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Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. History of the Congress. The Conference of Local Authorities of Europe was created within the Council of Europe in 1957

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Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

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  1. Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

  2. History of the Congress The Conference of Local Authorities of Europe was created within the Council of Europe in 1957 It becomes then, the Conference of local and regional authorities, bringing together the elected representatives of the local and regional communities

  3. History of the Congress In 1994 the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities succeeded the Conference as a Council of Europe consultative body. It comprises two chambers: the Chamber of Local Authorities and the Chamber of Regions.

  4. Congress of Local and Regional Authorities- general info • The Congress is a political assembly • The Congress is composed of representatives holding an electoral mandate as members of a local or regional authority appointed each by a specific procedure. • The Congress consists of 315 full members and 315 substitute members, (representing over 200 000 European municipalities and regions) • Members are grouped by national delegation and by political group.

  5. “There is no democracy without local democracy”

  6. European Charter of Local Self Government • Opened for signature by Council of Europe member states on 15 October 1985, • European Charter of Local Self Government came into force on 9 September 1988. • European Charter of Local Self Government is the instrument in which the signatory States undertake to recognise the principle of local self-government in domestic legislation.

  7. Core elements of the European Charter of Local Self Government • Constitutional and legal foundation for local self-government • Concept of local self-government • Scope of local self-government • Protection of local authority boundaries • Appropriate administrative structures and resources for the tasks of local authorities • Conditions under which responsibilities at local level are exercised • Financial resources of local authorities • Local authorities' right to associate • Legal protection of local self-government

  8. Draft European Charter of Regional Self-Government • European Charter of Regional Self-Government supplements the European Charter of Local Self Government • European Charter of Regional Self-Government should establish the fundamental principles of regional democracy more firmly while taking account of the specific circumstances of the member states.

  9. Core elements of the Draft European Charter of Regional Self-Government Part I A) Foundation of regional self-government B) Definition of regional self-government • Principle • Types of competence • Spheres of competence • Institutional organisation of regions • Regional finance C) Protection of regional self-government

  10. Core elements of the Draft European Charter of Regional Self-Government Part II • Undertakings and reservations • Interpretation of the Charter • Monitoring of the application of the Charter • Undertakings by States involved in a process of regionalisation Part III • Signature, ratification, entry into force • Regions to which the Charter shall apply • Accession by non-member States of the Council of Europe • Denunciation

  11. Role of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities • CLRA supports and helps the Organisation’s new member states in tangibly introducing real local and regional self-government. • CLRA provides support in founding the actual units of local and regional self-government while encouraging consultation and political dialogue between the national governments and the territorial entities. • CLRA is in charge of local and regional election monitoring and of setting the standards for Europe in electoral matters.

  12. Role of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities • CLRA performs a function of keeping watch on local democracy in Europe, by producing “monitoring reports” on the situation in the member States. • This ensures effective application of the principles set forth in the European Charter of Local Self-Government, and of the major principles of local democracy.

  13. Role of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities • CLRA needs to aid effective organisation of local and regional authorities in the new democracies by encouraging regional and transfrontier co-operation. • CLRA organises hearings and conferences at the local and regional levels to reach the general public, and acts in close co-operation with the national and international organisations representing local and regional authorities. • CLRA advises the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on all aspects of local and regional policy.

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