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On 15 March 2021, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe and the Moroccan Association of Presidents of Prefectural and Provincial Councils (AMPCPP) co-organised a national meeting on the “reform of the legislative framework related to competences of prefectures and provinces and their implementation”.
Held as part of the Congress project under the Council of Europe Neighbourhood Partnership 2018-2021 with Morocco, this hybrid event brought together Presidents of Prefectural and Provincial Councils, representatives of the Moroccan government, and Congress Vice-President Xavier Cadoret (France, SOC/G/PD).
Towards Formal Representation of Cities & Regions: Lessons from the EU
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March 15, 2021
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ities, organized collectively around transnational municipal networks, have sought for decades to carve out a formal role for themselves within global and regional governance structures. Early municipalist visionaries, such as Emile Vinck, the first secretary general of the International Union of Local Authorities (forebear of UCLG), attempted a century ago to forge an organic bond with the League of Nations. Today, the slogan listen to cities resonates loudly in most United Nations conferences and pervades the campaigns around which the international municipalism movement has coalesced.
In a moment when the multilateral order is crying for a branch-and-root reform, it seems timely to ask how a formal role for subnational governments within the current global and regional governance architecture could be established. And there is no lack of proposals here. Among the most prominent propo
Appointment of the Swiss delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Bern, 12.02.2021 - On 22 January 2021, Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis appointed the 12 members of the Swiss delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (hereafter the Congress) for the period 2021–26. The candidatures were proposed by the Conference of Cantonal Governments, the Swiss Union of Cities and the Association of Swiss Communes. Following formal validation by the Congress Bureau on 12 February 2021, the new delegation can now begin its work in preparation for the renewal session from 23 to 25 March.
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