Congress President

Marc Cools, President of the Congress


Marc Cools (Belgium, ILDG) was elected President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe on 24 October 2023 for a mandate of two years and a half. He is currently the Communal Councillor of Uccle (Belgium) and Honorary Vice-President of the Brussels Parliament  and was previously the chair of the Independent and Liberal Democrat Group in the Congress.

Chamber of Local Authorities

Bernd Vöhringer, President of the Chamber of Local Authorities

Bernd Vöhringer (Germany, EPP/CCE) was elected on 25 October 2023 President of the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Congress for a two-and-a-half-year term of office.

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Back Monitoring Committee meets in Büyükçekmece, Turkey

Monitoring Committee meets in Büyükçekmece, Turkey

The Monitoring Committee of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities will meet in Büyükçekmece, Turkey, on 28 June 2018. The Mayor of Büyükçekmece, Hasan AKGÜN, will address the members of the committee before the meeting which will be opened by Leendert VERBEEK (Netherlands, SOC), Chair.

Three reports on the situation of local and regional democracy in Slovenia, Lithuania and Georgia are on the agenda for adoption and discussions will be held on the on-going monitoring in Poland and the Republic of Moldova. The members of the Committee will also examine information reports on local elections in 7 localities including Chisinau and Balti in the Republic of Moldova (20 May 2018), on local elections in the Netherlands (21 March 2018) and on municipal elections in Tunisia (6 May 2018), as well as a report on "Voting rights at local level as an element of successful long-term integration of migrants and IDPs in Europe’s municipalities and regions".

In addition, several complaints concerning the compliance with the European Charter of Local Self-Government by member states, in particular in France and Serbia, have been addressed to the Congress and will be discussed at this meeting.

In the margins of the meeting, the mayor of the municipality of Bakırköy, Bülent KERİMOĞLU, will sign the Pact of Cities and Regions against Sexual Violence against Children, during an official ceremony in the presence of Anders KNAPE (Sweden, EPP/CCE), President of the Chamber of Local Authorities of Congress. The Pact is a tool, launched at the initiative of Congress, that proposes practical actions and policies to put in place child-friendly services. The primary objective is to protect children and prevent sexual violence to which they may be exposed.  The signatory cities undertake to develop initiatives in this direction.

Contact :
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Stéphanie POIREL, Secretary of the Monitoring Committee
Email – Tel : 00 33 6 63 55 07 10

Monitoring Büyükçekmece, Turkey 22 June 2018
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President's role

The President's role is to direct the political activities of the Congress and its Chambers, to carry out Congress policy and to represent the Congress vis-à-vis other international organisations, within the context of the Council of Europe's general policy on external relations.

The President of the Congress ensures that decisions taken by the Congress are implemented and reacts on behalf of the Congress to current developments. He or she also presents the activities of the Congress and the texts that it has adopted to the Parliamentary Assembly and Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.  

Chamber of Regions

Tunc Soyer, President of the Chamber of Regions

Tunc Soyer (Türkiye, SOC/G/PD) was elected on 25 October 2023 President of the Chamber of Regions of the Congress for a two-and-a-half-year term of office.