The following pre-recorded videos will be available online around two hours after their delivery

Tuesday 15 October 2024

• Full sessions: Morning / Afternoon
• Inaugural address by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
• Debate: Local democracy as a pilar of peace and stability in South-East Europe: 20th anniversary of the creation of NALAS
• Statement by Theodoros ROUSOPOULOS, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
• Debate: Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine, destruction of cultural heritage in Ukraine
• Debate: Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Finland
• Debate: Fostering a circular economy at local and regional level
• Debate: Global outreach of the Congress
• Debate: Local and regional democracy around the world

Wednesday 16 October 2024

Morning -  Chamber of Local Authorities, Hemicyle

• Full session
• Opening of the session of the Chamber by the President
• Debate: Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Iceland 
• Debate: Monitoring of the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Latvia
• Thematic debate:  Local elected representatives, actors for the protection of human rights
• 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
• Debate: Regions with special status
• Debate: Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and regional governance
• Debate: The role of regions in international co-operation for the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine

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
• Debate: Congress Rejuvenating Politics Initiative: 10 years of making democracy younger

Thursday 17 October 2024

• Full session
• Ceremony awarding the Congress medal to honorary members
• Debate: Observation of local elections in Türkiye (31 March 2024)
• The situation in Georgia
• Debate: Local outreach of the Congress
• Close of the 47th Session by the President of the Congress