Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis to participate in the online event “Women in local governments – Equal participation for stronger democracy” (Monday, 9 November 2020)

The Chair of the Committee of Minister of the Council of Europe and Alternate Foreign Minister, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, and Minister of Interior Panagiotis Theodorikakos, will address the event on “Women in local governments – Equal participation for stronger democracy,” which will take place online this coming Monday, 9 November, at 13:00.

The event will be broadcast live on the Youtube channel of the Greek Chairmanship of the Council of Europe:

https://www.youtube.com/c/GreekChairmanshipCouncilofEurope

Programme:

WELCOME REMARKS
Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of CoE & Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs
Panagiotis Theodorikakos, Minister of Interior
Snežana Samardžić-Marković, Council of Europe, Director General of DG Democracy
Anne Brasseur, former President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

PRESENTATION OF THE SURVEY
Dr Alenka Verbole, Council of Europe Expert

INTERVENTIONS
Maria Kakali, Mayor of Aghios Efstratios
Maria Androutsou, Mayor of Aghios Dimitrios
Despina Chatzivassiliou, Head of the Secretariat of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

CLOSING REMARKS
Venetia Kousia, Director General of the Council on Competitiveness of Greece

COORDINATION
Evi Dramalioti, Vice President of the National Centre for Public Administration & Local Government of Greece (EKDDA)

The event is being hosted by the Ministry of Interior in collaboration with the Greek Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

November 8, 2020