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Biography
Patrick Penninckx, born on 25 October 1959 in Nederokkerzeel (Belgium), has been Head of the Information Society Department of the Council of Europe since 2014, where he has held various positions since 1989. He started in the Youth and Sports Department from 1989 to 2000. He then worked in the Directorate General of Political Affairs on relations between international organisations (with the United Nations and the OSCE). His position as Chairman of the Staff Committee of the Council from 2002 to 2003 enabled him to become Head of the Human Resources and Development Policy Division until August 2005. Then, for four years, Patrick Penninckx resumed his position as Senior Adviser, but this time for the Secretariat of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe until February 2009. He will then serve as Executive Secretary of the Pompidou Group (the cooperation group on the fight against drug abuse and illicit trafficking) and as advisor to the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Development and Reforms on strategic planning and implementation of the reform process until November 2014. Since that date, he has been Head of the Information Society Department promoting human rights, the rule of law and democracy in the following areas:

· Freedom of expression and freedom of the media

· Internet governance

· Artificial intelligence

· Cybercrime

· Data protection

He is also responsible for projects dealing with public/private partnerships and cooperation with the business world.

On Friday 18 September 2020, Patrick Penninckx described as a man of dialogue and a fine diplomat by the Belgian newspaper Le soir, was proposed as candidate by the Belgian Foreign Minister, Philippe Griffin, for the post of Representative on Freedom of the Media within the OSCE.

Publications
11. Tasks of the Youth and Community Development Worker in Training for the Unemployed, Sociale Hogeschool Heverlee, 1981, 80 p.

12. Information and Consultation of Workers in Multinational Companies, The Vredeling-Directive and the position of the ETUC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 1984, 102 p.

13. Coordinator of the publication of 'The European Labyrinth', an informative game about the European Youth Structures, 1992.

14. Mid-Term Evaluation for Humanitarian/Development Initiatives in Central/Eastern Europe, "The Saphir Initiative", Strasbourg, 1993, 120 p.

15. Non-governmental Organisation Development in Russia and the Newly Independent States, Strasbourg, 1994, 62 p.

16. Developing Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe, "The Saphir Initiative", Strasbourg, 1994, 42 p.

17. Cooperation in the publication of Training Course Resource Files and Thematic Files, namely on Intercultural Learning (simulation games and exercises) and Multi-cultural Society. 18. Co-ordination of publications on the educational and policy aspects of European Youth Worker training on Organisational Management; Project Management; Intercultural Learning

19. Rôle et responsabilité des intermédiaires d’Internet dans la lutte contre la désinformation sur la Covid-19 : la règlementation des Etats et organisations européennes dans la lutte contre la désinformation par les intermédiaires de l’Internet, L’Observateur de Bruxelles, Octobre 2020, n°122, pg 15 (available in French only)