A delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will carry out a monitoring visit to Finland from 17 to 19 May 2016. The delegation will examine the situation of local and regional democracy in the light of the provisions of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, ratified by the country in 1991. Co-rapporteurs Artur Torres Pereira (Portugal, PPE/CCE) and Karim Van Overmeire (Belgium), will focus on the latest developments in the field of local and regional democracy occurred since the last Congress monitoring visit in 2011 which led to the adoption of a report and a recommendation. High level meetings are scheduled with Jari Partanen, State Secretary for the Ministry of Local Government and Public Reforms, Pekka Sauri, Deputy Mayor of Helsinki, and the representatives of the Parliament, Pirkko Mattila, Head of the Administration Committee, and Annika Lapintie, Head of Constitutional Law Committee.
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