Materials on Council of Europe's activities related to administrative law and good administration that are not (or no longer) published elsewhere on the internet
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Concerning ativities of the CoE with regard to data protection in the public sector
- "14th Colloquy on European Law" in Lisbon (26–28 September 1984) organised by the CoE. Its proceedings are published in CoE (ed.), Beyond 1984: The Law and Information Technology in Tomorrow's Society (1985).
Concerning ativities of the CoE with regard to transnational mutual assistance and transborder cooperation
- "Second Colloquy on European Law" in Aarhus (30 June - 2 July 1971).Its proceedings are published in CoE (ed.), International Mutual Assistance in Administrative Matters (1971)
- Study prepared for the Committee on Co-operation in Muncipal and Regional Matters by P. Orianne and published as CoE (ed.), Co-operation between local authorities in frontrier regions: Difficulties in co-ooperation between local authorities and ways of solving them - Study Series Local and Regional Authorities in Europe (1973)
Concerning Resolution (76)5 on legal aid in civil, commercial and administrative matters
- Explanatory Memorandum (taken from CoE, The administration and you (1st edition 1996/1997), pp. 332 ff.)
Concerning Resolution No. (78) 8 an legal aid and advice
- Explanatory Memorandum (taken from CoE, The administration and you (1st edition 1996/1997),, pp. 346 ff.).
Concerning Resolution (77) 31 on the protection of the individual in relation to acts of administrative authoritiesC
- Explanatory Memorandum (taken from CoE, The administration and you (1st edition 1996/1997),, pp. 375 ff.).
Concerning Recommendation No R(81)19 on the access to information held by public authorities
- Explanatory Memorandum (taken from CoE, The administration and you (1st edition 1996/1997), pp. 396 ff.)
- Recommendation No. R (81)19 was preceded by a "Colloquy on European Law" in Graz (21–23 September 1976) organised by the CoE. Its proceedings are published in CoE (ed.), Freedom of information and the duty for the public authorities to make available information (1977).
- Recommendation No. R (84) 15 was preceded by the Ninth Colloquy on European Law in Madrid (2–4 October 1979) organised by the CoE. Its proceedings are published in CoE (ed.), The Liability of the State and Regional and Local Authorities for Damage Caused by their Agents and Administrative Services (1981)
- See furthermore, Fifteenth Colloquy on European Law in Bordeaux (17-19 June 1985) organised by the CoE. Its proceedings are published in CoE (ed.), Judicial Power and Public Liabilty for Judicial Acts (1986)
- The Preambule of the recommendation refers to "Resolution No. 2 of the European Ministerial Conference on Human Rights on the role of the Council of Europe in the further realisation of human rights (Vienna, 19-20 March 1985)"
- Explanatory Memorandum (taken from CoE, The administration and you (1st edition 1996/1997), pp. 418 ff.).
- "7th Colloquy on European Law" in Bari (3–5 October 1976) organised by the CoE. Its proceedings are published in CoE (ed.), Public participation in the preparation of legislative and administrative acts (1977).
- Recommendation No.R (91) 10 was preceded by the "Seventeenth Colloquy on European Law" in Zaragoza (21–23 October 1987) organised by the CoE. Its proceedings are published in CoE (ed.), Secrecy and openness: individuals, enterprises and public administrations (1988)
Concerning Recommendation No. R (93)7 on privatisation of public undertakings and activities
- Explanatory Memorandum (taken from CoE, The administration and you (1st edition 1996/1997), pp. 494 ff.)
- Recommendation No R(93)7 was preceded by the XXIst Colloquy on European Law’ in Budapest (15 – 17 October 1991) organised by the CoE. Its proceedings are published in CoE (ed.), Legal aspects of privatisation (1993).
Concerning Recommendation No. R (94) 12 on the independence, efficiency and role of judges
- Explanatory Memorandum (taken from CoE, The administration and you (1st edition 1996/1997), pp. 511 ff.)
