Tuesday 6 November

Opening of the 35th Session by Gudrun Mosler-Törnström, the President of the Congress

Debate: Voting rights at local level as an element of successful long-term integration of migrants and IDPs in Europe’s municipalities and regions

Acceptance speech by the newly-elected President: Anders Knape

Debate: Congress presidency 2016 - 2018: activities and achievements

Debate: European Local Democracy Week (ELDW): a new momentum

Debate: Local democracy in Lithuania

Debate: Local democracy in Slovenia

Debate: Information report on the local elections in the Netherlands (21 March 2018)

Debate: Mayors under pressure

Debate: Border regions facing migration phenomena

Wednesday 7 November

Debate: Integrity and ethical behaviour of elected representatives

Marija Pejčinović Burić, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers Croatian of the Council of Europe

Debate: Revision of the Congress Charter

Debate: Presentation of the youth delegates’ grass-roots projects for 2018

Debate: Local and regional democracy in Georgia

Thursday 8 November

Debate: Guidelines on the right of local authorities to be consulted by higher levels of government

Debate: Coping with the debt burden: local authorities in financial difficulty

Debate: Information report on the local elections in Tunisia (6 May 2018)