50th Session live
- Hemicycle: ORI - DE - EN - FR - IT - TR - UA - SP
- Room 1 (Tuesday afternoon, 31 March): ORI - DE - EN - FR - IT - TR -UA - SP
31 March 2026
Morning:
- Full session (morning)
- Verification of new members’ credentials
- Election of the President of the Congress
- Congress Presidency: Statement by the outgoing President Marc COOLS
- Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine**
Afternoon - Chamber of Local Authorities, Hemicycle:
- Full session (afternoon)
- Statement by the newly-elected president of the chamber
- Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Lithuania
- Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Monaco
- Thematic debate: Health access under pressure: a challenge for all territories**
Afternoon - Chamber of Regions, Room 1:
- Full session (afternoon)
- Statement by the newly-elected president of the chamber
- Decentralisation and territorial organisation of power in Ukraine: current reforms and Congress support
- Squeezed out? Bringing regional history teaching to the fore
1 April 2026
Morning:
- Full session (morning)
- Statement by Bjørn BERGE, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
- Thematic debate: Free elections at the local and regional level
- Thematic debate: Tackling violence against elected officials
Afternoon:
- Full session (afternoon)
- Statement by Alexei BUZU, Secretary General of the Government, on behalf of the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers
- Thematic debate: International disorder, regional consequences
- Safeguarding local democracy in Georgia: Fact-finding report
- Strengthening the capacities of local and regional authorities in the use of artificial intelligence
- Social rights at local and regional levels by Cecilia DALMAN EEK
2 April 2026
- Full session
- Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights by local and regional authorities
- Human Rights Handbook – Freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and association
- Thematic debate: From borders to boroughs: global movements, local responses
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