The Principality of Monaco has made a voluntary contribution of €120,000 towards several Council of Europe-backed projects, including action plans to combat violence against women and improve protections for vulnerable people seeking asylum on the continent, as well as the Bern Convention for the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats. 

At a meeting on 30th May between Ambassador Gabriel Revel, the Permanent Representative of Monaco to the Council of Europe, and Bjørn Berge, the Council’s Deputy Secretary General, the Principality renewed its agreement to provide voluntary contributions to the organisation to the tune of €120,000 in 2024.  

The funds will go towards four distinct projects and missions: a programme combatting violence against women and domestic violence in Morocco and Tunisia; the Council of Europe Action Plan on Protecting Vulnerable Persons in the Context of Migration and Asylum in Europe 2021-2025; the Fund for the Convention for the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, also known as the Bern Convention; and assisting in reducing the backlog of well-founded cases at the European Court of Human Rights.  

The support provided by the Principality comes on the back of a separate financial package offered by Revel in December 2023, which pledged €10,000 towards efforts to improve protections for vulnerable people seeking asylum in Europe.  

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