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
Architects' Council of Europe Architects' Council of Europe The Architects' Council of Europe () is a professional organisation of architects from Europe that aims to help advance architecture and maintain its quality. It was founded in 11 May 1990 in Treviso, Italy by the merger of two organisations: the Liaison Committee of the Architects of the United Europe and the Council of European Architects. In 2016, the South African Council for the Architectural Profession established a memorandum of understanding with the ACE. The ACE functions as a federation that is composed of 43 member organisations, such as: The member organisations meet in a yearly