AGORASTOS Konstantinos

GREECE / GRÈCE

AHMEDOVA Nehriban replacing/remplaçant MIMENOV Arben

BULGARIA / BULGARIE

AMUNDSEN Gry-Anette Rekanes

NORWAY / NORVÈGE

APPLER Christoph

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE

ARSOVSKA Danela

NORTH MACEDONIA / MACÉDOINE DU NORD

AUER Stojan

SLOVENIA / SLOVÉNIE

BAILEY Rachel

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

BALTADZHIEVA Elena

BULGARIA / BULGARIE

BANNE GAL Boglarka replacing/remplaçant SZEMEREYNE PATAKI Klaudia

HUNGARY / HONGRIE

BAS Cemal

TÜRKIYE / TÜRKIYE

BASTIN Jean-Paul replacing/remplaçant POULIN Christine

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

BECK Rainer

LIECHTENSTEIN / LIECHTENSTEIN

BELTRAMINELLI Paolo

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

BENGEVOORD Joris

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS

BENTLEY Kevin

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

BERGMANN Gunther

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

BERGSVAG Arne

NORWAY / NORVÈGE

BERTHOLLE Veronique

FRANCE / FRANCE

BIERRY Frederic

FRANCE / FRANCE

BINDI Alessandro

SAN MARINO / SAINT MARIN

BOFF Andrew

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

BOHATYRCHUK KRYVKO Svitlana

UKRAINE / UKRAINE

BOUDINEAU Isabelle

FRANCE / FRANCE

BOYES Angela

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

BRADARA Lidija

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / BOSNIE-HERZÉGOVINE

BRANNAN MCVEY Heather

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

BROWN Keith

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

BROZ Zdenek

CZECHIA / TCHÉQUIE

BUFI Majlinda

ALBANIA / ALBANIE

CADORET Xavier

FRANCE / FRANCE

CAIRAT PERRIGAULT Cerni

ANDORRA / ANDORRE

CARPELAN Christa

FINLAND / FINLANDE

CASIAN Valentina replacing/remplaçant GORODINSCHII Vitalii

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / RÉPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA

CEBAN Ion

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / RÉPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA

CHEVALLEY Christine

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

COOLS Marc

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

CROVETTO Marjorie

MONACO / MONACO

CROWE John

IRELAND / IRLANDE

DALMAN EEK Cecilia

SWEDEN / SUÈDE

DARRAS Zohra

FRANCE / FRANCE

DAVIDOVIC Dusica

SERBIA / SERBIE

DEBEVE Christian

FRANCE / FRANCE

DEJONGHE Carla

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

DELISSEN VAN TONGERLO Wilma

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS

DERKACH Oksana

UKRAINE / UKRAINE

DICKSON Stewart

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

DIESCHBURG-NICKELS Martine

LUXEMBOURG / LUXEMBOURG

DIMIC Marko replacing/remplaçant TUCAKOVIC Sanja

SERBIA / SERBIE

DODD Richard replacing/remplaçant JONES Laura Anne

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

DOUROU Eirini

GREECE / GRÈCE

DRENJANIN Jelena

SWEDEN / SUÈDE

DRENTH Peter

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS

DVORAKOVA Lenka

CZECHIA / TCHÉQUIE

EICHER Emile

LUXEMBOURG / LUXEMBOURG

ERAY David

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

ERNE Daniela replacing/remplaçant MIESCHER Petra

LIECHTENSTEIN / LIECHTENSTEIN

FAGIOLI Alessandro

ITALY / ITALIE

FASSBINDER Stefan

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

FEHR Erich

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

FEJSTAMER Robert

SERBIA / SERBIE

FIDAN Adalet

TÜRKIYE / TÜRKIYE

FISCHEROVA Jana

CZECHIA / TCHÉQUIE

FOLKERTS Eke

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS

FRIDERICS Cecilia Feliczitasz replacing/remplaçant ALDOZO Tamas

HUNGARY / HONGRIE

FRINTSKO Iurii replacing/remplaçant KLIUCHKA Yurii

UKRAINE / UKRAINE

FURDUI Viorel

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / RÉPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA

GALIT Maria

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / RÉPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA

