15 - 17 October, Strasbourg

Session of the Congress

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Tuesday 15 October 2024

 

 

 

Wednesday 16 October 2024

 

Morning -  Chamber of Local Authorities, Hemicyle

 

  • Full session
  • Opening of the session of the Chamber by the President
  • Communication of the President of the Chamber
  • Debate: Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Iceland 
  • Statement by Svandís SVAVARSDÓTTIR, Minister of Infrastructure, Iceland
  • Debate: Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Latvia
  • Statement by Inga BĒRZIŅA, Minister for Smart Administration and Regional Development, Latvia
  • Thematic debate:  Local elected representatives, actors for the protection of human rights
  • Statement by Mattias Guyomar, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights (France)
  • Debate: Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Malta

 

Morning – Chamber of Regions, room 1

 

  • Full session
  • Opening of the session of the Chamber by the First Vice-President
  • Communication of the First Vice-President of the Chamber
  • Statement by the newly elected President of the Chamber
  • Debate: Regions with special status
  • Statements by:
  • Jörgen PETTERSSON, Speaker of the Parliament of Åland, Finland
  • Mikel Anton ZARRAGOITIA, European Affairs Director, Basque Government, Spain
  • Debate: Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and regional governance
  • Statements by:
  • David ERAY, Congress Spokesperson on AI, Minister, Canton of Jura, Switzerland
  • María BOBILLO VARELA, Director of the Office of Strategic Support and Planning Agency for the Technological Modernization of Galicia, Spain
  • Marco REUTER, Head of the Digitalisation and Innovation division at the Representation of the State of Hesse to the EU, Germany
  • Debate: The role of regions in international co-operation for the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine
  • Statements by:
  • Tetyana YEHOROVA-LUTSENKO, President of the Ukrainian Association of District and Regional Councils, Chair of Kharkiv Regional Council, Ukraine
  • Pavlo ZHURBA, Deputy Head of Ternopil Regional State Administration, Ukraine
  • Anita SCHNEIDER, President (Landrätin) of the Gießen district, Germany
  • Patrick MOLINOZ, Vice President of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, President of the CIVEX (CoR), France
  • Christian DEBEVE, Regional Councillor (Région Grand Est), France

 

Afternoon 

  • Full session
  • Statement by Arnoldas ABRAMAVIČIUS, Vice-Minister of the Interior of Lithuania on behalf of the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers
  • Debate: Recurring issues based on assessments resulting from Congress monitoring of the European Charter of Local Self-Government and election observation missions (reference period 2021-2024)
  • Debate: Ageing communities – ensuring access to quality social care for older persons
  • Statement by Rui Moreira, Mayor of Porto, Portugal
  • Debate: Congress Rejuvenating Politics Initiative: 10 years of making democracy younger
  • Statement by Veronique BERTHOLLE, France, Congress thematic spokesperson on Youth

 

 

Thursday 17 October 2024

 

  • Full session
  • Debate: Observation of local elections in Türkiye (31 March 2024)
  • Debate: Local outreach of the Congress
  • Statements by:
  • Fabrizio ROSSI, Secretary General, Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)
  • Kelmend ZAJAZI, Secretary General of Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South East Europe (NALAS)