Concerning Recommendation No. R (2000)2 on on the status of public officials in Europe
- Preparatory works of the CJ-DA: point IIa of the Report on the 11th Meeting of the CJ-DA (23 - 26 October 1998 - CJ-DA (98) 6); point 3.1. of the Report on the 12th Meeting of the CJ-DA (14 - 17 September - CJ-DA (1999) 6)
- Preparatory works of the Working Group of the CJ-DA: Report on the Working Group's 1st Meeting (3 - 5 June 1998 - CJ-DA-GT(1998) 5); Report on the Working Group's 2nd Meeting (23 - 25 September 1998 - CJ-DA-GT(1998) 7)
- Explanatory Memorandum (taken from CoE, The status of public officials in Europe - Recommendation R (2000) 6 and explanatory memorandum (2000), pp. 11 ff.)
- Preparatory works of the CJ-DA: point III of the Report on the 11th Meeting of the CJ-DA (23 - 26 October 1998 - CJ-DA (98) 6); point 3.2. of the Report on the 12th Meeting of the CJ-DA (14 - 17 September - CJ-DA (1999) 6); point. 4.2. of the Report on the 13th Meeting of the CJ-DA (2 - 4 October 2000 - CJ-DA (2002) 8)
- Preparatory works of the Working Group of the CJ-DA: Report on the Working Group's 1st Meeting (12 April 1999 - CJ-DA-GT(1999) 1); Report on the Working Group's 2nd Meeting (8 - 10 November 1999 - CJ-DA-GT(1999) 4); Report on the Working Group's 3rd Meeting (10 - 12 April 2000 - CJ-DA-GT(2000) 3); Report on the Working Group's 4th Meeting (3 - 5 July 2000 - CJ-DA-GT(2000) 5)
- Preparatory works of the CJ-DA: Report on the 14th Meeting of the CJ-DA (8 -10 October 2001 - CJ-DA (2001) 5) para. 10 ff.); Report on the 15th Meeting of the CJ-DA (27 - 29 November 2002 - CJ-DA (2002) 6), para. 10 ff.
- Preparatory works of the Working Group of the CJ-DA: Report on the Working Group's 1st Meeting (19 - 21 March 2001 - CJ-DA-GT(2001) 4); Report on the Working Group's 2nd Meeting (4 - 5 October 2001 (CJ-DA-GT(2001) 7) ; Report on the Working Group's 3rd Meeting (27 Februrary - 1 March 2001 - CJ-DA-GT(2001) 7); Report on the Working Group's 4th Meeting (20 August 2002 - CJ-DA-GT(2002) 5)
Concerning Recommendation Rec(2004)20 on judicial review of administrative acts
- Recommendation Rec(2004)20 was preceded by the "First Conference of the Presidents of Supreme Administrative Courts in Europe (7 - 8 October 2002) held in Strasbourg on "The possibility and scope of the judicial control of administrative decisions”: Programme, Proceedings and Conclusions (cf. also Appendix IV of the Report on the 15th Meeting of the CJ-DA (27 - 29 November 2002 - CJ-DA (2002) 6) were only published as html-pages.
- Preparatory Works of the CJ-DA: Report on the 15th Meeting of the CJ-DA (27 - 29 November 2002 - CJ-DA (2002) 6), para. 19 ff.
