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New online platform matches cities in Ukraine with European cities that can provide help
Congress
29 March 2022
Strasbourg
A new online platform, Cities4Cities, has been developed to help Ukrainian cities. Launched at the initiative of Bernd Vöhringer (Germany, EPP/CCE), President of the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and Mayor of the city of Sindelfingen, with the...
United Kingdom local authorities limited by over-regulation and funding issues, says Council of Europe Congress
Congress
25 March 2022
Strasbourg
Local authorities in the UK are hampered from effective action by government over-regulation and lack of freedom to raise and spend money, a key report from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities has concluded. Monitoring how the UK respects the European Charter of Local Self Government,...