The President of the Conference of the International Non Governmental Organizations of the Council of Europe, M. Jean Marie Heydt was accompanied also by the Director of ALDA, Antonella Valmorbida, in his mission to Tunisia this week. The delegation, completed by Mrs. Jutta Gutzwkow, from the Civil Society Departement of the CoE and from Alain Koskas, rapporteur of the Conference of the INGOs, met a number of NGOs of Tunisia to identify possible common activities on the field of human rights, women rights support and citizens participation. Mrs. Valmorbida was also taking part in the mission as one of the key referent in Europe for the dissemination of the Code of Good Practice for Civil Participation in the Decision-Making Process.
The Council of Europe includes Tunisia in its Neighbouring policies and it develops a programme supporting democratic rules, with the support of the Union européenne.
Tunisia is also a priority for ALDA as described in its Med Strategy  and in the Position Paper ( link a pdf in allegato) adopted in Udine .
The Delegation met also the Head of the Department of Human Rights and Transitional Justice, M. Abedelhamid Abdhallah