31st session (19-21 October 2016)
Wednesday 19 October
- Verification of new members’ credentials and official procedures for appointing national delegations to the Congress
- Speech by the newly-elected President
- Speech by the President
- Statement by Thorbjørn Jagland
- Joint reflection document on follow-up to the Congress Strategy to combat radicalisation at grass-roots level, part 1 and part 2
- Presentation of local and regional projects undertaken by youth delegates
- Preventing corruption/promoting public ethics at local and regional level
- The misuse of administrative resources during electoral processes: the role of local and regional elected representatives and public officials
Thursday 20 October
- Social Rights in Europe: the implementation of the European Social Charter at regional level
- Local democracy in Cyprus
- The situation of Roma and Travellers in the context of rising racism and xenophobia
- Political dialogue with the Armenian authorities
- Chairmanship by Estonia of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
- Situation of mayors in Turkey
- Women’s political participation and representation at local and regional levels
- Political dialogue with the Armenian authorities
- Gender budgeting
- Information report on the observation of local and provincial elections in Serbia
- Local and regional democracy in Croatia