Secretary General, Director and Secretariat
The mandate of the new Secretary General of the Congress took effect in January 2023.
Claudia Luciani is the Director of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.
The Director of the Congress is responsible for assisting the Secretary General with the fulfilment of the Congress mandate, providing support for its various bodies, and to contribute to the development and the implementation of the objectives of the Congress.
The Director is appointed by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe following consultation with the Bureau of the Congress.
- Congress Secretary General at URC: Local democracy is a prerequisite for resilience and recovery
- Congress at the Ukraine Recovery Conference: local and regional authorities are true actors of change for their country’s reconstruction
- Congress Secretary General at the G7 engagement group for cities
- Congress delegation visits Kyiv to back Ukraine’s democratic resilience
- Secretary General of the Council of Europe Congress to visit Lithuania
Chamber of Local Authorities
Stéphanie Poirel
Chamber of Regions
Daniel Popescu
Table Office
Governance Committee
Roman Chlapak
Relations with National Associations and Civil Society
Sabine Zimmer
Centre of Expertise for Multilevel Governance
Marité Moras
Institutional Partnerships and Cooperation with Non-member States
Irina Sahakyan-Vetter
Council of Europe
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
F-67075 STRASBOURG cedex
Tel : +33 3 88 41 21 10
