In his communication on 3 April 2013 , Andreas Kiefer, Secretary General of the Congress, presented the Congress activities since November 2012, which include, among others the thematic debates of the 24th session, placed under the general theme of the crisis, several monitoring visits to member States, local election observation missions, the launching of the first pilot activities of the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for Roma Inclusion, as well as the launching of an interactive online platform to demonstrate good local and regional practices in combating the sexual violence against children and the preparation of the 2013 European Local Democracy Week. He also highlighted the adoption of the Resolution on the post-monitoring of local and regional democracy and recalled that the Congress intends to increase the follow up of the implementation of its recommendations by the Member States, in stepping up political dialogue and taking actively part in the Council Europe action plans and cooperation programs.

Speech
Communication to the Committee of Ministers
Resolution 353 (2013)