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AS/Pol (2019) OJ 07 10 October 2019 Apoj07_19 Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy Draft agenda of the meeting which will take place in Berlin, Germany on 14 November 2019, from 9:15 to 17:30 German Bundestag (Parliament) Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus - Room 3.101 - Anhörungssaal Adele-Schreiber-Krieger-Straße 1 9:15 – 12:15 1. Agenda [AS/Pol (2019) OJ 07] Adoption of the agenda 2. Minutes [AS/Pol (2019) PV 06] Approval of the minutes of the meeting held in Strasbourg from 30 September to 3 October 2019 3. Setting minimum standards for electoral systems in order to offer the basis for free and fair elections Rapporteur: Mr Hendrik Daems, Belgium, ALDE Hearing with the participation of invited experts 4. Transparency and regulation of donations to political parties and electoral campaigns from foreign donors Rapporteur: Mr Konstantin Kuhle, Germany, ALDE [Doc 14818] . Statement by the Rapporteur . Exchange of views with the participation of an expert (tbc) 5. Follow-up to Resolution 2277 (2019) and Recommendation 2153 (2019) Role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly: main challenges for the future [Res 2277 (2019), Rec 2153 (2019)] . Statement by the former Rapporteur, Mr Tiny Kox, Netherlands, UEL . Exchange of views This draft agenda, addressed to members of the Committee and their alternates, is the convocation to the meeting Copy to Secretaries of delegations and political groups Meeting documents are published on the Parliamentary Assembly extranet website (restricted area for national delegations): http://assembly.coe.int/extranet. F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex | [email protected] | Tel: + 33 3 88 41 2000 | Fax: +33 3 88 41 29 44 AS/Pol (2019) OJ 07 6. Follow-up to Resolution 2298 (2019) Situation in Syria: prospects for a political solution? [Res 2298 (2019), Press release 08.10.19] . Statement by the former Rapporteur, Ms Theodora Bakoyannis, Greece, EPP/CD . Exchange of views with the participation of an invited expert 7. Institutional Representation of the Committee Statement by Lord George Foulkes (United Kingdom, SOC) on his participation in the 66th meeting of the Council for democratic elections (Venice, 10 October 2019) 8. Invitation to hold a meeting of the Sub-Committee on External Relations in Rovaniemi (Finland), on 16 December 2019, on international cooperation in the Arctic region: the model of the Arctic Council Consideration of the invitation by the Finnish Parliament 9. Participation in the OECD Global Parliamentary Network, Paris, 10-11 October 2019 Statement by the Chairperson 10. Appointment of Rapporteurs [AS/Pol (2019) WP 06, AS/Pol/Inf (2019) 01rev4] . The situation in Kosovo* [Doc 14921] . Assessing the functioning of the partnership for democracy [Doc 14942] 11. Open discussion on current issues 12. Authorisations by the Committee 13. Other business 14. Next meeting : Paris, 9 December 2019 (OECD Headquarters) 14:30 – 17:30: Joint meeting with the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights 15. Exchange of views with Mr Michael Roth, German State Secretary for European Affairs 16. Exchange of views with Mr Norbert Röttgen, MP, Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag 17. Democracy hacked? How to respond? Rapporteur: Mr Frithjof Schmidt, Germany, SOC [AS/Pol (2019) 18] . Statement by the Rapporteur on the basis of his preliminary draft report . Statement by the Rapporteur for opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Mr Emanuelis Zingeris, Lithuania, EPP/CD . Hearing with the participation of: - Mr Arne Schönbohm, President of the Federal Office for Information Security - Ms Sabine Bechtold, Vice-President of the German Central Election Commission - Dr Johan Farkas, Malmö University, Chairperson of YECREA (Young Scholars Network) * Throughout this text, all reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo. 2 .