The CDDG has worked on wide range of topics: from the administrative and territorial set-up of Council of Europe member States to the institutional relations between different level of government; from intermunicipal cooperation to strengthening the capacity of the public administration to deliver high quality services. 

Standards

• CM(2020)27 Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on public ethics (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 11 March 2020, at the 1370th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
• CM/Rec(2019)3E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the supervision of local authorities activities (4 April 2019)
• CM/Rec(2007)12E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on capacity building at local and regional level (10 October 2007)
• CM/Rec(2007)4E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on local and regional public services (31 January 2007)
• CM/Rec(2004)12E Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the processes of reform of boundaries and/or structure of local and regional authorities (20 October 2004)
• CM/Rec(2003)2E - Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on neighbourhood services in disadvantaged urban areas (13 February 2003)
• CM/Rec(1998)12E Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on supervision of local authorities’ action (18 September 1998)

Tools

• BPP – Best Practice in Local Government Programme
• ELoGE – European Label of Governance Excellence
• E-TOOL on Good Governance at Local Level
• HRM – Human Resources Management
• IMC – Inter-municipal Cooperation
• LAP – Leadership Academy Programme
• LGA - Strengthening Capacity of Local Government Associations
• PEB – Public Ethics Benchmarking
• PMP – Performance Management Programme
• SMP – Strategic Municipal Planning
• TAT – Territorial Amalgamation Tool
• TNA and TNS – Training Needs Analysis and National Training Strategy
• URSO - Toolkit for Monitoring and Evaluation of Training Programmes for Professional Development of Local Government

Publications

• Mapping the obstacles to inter-municipal cooperation in eastern partnership countries (2016)
• Analytical tool for assessing the autonomy of first-tier local authorities (2011)
• Manual on Intermunicipal co-operation (2008)
• Public-Private Partnerships (2008)
• Good practices in intermunicipal co-operation (2007)
• Local Authority Competences in Europe (2007)
• Relationship between central and local authorities (2007)
• Abridged Handbook on Public Ethics at Local Level (2006)
• Model initiatives package on public ethics at local level (2004)
• Administrative and territorial reforms creating territorial communities (2002)
• The size of local and regional authorities: its impact on service delivery and democratic quality (2001)
• Liability of local elected representatives for acts or omissions in the course of their duties (1998)
• Supervision and auditing of local authorities' action (1999)
• Regionalisation and its effects on local self-government (1998)
• The legal status and employment conditions of local authorities' staff in the countries of central and Eastern Europe (1997)
• The status of major cities and their peripheries (1996)