33rd Session / 18-20 October 2017
Decentralised policies for the successful integration of migrants
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32nd Session / 28-30 March 2017
Decentralised policies for the successful integration of migrants
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31st Session / 19-21 October 2016
Preventing corruption and promoting public ethics at local and regional levels, the inappropriate use of administrative resources during election campaigns and the role of local and regional elected representatives, the situation of Roma and Travellers in the context of the rise in xenophobia, the participation and representation of women, gender budgeting, good governance of metropolitan territories...
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30th Session / 22-24 March 2016
Debates on transparency of public procurement, integration of migrants at local level, internally displaced persons, local authorities' role in fighting human trafficking, and on creating intercultural societies at local level. The Congress also considered reports on local and regional democracy in France and the Slovak Republic, post-monitoring dialogue, and observation of the local elections in Ukraine.
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29th Session / 20-22 October 2015
Guidelines for local and regional authorities on preventing radicalisation - debates on citizen participation and social cohesion issues - the situation of local democracy in Luxembourg, Montenegro and France - new forms of local governance, Regionalisation trends in the Council of Europe member states, E-democracy and conditions of office of local and regional elected representatives.
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28th Session / 24-26 March 2015
"Local responses to human rights challenges – migration, discrimination, social inclusion" will be the overarching theme of the two annual sessions of the Council of Europe's Congress in March and October 2015.
The 28th Session will include in particular a debate on the response of local and regional authorities to migration flows on the first day, the award ceremony for the first prize in the Diversity Advantage Challenge, and a presentation of the Council of Europe's No Hate Speech Campaign.
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27th Session / 14-16 October 2014
The overarching theme of this Session was "Empowering youth: a shared responsibility for cities and regions". This was the common thread running through the Congress's activities in 2014 and the aim is to provide a forum for exchanges between European local and regional elected representatives on the participation of young people as stakeholders of local and regional democracy. In this context, young delegates, aged 16 to 30 years, from 34 different countries took part for the first time in the Congress's activities and debates.
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26th Session / 27-29 March 2014
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe has decided to devote a large part of its two annual sessions in 2014 (March and October) to the theme "Empowering youth: a shared responsibility for cities and regions". The aim is to generate exchanges between European local and regional elected representatives on the participation of young people, as actors of local and regional democracy.
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25th Session / 29-31 October 2013
On the agenda: debates on "Integration through self-employment: promoting local entrepreneurship of migrants", "Migrants' access to regional labour markets" and "Regionalisation and devolution in Europe in a context of economic crisis" | monitoring reports concerning Ireland, Hungary, Ukraine, Albania and Denmark, and a report on the election of the members of the Avagani (Assembly) of the city of Yerevan and another on the local elections in "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".
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24th Session / 19-21 March 2013
Under the theme ''Europe in crisis – the challenges for local and regional democracy'', a number of debates were held during the 24th session: on 19 March, on fostering active citizenship, on 20 March, on combating social exclusion, and on 21 March, on how ethical conduct can be promoted and corruption combated at local and regional level. The Congress examined the state of local and regional democracy in Spain, Italy and Georgia, and the local elections in Armenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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23rd Session / 16-18 October 2012
The 23rd Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, taking place from 16 to 18 October 2012 in Strasbourg (France), will bring together more than 300 local and regional elected representatives from 47 Council of Europe member states, to discuss the current challenges for grassroots democracy, in particular in those Arab countries which are undertaking major institutional transformations.
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22nd Session / 20-22 March 2012
The 22nd Congress Session brought together more than 300 local and regional elected representatives from 47 Council of Europe member states, to discuss the current challenges for grassroots democracy, in particular the financial crisis and its impact on local and regional authorities.
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21st Session / 18-20 October 2011
"Living together in dignity" will be the theme running through three debates at the 21st Session of the Congress. They will focus on the situation of Roma and the role of local and regional authorities in promoting their integration, the report by the Group of Eminent Persons on Living together in 21st-century Europe, and efforts to combat child sex abuse through the Council of Europe's ONE in FIVE campaign.
