Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)

CEMR mission is to build more inclusive, just, and resilient territories and communities through the empowerment of local and regional governments and their national associations. Our approach centres around the idea that local and regional governments are best placed to shape the answers to the most complex challenges of our time. Whether this is to decarbonize our territories justly and inclusively, fight poverty, improve gender equality, or deal with new health crises, nothing can be achieved without strong and empowered local and regional governments. We strongly believe that no challenges can be effectively tackled if local and regional governments are not structurally involved in designing European and national policies and provided with effective financial means and competencies to drive the transformation of their territories hand in hand with local communities.