Structures
The Chamber of Local Authorities
The Chamber of Local Authorities is composed of representatives of local bodies who either hold a general local authority mandate resulting from direct elections or are politically accountable to a directly elected assembly.
(Charter, art. 2.1)
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The Chamber of Regions
The Chamber of Regions is composed of representatives of regional bodies at a level between central government and local authorities and enjoying prerogatives either of self-organisation or of state-like powers.
(Charter, art. 2.1 & 2.4)
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The Bureau of the Congress is composed of the Bureaux of the two Chambers and of the President of the Congress. He ensures that work goes on at times when neither the Standing Committee nor the Congress is meeting.
The Statutory Forum comprises the Presidents of all national delegations and the members of the Bureau. It acts on behalf of the Congress between sessions.
The Congress has three committees: the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by member states of the European Charter of Local Self-Government - Monitoring Committee, the Governance Committee responsible for affairs falling within the scope of the Congress' statutory mandate and the Current Affairs Committee is responsible for studying the role of local and regional authorities with regard to the major challenges of our society.
The Monitoring Committee
The Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by member states of the European Charter of Local Self-Government - Monitoring Committee - is responsible, in particular, for monitoring the application of the Charter as well as institutional developments in Europe’s regions, for preparing reports on the situation of local and regional democracy in Europe and for monitoring specific questions related to local and regional democracy in the member states.
The Governance Committee
The Governance Committee is responsible for affairs falling within the scope of the Congress' statutory mandate such as governance, public finance, cross-border and interregional co-operation and e-democracy as well as co-operation with intergovernmental bodies.
The Current Affairs Committee
The Current Affairs Committee is responsible for studying the role of local and regional authorities with regard to the major challenges of our society and preparing work on thematic issues such as social cohesion, education, culture and sustainable development from the point of view of the Council of Europe's core values.
The Group of independent experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government assists the Institutional Committee with its statutory tasks
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