- Preparatory works of the Working Group of the CJ-DA: Report on the Working Group's 1st Meeting (10 - 12 March 2003 - CJ-DA-GT(2003) 1); Report on the Working Group's 2nd Meeting (10 - 12 June 2003 - CJ-DA-GT(2003) 6); Report on the Working Group's 3rd Meeting (3 - 5 November 2003 - CJ-DA-GT(2003) 11)
Concerning Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)7 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on good administration
- Outline of the origins of Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)7 in Appendix IV of the Report on the 18th Meeting of the CJ-DA (11 - 13 October 2006 - CJ-DA (2006) 7)
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)7 was preceded by an "European Conference" organised by the CoE in collaboration with the Ministry of the Interior and of Public Administration in Poland and the Office of the Ombudman in Poland on 'The right to good administration" in Warsaw (4 - 5 December 2003)
- Preparatory Works of the CJ-DA: Report on the 16th Meeting of the CJ-DA (3 - 5 March 2004 - CJ-DA (2004) 9); Report on the 17th Meeting of the CJ-DA (28 Feburary - 2 March 2005 - CJ-DA (2005) 5); Report on the 18th Meeting of the CJ-DA (11 - 13 October 2006 - CJ-DA (2006) 7)
- Preparatory works of the Working Group of the CJ-DA: Report on the Working Group's 1st Meeting (29 September - 1 Oktober 2004 - CJ-DA-GT(2004) 6); Report on the Working Group's 2nd Meeting (8 - 10 December 2004 - CJ-DA-GT(2004) 9); Report on the Working Group's 3rd Meeting (5 - 7 April 2006 - CJ-DA-GT(2006) 1); Report on the Working Group's 4th Meeting (10 - 12 July 2006 - CJ-DA-GT(2006) 3); furthermore Report of the Working Group's 1st Meeting (28 - 30 March 2007 - CJ-DA-GT (2007) 2).
The preparation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)7 was also accompanied by an "European Conference" on "Training of civil servants to achieve good administration" organised by the CoE in collaboration with the Lithuanian Insitute of Public Administration in Vilinius (27 - 28 October 2005)
Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)7 was comprehensively presented and discussed at a conference organised by the CoE in Warsaw on 29-30 October 2007. The proceedings were ‘published’ (unfortunately only as a pdf collection) as CoE (ed.), In Pursuit of Good Administration - European Conference Warsaw, 29 - 30 November 2007 (DA/ba/Conf (2007) 4 e) (2008).
- Opening address
Mr Tadeusz TOMASZEWSKI, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration University of Warsaw Poland - Opening address
Ms Danuta WISNIEWSKA-CAZALS, Council of Europe - Trends in the development of public management in Europe
Mr Hubert IZDEBSKI, Professor, University of Warsaw - Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)7 on good administration, General Presentation
Mr Philippe GERBER, Federal Office of Justice, Switzerland - Improving the application of administrative law by adopting principles of good administration – may Germany learn from European Communities’ legal practice and the Council of Europe’s Recommendation?
Mr Günter SCHMIDT, Professor, Federal University of Public Administration, Germany - Good administration at the service of good governance: safeguarding individual rights and implementing democratic decisions
Mr Thierry TANQUEREL, Professor, Department of administrative and tax law, University of Geneva, Switzerland - The role of the Ombudsman in the implementation of principles of good administration in the United Kingdom
Ms Lesley BAINSFAIR, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), United Kingdom - The application of the European Code of Good Administrative Behaviour by the European institutions
Ms Marta HIRSCH-ZIEMBIŃSKA, Lawyer, European Ombudsman Office - Towards good administration: from vision to action
Mr Hubert IZDEBSKI, Professor, University of Warsaw - The role of the social partners in creating good administration
Mr Andrzej ARENDARSKI, President of the Polish Chamber of Commerce - Good Administration and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights
Ms Magdalena KRZYŻANOWSKA – MIERZEWSKA, Lawyer, European Court of Human Rights - Towards good administration: the Belgian experience
Mr David RENDERS, Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium - Good administration in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights – Polish experience
Mr Jakub WOŁĄSIEWICZ, Government official before the European Court of Human Rights, Poland - General Report
Mr Pierre DELVOLVÉ, Professor, University Pantheon Assas - Paris II
- Opening address
Concerning the unfinished project for a Recommendation of Committee of Ministers to member states on administrative appeals
- Preparatory works of the CJ-DA: Report 18th Meeting of the CJ-DA (11 - 13 October 2006 - CJ-DA (2006) 7), para. 24 ff.
- Preparatory works of the Working Group of the CJ-DA: Report of the Working Group's 1st Meeting (28 - 30 March 2007 - CJ-DA-GT (2007) 2); Report on the Working Group's 2nd Meeting 19 - 21 September 2007 (CJ-DA-GT (2007) 6); Report on the Working Group's 3rd Meeting (5 - 7 December 2007 - CJ-DA-GT(2007) 10)