33rd Session
- Debates & Mediabox interviews
- Bereits aufgezeichnete Übertragungen - Video- und Audioaufzeichnungen vorher aufgezeichnete Übertragungen - Video- and Audioaufzeichnung
Wednesday 18 October
- Communication by Gudrun Mosler-Törnström, President of the Congress
- Verification of new members’ credentials and new official procedures for appointing
- Statement by Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
- Statement by Petr Mlsna, Deputy Minister for Legislation and Archiving, Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic, on behalf of the Chair of the Committee of Ministers
- Presentation of the youth delegates’ 2017 grass-roots projects
- Reception of refugee children – testimonies
- Local and regional democracy in Serbia
- Local and regional democracy in Italy
Thursday 19 October
- Full session of the Chamber of Regions
- Opening speech by Gunn Marit Helgesen, President of the Chamber of Regions
- Communication by Gunn Marit Helgesen, President of the Chamber of Regions
- Observation of local elections in Finland (9 April 2017)
- Fact-finding mission to Belgium
- Information report on the elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan, Armenia (14 May 2017)
- Round table – the situation in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Regional Co-operation and democracy in Europe : the role of European regional associations and organisations
- Statement by Magnus Berntsson, President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER)
- Statement by Stefan August Lütgenau, Director of Foster Europe, Foundation for strong European Regions, Austria
- Linguistic diversity in Europe
- Statement by Vesna Crnić-Grotić, Croatia, Chair of the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
- Statement by Anna Magyar, Hungary
- Statement by Lelia Hunziker, Switzerland
- Women’s participation in political life at regional level
- Statement by Elena Centemero, Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- Statement by Simone Susskind, Member of the Parliament of Brussels City Capital President of the Association “Actions in the Mediterranean”
- Situation of Dorin Chirtoaca, Mayor of Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
- 10 years of the Dosta!/Congress Prize
- Young people and open government in the fight against corruption
- Transparent public procurement
- A better future for Europe’s rural areas
- The situation of Catalonia in Spain
Friday 20 October
- Exchange of views with the President of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), Stefano Bonaccini
- 10 years of the European Local Democracy Week
- Local and regional democracy in Switzerland