Minister Mazniku announced that this meeting focused on the implementation of the European Chapter of Local Government and human rights at the local level.

“In a meeting with the Secretary General of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Mathieu Mori, we discussed the implementation of the European Chapter of Local Government and human rights at the local level,” Mazniku said.
The Secretary General of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Mathieu Mori, in a post on “X” stated that the Congress is looking forward to working with Albania in the next steps of decentralization.

The EU integration process has a very big impact at the national, regional and local level. However, this impact is more tangible at the local level and it is precisely the local government that has a very important role in ensuring the proper implementation of EU legislation and policies.

The implementation of EU legislation and European Regional and Cohesion Policies are the main instruments through which the European integration process impacts the daily work of local governments.
Various studies show that after accession to the EU, almost 50-70% of the EU legal framework must be implemented by local governments, so the EU acquis can have a significant impact on their functioning and delivery of services.
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