Council of Europe
Dobrica MILOVANOVIC, Deputy of the Chamber of Local Authorities
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- Dobrica MILOVANOVIC, Deputy of the Chamber of Local Authorities
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- 6:45
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Mediabox interview
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- Nawel Rafik-elmrini, Strasbourg deputy mayor
- Runtime
- 5:49
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Mediabox interview about Promoting diversity through intercultural education and communication strategies
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- Barbara TOCE, Congress Member, Mayor of Pedaso (SOC) Italy
- Runtime
- 7:29
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Mediabox interview, Armenia cooperation activities
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- Jos WIENEN (EPP/CCE) Mayor of Katwijk, Netherlands
- Runtime
- 6:24
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Mediabox interview about
the adopted Recommendation on the local elections in Georgia
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- Linus FÔRSTER, Congress Member, Member of Bavarian Parliament, Germany (SOC)
- Runtime
- 3:53
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Mediabox interview within the framework of 27th Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
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- Gaye DOGANOGLU, EPP/CCE, Turkey, Member of the Municipal Council of Konyaalti/Antaly
- Runtime
- 7:21
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Mediabox interview about the European Local Democracy Week with a Coordinator regarding the content of the Activities.
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- Mairi EVANS, Councillor of Angus Council and Liisa ANSALA, Member of Rovaniemi City Council
- Runtime
- 5:56
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Mediabox interview about Congress cooperation activities for the observation of elections in Ukraine.
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- Nigel MERMAGEN, GILD, Councillor, South Somerset District Council (GILD)
- Runtime
- 5:59
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Mediabox interview with the reporter about the Observation of elections in Armenia.
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- Debate: "adequate financial resources" for local authorities
- Runtime
- 29:53
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Debate: "adequate financial resources" for local authorities.
27th Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
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- Debate on the observation of the local elections in Georgia (15 June 2014)
- Runtime
- 38:17
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Debate on the observation of the local elections in Georgia (15 June 2014) .
27th Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.
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- Debate on the observation of the local elections in Ukraine (25 May 2014)
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- 32:56
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Debate on the observation of the local elections in Ukraine (25 May 2014).
27th Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.
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- Debate on the observation of the local elections in the Netherlands (19 March 2014)
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- 15:21
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Debate on the observation of the local elections in the Netherlands (19 March 2014).
27th Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
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- Henrik HAMMAR, (L, PPE CCE)Sweden, Congress Member, Chairman, Örkelljunga Municipal Council
- Runtime
- 4:55
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Mediabox interview about his report on Local and regional democracy in Belgium
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- Natalia ROMANOVA, Past president of the Chamber of Regions of the Congress
- Runtime
- 8:31
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Mediabox interview Natalia ROMANOVA
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- Debate on promoting equal opportunities for people with disabilities
- Runtime
- 30:13
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Recommendation urged local and regional authorities to implement strategies and action plans at local and regional levels to guarantee equal rights and opportunities for people with disabilities, particularly with respect to accessibility of the built environment, goods and services, and to ensure access to social rights such as inclusive education, employment and vocational training, health care and housing.
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- Thorbjorn JAGLAND, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
- Runtime
- 22:27
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- 27th Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
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- Interview with Youth Delegate, Teona LAURELASHVILI, Young Delegate of the Georgian Youth Parliament
- Runtime
- 11:37
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Teona, 24, founded the Georgian Youth Parliament with 1.000 of active members to educate about grassroots democracy and create a dialogue between politicians and young people. She was one of the Youth Delegates who were invited to raise their voice during the 27th Congress Session of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
You can find the whole youth debate and more info here: http://bit.ly/congress-youth
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- Herwig van Staa, Congress outgoing President of the Congress of Local and regional Authorities
- Runtime
- 10:23
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Congress outgoing President, Herwig van Staa (Austria, EPP/CCE), presented a summary of the activities and achievements during his mandate from 2012 to 2014, at the opening of the 27th Session in Strasbourg, France. Mr van Staa has been member of the Congress since 1996 and has held the positions of President of the Chamber of Local Authorities (twice), President of the Chamber of Regions, and member of the Bureau. He was elected President of the Congress in 2012, for the second time after a first mandate between 2002 and 2004.
