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| Founded | 1949 |
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| Founded at | Strasbourg, France |
| Headquarters | Strasbourg, France |
Area served | Europe, international |
Key people | Gerhard Ermischer (president) |
| Website | www |
The INGO (international non-governmental organisations) Conference is the body representing civil society in the Council of Europe, a European organisation founded in 1949. The Council of Europe has 46 member states with some 800 million citizens and its seat is in Strasbourg, France. The current president is Gerhard Ermischer.[1]
The INGO Conference of the Council of Europe is a space for free and innovative participation of committed citizens, offering the possibility to contribute directly to the construction of Europe. It is the only assembly of NGOs playing an institutional role in an international intergovernmental organization.
- ^ "Current President of the Conference of INGOs". coe.int. 2021.