Strasbourg, 02.08.2012 - The European Local Democracy Week (ELDW) kicks off every year during the week of the 15 October, and is co - ordinated by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. The 2012 edition will take place from 15 to 21 October and will focus on “Human rights make for more inclusive communities”.

Local and regional authorities of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe are invited to take part and to organize events in their community, in order to strengthen citizen democratic participation at local and regional level.

To make the task of the participating communities easier, several innovations have been included in the new ELDW internet platform. (more...)

- Access to the new EDLW web tool

- Registration