Congress of the Council of Europe Congress of the Council of Europe The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRA) is the pan-European political assembly representing local and regional authorities from the forty-seven member states of the Council of Europe. Its role is to promote local and regional democracy, improve local and regional governance and strengthen authorities' self-government, according to the principles laid down in the European Charter of Local Self-Government. It is made up of two chambers, the Chamber of Local Authorities and the Chamber of Regions and holds its plenary sessions twice a year at the Palace of Europe in Strasbourg, where its permanent
European Cricket Council competed in the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup. Ireland became the 11th Test nation in the world & 2nd in Europe on 22 June 2017. European Cricket Council The European Cricket Council (ECC) is an international body which oversees cricket in European countries other than the Test-playing cricketing nations of England and Wales and Ireland. The ECC is the regional authority for Europe under the auspices of the worldwide governing authority of cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is based in London, England, and hosts their executive meetings at Lord's. Its current chairman