How to organise a deliberative process at the local level?
A guide for local authorities
This guide provides local authorities with a clear methodology and process to involve citizens in decision making through inclusive
and transparent deliberative processes, giving guidance on how to initiate, run, and sustain citizens' assemblies.
Preventing and Combatting Sexism at Local Level in Ukraine
A Guide for Women and Men in Local Politics
This guide presents concrete measures for combatting sexism at local level and ensuring that women play an active and meaningful role in the decision-making process. It is intended for use by local authorities and their national associations as well as possible targets of sexist violence and gender-based discrimination such as female candidates and local office holders.
Handbook on transparency and citizen participation
This handbook aims to support local and regional authorities in their efforts to make communities more open, ethical and citizen-oriented. It provides practical guidance on transparency policies and citizen participation mechanisms, includes a concise assessment of the most prevalent corruption risks in the country and incorporates actual examples of best practices.
The objective of this document is to provide support and practical tools to mayors, councillors, and civil servants to gather relevant data and review local projects and/or initiatives. The document includes introductory guides to six monitoring and review tools.
The guide is prepared within the thematic programme “Strengthening institutional frameworks for local governance”, funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe, and implemented by the Council of Europe, through the Partnership for Good Governance (PGG) 2015-2017 for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus.
Through this booklet, the Congress encourages local and regional authorities to use this learning tool to raise awareness and teach children about SDGs by helping them to understand how they can contribute to the implementation of SDGs in their towns and cities.
This Manual provides practical information and step-by-step guidelines on the organisation and implementation of relevant training courses to support and empower underrepresented youth through human rights education, and teaching on democracy and civic participation. The Manual is aimed at local authorities, mayors, local councillors, civil servants and youth trainers, who are determined to improve youth participation in their villages, towns and cities.
Platform for National – Local Dialogue on Open Government in Ukraine
The Platform for National – Local Dialogue on Open Government in Ukraine was established by the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Association of Ukrainian Cities (AUC), with the support of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. It aims to foster co-creation and exchange of good practices between the national and local levels on open government policies and new legislation, and to ensure the involvement of local authorities in the design, implementation and evaluation of the Action Plan for the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in Ukraine.
“Open Local Government | A tool for action bE-Open”
bE-Open has been developed by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe in the framework of its co-operation activities. This online tool, launched in 2021, aims to support all local and regional governance actors in their efforts to improve the quality of local democracy in their villages, cities, and regions, as well as any citizen interested in public ethics, accountability, transparency and citizen participation.
Metropolitan areas have been developing rapidly in Europe over the past decades. This trend can also be observed in Ukraine. The reality of the 21st century is that more than half of the world's population now lives in cities. Larger cities are shaping the future of our societies, absorbing more and more territory, increasing their political and economic power, and thereby bringing new opportunities for citizens, along with emergent challenges.
The study provides an analysis of the law for local councillors, addressing the following aspects: mandate and relations to citizens; ethics and accountability; rights and duties as individual mandate holders and members of the council; relation to local administration and to other public authorities; remuneration, conditions of office and careers; disqualifications, liabilities and termination of office.
Gender equality in local political life and the gender perspective in local policies in Ukraine
This discussion paper on “Gender equality in local political life and gender perspective in local policies in Ukraine” falls within the framework of the project ’Promoting local democracy in Ukraine’, implemented by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe within the Action Plan for Ukraine for 2015-2017. This project is aimed to improve the implementation of democratic principles in Ukraine, by enhancing the institutional and leadership capacities of local elected authorities and disseminating nationwide best practices of local democracy.
Survey on the needs and priorities of local authorities in times of war
The results of the 2022 survey confirm the resilience of Ukrainian local authorities and their national associations, as well as their readiness to actively contribute to a sustainable recovery.
Survey on the needs and priorities of local authorities in Ukraine. The provision of services in times of war and post-war recovery
The survey studies the capacity and efficiency of local authorities in Ukraine to provide adequate services to citizens in war conditions in 2022. It analyses the effectiveness of local policies and practices, as well as policy-making processes in the conditions of war, and it also outlines good crisis management practices based on better upholding and protecting human rights. Consequently, the survey identifies the needs of local authorities in addressing multiple challenges and provides a set of recommendations for local and national authorities of Ukraine, as well as to international stakeholders.
Baseline survey on open government at local level in Ukraine: mapping initiatives and assessing needs
The survey maps open government policies and practices at the local level of governance in Ukraine in 2021 and analyses related needs of and challenges met by local authorities. Developed in close partnership with the Association of Ukrainian Cities and 126 communities, it provides a set of recommendations which serve as a basis for further support to local authorities in developing further innovative democratic practices.