GARCIA ALBIOL Xavier

SPAIN / ESPAGNE

GARCIA URBANO Jose Maria replacing/remplaçant CATALA VERDET Maria Jose

SPAIN / ESPAGNE

GAUDRON Romain

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

GEGUZINSKAS Gintautas

LITHUANIA / LITUANIE

GEMESI Gyorgy

HUNGARY / HONGRIE

GILLHAM Linda

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

GLEICHMANN Markus replacing/remplaçant GROBIEN Susanne

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

GOLASZEWSKI Marcin

POLAND / POLOGNE

GOMES DE ANDRADE Maria Rita

PORTUGAL / PORTUGAL

GONCALVES Jose

PORTUGAL / PORTUGAL

GOTTARDI Belinda

ITALY / ITALIE

GRIGOLIA Otar

GEORGIA / GÉORGIE

GUIGNARD Thibaut

FRANCE / FRANCE

GUMUSDAG Gokhan replacing/remplaçant PEHLIVAN Gunes

TÜRKIYE / TÜRKIYE

HANZEK Ivan

CROATIA / CROATIE

HEIKKILA Lauri replacing/remplaçant HATVA Teuvo

FINLAND / FINLANDE

HELGESEN Gunn Marit

NORWAY / NORVÈGE

HILMISDOTTIR Heida Bjorg

ICELAND / ISLANDE

HOIAN Tetiana

UKRAINE / UKRAINE

HONNIGFORT Markus replacing/remplaçant KRESS Birgit

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

IACOP Franco replacing/remplaçant BIANCO Vincenzo

ITALY / ITALIE

ILLES Gyorgy

HUNGARY / HONGRIE

JANETT Urs

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

JANKOWIAK Wojciech

POLAND / POLOGNE

JOKIC Vladimir

MONTENEGRO / MONTENEGRO

JORGENSEN Dennis Alex

DENMARK / DANEMARK

JOZIC Antonija

CROATIA / CROATIE

JUHKAMI Mihkel

ESTONIA / ESTONIE

KAFATSAKI Stamatia

GREECE / GRÈCE

KAMINSKIS Gints

LATVIA / LETTONIE

KARACSONY Janos Adam

HUNGARY / HONGRIE

KARIMLI Aida

SWEDEN / SUÈDE

KASURI Ott

ESTONIA / ESTONIE

KAYA-KARADAG Sevim

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

KAZNOVETSKYI Roman replacing/remplaçant BEI Vitalii

UKRAINE / UKRAINE

KHAZHAKYAN Davit

ARMENIA / ARMÉNIE

KLEMP Heiner

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

KNAPE Anders

SWEDEN / SUÈDE

KOKKO Jani

FINLAND / FINLANDE

KOLAREC Ervin replacing/remplaçant PRISCAN Slavko

CROATIA / CROATIE

KORINNYI Oleksandr

UKRAINE / UKRAINE

KOUKAS Konstantinos

GREECE / GRÈCE

KOUKLIS Marios replacing/remplaçant ORPHANIDOU Efterpi

CYPRUS / CHYPRE

KOVALENKO Volodymyr

UKRAINE / UKRAINE

KULHANEK Petr

CZECHIA / TCHÉQUIE

KUMMER Gerald

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

LABAN Joanne Louise

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

LAMBERTZ Karl-Heinz

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

LAMMERSKITTEN Clemens

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

LAURO Laura

ITALY / ITALIE

LAY Line Krogh replacing/remplaçant FLYVHOLM Erik

DENMARK / DANEMARK

LEADBETTER Andrew

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

LEDL-ROSSMANN Sonja

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE

LEPOULTIER Melanie

FRANCE / FRANCE

LOKSLID Sven Tore

NORWAY / NORVÈGE

LORENZI Nada replacing/remplaçant MARSAN Georges

MONACO / MONACO

LUKASHUK Mykola

UKRAINE / UKRAINE

MAGNI Giuseppe

ITALY / ITALIE

MAGYAR Anna

HUNGARY / HONGRIE

