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Today we stand in solidarity with political prisoners in Belarus. 🇧🇾 💬Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Bureau Rapporteur for a Democratic Belarus Cecilia Dalman Eek: "we stand in support with all those unjustly imprisoned for defending democracy and human rights". 🕊️ Council of Europe #StandwithBelarus #FreeBelarus

🔵Inaugural panel #OIDPCórdoba2025 “Without a strong efficient local #democracy, there are no strong societies. It is at the local level that we see hope translate into action” Κωνσταντίνος Κουκάς, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Vice-President

🇺🇦🇪🇺Congress of Local and Regional Authorities President Cools Marc addresses “Ukraine’s Experience – the Foundation of Europe’s Global Security" Forum in Warsaw on 21 May 2025. Read more➡️go.coe.int/Dq229 #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar Council of Europe

🇵🇱 On 28 May 2025, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities will carry out the second part of its monitoring visit to Poland to assess the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government. Read more➡️: go.coe.int/pDvVD #poland #LocalDemocracy #COECongress Council of Europe

📣 Traineeship Opportunity – Join Us! Applications are now open for the October traineeship session at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. Choose your team and apply now 👇 go.coe.int/5riZm 🗓️Deadline: 2 June

The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities organised a two-day study visit in #Poland as part of the "𝘌𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘯 #Cyprus" project. 🇵🇱🇨🇾 Let's continue building stronger, more resilient and better-served communities with strategic planning!

At the Yerevan Dialogue Congress of Local and Regional Authorities President Cools Marc stressed : “The best way to ensure stability and security is not to retreat from democratic principles, but to anchor them more firmly, locally, nationally, and internationally.” 🇦🇲 👉go.coe.int/NXy11

On 27 and 28 May, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities took part in the Enlargement Day of the European Committee of the Regions of the EU in Brussels. 🇧🇪 Council of Europe Read More 👉go.coe.int/Ph3yw

President Cools Marc gave the following statement on the recent events in Türkiye 👇 #Turkiye Council of Europe

📽️ See video: Congress of Local and Regional Authorities President Cools Marc at the Yerevan Dialogue during his official visit to Armenia on 26-27 May. 🇦🇲 Read more ➡️ : go.coe.int/NXy11 #LocalGovernance #democracy #yerevandialogue Council of Europe Armenia in Council of Europe 🇦🇲

Amendments to the law on inter-municipal co-operation (IMC) in #Ukraine, prepared with the support of the Council of Europe and its Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, were signed by President Zelenskyy on 2 June 2025. The law will come into force in one month. Read More 👉 go.coe.int/AWtMb

Ahead of World Environment Day, Cools Marc President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Council of Europe : This year’s World Environment Day includes a welcome call for all of us to play a part in tackling plastic pollution.   👉go.coe.int/5QbBL

On 3 and 4 June 2025, the Congress organised a training on participatory and deliberative democracy in Prizren, Kosovo*. 🇽🇰 Read more➡️: go.coe.int/Lj2DP #Kosovo #multilevelgovernance #democracy Council of Europe

At the event “Social Rights: Building Social Justice and Democratic Stability,” held in Brussels, Belgium (5 June 2025), the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities highlighted the role of local governments ahead of the United Nations Summit. 🇺🇳 Read more➡️: go.coe.int/alowT #SocialJustice #Democracy Council of Europe

On 4 June, The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities launched its new project “Strengthening Multilevel Governance and Local Democracy to Support Ukraine’s Recovery”. 🇺🇦 Read more ➡️: go.coe.int/zh9AQ #Ukraine️ #MultilevelGovernance Council of Europe Office in Ukraine Council of Europe

🗓️On 4 June 2025 in Kyiv, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities co-organised a round table on “Best Stories of Resilience and Co-action in Communities in Time of War”. 🇺🇦 Read more➡️: go.coe.int/g9ML8 #ukraine #democracy Council of Europe Council of Europe Office in Ukraine

📍 June 5: #CoECongress delegation visited war-affected municipalities in Kyiv region. 🔹They met with local leaders to assess grassroots democratic progress and reconstruction efforts. On-the-ground insight is vital to ensure support. 🇺🇦🤝 #Ukraine #Democracy Council of Europe

A high-level Congress of Local and Regional Authorities delegation led by President Cools Marc met President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський, in Kyiv on 6 June. On the same day, both Zelenskyy and Cools opened the 3rd International Summit of Cities and Regions in Kyiv. Read more➡️: go.coe.int/VgwjA #ukraine

Gudrun Mosler-Törnström Standing Rapporteur on Human Rights of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, has welcomed the commitment of the local authorities in Sofia, Bulgaria, to develop a comprehensive, long-term social housing plan. Read More 👉 go.coe.int/wNWsM

On June 6, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities participated in Europe Prize conference in San Sebastian, Spain 🇪🇺🇪🇸 "If democracy is on trial, our cities are powerful actors in its defence,” stressed Congress Vice-President Κωνσταντίνος Κουκάς Read more➡️: go.coe.int/15Kx1 #democracy #COECongress Council of Europe