Council of Europe Conference of
Ministers responsible for Local and Regional government
17th session
of the Ministerial Conference in Kyiv 2011
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.
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Transfrontier co-operation: the role of central government in removing
obstacles 