The Who's who is a database containing detailed and general information on all members of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.
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The Independent Liberal an Democratic Group (ILDG) of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe comprises 97 members. It is chaired by Marc Cools (Blegium). On 1 April 2019, Thomas Andersson (Sweden), Liisa Ansala (Finland), Stewart Dickson (United Kingdom) and Gabriele Neff (Germany) were elected Vice-Presidents of the group. Ott Kasuri (Estonia) was elected Treasurer.
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written the 21/12/2020
7 December 2020: Gabrielle Neff (Germany, ILDG), Chair of the Current Affairs Committee, addresses the participants of the online event "Covid-19: local and regional authorities on the front line”
9 December 2020: Thomas Andersson (Sweden, ILDG), Congress thematic spokesperson on Youth, addresses the 3rd European Convention on Youth Work
10 December 2020: Harald Bergmann (Netherlands, ILDG), Congress' thematic spokesperson on human rights, issues a statement on the occasion of the Human ... Read more »
written the 18/12/2020
Ahead of the first in 12 years local elections in Mostar scheduled to take place on Sunday 20 December, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities has conducted a remote observation mission following the invitation of the country’s authorities. The six-member observer delegation included three ILDG members: Mr Stewart Dickson (United Kingdom, ILDG), Ms Randi Mondorf (Denmark, ILDG) and Ms Rosaleen O'Grady (Ireland, ILDG).
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written the 23/11/2020
Inside this issue:
The pandemic and terrorism: two scourges to fight against – Marc Cools
The Congress during the Covid-19 lockdown
Remote election observation – Stewart Dickson
ILDG members’ reports at the Statutory Forum on 7 December and 28 September
Defending social rights on local level – Harald Bergmann
Ideas and recommendations by and for Brusseleirs – Carla Dejonghe
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written the 22/10/2020
On 20 October 2020, ILDG members attended the first virtual group meeting. Opening the meeting, President Marc Cools underlined how important it was for the members to be able to keep the bond. This is one of the reasons why the ILDG Bureau had insisted that political groups of the Congress should be able to conduct virtual meetings. Moreover, Congress members should be allowed to hold a debate before adopting resolutions and recommendations, and the Bureau of the Congress should be consulted on ... Read more »
