Regionalisation
Regionalisation is the process of transferring power from the central government to the regions, for a better application of the subsidiarity principle, within the framework of national or federal solidarity. It includes the establishment, enlargement or empowerment of authorities and the transfer of competences and responsibilities to the regions.
The Governance Committee and the Chamber of regions of the Congress are responsible for legal and political issues regarding to regionalisation in the Council of Europe member States. They examine in particular the developments regarding the institutional and administrative organisation of regions, their competences and financial autonomy.
Conventions and preparatory texts
- Reference framework for regional democracy (16-17 November 2009)
- European Charter for regional or minority languages (1998 - ETS. N°148)
- Convention on transfrontier cooperation (1980 – ETS. N°106)
- Additional Protocol (ETS N°159)
- Protocol n°2 (ETS N°169)
- Protocol n°3 (ETS N°206)
- Model interstates Agreements
- Outline Agreements, Statutes and Contracts
Congress texts
- Autonomy and borders in an evolving Europe
- Trends in regionalisation in Council of Europe member States
- Inter-regional cooperation in Europe: trends and prospects
- Regions and territories with special status in Europe
- The governance of macro-regions in Europe
- Regions with legislative powers: towards multi-level governance
Other texts
- Reference framework for regional democracy (2009)
- Regionalisation trends in European countries (2016)
- Debates in the Chamber of Regions
- Achievement of the Chamber of Regions – a need for regionalization (23 March 2016)
- Reinforcing Regionalism and Regionalisation in Europe