The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is a pan-European political assembly which includes 612 members representing over 200,000 authorities in 46 European states.

Its role is to promote local and regional democracy, improve local and regional governance and strengthen authorities’ self-government. It pays particular attention to application of the principles laid down in the European Charter of Local Self-Government. It encourages the devolution and regionalisation processes, as well as transfrontier co-operation between cities and regions.