The “European Local Democracy Week” (ELDW) is an annual
European event with simultaneous national and local events
organised by participating local authorities in all Council
of Europe member States. The purpose is to foster the knowledge
of local democracy and promote the idea of democratic participation
at a local level.
The week including 15 October has been chosen as the European
Charter of Local Self-Government was opened for signature
on that date in 1985.
The Week is a Council of Europe initiative. Its role is
to co-ordinate the European dimension of the project, whereas
the national and local implementation of the Week is being
supported in each participating country by the correspondents
designated by the national associations of local authorities,
listed on the website.
European Local Democracy Week 2010: Preparations underway The Congress is working in two parallel directions to raise awareness of the ELDW 2010 by fostering its co-operation with national and European associations and networks of local authorities, and by directly involving the maximum number of towns and cities to take part. “Several institutional websites such as the Committee of the Regions’ (CEMR), the Deutscher Stadtetag’s, and the Eumayors’ (EU Covenant of Mayors) are publishing news about the ELDW and endorsing the Week’s logo, and this is an important sign of its prominence” stated Keith Whitmore, President of the Congress Institutional Committee and Political Coordinator for ELDW,
congratulating the Congress on these first results.
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Congress and EU Committee of the Regions join their efforts to fight climate change at local level
The Congress was present at the annual conference of the “Covenant of
Mayors” which was held on 4 May in Brussels. On this occasion, mayors of the
27 EU member states discussed how to enhance the use of renewable energies, energy saving and reducing CO2 emissions at local level. The “Covenant” was already signed by over 1200 mayors. The Congress - through its European Local Democracy Week-event -contributes to this effort, by having chosen ''The impact of sustainable communities in fighting climate change'' as leading theme for the ELDW 2010. In Brussels it will show its ELDW presentation stand in the Atrium of the Committee of the Regions.
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New
ELDW communication products available online
A new leaflet and a new range of posters are now available for downloading online. Leaflets present the 2010 ELDW and available in English and French. Posters are available in different format and can be customised according to the dates and place where the event takes place. Additional language versions can be provided at short notice by the ELDW operational team at
democracy.week@coe.int .
Focus on ''climate change and sustainable communities'' for this year’s European Local Democracy Week “Climate change involves many other aspects of local policies. The Week will be an opportunity to demonstrate how towns and cities can succeed in solving environmental problems and gradually transform into sustainable communities”, stated Keith Whitmore (UK, ILDG) Political Co-ordinator of the ELDW
and President of the Congress Institutional Committee, commenting the choice of “the impact of sustainable communities to fight climate change”, as leading theme, which can be taken up by the municipalities participating in this year edition of the Week.
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European Local Democracy Week 2010: Preparations underway
Congress and EU Committee of the Regions join their efforts to fight climate change at local level
New
ELDW communication products available online
Focus on ''climate change and sustainable communities'' for this year’s European Local Democracy Week