The Governance Committee of the Congress meets today on 30 May 2018, at the Bálványos Conference Center, in the Covasna region of Romania. Mrs. Natalya Lapauri, member of Armenian delegation to the Congress and the Governance committee member, attends the meeting. On the agenda are a number of reports for adoption at the November 2018 session.       

They include the draft European Code of Conduct for all persons involved in local and regional governance and two reports, one on the issue of transparency and open government, and the other on conflicts of interest at local and regional levels.

Members of the Committee will also discuss guidelines on the consultation of local authorities by higher levels of government as well as a report on the financial difficulties facing many local and regional authorities in Europe.

This meeting will be followed on 31 May by a Conference on the use of languages by local and regional authorities.

Source: https://www.coe.int/en/web/congress/-/congress-governance-committee-meets-in-covasna-region