Congress President Gudrun Mosler-Törnström took part in a seminar organised by the Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE), on 24 July 2017, in Oviedo, Spain, on the occasion...

Global support for the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (“Istanbul Convention”) significantly increased today with the...

A delegation of the Congress carried out an Electoral Assessment Mission to Armenia from 11 to 15 May 2017, in order to monitor the elections to the Council of Elders of the City of Yerevan scheduled...

At a press conference held on 10 April in Helsinki, findings of the Congress' electoral visit in Finland were presented by Mrs Lelia Hunziker (Switzerland, SOC), Head of the Congress delegation to...

A delegation of the Congress is undertaking a visit to Finland from 5 to 10 April 2017, to observe the local elections scheduled for 9 April. Headed by Congress Rapporteur Ms Lelia Hunziker...

The Transnational Cooperation and Capacity Building component of the ROMACT programme (ROMACT TCC) aims at assisting local authorities in better integrating marginalised people, in particular...

The “Border regions facing migration flows” debate, held on 29 March in the Council of Europe Assembly Chamber, during the 32nd session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities,...

What can be done to make the democratic process more attractive and accessible to young people? For representatives of regional authorities, this is an essential aspect of their efforts to improve...

On 29 March, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, holding its Session in Strasbourg (France), adopted a report on local and regional democracy in Finland following...

The Congress adopted a recommendation on local democracy in Estonia on 29 March 2017, following a monitoring visit to the cities of Tallinn, Paide and Jõhvi by the rapporteurs, Henrik Hammar,...