MALTZ-SCHWARZFISCHER Gertrud

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

MARTINEZ MINGUEZ Carlos

SPAIN / ESPAGNE

MAZUR Sergii

UKRAINE / UKRAINE

MAZZOLENI Alberto replacing/remplaçant VERCELLOTTI Paola

ITALY / ITALIE

MC DOWELL Alan

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

MEMAJ Juliana

ALBANIA / ALBANIE

MIAH Jewel replacing/remplaçant STEWART Rob

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

MISKINIENE Ausma

LITHUANIA / LITUANIE

MITROFANOVAS Vitalijus

LITHUANIA / LITUANIE

MOLONEY James

IRELAND / IRLANDE

MONDORF Randi

DENMARK / DANEMARK

MONTALTI Lia

ITALY / ITALIE

MOSLER-TOERNSTROEM Gudrun

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE

NI MHUIMNEACAIN Gobnait

IRELAND / IRLANDE

NIKOLASHVILI Tatia

GEORGIA / GÉORGIE

NUNES TAVARES Carla

PORTUGAL / PORTUGAL

OPREA Emilian

ROMANIA / ROUMANIE

OTTO Gerald replacing/remplaçant GUNDLACK Tilo

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

PACAUT Veronique replacing/remplaçant BENASSAYA Philippe

FRANCE / FRANCE

PAULANE Vita replacing/remplaçant SILICKA Inara

LATVIA / LETTONIE

PELLA Roberto

ITALY / ITALIE

PERIKLI Lefteris

CYPRUS / CHYPRE

PILET Benoit

FRANCE / FRANCE

PREBILIC Vladimir

SLOVENIA / SLOVÉNIE

QUIGNON Catherine replacing/remplaçant PENCHARD Marie-Luce

FRANCE / FRANCE

RAVINS Andris

LATVIA / LETTONIE

REHMAN Nazia

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

RICHSTEIN Barbara replacing/remplaçant LIEBETRUTH Doerte

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

ROCKLIND Johan

SWEDEN / SUÈDE

RODRIGUES DA VEIGA FREIRE Olga Cristina

PORTUGAL / PORTUGAL

ROHR Reinhart

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE

ROSENBERG Michael

SWEDEN / SUÈDE

RUDKIN Bryony

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

SAKO Emiriana replacing/remplaçant VELIAJ Erion

ALBANIA / ALBANIE

SANSA JORDAN Eva replacing/remplaçant GILI CASALS Rosa

ANDORRA / ANDORRE

SANTTI Ulla replacing/remplaçant KALEVA Atte

FINLAND / FINLANDE

SCHUMACHER Soeren

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

SCHWARTZOVA Zuzana

SLOVAK REPUBLIC / RÉPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE

SELAMI Alma replacing/remplaçant FILO Sotiraq

ALBANIA / ALBANIE

SEQUEIRA Jorge

PORTUGAL / PORTUGAL

SERJEANT Amanda

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

SMOLOVIC Petar

MONTENEGRO / MONTENEGRO

SONDEREGGER Harald

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE

STADELMANN-MEYER Franziska

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

STERRER Pauline

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE

STÖCKLING Hans Ulrich

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

TADDEI Augusta replacing/remplaçant MUCCIOLI Maddalena

SAN MARINO / SAINT MARIN

TALVISTE Irina

ESTONIA / ESTONIE

TARNAVSKI Alexandr replacing/remplaçant OMBUN Mariana

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / RÉPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA

