43rd Congress Session
- All debates
- Youth delegates
The following pre-recorded videos will be available online around two hours after their delivery.
Tuesday 25 October 2022
Full session
Leendert VERBEEK, Congress President
Peter BURKE, Minister of State for Planning and Local Government, on behalf of the Irish Presidency of the Committee of Ministers
Debate : The future of the Council of Europe and the role of the Congress therein
Debate: The Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine
- video - Oleksiy CHERNYSHOV, Minister for Communities and Territories Development, Ukraine
- video - Vitali KLITSCHKO, Chairman of Association of Ukrainian Cities, Mayor of Kyiv,Ukraine
Caroline CONROY, Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland
Debate : Hate speech and fake news: the impact on working conditions of local and regional elected representatives
Debate : Monitoring of the European Charter of Local Self-government in Denmark
Debate : Smart cities and regions - prospects for a human rights-based governance approach
Debate :Reception of women and children refugees
Wednesday 26 October 2022
Full session
Full session - Chamber of Regions
Communication by the President
Report on the observation of local by-elections in Belgrade and several other municipalities in Serbia
Thematic debate: revision of the European Urban Charter II - Manifesto for a New Urbanity in the context of current crisis situations
Information report on the observation of local by-elections in Albania (6 March 2022)
Debate: promoting dialogue and diversity in unity
Regional finances in response to crises
Free debate
Human rights and the environment
- video - A fundamental right to the environment: a matter for local and regional authorities -
Towards a green reading of the European Charter of Local Self-government - video - Human rights handbook for local and regional authorities - Volume III: environment and sustainable development
Monitoring of the European Charter of Local Self-government in Sweden
Presentation of grass-roots projects by the youth delegates
Monitoring of the European Charter of Local Self-government in the Czech Republic
David SLÁMA, Acting Deputy Minister of the Interior Public Administration and eGovernment, Czech Republic
Thursday 27 October 2022
Full session
Monitoring of the European Charter of Local Self-government in Belgium
Co-operation activities of the Congress
Report on the observation of municipal elections in the Netherlands
Statement by the outgoing Secretary General of the Congress
Close of the 43rd Session by the President of the Congress