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- Anders KNAPE, EPP/CCE, Sweden, President of the Congress Chamber of Local Authorities
- Runtime
- 7:15
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Mediabox interview about his election as President of the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Congress - 27th Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
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- Joan VAN DEN HOUT, Thematic Congress spokesman on children
- Runtime
- 5:41
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Mediabox interview about ONE in FIVE Campaign.
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- Jean-Claude Frécon, newly elected president of the Congress of Local and regional Authorities
- Runtime
- 4:26
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Interview mediabox
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- Pilar ROJO NOGUERA, CALRE President
- Runtime
- 4:48
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Mediabox interview about promoting public ethics and the prevention of corruption at the regional level.
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- Jean-Claude Frécon, newly elected president of the Congress of Local and regional Authorities
- Runtime
- 12:12
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- The members of the Congress, meeting at the 27th Session, elected Jean-Claude Frécon (France, SOC) by acclamation as President for a two-year term of office. A Congress member since 1994, Mr Frécon became Vice-President in 2002, headed the French delegation to the Congress from 2004 to 2012 and had been President of the Chamber of Local Authorities since 2010.
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- Interview with Mr Nils Muiznieks
- Runtime
- 2:51
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Interview with Mr Nils Muiznieks (Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe) on the occasion of the hearing entitled “One of us? The right of persons with disabilities to live in the community” which took place on the margins of the autumn 2014 plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
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- Interview with Eirik Rise
- Runtime
- 3:03
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- A Living Library was staged by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the Council’s Youth Department on 30 September and 1 October at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg to rally opposition to hate speech and neo-Nazism. It works exactly like any library but instead of borrowing a book, you borrow a person for 20 minutes. Interview with Eirik Rise, the National Campaign Coordinator for Norway of the No-Hate Speech Movement.
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- Interview with Ms Dowlat Nowrouzi
- Runtime
- 3:56
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Interview with Ms Dowlat Nowrouzi (UK Representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran)
on the occasion of the hearing on the humanitarian situation in Ashraf/Liberty refugee camps which took place on the margins of the autumn 2014 plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
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- Interview with Lina, a young Muslim woman living in France
- Runtime
- 2:11
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- A Living Library was staged by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the Council’s Youth Department on 30 September and 1 October at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg to rally opposition to hate speech and neo-Nazism. It works exactly like any library but instead of borrowing a book, you borrow a person for 20 minutes. Interview with Lina, a young Muslim woman living in France..
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- Interview with Mrs Anne Brasseur
- Runtime
- 4:27
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Interview with Mrs Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, on the Assembly’s autumn 2014 plenary session.
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- Interview with Ms Dora Bakoyannis
- Runtime
- 4:13
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Interview with Ms Dora Bakoyannis (Greece, Group of the European People’s Party), on the occasion of the debate under urgent procedure about her report: “Threats against humanity posed by the terrorist group known as “Islamic State”(IS): violence against Christians and other religious or ethnic communities” which took place during the Autumn 2014 plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
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- Interview with Mr.Pieter OMTZIGT
- Runtime
- 3:17
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Interview with Mr.Pieter OMTZIGT ( Netherlands, European People’s Party, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ) on the occasion of the hearing on “Politically motivated Abuse of INTERPOL and the need for safeguards” which took place on the margins of the Assembly’s autumn 2014 plenary session.
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- Interview with Mrs Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin (Sweden, Group of the European People’s Party)
- Runtime
- 3:27
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Interview with Mrs Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin (Sweden, Group of the European People’s Party, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) on her report ‘Counteraction to manifestations of neo-Nazism’, speaking during the autumn 2014 plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
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- Interview with Mr Michael Connarty (United Kingdom)
- Runtime
- 3:30
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Interview with Mr Michael Connarty (United Kingdom) on the occasion of the exchange of views on “Qatargate”, the recent scandal involving bribes allegedly received by some members of the FIFA Executive Committee to vote for Qatar as FIFA World Cup host country in 2022. The exchange of views took place on the fringes of the autumn 2014 plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg.
