ADVISORY · STRASBOURG & OSLO
Bjørn Berge
Culture · Sport · Democracy · Human Rights · Rule of Law
Thirty years of work at the centre of European multilateral institutions, most recently as Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Independent advice for governments, federations, cultural institutions and companies operating where politics, values and public trust meet.
ADVISORY · STRASBOURG & OSLO
Bjørn Berge
Culture · Sport · Democracy · Human Rights · Rule of Law
Thirty years of work at the centre of European multilateral institutions, most recently as Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Independent advice for governments, federations, cultural institutions and companies operating where politics, values and public trust meet.
ADVISORY
Four areas of practice
01
Culture and heritage
Cultural routes and transnational cooperation. Policy review, heritage programme design and institutional partnerships.
02
Sport and integrity
Anti-doping governance, safeguarding and betting integrity. Convention compliance and federation governance review.
03
Democracy and democratic security
Deliberative democracy and citizens' assemblies. Institutional reform and democratic resilience assessment.
04
Human rights and rule of law
Convention compliance and anti-corruption frameworks. Human-rights impact review for public and private bodies.
INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND
01
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Deputy Secretary General, 2021–2026.
02
WADA FOUNDATION BOARD
European representative.
03
NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Diplomat and adviser to ministers.
04
COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS
Director General and Secretary.
INSIGHTS
Short essays on European policy
OSLO · JUNE 2025
A small country lives by the scale of its imagination
What small states can still do in a multilateral order under strain.
ReadSTRASBOURG · MAY 2025
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life
Culture is not a soft policy area. It is where legitimacy is rehearsed.
ReadLAUSANNE · MARCH 2025
Sport has the power to change the world
Integrity in sport is governance work, not communications work.
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