A delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, composed of rapporteurs Anders Knape (Sweden, EPP/CCE) and Matthias Gysin (Switzerland, ILDG) will carry out a monitoring visit to North Macedonia from 6 to 8 October 2026 to assess the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government since the previous monitoring report adopted by the Congress in 2021.
During the visit, the Congress delegation will focus on the follow-up to Congress recommendation 466 (2021) on the “Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in North Macedonia”. Particular attention will be paid to the distribution of competences between the central and local levels, the financial resources available to municipalities, and their administrative capacity.
The Congress delegation will meet with members of the national delegation of North Macedonia to the Congress, representatives of the Association of the Units of Local Self-Government and representatives of national and local authorities of the Republic of North Macedonia.
The rapporteurs will be accompanied by Iveta Reinholde, Member of the Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government (Latvia).
