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36th Session (2-4 April 2019)

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  • Tuesday 2 April 2019: morning | afternoon
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  • Thursday 4 April 2019: morning
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Tuesday 2 April 2019

Opening of the 36th Session by Anders Knape, President of the Congress

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Debate: Request for Partner for Local Democracy status by the Kingdom of Morocco

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Debate: Fighting nepotism within local and regional authorities

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Debate: Mayors safeguarding democracy

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Debate: Reflection on the future of the Council of Europe (Helsinki process): the Congress’ contribution

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Debate: Budget and resources of the Congress for the next biennium (2020-2021)

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Debate: Local and regional democracy in Poland

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Renata Szczęch, Deputy Minister, Ministry of the Interior and Administration, Poland

  • Statement

Debate: Information report on the assessment of local government elections in Poland (21 October 2018)

  • Video

Wednesday 3 April 2019

Opening by the President of the Chamber, Gunn Marit Helgesen

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Debate: Report on the elections of the Cantonal Assemblies in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 October 2018)

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Debate: Open government at regional level

  • Donatella Porzi
  • David Goessmann
  • Luis Petrikorena Arbelaiz

Free debate

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Jari Partanen, State Secretary, Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland, on behalf of the Chari of the of the Committee of Ministers

  • Statement

Debate: Social rights of young people: the role of local and regional authorities

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  • Sophia Kircher

Debate: Financial compensation of local and regional elected representatives in the exercise of their office

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Debate: Partnership for local democracy

  • Piero Fassino
  • Mohand Laenser
  • Abdelouahhab El Jabrii

Debate: The protection of whistle-blowers

  • Josan Meijers
  • Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir

Ceremony awarding the Congress medal to an honorary member

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Thursday 4 April 2019

Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Parliamentary Assembly

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Debate: Local and regional democracy in the Republic of Moldova

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Andrian Ermorachi, Deputy Secretary General of the Government of the Republic of Moldova

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Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe

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