Council of Europe

On 3 and 4 November 2011 the European Ministers responsible for Local and Regional Government held the 17th Session of their Conference to take further steps in their co-operation and in particular to :
 
1.       review the economic situation of local government and adopt further guidelines for policies to tackle the crisis, enhance recovery and ensure a sustainable future;
 
2.       examine the outlook for the future of intergovernmental co-operation on local and regional democracy issues  in the Council of Europe in the light of the reviews agreed upon at Utrecht, the proposal for a partnership between the Committee of Ministers and the Ministerial Conference, reforms in the Council of Europe and a review of progress with the implementation of the Utrecht Agenda;
 
3.       address the role of government in removing obstacles to transfrontier cooperation;
 
4.       examine the issue of human rights at local level.

  Local government in critical times: policies for crisis, recovery and sustainable future 

  Outlook to the future

Conference information:
Programme    Working Documents    News on the Conference from the member States	Kyiv Declaration