slug":"secretariat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/structure\/secretariat\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretariat"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Secretariat of the Council of Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On behalf of the Committee of Ministers<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and under the aegis of the various Council of Europe bodies<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, more than 2’500 in part highly specialised professionals from all member states draft, organise, coordinate and oversee all activities of the organisation.<\/p>\n

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The Secretariat is divided into three Directorates-General:<\/p>\n

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  1. Directorate-General I (Human Rights and Rule of Law)<\/li>\n
  2. Directorate-General II (Democracy)<\/li>\n
  3. Directorate-General DGA (Administration)<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>
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    \nUnlike the     Permanent Representatives<\/a><\/em><\/strong> of the Committee of Ministers<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and the diplomats<\/a><\/em><\/strong> under their authority, who only work in Strassburg for a couple of years, before they are posted to a different job in a different country, the officials in the Secretariat of the Council of Europe remain at the organisation.<\/p>\n

    Some of the executive staff members have been working for the Council of Europe<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for decades: They not only know the organisation inside out and exert considerable influence on it, but also bring valuable expertise to the table and preserve the institutional memory.<\/p>\n

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    The Secretary General of the Council of Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    The Secretary General is elected by the Parliamentary Assembly<\/a><\/em><\/strong> of the Council of Europe (PACE) for a once renewable five-year term of office.<\/p>\n

    The current Secretary General, Alain Berset (Switzerland), came into office in September 2024.<\/p>\n

    He is the public figurehead of the Council of Europe, heads the secretariat and is – on behalf of the Committee of Ministers<\/a><\/em><\/strong> – responsible for the overall coordination, the strategic planning, the work programme and the budget of the organisation.<\/div>

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    The Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    The Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe is Bj\u00f6rn Berge (Norway).<\/p>\n

    In 2021, the Parliamentary Assembly<\/a><\/em><\/strong> of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected him for a five-year term of office.<\/div>

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    \nIllustration and Bj\u00f6rn Berge \u00a9 CoE; Agora \u00a9 Europe’s Human Rights Watchdog; Alain Berset \u00a9 SP Schweiz
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    The Secretariat of the Council of Europe       Unlike the Permanent Representatives of the Committee of Ministers and the diplomats under their authority, who only work in Strassburg for a couple of years, before they are posted to a different job in a different country, the officials in the Secretariat of the Council […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8503,"parent":1476,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1645","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t