<font color='#55563B' size='2'>Towards 'partner for local democracy' status for southern Mediterranean countries</font>
Towards 'partner for local democracy' status for southern Mediterranean countries
[17/10/2012]
At their 23rd session, the members of the Congress adopted several texts on 16 October 2012, calling for the introduction of concrete tools for stepping up cooperation with Arab countries. The Congress is calling on the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to consider the possibility of opening the European Charter of Local Self-Government - the benchmark legal instrument in this field - for accession by the countries of the southern Mediterranean, in particular Morocco and Tunisia. In another resolution, adopted on the same day, the Congress also decided to take the necessary administrative and regulatory measures to ensure that, in due course, it can adopt a “partner for local democracy” status which may then be proposed to local elected representatives from neighbouring countries that are not members of the Council of Europe. These initiatives form part of the Council of Europe's new policy regarding neighbouring regions, which was adopted in 2011.
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Vers un statut de ''partenaire pour la démocratie locale'' pour les pays de la rive sud de la Méditerranée
[17/10/2012]
A l’occasion de leur 23ème Session, les membres du Congrès ont adopté plusieurs textes, le 16 octobre 2012, appelant à mettre en place des outils concrets pour renforcer la coopération avec les pays arabes. Ainsi, le Congrès appelle le Comité des Ministres du Conseil de l’Europe à examiner la possibilité d’ouvrir la Charte européenne de la démocratie locale - instrument juridique de référence en la matière – à l’adhésion par les pays du sud de la Méditerranée, notamment le Maroc et la Tunisie. Dans une autre résolution, adoptée le même jour, le Congrès a également décidé de prendre les mesures administratives et règlementaire nécessaire pour que – le moment venu – il puisse adopter un statut de « partenaire pour la démocratie locale » à offrir aux élus des collectivités locales des pays voisins non membres du Conseil de l’Europe. Ces initiatives s’inscrivent dans le cadre de la nouvelle politique du Conseil de l’Europe à l’égard de ses régions voisines, adoptée en 2011.
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At their 23rd session, the members of the Congress adopted several texts on 16 October 2012, calling for the introduction of concrete tools for stepping up cooperation with Arab countries. The Congress is calling on the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to consider the possibility of opening the European Charter of Local Self-Government - the benchmark legal instrument in this field - for accession by the countries of the southern Mediterranean, in particular Morocco and Tunisia. In another resolution, adopted on the same day, the Congress also decided to take the necessary administrative and regulatory measures to ensure that, in due course, it can adopt a “partner for local democracy” status which may then be proposed to local elected representatives from neighbouring countries that are not members of the Council of Europe. These initiatives form part of the Council of Europe's new policy regarding neighbouring regions, which was adopted in 2011.