Portfolio 2 – Participatory processes and local development – ISIG

In Strasbourg for the Standing Conference of Ministers of Education

For us today was a beautiful day, testimony to the commitment made in the field of research in the social sciences. Following the work done over the last year on the Resilience of Education in times of emergency and crisis toolkit, the director of ISIG had the honor of concluding and summarizing the ministerial debate of the third session of the conference entitled “Education in times of emergencies and crisis”. Then, at the end of the day, the Council of Ministers voted to adopt a resolution on promoting the resilience of education systems in emergency situations, which includes the development and progressive dissemination of our toolkit in the Council countries. It was exciting for us to be part of this process, also seeing the skills developed and implemented in recent years being recognized and appreciated. If you want to know more, please follow the link!

European Academy Programme: starting with ELoGE!

The first ELoGE FVG 2023 information workshop was held today. ELoGE is a path of analysis and development of the government action of municipalities for the promotion of good governance, promoted by the Council of Europe. ELoGE involves local administrations in a self-assessment exercise by the participating municipalities, compared to the matrix (Benchmark) of the 12 European Principles of Democratic Good Governance defined by the Council of Europe. The 2023 edition is part of the broader European Academy Program (EAP), promoted by AICCRE FVG, with the collaboration of ISIG, under the aegis of the Council of Europe, which includes 2 lines of activity: ELoGE, dedicated to administrations municipalities of Friuli Venezia Giulia, and the Leadership Academy Program (LAP), a training course aimed at local and regional administrators. In the first online workshop, ISIG presented the ELoGE program to the Municipalities participating in this edition: its objectives, phases and tools. We are happy to start this new path to support the local administrations of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.

Leadership Academy Program in Finland

In the past few days, we were in Finland for the Second Stage of the Council of Europe’s Leadership Academy Program! The possibility for us as Institute to work with local administrators in Finland is an amazing chance of developing new skills, experience and… working on Good Governance! The second stage of the Leadership Academy Program witnessed 20 public officials, representing local authorities and the newly established well-being counties. It was also the occasion to present the newly adopted Recommendation CM/Rec(2023)5 on the principles of good democratic governance, becoming the first legal instrument on this topic! The Leadership Academy is part of a broader initiatives contributing to the current reform on regional governance in Finland! More information about this programme can be found on this link!

For the Council of Europe in Moldova

From 2 to 5 September ,we were in Moldova for the Council of Europe to resume training on the URSO toolkit! The URSO paradigm refers to the underlying values and principles that guide the actions of the Council of Europe in designing and implementing tools and frameworks aimed at supporting Member States in achieving better governance systems! A step towards Good Governance! If you want to know more about the URSO toolkit, follow this link!