The Monitoring Committee of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities will meet in Büyükçekmece, Turkey, on 28 June 2018. The Mayor of Büyükçekmece, Hasan AKGÜN, will address the members of the committee before the meeting which will be opened by Leendert VERBEEK (Netherlands, SOC), Chair.
Three reports on the situation of local and regional democracy in Slovenia, Lithuania and Georgia are on the agenda for adoption and discussions will be held on the on-going monitoring in Poland and the Republic of Moldova. The members of the Committee will also examine information reports on local elections in 7 localities including Chisinau and Balti in the Republic of Moldova (20 May 2018), on local elections in the Netherlands (21 March 2018) and on municipal elections in Tunisia (6 May 2018), as well as a report on "Voting rights at local level as an element of successful long-term integration of migrants and IDPs in Europe’s municipalities and regions".
In addition, several complaints concerning the compliance with the European Charter of Local Self-Government by member states, in particular in France and Serbia, have been addressed to the Congress and will be discussed at this meeting.
In the margins of the meeting, the mayor of the municipality of Bakırköy, Bülent KERİMOĞLU, will sign the Pact of Cities and Regions against Sexual Violence against Children, during an official ceremony in the presence of Anders KNAPE (Sweden, EPP/CCE), President of the Chamber of Local Authorities of Congress. The Pact is a tool, launched at the initiative of Congress, that proposes practical actions and policies to put in place child-friendly services. The primary objective is to protect children and prevent sexual violence to which they may be exposed. The signatory cities undertake to develop initiatives in this direction.
- Documents and agenda : COE CLOUD | ZIP format
- Web page of the Monitoring Committee
Contact :
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Stéphanie POIREL, Secretary of the Monitoring Committee
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