46th Congress Session
The following pre-recorded videos will be available online around two hours after their delivery
Tuesday 26 March 2024
- Full sessions: Morning / afternoon
- Verification of new members’ credentials
- Statement by Marija PEJČINOVIĆ-BURIĆ, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
- Revision of the Rules and Procedures of the Congress
- Statement by Dunja MIJATOVIĆ, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
- Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine
- Protecting the rights of the children of Ukraine:
Statement by Daria HERASYMCHUK, Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights and Child Rehabilitation
Statement by Galyna MINAYEVA, Mayor of Chuhuiv, Kharkiv oblast - Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Italy:
Statement by Roberto CALDEROLI, Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomy, Italy - Local and Regional Authorities as Actors and Guarantors of the Rule of Law
- Local and regional authorities in Europe in the face of rising antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred:
Statement by Kaya COMER-SCHWARTZ, Leader of Islington Council, London, United Kingdom
Statement by Evein OBULOR, Director of the European Coalition of Cities against Racism (ECCAR), Germany
Statement by Bertil COTTIER, Chair, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) - Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Norway:
Statement by Ole Gustav NARUD, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Norway
Wednesday 27 March 2024
Morning – Chamber of Local Authorities, room 5
- Full session
- Communication of the President of the Chamber
- Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Andorra
Statement by Ladislau BARÓ, Minister of Institutional Relations, Education and Universities of Andorra - Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Montenegro
- Thematic debate: Environment: What responsibility do local authorities have?
Statement by Corine MAUCH, Mayor of Zürich, Switzerland
Statement by Einar ÞORSTEINSSON, Mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland
Statement by Liana LIU IOANNIDES, Congress youth delegate, Cyprus - Observation of local elections in the Republic of Moldova
Morning – Chamber of Regions, room 9
- Full session
- Communication of the President of the Chamber
- Right to water under threat: what is at stake for territories?
Debora GONÇALVES, Congress youth delegate, Portugal - Intercultural regions: embracing diversity
Eunice ROMERO, Director General for Migrations, Asylum and Anti-racism, Government of Catalonia, Spain
Lia MONTALTI, Regional Councillor of Emilia-Romania, Italy
Daniel SJÖGREN, Chairman of the Arts and Culture Committee, Skellefteå Municipality, Sweden
Afia Mansoor AHMED, Congress youth delegate, Germany - Exodus of services of general interest from peripheral and rural regions
Radim SRŠEŇ, Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Czechia
Enrique GARCILAZO, Head of Regional and Rural Policy Unit, Regional Development and Multi-level Governance Division, OECD Viorel FURDUI, Executive Director, Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova (CALM), Municipal Councillor, Strășeni, Moldova
Maria Virginia ILIUTA, Congress youth delegate, Spain - Adoption of the abridged report of the session of the chamber
Afternoon
- Full session
- Liechtenstein Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Statement by Sabine MONAUNI, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs, Economy and Environment on
behalf of the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers - The role of local and regional authorities in supporting Belarusian democratic forces and civil society: Statement by Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA, Leader of the Belarusian democratic forces
- Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in France
Statement by Dominique FAURE, Minister with responsibility for Local Government and Rural Affairs, attached to the Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, France - 30th anniversary of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Thursday 28 March 2024
- Full session
- Local and regional responses to natural disasters and climate hazards: from risk preparedness to resilience
Statement by Daniela BEHRENS, Minister for Interior and Sports, State of Lower Saxony, Germany - UN Summit of the Future (23-24 September 2024)
Statement by: Arnaud NGATCHA, Deputy Mayor of Paris responsible for European and International Affairs and relations with the Francophonie, France - Draft Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, approved by the Council of Europe Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAI) on 14 March 2024
- Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Croatia