THOMASSON Karin

SWEDEN / SUÈDE

THORNTON Peter

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

TKEMALADZE George replacing/remplaçant KALADZE Kakha

GEORGIA / GÉORGIE

TRAVAGLINI Fabio

ITALY / ITALIE

TRIFUNOVIC Jelena

SERBIA / SERBIE

TSIAMIS Ioannis

GREECE / GRÈCE

TVARNO Henrik replacing/remplaçant BOMAN Jan

SWEDEN / SUÈDE

UGREKHELIDZE Sevdia

GEORGIA / GÉORGIE

VAIKLA Annika

ESTONIA / ESTONIE

VAN DEN BERG Brigitte

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS

VANGEYTE Kristin

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

VAZQUEZ REQUERO Francisco

SPAIN / ESPAGNE

VERBEEK Leendert

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS

VERES Richard replacing/remplaçant HOLIS Radim

CZECHIA / TCHÉQUIE

VOEHRINGER Bernd

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

VYRAS Andreas

CYPRUS / CHYPRE

WEIS Christian replacing/remplaçant BIANCALANA Dan

LUXEMBOURG / LUXEMBOURG

YDRAIOU Meropi-Spyridoula

GREECE / GRÈCE

YERITSYAN Emin

ARMENIA / ARMÉNIE

YILMAZ Atsiz Afsin replacing/remplaçant ALTUNTAS Umit

TÜRKIYE / TÜRKIYE

YOTINA Tsvetanka replacing/remplaçant STOYANOVA Galina

BULGARIA / BULGARIE

Partners for Local Democracy / Partenaires pour la démocratie locale

DEROUICHE Abdelaziz

MOROCCO / MAROC

EL YOUSSOUFI Bahia

MOROCCO / MAROC

Youth Delegates / Délégués jeunes

AARHEIM Thomas Olsen

NORWAY / NORVÈGE

AGOVIC Adrijana

MONTENEGRO / MONTENEGRO

AHMED Afia Mansoor

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

ASGEIRSSON Sindri

ICELAND / ISLANDE

BACAN Danijel

CROATIA / CROATIE

BLOUNT Alicia Ann

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

BOHDANOVA Sofiia

UKRAINE / UKRAINE

BULVASOVA Kristyna

CZECHIA / TCHÉQUIE

CAMAGLIA Sofia

ITALY / ITALIE

CRUZ LACKNER Lisa

ANDORRA / ANDORRE

DELJKOVIC Tarik

DENMARK / DANEMARK

DONEV Ivan

NORTH MACEDONIA / MACÉDOINE DU NORD

GAYTANDJIEVA Aleksandra

BULGARIA / BULGARIE

GONCALVES Debora

PORTUGAL / PORTUGAL

HARJUS Henrik

ESTONIA / ESTONIE

HOVHANNISYAN Taisya

ARMENIA / ARMÉNIE

KOLA Jon

ALBANIA / ALBANIE

LENNAERTZ Boris

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

LIU IOANNIDES Liana

CYPRUS / CHYPRE

MARKKULA Maria

FINLAND / FINLANDE

MICALLEF DARMENIA Ella

MALTA / MALTE

MILUROVIC Jovana

SERBIA / SERBIE

MOUMTSAKIS Panagiotis

GREECE / GRÈCE

O'CONNOR Jack

IRELAND / IRLANDE

PASLI-BROMBACH Ilgin

TÜRKIYE / TÜRKIYE

REINHOFER Tobias

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE

ROSATTI Lana Lulu

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

ROTARU Elina

ROMANIA / ROUMANIE

SLUSNYTE Sandra

LITHUANIA / LITUANIE

TENTONI Maya

SAN MARINO / SAINT MARIN

UZUN Melih

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS

VIDO Zsuzsa Maria

HUNGARY / HONGRIE

VILIC Timur

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / BOSNIE-HERZÉGOVINE

Tuesday 26 March 2024 – meeting held in the European Parliament Hemicycle

Plenary sitting [EN/FR/DE/IT/TR]

10.30-12.30

* Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 19 March 2024, 10.00

Opening of the 46th Session of the Congress by the President
Marc COOLS

Verification of new members’ credentials [CG(2024)46-04]

Presentation by the co-rapporteurs: Andrew BOFF, United Kingdom (R, ECR) and

Martine DIESCHBURG-NICKELS, Luxembourg (L, ILDG)

Debate and vote on the draft resolution [CG(2024)46-02]*

Adoption of the agenda of the 46th Session [CG(2024)46-OJ]

Adoption of the minutes of the last sitting of the 45th Session (26 October 2023) [CG(2023)45-PV-03]

Adoption of the composition of Congress committees [CG(2024)46-03]

Statement by Marija PEJČINOVIĆ-BURIĆ, Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Revision of the Rules and Procedures of the Congress

Presentation by the co-rapporteurs:  Xavier CADORET, France (L, SOC/G/PD) and

Gunn Marit HELGESEN, Norway (R, EPP/ECC)

Debate and vote on the draft resolution [CG(2024)46-11]*

Statement by Dunja MIJATOVIĆ, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

Exchange of views

Suspension of the sitting

EVENT:  Inauguration: exhibition on the 50th anniversary of the “Carnation revolution” - Permanent Representation of Portugal - Lobby of the hemicycle of the Palais de l’Europe

Tuesday 26 March 2024 - meeting held in the European Parliament Hemicycle

Plenary sitting [EN/FR/DE/IT/TR/**UKR]

14.30-19.30

* Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 19 March 2024, 10.00

14.30

Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine **

Presentation by the co-rapporteurs: Martine DIESCHBURG-NICKELS, Luxembourg (L, ILDG) and
Gunn-Marit HELGESEN, Norway (R, EPP/CCE)

Debate

Vote on the amendment [CG(2024)46-12-AMDT] and on the draft declaration: [CG(2024)46-12]*

Protecting the rights of the children of Ukraine

On-line statements by:

-     Daria HERASYMCHUK, Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights and Child Rehabilitation, Ukraine