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- Interview with Ms Katrine Cammilleri (Director of Jesuit Refugee Service, Malta)
- Runtime
- 2:33
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Interview with Ms Katrine Cammilleri (Director of Jesuit Refugee Service, Malta), on the occasion of the award ceremony for the 2014 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize which took place on the margins of the Assembly’s Autumn 2014 plenary session.
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- Interview with Mr. Hagai EL-AD and Mr. Muhammad SABAH
- Runtime
- 3:23
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Interview with Mr. Hagai EL-AD (Executive Director, B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories) and Mr. Muhammad SABAH (Field researcher in Gaza for B’Tselem), on the occasion of the award ceremony for the 2014 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize which took place during the Autumn 2014 plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). B’Tselem was shortlisted for the Prize.
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- Interview with Mr Kolbassia Haoussou (Founder and Coordinator of the Survivors Speak out Network)
- Runtime
- 4:12
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Interview with Mr Kolbassia Haoussou (Founder and Coordinator of the Survivors Speak out Network, United Kingdom), on the occasion of the hearing on “Sexual violence against women in armed conflicts” which took place during the Autumn 2014 plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
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- Interview with Ms Monika Hauser (Director of Medica Mondiale, Germany)
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Interview with Ms Monika Hauser (Director of Medica Mondiale, Germany), on the occasion of the hearing on “Sexual violence against women in armed conflicts” which took place during the Autumn 2014 plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
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- Interview with Asaf Mammadov, the father of jailed Azerbaijani human rights defender Anar Mammadli
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Interview with Asaf Mammadov, the father of jailed Azerbaijani human rights defender Anar Mammadli, winner of the 2014 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize which was awarded during the Autumn 2014 plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) (interview in Turkish)
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- Interview with Ms Tina Mulcahy (Acting Head of Youth Department in the Council of Europe)
- Runtime
- 2:44
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Interview with Ms Tina Mulcahy (Acting Head of Youth Department in the Council of Europe) on the occasion of the Living Library event “No to Hate, No to extremism” which is taking place on the margins of the autumn 2014 plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
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- Entretien avec Fatiha Saïdi (Belgique, Groupe socialiste)
- Runtime
- 3:02
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Entretien avec Fatiha Saïdi (Belgique, Groupe socialiste) concernant le rapport sur « les droits des femmes et les perspectives de coopération euro-méditerranéenne » dans le cadre de la session d’automne 2014 de l'Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l'Europe.
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- Interview with Mr. Ben Emmerson, (United Nations Special Rapporteur)
- Runtime
- 2:48
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Interview with Mr. Ben Emmerson, ( United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, London) on the occasion of the hearing on “Drones and targeted killings: the need to uphold human rights” journalism which took place on the margins of the Assembly’s autumn 2014 plenary session.
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- Observation of elections – Monitoring of Local and Regional Authorities
- Runtime
- 8:27
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- The Congress is the only European institution with the legal mandate to monitor the implementation of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, adopted in 1985, The core mission of the Congress is the effective monitoring of the situation of local and regional democracy and the observation of local and regional elections which is complementary to the political monitoring process.
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- Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux du Conseil de l’Europe – Vidéo de présentation
- Runtime
- 2:27
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Le Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux est une institution du Conseil de l’Europe, chargée de renforcer la démocratie locale et régionale dans ses 47 Etats membres. Formé de deux chambres - la Chambre des pouvoirs locaux et la Chambre des régions – et de trois commissions, il comprend 636 élus représentant plus de 200 000 collectivités territoriales.
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- Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe – Video-Presentation
- Runtime
- 2:27
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities is an institution of the Council of Europe, responsible for strengthening local and regional democracy in its 47 member states. Composed of two chambers – the Chamber of Local Authorities and the Chamber of Regions – and three Committees, it comprises 636 elected representatives representing more than 200,000 local and regional authorities.
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- EDQM - MEDICRIME Convention
- Runtime
- 7:41
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- To download the transcriptions in English and in French, please visit the EDQM website https://www.edqm.eu/en/the-medicrime-convention-1470.html.
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- Histoire de George – Journée européenne du don d'organes et de la greffe (EODD)
- Runtime
- 0:37
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- EODD Rome, Italie. 11 octobre 2014 www.eodd2014.it
Le don d’organes, parlons-en – Devenez donneur !
