News Strengthening Institutional Frameworks for Local Governance
Regional conference on strategies and tools for ethics and transparency at local levels
On 6-7 December 2017, a regional conference will be organised under the joint Council of Europe/EU project "Strengthening institutional frameworks for local governance" in Tbilisi, Georgia. The conference will bring together around 100 mayors and local elected representatives from Armenia,...
Training seminar on introduction to modern human resources management at local level
A training seminar introducing modern human resource management took place in Minsk on 12-14 December 2017 within the framework of bilateral co-operation under the Partnership for Good Governance between the European Union and the Council of Europe. The event gathered the heads and top human...
Lessons learnt, assessing progress and moving forward in local self-governance
In a series of closing events under the Partnership for Good Governance’ Theme on Strengthening Institutional Frameworks for Local Governance, a regional meeting on "Monitoring and evaluation of programmes for professional development in local self governance" and a workshop on "E-learning...
Mayors and councillors are the knots of the net of democracy
Opening the conference on “Ethics and transparency at local level: strategies and tools”, in Tbilisi, on 6 December 2017, Congress Secretary General Andreas Kiefer underlined the key elements for a successful local self-government: an adequate legislative framework, mayors and elected...
Workshop on reporting local finance benchmarking
The Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform, which is part of the Council of Europe's Good Governance Division, launched a local finance benchmarking activity in Georgia in 2015. As a result, the Council of Europe toolkit was adjusted to local needs in 2016 and two phases of piloting...
Training programme for the Executive Committee of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia
On 9-10 November, the Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform, DG-II Democracy, through the Council of Europe Office in Chisinau, organised an off the job training for the management of the Executive Committee of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia and its subordinate units. The...
Local finance benchmarking workshop
The Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform within Good Governance Division, DG-II launched local finance benchmarking activity in Armenia in 2015. As a result the Council of Europe toolkit has been adjusted to local needs in 2016 and the II phase of piloting has been carried out in first...
Helping Georgian towns work together to manage waste
Between 31 July-3 August 2017, several meetings took place in the municipalities of Batumi, Khulo, Shuakhevi and Keda, in the Adjara Autonomous Republic, to assess possibilities for inter-municipal co-operation for solid waste management. The meetings concentrated on the different technical...
Meetings and workshop on inter-municipal co-operation for solid waste management
A series of meetings and a workshop on inter-municipal co-operation for solid waste management took place in Batumi and Keda, Adjara region, on 19-21 September, with the support of the Council of Europe's Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform. The event was funded by the European Union...
Assessment meetings on Inter-municipal co-operation for Solid Waste Management
The Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform within the Good Governance Division, DG-II of the Council of Europe is organising a series of meetings on the technical assessment of inter-municipal co-operation for Solid Waste Management (SWM) in Adjara, Georgia. The meetings will take place...
Executive Committee of Gagauzia trained on records management and legal drafting
The Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform within the Good Governance Division, DG-II, through the Council of Europe Office in Chisinau, organised two capacity-building trainings for the personnel of the Executive Committee of ATU Gagauzia on 21-22 and 21-22 July, at Vadul lui Voda town,...
Five initiatives on inter-municipal co-operation to be implemented in Armenia, Georgia and Moldova
The Council of Europe, through the Center of Expertise for Local Government Reform, The Directorate General of Democracy, awarded five grants on inter-municipal co-operation in Armenia, Georgia and Moldova. The projects seek to improve the provision of several public services - waste management,...
Study visit on sharing inter-municipal co-operation experience
A delegation of representatives of central and local public authorities from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Belarus participated in a study visit in Bilbao (Spain) on 26-28 June 2017. The participants were acquainted with the Spanish experience in developing inter-municipal co-operation (IMC),...
Result of Community of Practice on local democracy in the Eastern Partnership
The Presidents of the National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia (NALAG), Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova (CALM) and the Association of Ukrainian Cities (AUC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding for strengthened co-operation between their associations on 29 June in Kyiv....
Local Finance Benchmarking workshop and Inter-municipal Cooperation meetings
The Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform within Good Governance Division, DG-II launched Local Finance Benchmarking activity in Armenia in 2015. As a result the Council of Europe toolkit was adjusted to local needs in 2016 and the II phase of piloting was done in the first half of...
Reporting on piloting of the Local Finance Benchmarking (LFB) and introducing the LFB database in Georgia
A reporting workshop on the application of the Council of Europe (CoE) Local Finance Benchmark (LFB) toolkit adjusted to local needs was organised in co-operation with the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure (MRDI) of Georgia on 6th of April 2017 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The event...
Council of Europe representatives participate at the sitting of the Council for Cooperation of Local Self-Government Bodies in Belarus
At the invitation of the Republican Council of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the Council of Europe good governance tools that might be applied in Belarus were presented to the Council for Cooperation of Local Self-Government Bodies. The sitting took place 28 April, in Minsk...
Meeting on pre-feasibility study on inter-municipal cooperation for Solid Waste Management
The Council of Europe (the Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reforms) in cooperation with the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure has organised a two-day meeting on inter-municipal cooperation Solid Waste Management in Adjara region. The event had been held on 4-5 of April...
Application of the standards of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by the common courts of Georgia
On 5 April, 2017, Application of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) by the common courts of Georgia constituted the focus of a high-level event, which brought together representatives of the Government and the Parliament of...
Extention of deadline for submission of proposals for projects on local initiatives on inter-municipal cooperation in Armenia
The Council of Europe thematic programme “Strengthening Institutional Frameworks for Local Governance” has extended the deadline for submission of proposals for projects concerning local initiatives on inter-municipal cooperation in Armenia until 24 April 2017 All other deadlines remain...