36th Session (2-4 April 2019)

Tuesday 2 April 2019
Opening of the 36th Session by Anders Knape, President of the Congress
Debate: Request for Partner for Local Democracy status by the Kingdom of Morocco
Debate: Fighting nepotism within local and regional authorities
Debate: Mayors safeguarding democracy
Debate: Reflection on the future of the Council of Europe (Helsinki process): the Congress’ contribution
Debate: Budget and resources of the Congress for the next biennium (2020-2021)
Debate: Local and regional democracy in Poland
Renata Szczęch, Deputy Minister, Ministry of the Interior and Administration, Poland
Debate: Information report on the assessment of local government elections in Poland (21 October 2018)
Wednesday 3 April 2019
Opening by the President of the Chamber, Gunn Marit Helgesen
Debate: Report on the elections of the Cantonal Assemblies in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 October 2018)
Debate: Open government at regional level
Free debate
Jari Partanen, State Secretary, Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland, on behalf of the Chari of the of the Committee of Ministers
Debate: Social rights of young people: the role of local and regional authorities
Debate: Financial compensation of local and regional elected representatives in the exercise of their office
Debate: Partnership for local democracy
Debate: The protection of whistle-blowers
Ceremony awarding the Congress medal to an honorary member
Thursday 4 April 2019
Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Parliamentary Assembly
Debate: Local and regional democracy in the Republic of Moldova
Andrian Ermorachi, Deputy Secretary General of the Government of the Republic of Moldova
Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe