Strasbourg, 29 September 2009                                                               LR-IC(2009)14

Item 8 of the agenda

                                                                          

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEMOCRACY

(CDLR)

COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND CO-OPERATION

(LR-IC)

FINALISATION OF THE VOTING BULLETIN
FOR THE 16TH MINISTERIAL SESSION:
CHALLENGES IN THE FIELD OF
LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEMOCRACY

Secretariat Memorandum

prepared by the Directorate General of

Democracy and Political Affairs

Directorate of Democratic Institutions

This document is public. It will not be distributed at the meeting. Please bring this copy.

Ce document est public. Il ne sera pas distribué en réunion. Prière de vous munir de cet exemplaire.

Introduction

At its 44^th meeting, the CDLR discussed the ministerial voting arrangements and the challenges and actions to be included in the future Utrecht Agenda on the basis of document CDLR(2009)45.

With regard to the voting arrangements, the Committee agreed on the electronic voting option conducted in a single round and focusing solely on the five challenges identified by governments as needing to be addressed in the future (1: the highest priority). It discussed the list of challenges and entrusted the finalisation of the precise wording to the LR-IC Committee.  

With regard to the actions, the CDLR decided that the Secretariat should revise the list and forward it to the national delegations for comments. The results of this consultation exercise would be brought to the attention of the Conference.

Action required

The members of the LR-IC Committee are invited to consider the proposed list of challenges and finalise their wording for transmission to the Conference.  

CHALLENGES