Council of European Municipalities and Regions

Representing 1M+ elected European politicians across 60 associations in 41 countries since 1951 🌍 | Empowering local and regional Europe

[Council of European Municipalities and Regions @CCRECEMR]

28 January 1951

75 years ago, CEMR was founded — the world’s first organisation uniting local leaders

Today, our mission is unchanged: putting towns, cities and regions at the heart of the European and international agenda

https://t.co/fvWrWxj6TG

#CEMR75 #LocalHeroes

[Council of European Municipalities and Regions @CCRECEMR]

📢 Calling local & regional governments in Europe!
Two opportunities from #MIP4Adapt:

�� Free Citizen Engagement Hotline — expert support to apply the DIY Manual on Engaging Stakeholders & Citizens in Climate Adaptation
👉 https://t.co/fkQclu8b2Q

🔹 Roster of Experts — now accepting applications from researchers, practitioners & policymakers in climate adaptation. Apply by 31 July 2026
👉 https://t.co/FppV9cuq2s

#EUMissions #HorizonEU

[Council of European Municipalities and Regions @CCRECEMR]

On 29 June, the #CEMR Director of Project and Programs joined @SALARInt 's seminar "Preparing Locally for EU Accession: Impact Assessments, Reform Agendas and Local Readiness in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, North Macedonia and Ukraine" at @eucor in Brussels.

His message: accession cannot be delivered by national governments alone.

Municipalities & regions are where reforms become real, and they must be partners from the start.

#CEMR #EUEnlargement #LocalDemocracy #Ukraine #Moldova #WesternBalkans

[Council of European Municipalities and Regions @CCRECEMR]

🌍Europe's local and regional governments are already delivering on #climate and #energy, but the National Energy and Climate Plans still largely leave them out

📜The #LocalAlliance calls on the #EU to use the #GovernanceRegulation revision to put local & regional governments at the heart of the discussions on the National Energy and Climate

Full position paper: https://t.co/ppmsIW2hCo

[United Cities @uclg_org]

🟠 Without Universal Local Public Services, there is no Equality, no Democracy, no Peace.

We are proximity governments, and we call for a renewed multilateral governance system and local public policies capable to deliver rights through everyday essentials.

Care and Equality -housing, food systems, conflict prevention, public health, climate justice, culture, finance and new essentials- at the heart of the UCLG Local Social Covenant.

👉 https://t.co/PTTgWs8khf

#UCLGCongress

[Council of European Municipalities and Regions @CCRECEMR]

🌍 From Tangier to the world: we brought Europe’s local voice to the global stage at the #UCLGCongress

Tangier, a meeting point between civilisations, reminded us that collective action remains our strongest path towards more connected, resilient and thriving communities

Main takeaways: https://t.co/BADyET9s40

#UCLGWorldCouncil #Tangier2026 @uclg_org

[Council of European Municipalities and Regions @CCRECEMR]

🇺🇦 CEMR at the #UkraineRecoveryConference2026

At the #EuropeanPartnershipHub booth, CEMR joined partners from Europe and Ukraine to highlight how municipal partnerships support Ukraine’s recovery, resilience and European integration.

President Christoph Schnaudigel met with Ukrainian and European leaders, including @Vitaliy_Klychko, @AleksandraDulkiewicz, Oleksandr Vasylenko, Oleksii Riabykyn and Bridges of Trust Community actors.

Strong local governments are key partners for Ukraine’s recovery and EU path.

#UkraineRecovery #URC2026 #LocalGovernment #BridgesofTrust

[Council of European Municipalities and Regions @CCRECEMR]

📜What are the local realities of the EU #PublicProcurement?

We asked that question to Jörk Cardeneo, CEMR’s spokesperson on digitalisation, AI and social services & the City Councillor of #Düsseldorf

Read CEMR’s full reaction to the EU procurement rules: https://t.co/pWwZuH0r6E

[United Cities @uclg_org]

#UCLGCongress

En la sesión del @ForumOfRegions coincidimos en prioridades clave para la agenda de los gobiernos regionales:

✅Más autogobierno y descentralización con autonomía fiscal
✅Mejor gobernanza multinivel
✅Defensa de la democracia y la cohesión territorial, acceso a la vivienda
✅Protección de los nuevos bienes esenciales
✅Acción frente al cambio climático.

Una contribución clave al futuro de la Organización Mundial. @PaolaPabonC @ABDELMALICKf

[United Cities @uclg_org]

🔵 #UCLGCongress

👏🎉 Congratulations to UCLG's new copresidency, composed of:

Bheke Stofile, President of SALGA

Aysen Nikolaev, Head of Sakha Republic

Jan Van Zanen, Mayor of The Hague

Cristian Zamora, Mayor of Cuenca

Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor of Kitchener

👏🎉 As well as to our newly elected President for the Standing Committee on Gender Equality and Co-President of UCLG:

Fatimetou Abdel Malick

[Council of European Municipalities and Regions @CCRECEMR]

Congratulations to the new UCLG President, the Mayor of Konya, and a warm thank you to the Mayor of The Hague, @jan_vanzanen, for his work throughout his mandate. We will continue working together bringing the European voice to our global organisation!

#UCLGCongress

[United Cities @uclg_org]

🔵 #UCLGCongress

👏🎉 We welcome the newly elected President of UCLG, Mayor of Konya Uğur Ibrahim Altay!

[Council of European Municipalities and Regions @CCRECEMR]

#UkraineRecoveryConference2026 is underway in Gdansk. 🇺🇦

As host of the #EuropeanPartnershipHub Secretariat, CEMR has a dedicated booth showcasing the #BridgesofTrust Community's activities and advocating for EU-Ukrainian municipal partnerships.

more: https://t.co/yYqsyoD05Q

[Council of European Municipalities and Regions @CCRECEMR]

🗓️Save the date: July 2026

At the #UCLGCongress in Tangier, @Platforma4Dev announced the upcoming publication of the new study on how EU Delegations engage with local & regional governments across the globe🌍

It's the first update to Platforma's landmark 2021 report

Read more here: https://t.co/1p5VAdk690

#Local4Action #Mindcraft #Tangier2026

[Council of European Municipalities and Regions @CCRECEMR]

How do we protect those who serve democracy?🧑‍⚖️

Political violence, harassment & intimidation are threatening democracy across Europe.

Today at the EU High-Level Event on Democracy hosted by the @EU_Commission DG JUST, CEMR’s Vice-President @M_Lepoultier discussed what needs to change regarding Safety in Politics — with speakers from the Dutch government, @Europarl_EN, @EUROCITIES & more.

#EUDemocracy #SafetyInPolitics #ODELL #Bilbao

[Council of European Municipalities and Regions @CCRECEMR]

🎉#2 Day of the #UCLGCongress in Tangier

🌍The main outcome of the European Assembly: our local leaders ensured that European perspectives strengthen the global policies of @uclg_org

[United Cities @uclg_org]

Today marks day 2⃣ of the #UCLGCongress 2026

🌐With our Official Opening ceremony, ‘The Local Social Covenant for a New Generation of Universal Local Public Services,’ we're eager to continue fostering multilateral dialogue w/ representatives from around the world
#Listen2Cities

[Council of European Municipalities and Regions @CCRECEMR]

Local democracy is built city by city, town by town.
That's why #TownTwinning matters and why CEMR provided policy recommendations to the @EU_CoR on #AgoraEU, the EU's future programme for culture, media & democracy (2028–2034).

They were taken on board. Now it's @Europarl_EN & Council's turn. 💪

🔗 https://t.co/JtkiW4eyZx
#LocalGovernment #EUPolicy