Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

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The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities is a pan-European political assembly within the Council of Europe that represents local and regional governments, promoting democracy, human rights, and good governance at subnational levels.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf institution of the Council of Europe
pan-European political assembly
representative body of local and regional authorities
appliesToJurisdiction member States of the Council of Europe
composition delegations from member States of the Council of Europe
continent Europe
country France
fieldOfWork decentralisation
democracy
human rights
local governance
multi-level governance
regional governance
hasPart Bureau of the Congress
Chamber of Local Authorities
Chamber of Regions
Statutory Forum
committees
headquartersLocation Palace of Europe
Strasbourg
inception 1994
legalBasis European Charter of Local Self-Government
Statute of the Council of Europe
meetsAt Strasbourg
memberOf Conference of International Non-governmental Organisations of the Council of Europe
numberOfMembers 306
numberOfSubstitutes 306
officialLanguage English
French
organizes sessions of the Congress
parentOrganization Council of Europe
partOf Council of Europe
produces opinions
recommendations
resolutions
purpose to monitor the implementation of the European Charter of Local Self-Government
to promote good governance at subnational level
to promote human rights at local and regional level
to promote local and regional democracy
to strengthen local and regional self-government
replaces Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe
scope local government
regional government
shortName Congress
uses monitoring missions to member States
website https://www.coe.int/congress
worksWith Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
European Union institutions
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
national associations of local and regional authorities

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Council of Europe
Council of Europe
Council of Europe
hasOrgan
Palais de l’Europe
housesBody
European Charter of Local Self-Government ("Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe")
monitoredBy
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities ("Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe")
replaces
Conference of International Non-governmental Organisations ("Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe")
worksWith

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