The members of the Congress Bureau will meet in Brussels (Belgium) on 1 December 2014 in the framework of the Belgian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers. Rudi Vervoort, minister-president of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region will address the Bureau at the opening of the meeting. The members will discuss in particular the situation in Ukraine, the follow-up of the 27th Congress Session and the preparation of the 28th Session as well as the Congress budget and the revision of its Rules of Procedures. They will also takestock of the Congress co-operation activities, the 2014 edition of the European Local Democracy Week and the Congress contribution to the Word Forum for Democracy.