En créant la Journée européenne du don d'organes et de la greffe (EODD), le Conseil de l’Europe a voulu sensibiliser le public au besoin sans cesse grandissant d’organes, et à l’importance et la possibilité pour chacun, à tout âge, de devenir donneur.
Cette journée est aussi l’occasion de rendre hommage aux donneurs d’organes et à leurs familles, et de remercier tous les professionnels de la transplantation, dont le travail remarquable dans toute l’Europe contribue à sauver des vies et à améliorer la qualité de vie de nombreux patients.
Chaque année, la célébration de l’EODD se déroule dans un Etat membre différent du Conseil de l’Europe, pour mieux sensibiliser et mobiliser sur le don d’organes et de tissus.
Vous voulez en savoir plus sur le don d’organes ? Rendez-vous sur le site www.edqm.eu. Suivez @edqm_news sur...
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- Histoire de Anna – Journée européenne du don d'organes et de la greffe (EODD)
- Runtime
- 0:36
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Histoire de Anna – Journée européenne du don d'organes et de la greffe (EODD)
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- Histoire de Julia – Journée européenne du don d'organes et de la greffe (EODD)
- Runtime
- 0:36
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- EODD Rome, Italie. 11 octobre 2014 www.eodd2014.it
Le don d’organes, parlons-en – Devenez donneur !
En créant la Journée européenne du don d'organes et de la greffe (EODD), le Conseil de l’Europe a voulu sensibiliser le public au besoin sans cesse grandissant d’organes, et à l’importance et la possibilité pour chacun, à tout âge, de devenir donneur.
Cette journée est aussi l’occasion de rendre hommage aux donneurs d’organes et à leurs familles, et de remercier tous les professionnels de la transplantation, dont le travail remarquable dans toute l’Europe contribue à sauver des vies et à améliorer la qualité de vie de nombreux patients.
Chaque année, la célébration de l’EODD se déroule dans un Etat membre différent du Conseil de l’Europe, pour mieux sensibiliser et mobiliser sur le don d’organes et de tissus.
Vous voulez en savoir plus sur le don d’organes ? Rendez-vous sur le site www.edqm.eu. Suivez @edqm_news sur...
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- Council of Europe says Ukraine crisis a “failure of European institutions”
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland met Ukrainian President Poroshenko and Foreign Minister Klimkin in Kiev on 2 September 2014. Talks focused on the situation in the country, in particular in eastern and southern parts, human rights and humanitarian aid and the Council of Europe's assistance towards reforms in the country. A particular area of concern is the military conflict and the worsening situation of the civilian population. The Secretary General said that the Ukraine crisis was a “failure of European institutions”. Watch the press conference with the Secretary General.
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- European Day for Organ Donation and Transplantation (EODD) 2014
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- EODD Rome, Italy. 11th October 2014 www.eodd2014.it
Organ Donation – Let’s Talk About It – Become A Donor
The Council of Europe (CoE) created European Day for Organ Donation & Transplantation (EODD) with the aim of raising awareness for the ever-increasing need for organ donations and the importance of everybody becoming an organ donor, regardless of their age.
It is an opportunity to honour all organ donors and their families and to thank transplantation professionals throughout Europe whose hard work helps to save lives and improves the quality of life of many people.
Each year a different CoE member state is selected to host EODD, a celebration day to increase awareness about organ and tissue donation. Find out more about organ donation at www.edqm.eu. Follow @edqm_news on Twitter.
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- Meet George - European Day for Organ Donation and Transplantation (EODD)
- Runtime
- 0:37
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- EODD Rome, Italy. 11th October 2014 www.eodd2014.it
Organ Donation – Let’s Talk About It – Become A Donor
The Council of Europe (CoE) created European Day for Organ Donation & Transplantation (EODD) with the aim of raising awareness for the ever-increasing need for organ donations and the importance of everybody becoming an organ donor, regardless of their age.
It is an opportunity to honour all organ donors and their families and to thank transplantation professionals throughout Europe whose hard work helps to save lives and improves the quality of life of many people.
Each year a different CoE member state is selected to host EODD, a celebration day to increase awareness about organ and tissue donation. Find out more about organ donation at www.edqm.eu. Follow @edqm_news on Twitter.

