The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the European Union's treaty-based advisory body representing regional and local authorities across the EU.

Its primary role is to ensure that the views of regions and cities are taken into account when EU legislation is developed. The European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council are required to consult the CoR on legislative proposals affecting regional and local authorities in a wide range of policy areas.

The CoR adopts political opinions and organises meetings, conferences and seminars on issues relevant to Europe's regions and municipalities.

Regional representatives

Denmark has nine members and nine alternate members in the European Committee of the Regions. Danish Regions appoints three members and three alternate members, while Local Government Denmark appoints the remaining members.

The regional members are:

• Ms. Pernelle Jensen, Danish Regions' international spokesman, Regional Councillor, Region of Southern Denmark
• Ms. Sofie Holm, Regional Councillor, Region Eastern Denmark
• Ms. Kirsten Morild Andersen, Regional Councillor, North Denmark Region

Alternate members:
• Mr. Irfan Gilani, Regional Councillor, Region Eastern Denmark
• Ms. Purnima Erichsen, Regional Councillor, Central Denmark Region
• Mr. Torben Ringe Christensen, Regional Councillor, North Denmark Region

Facts

• 350 members representing regional and local authorities from the 27 EU Member States
• Six thematic commissions
• Six plenary sessions annually

Read more about the European Committee of the Regions here 

The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) is the largest European organization for local and regional authorities. The organization works for a Europe based on local and regional self-government. Danish Regions works, together with CEMR to advocate their common interests in relation to EU legislation.

CEMR's members are national associations of local and regional authorities from 41 countries in Europe. CEMR shares an office building in Brussels with many of the national organizations representing regional and local authorities, including Danish Regions.

Regionale representatives

The representatives appointed from Danish Regions to CEMR are:

• Mr. Christian Wedell-Neergaard, regional councillor, East Denmark Region
• Ms. Susanne Buch, regional councillor, Central Denmark Region

Alternates:
• Ms. Line Ervolder, regional councillor, East Denmark Region
• Mr. Jakob Fuglsang, regional councillor, Central Denmark Region

Read more about CEMR here

The Congress for Local and Regional Authorities is a part of the Council of Europe, working for local and regional cooperation and advocating for the development of decentralized democracy throughout Europe. The Congress has designated 318 elected representatives from local and regional authorities representing all Council of Europe member states.

The Congress is working on three priorities:

1. Quality of local and regional democracy and human rights in Europe
   The new challenges posed by the economic and financial crisis
2. Partnership within and outside the Council of Europe
3. The Congress also monitors whether countries that have signed and ratified the European Charter of Local Self comply with its principles

Moreover, the Congress monitors if the countries, that have signed and ratified the  the Congress for Local and Regional Autories' Charter of Local Self-Government live up to its principals.

The work is done, inter alia, through the preparation of monitoring reports, which are an important tool to engage in a political dialogue with member countries on matters affecting the local and regional democracy. The Congress draws up a monitoring report for each Member State approximately every five years.

Read more about the Council of Europe Congress here

Regional representatives

Denmark has five members and five alternate members in the Council of Europe's Congress for Local and Regional Authorities. Danish Regions appoint two members and three alternates, the association of Local Government Denmark appoints the other members and alternates.

The regional members appointed are:

• Mrs. Randi Mondorf (ALDE), chairman of the danish delegation, regional councillor, Capital Region of Denmark
• Ms. Susanne Flydtkjær, regional councillor, North Region of Denmark

The regional alternates appointed are:

• Ms. Camilla Hove Lund, regional councillor, Capital Region of Denmark
• Awaits appointment