Meeting at their 35th session in Strasbourg (France), Congress members have elected Anders KNAPE (Sweden, EPP/CCE) president of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities for a two-year...

The French national centre for local and regional administration (Centre national de la fonction publique territoriale - CNFPT) has just launched the Barometer of Local Institutional Reforms in...

The European Week of Local Democracy (ELDW), coordinated by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, will be held 15 - 21 October 2018. This year, the theme of the ELDW is "Citizen...

The Congress Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government (GIE) met in Strasbourg, France, on 20 and 21 September 2018. 30 years after the entry into force of the...

Congress Vice-President Liisa ANSALA (Finland, ILDG) spoke on 13 September 2018 at the annual Helsinki Municipal Fair organised by the Association of Finnish Local and Regional...

”Citizen participation is a requirement of effective modern democracy, and this participation should not be limited to elections alone,” stated Martin FODOR (United Kingdom, ILDG), at the...

“The success of democracy is not possible without the participation of our citizens in civic life,” stated. Michele NICOLETTI, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...

The Handbook on Transparency and Citizen Participation and the Tool Guide on Management of Change were presented to the Congress members on the occasion of the 34th Session in Strasbourg (27-28...

The members of the Congress will meet in Strasbourg, France, from 27 to 28 March 2018 for their 34th Session placed under the theme “rights-based governance at local and regional...

In recent months, scandals related to the harassment and sexual abuse of women have erupted and no environment - political, artistic or civil society - has been spared. Women all around the world...