<font color='#55563B' size='2'>UK Chairmanship of the Council of Europe at the centre of Congress debates and events</font>
UK Chairmanship of the Council of Europe at the centre of Congress debates and events
[20/03/2012]
In his address to the 22nd Session of the Congress, UK Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, today spoke on priority areas for the United Kingdom’s current Chairmanship of the Council of Europe, in particular in respect of local democracy reform. Referring to last year’s Kyiv Conference of European Ministers responsible for Local and Regional Government, the Minister described several fields of concrete action, notably, the need to implement recommendations included in the Chaves report to streamline the Council’s grassroots policies, to develop an agenda in common between the Congress and the intergovernmental sector of the Council of Europe, to agree on priorities in an open and transparent manner and to carry out activities according to these priorities through efficient management.
La présidence britannique du Conseil de l’Europe au centre des débats et manifestations du Congrès
[20/03/2012]
Dans une allocution prononcée à l’occasion de la 22e Session du Congrès, le ministre britannique des Communautés et des Administrations locales, Eric Pickles, a exposé les priorités du Royaume-Uni, qui préside actuellement le Conseil de l’Europe. Rappelant la Conférence des ministres responsables des collectivités locales et régionales, tenue l’an dernier à Kyiv, le ministre a mentionné plusieurs domaines où une action concrète est à mener, soulignant notamment la nécessité d’appliquer les recommandations du rapport Chaves – rationaliser les politiques locales du Conseil, établir un ordre du jour commun au Congrès et au secteur intergouvernemental du Conseil de l’Europe, s’accorder sur des priorités dans l’ouverture et la transparence et mettre en œuvre des activités conformes à ces priorités en assurant une gestion efficiente.
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In his address to the 22nd Session of the Congress, UK Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, today spoke on priority areas for the United Kingdom’s current Chairmanship of the Council of Europe, in particular in respect of local democracy reform. Referring to last year’s Kyiv Conference of European Ministers responsible for Local and Regional Government, the Minister described several fields of concrete action, notably, the need to implement recommendations included in the Chaves report to streamline the Council’s grassroots policies, to develop an agenda in common between the Congress and the intergovernmental sector of the Council of Europe, to agree on priorities in an open and transparent manner and to carry out activities according to these priorities through efficient management.