Conventions

• CETS 106 - European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities
• CETS 122 - European Charter of Local Self Government
• CETS 144 - Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level
• CETS 159 - Additional Protocol to the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities
• CETS 169 - Protocol No. 2 to the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities concerning interterritorial co-operation
• CETS 206 - Protocol No. 3 to the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities concerning Euroregional Co-operation Groupings (ECGs)
• CETS 207 - Additional Protocol to the European Charter of Local Self-Government on the right to participate in the affairs of a local authority

Recommendations

Good governance

• CM/Rec(2023)5 - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the principles of good democratic governance and its explanatory memorandum
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  Other available languages of the explanatory memorandum: Italian
• CM/Rec(2022)2 - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on democratic accountability of elected representatives and elected bodies at local and regional level (9 February 2022)
  Other available languages: Czech German

Civil Participation

• CM/Rec(2023)6 – Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on deliberative democracy
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• CM/Rec(2018)4 - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the participation of citizens in local public life (21 March 2018) 
  Other available languages: Czech Danish
• CM/Rec(2009)2E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the evaluation, auditing and monitoring of participation and participation policies at local and regional level (11 March 2009)
• CM/Rec(2004)13E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the participation of young people in local and regional life (17 November 2004)

Institutional capacities

• CM/Rec(2019)3E - Recommendation f the Committee of Ministers to member states on the supervision of local authorities activities (4 April 2019)
  Other available languages: Czech
• CM/Rec(2007)12E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on capacity building at local and regional level (10 October 2007)
• CM/Rec(2007)4E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on local and regional public services (31 January 2007)
• CM/Rec(2004)12E Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the processes of reform of boundaries and/or structure of local and regional authorities (20 October 2004)
• CM/Rec(1998)12E Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on supervision of local authorities’ action (18 September 1998)

Local Finance

• CM/Rec(2011)11E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the funding by higher-level authorities of new competences for local authorities (12 October 2011)
• CM/Rec(2005)1E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the financial resources of local and regional authorities (19 January 2005)
• CM/Rec(2004)1E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on financial and budgetary management at local and regional levels (08 January 2004)
• CM/Rec(2000)14E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on local taxation, financial equalisation and grants to local authorities (06 September 2000)

Territorial and Cross-Border Cooperation

• CM/Rec(2007)5E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the conclusion of transfrontier co-operation agreements in South-Eastern Europe (31 January 2007)
• CM/Rec(2005)2E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on good practices in and reducing obstacles to transfrontier and interterritorial cooperation between territorial communities or authorities (19 January 2005)
• CM/Rec(2003)2E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on neighbourhood services in disadvantaged urban areas (13 February 2003)

Guidelines

• CM(2022)10-final / Committee of Ministers Guidelines on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in electoral processes in Council of Europe member States (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 9 February 2022 at the 1424th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
  Other available languages: German
• CM(2020)27 Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on public ethics (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 11 March 2020, at the 1370th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
  Other available languages: Czech Danish
• CM(2017)83-final / Guidelines for civil participation in political decision making (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 27 September 2017 at the 1295th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
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