• Anders KNAPE: “Awareness-raising is not enough to deal with the pressures being placed on our local elected representatives. What is needed is action”
• Gunn Marit HELGESEN: “If we are to bring tangible impact in pursuing our mission, change is a must”

• Debate on the Council of Europe's "smaller member States" and local democracy
• Local and regional democracy in Latvia
• The Congress adopts a recommendation following the fact-finding mission in the Republic of Moldova
• Local democracy in Liechtenstein
• Local democracy in Monaco
• The Congress adopts a Report on municipal elections in “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
• Local democracy in Andorra
• Local Democracy in the Republic of San Marino
• Congress Chamber of Local Authorities approves Information Report on municipal elections held in Georgia

• The Congress and the European Committee of the Regions sign a new Co-operation Agreement
• Michele NICOLETTI: “If democracy dies at the local level, it will also die at the national level”
• Simon Emil AMMITZBØLL-BILLE: “Well-functioning local authorities are crucial for a well-functioning democracy”

• Unaccompanied refugee children: a matter of urgency for local and regional authorities
• Council of Europe Congress launches tool for promoting human rights at local and regional level in Europe

• Regional identity and nation states: only dialogue in line with constitutions can resolve crises
• Debate on “Regional referendum, a tool for democracy: challenges and risks”

• Meeting of the Congress Current Affairs Committee
• Meeting of the Congress Governance Committee
• Co-operation: two publications to support local and regional authorities in Europe
• Election of a Vice-President of the Chamber of Regions