News Strengthening Institutional Frameworks for Local Governance
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...
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,...
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...
Extention of deadline for submission of proposals for projects on local initiatives on inter-municipal cooperation in Moldova
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 Moldova until 24 April 2017. All other deadlines remain...
Extention of deadline for submission of proposals for projects on local initiatives on inter-municipal cooperation in Georgia
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 Georgia until 24 April 2017. All other deadlines remain...
Call for interest for national experts from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to support local initiatives on ethical governance and transparency
The Council of Europe promotes local democracy and a culture of ethical and inclusive decision-making, as part of the thematic programme “Strengthening institutional frameworks for local governance” in the Eastern Partnership countries. In this context, 12 municipalities from Armenia, Georgia,...
Call for tenders: development of the Council of Europe e-learning platform on Good Governance at Local Level
The Council of Europe has developed a set of 12 Principles of good governance at local level. The purpose of present call for tenders is to design, develop and operate an e-learning tool to promote the principles of those 12 Principles. This tendering procedure is an international call for...
Call for proposals for initiatives on transparency, accountability and integrity in local government
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities promotes local democracy and a culture of ethical and inclusive decision-making, as part of the thematic programme “Strengthening institutional frameworks for local governance” in the Eastern Partnership countries. In this context, the Congress is...
Citizens as partners in local policy-making in the Eastern Partnership region
“We work with our citizens so that they don’t just live in their municipality but with their municipality – what we do, we do together” shared Vladimir Prebilič, Kočevje, member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, (Slovenia, PAP-NPA) with fellow mayors in the regional seminar...
Ethics in local policies: local elected representatives from Eastern Partnership join forces
“Transparency, accountability and citizen participation need our full attention, involvement and timely reaction. Although our situations and expectations may differ, it is precisely through exchanges among peers as those we have shared during these three days that we will be able to implement...
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...
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,...