The Governance Committee is responsible for legal and political issues relating to the effective development of good governance and democracy at local and regional levels. Its work focuses on promoting the implementation and development of the Council of Europe's legal instruments and recommendations in the field of local and regional democracy. It also considers questions related to governance and the functioning of local and regional authorities, such as citizen participation at local and regional level, public finance, cross-border and interregional co-operation, and e-democracy.

In the framework of its mandate, the Governance Committee prepares reports, including a resolution and/or recommendation for adoption by the Congress. In accordance with the priorities set by the Congress, it may also propose activities to the Bureau for advancing local and regional democracy, and organise conferences, hearings and other events on matters linked to its work programme. 

In the framework of its activities, the Committee works closely with the relevant Council of Europe structures and bodies, in particular with the Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development and the relevant subsidiary bodies of the Committee of Ministers, such as the European Committee on Democracy and Governance (CDDG) and its subcommittees.

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Protecting whistleblowers to safeguard local and regional democracy

“Whistleblowers often have access to information that cannot be detected by other mechanisms. They bring unique added value to democracy and good local and regional governance,” noted the Congress rapporteur Josan MEIJERS (Netherlands, SOC) in a debate held on 3 April 2019 on the challenges of protecting whistleblowers at local and regional level.

In the report adopted, the Congress emphasises the need to enact national legislation for the protection of whistleblowers and to ensure that it is implemented at local and regional level. Policies on whistleblowers must ensure they have legal protection, and provide for appropriate internal, anonymous reporting channels.

The Congress encourages the setting-up of independent designated institutions, such as local and regional ombudsmen, to oversee and process the disclosure of information.

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As part of its roadmap adopted in 2016, the Congress instructed its Governance Committee to prepare 6 reports on the following subjects:

 

 

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36th Session Strasbourg, France 3 April 2019
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Jelena Drenjanin
Chair of the Governance Committee
Sweden, EPP/CCE
Member of the municipal Assembly of Huddinge

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