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 Music Council countries outside of Europe). There are 15 organisations in the 'European Music Organisations' category of the EMC (defined as operating in a minimum of 20% of Europe). There are 24 National and Specialised Organisations in the European Music Council's membership (defined as any legal constituted organisation, association, society, company, foundation, corporation or NGO working in the field of arts and culture, which does not fulfill the requirements of an international or regional musical organisation or National Music Council) The Board of the European Music Council consists of seven members and they are elected every two years at the EMC's Annual