-     Galyna MINAYEVA, Mayor of Chuhuiv, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine 

Debate

15.45

Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Italy

Presentation by the co-rapporteurs: Andrew LEADBETTER, United Kingdom (L, ECR)
and Randi MONDORF, Denmark (R, ILDG)  

Debate

Vote on the amendment [CG(2024)46-13-AMDT] and on the draft recommendation [CG(2024)46-13]*

Statement by Roberto CALDEROLI, Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies, Italy (on-line participation)

Questions

16.45

Local and Regional Authorities as Actors and Guarantors of the Rule of Law

Presentation by the rapporteur: Stewart DICKSON, United Kingdom (R, ILDG)

Debate

Vote on the amendments [CG(2024)46-20-AMDT] and on the draft resolution and the draft recommendation: [CG(2024)46-20]*

17.30

Local and regional authorities in Europe in the face of rising antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred

Statements by:

-       Kaya COMER-SCHWARTZ, Leader of Islington Council, London, United Kingdom

-       Evein OBULOR, Director of the European Coalition of Cities against Racism (ECCAR), Germany

-       Bertil COTTIER, Chair, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)

Debate

18.45

Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Norway

Presentation by the co-rapporteurs: Thibaut GUIGNARD, France (L, EPP/CCE) and
Carla DEJONGHE, Belgium (R, ILDG)

Debate and vote on the draft recommendation [CG(2024)46-14]*

Statement by Ole Gustav NARUD Secretary of State for the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Norway

Questions

19.30

Close of the sitting

Wednesday 27 March 2024 - meeting to be held in the Palais de l’Europe Chamber of Local Authorities [EN/FR/DE/IT/TR]  

9.00-12.30, Room 5

* Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 20 March 2024, 10.00

9.00

Opening of the session of the Chamber by the President

Bernd VÖHRINGER

9.05

Adoption of the draft agenda of the Chamber [CG(2024)46-OJ]

9.10

Communication of the President of the Chamber [CPL(2024)46-01]

9.25

Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Andorra 

Presentation by the co-rapporteurs: Jean-Paul BASTIN, Belgium (L, EPP/CCE) and
Christine CHEVALLEY, Switzerland (L, ILDG)

Debate and vote on the draft recommendation [CPL(2024)46-02]*

Statement by: Ladislau BARÓ, Minister of Institutional Relations, Education and Universities of Andorra (video message)

Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Montenegro

Presentation by the co-rapporteurs: Cemal BAS, Türkiye (L, EPP/CCE) and
Sören SCHUMACHER, Germany (R, SOC/G/PD)

Debate and vote on the draft recommendation [CPL(2024)46-03]*

Thematic debate: Environment: What responsibility do local authorities have? [CPL(2024)46-05]

Statements by:

-       Corine MAUCH, Mayor of Zürich, Switzerland

-       Einar ÞORSTEINSSON, Mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland

-       Liana LIU IOANNIDES, Congress youth delegate, Cyprus

Debate

Observation of local elections in the Republic of Moldova (5 November 2023)

Presentation by the rapporteur:  Vladimir PREBILIC, Slovenia (L, SOC/G/PD)

Debate and vote on the draft recommendation [CPL(2024)46-04]*

12.29

Adoption of the abridged report of the session of the Chamber [CPL(2024)46-DEC]

12.30

Close of the session of the chamber by the President

Wednesday 27 March 2024 - meeting to be held in the Palais de l’Europe Chamber of Regions [EN/FR/DE/IT/TR/**UKR]

9.00-12.30, Room 9

9.00

Opening of the session of the Chamber by the First Vice-President

Gunn Marit HELGESEN, Norway (EPP/CCE)

9.05

Adoption of the agenda of the Chamber [CG(2024)46-OJ]

9.10

Communication of the First Vice-President of the Chamber [CPR(2024)46-01]

Right to water under threat: what is at stake for territories?**  [CPR(2024)46-02]

Statements by:

-       Tetiana OBYDENNA, First Deputy Mayor of Nikopol, Ukraine

-       Debora GONÇALVES, Congress youth delegate, Portugal

Debate

Intercultural regions: embracing diversity [CPR(2024)46-02]

Round table chaired by Gunn-Marit HELGESEN (EPP/CCE, Norway)

with the participation of:

-       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

Debate

Exodus of services of general interest from peripheral and rural regions [CPR(2024)46-02]

Statements by:

