The three statutory committees of Congress held their last meetings on 26 March under the current terms of reference.
The Monitoring Committee approved a report on the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Malta as well as the terms of reference for a report on foreign interference during electoral processes at local and regional levels. The Governance Committee discussed the preparation of reports on circular economy and on freshwater resources under stress. The Current Affairs Committee approved the terms of reference for reports on the role of local and regional authorities in combatting trafficking of human beings and on the revision of the European Charter on the Participation of Young People in local and regional life.
Under the new terms of reference adopted by the Congress the same day as part of the revision of its Rules of Procedure to reflect the decisions of the Reykjavik Summit, the three committees will be reconstituted as, respectively, the Committee on the Monitoring of the implementation of the European Charter of Local Self-Government and on the respect of Human Rights and the Rule of Law at local and regional levels (“the Monitoring Committee”); the Committee on Governance, Civic Engagement and the Environment (“the Governance Committee”); and the Committee on Social Inclusion and Human Dignity (“the Social Inclusion Committee”).
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