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20th Session / 22-24 March 2011
At the top of the agenda of the 20th Session are debates on human rights issues at local level, in particular the situation of Roma in Europe. An urgent debate will be dedicated to the role of the Congress in the context of the current reform process of the Council of Europe.
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19th Session / 26-28 October 2010
The 19th Session of the Congress approved the credentials of new national delegations and elected Presidents of the Congress and its two Chambers, as well as Congress Vice-Presidents. The Session also adopted political priorities for 2011-2012 and proposals for the Congress' reform, including changes in its structures and working methods, and set up three new committees.
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18th Session / 17 - 19 March 2010
Among the highlights were, notably, related to
climate change, local authorities and human
rights, North-South co-operation, gender
equality in politics, intra-regional transport,
minority languages, as well as local democracy
in Portugal and Iceland, and regional democracy
in Switzerland nad the observation of elections
in Azerbaidjan from 23 December 2009
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17th Plenary Session / 13 - 15 October 2009
The
Congress of local and regional authorities of
the Council of Europe held its 17th Plenary
session in Strasbourg from 13 to 15 October
2009. In preparation for the UN Conference in
Copenhagen in December, the Congress held a
debate on the important contribution of local
and regional policy makers to the global
challenge of climate change.
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16th Plenary Session/ 3 - 5 March 2009
During the 16th plenary Session of the Congress
several debates were held in plenary sittings, in
particular on the Euro-mediterranean co-operation
and the role of local and regional authorities,
public water and sewer services, combating domestic
violence, the situation of local and regional
democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the
international financial crisis and its consequences
for European territorial authorities as well as
transborder cooperation.
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15th Autumn Session / 1 - 3 December 2008
Among the highlights were local consequences of
the Georgian-Russian conflict, non-appointment of
three mayors in Belgium, the situation of
non-Latvian speaking minorities in Latvia and local
democracy in Armenia.
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15th Plenary Session / 27 - 29 May 2008
The 15th Plenary Session of the
Congress was one of the Congress’ membership
renewal. The President of the three Chambers were
elected, as well as the Secretary General. The main
debates focused on social cohesion, e-democracy,
transfrontier cooperation, regional democracy and
interreligious dialogue
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14th Spring Session / 12 - 14 March 2008
Local and regional policies on adaptation to
climate change, sustainable consumption, urban
biodiversity policies, and services of general
interest in rural areas were the main items on the
agenda of the Congress' Spring Session in Malaga,
Spain.
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14 Autumn Session / 19 - 21 November 2007
The Congress members discussed a report on local
democracy in Turkey, following a fact-finding
mission to South-East Anatolia lead by Anders Knape
(Sweden, EPP/CD) and Hans-Ulrich Stöckling
(Switzerland, ILDG) in August this year. A round
table on regional democracy in Europe was organised
by the Chamber of Regions focusing in particular on
the proposal for a European Charter of Regional
Democracy
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14th Plenary Session / 30 May - 1er June 2007
Co-operation
on local democracy beyond Europe's borders, in
particular with Morocco, Japan and Mexico, was
one of the items on the agenda. Delegations from
these three countries addressed the Chamber of
Local Authorities and the Chamber of Regions of
the Congress.
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13th Spring Session/ 26 - 28 March 2007
Among
the main issues addressed were, in particular,
the Congress's participation in the Council of
Europe campaigns against domestic violence and
building a Europe for and with children.
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13th Autumn Session / 13 - 15 November
2006
The
Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional
Authorities is holding its autumn session from
13 to 15 November 2006 in Moscow , in the
framework of the Russian Federation 's
Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers.
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13th Plenary Session / 30 May- 1st June
2006
The
session began with the renewal of the
delegations and elections for the posts of
President of the Congress and Presidents of the
chambers, Vice-presidents and Chairs of the
Statutory committees.
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