-       Radim SRŠEŇ, Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Czechia (on-line participation)

-       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

Debate

12.29

Adoption of the abridged report of the session of the chamber [CPR(2024)46-DEC]

12.30

Close of the session of the chamber by the First Vice-President

Wednesday 27 March 2024 - meeting held in the European Parliament Hemicycle

Plenary sitting [EN/FR/DE/IT/TR]  

14.30-19.30

* Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 20 March 2024, 10.00

14.30

Adoption of the minutes of the sitting of the Congress on 26 March 2024 [CG(2024)46-PV-01am] [CG(2024)46-PV-01pm]

14.32

Adoption of texts approved by the Chamber of Local Authorities [CG(2024)46-06]

14.40

Liechtenstein Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
(15 November 2023 – 17 May 2024)

Statement by Sabine MONAUNI, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs, Economy and Environment on behalf of the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers

Oral reply to written questions [CG(2024)46-15]

Deadline for tabling written questions: Monday 25 March 2024, 16.00

15.30

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

Exchange of views

16.30

Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in France  

Presentation by the co-rapporteurs: Bryony RUDKIN, United Kingdom (L, SOC/G/PD) and
Matija KOVAC, Serbia (R, EPP/CCE)

Debate and vote on the draft recommendation [CG(2024)46-16]*

Statement by Dominique FAURE, Minister with responsibility for Local Government and Rural Affairs, attached to the Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, France

Questions

17.30

Close of the sitting

17.30

19.30

30th anniversary of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities [CG(2024)46-21]

Opening by Marc COOLS, President of the Congress, Sabine MONAUNI, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs, Economy and Environment, Liechtenstein and Vasco Alves CORDEIRO, President of the European Committee of the Regions (video message)

New challenges ahead: is local democracy fit for purpose?

Round table with the participation of:

-       Dominique FAURE, Minister with responsibility for Local Government and Rural Affairs, attached to the Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, France

-       Josep DALLERÈS, member of the Council of Europe High-Level Reflection Group, former Ambassador to the Council of Europe, Andorra

-       Danela ARSOVSKA, Mayor of Skopje, North Macedonia

-       José Manuel RIBEIRO, Mayor of Valongo, Portugal

-       Željko VUKŠA-FEJZIĆ, 2023 Youth Delegate to the Congress, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Debate

Closing

19.45-21h15

EVENT: Reception to mark the 30th anniversary of the Congress offered jointly by the Permanent Representation of Liechtenstein and the Congress – Lobby of the Hemicycle of the Palais de l’Europe

Thursday 28 March 2024 - meeting held in the European Parliament Hemicycle

Plenary sitting [EN/FR/DE/IT/TR]

10.00-13.00

* Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 21 March 2024, 10.00

10.00

Adoption of the minutes of the sessions of the chambers and of the sitting of the Congress on
27 March 2024 [CPL(2024)46-PV], [CPR(2024)46-PV] and [CG(2024)46-PV-02]

10.05

Local and regional responses to natural disasters and climate hazards: from risk preparedness to resilience

Presentation by the co-rapporteurs: Jean-Paul BASTIN, Belgium (L,EPP/CCE) and
Christian DEBÈVE, France (R, ILDG)

Statement by Daniela BEHRENS, Minister for Interior and Sports, State of Lower Saxony, Germany

Debate and vote on the draft resolution and the draft recommendation [CG(2024)46-17]*

11.15

UN Summit of the Future (23-24 September 2024)

Presentation by the co-rapporteurs: Gunn-Marit HELGESEN (R, EPP/CCE, Norway) and
Carla NUNES TAVARES, Portugal (L, SOC/G/PD

Statement by: Arnaud NGATCHA, Deputy Mayor of Paris responsible for European and International Affairs and relations with the Francophonie, France

Debate

Vote on the amendment [CG(2024)46-19-AMDT] draft recommendation [CG(2024)46-19]*

12.05

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

Presentation by Hanne JUNCHER, Director of Security, Integrity and Rule of Law, Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe

Debate

12.25

Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Croatia

Presentation by the co-rapporteurs: Gobnait NI MHUIMNEACAIN, Ireland (L, ILDG) and
Cecilia DALMAN EEK, Sweden (R, SOC/G/PD)

Debate and vote on the draft recommendation [CG(2024)46-18]*

12.59

Adoption of the abridged report of the 46th Session [CG(2024)46-DEC]

13.00

Close of the 46th Session by the President of the Congress