Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly

Considering Resolution 33 (1962) of the European Conference of Local Authorities, on the European cultural activities of local authorities in the fields of education and youth ;

Having regard to Article 1 (b), second paragraph, of the Charter of the European Conference of Local Authorities,

Adopts the principles concerning education and youth which the Conference has stated in particularly effective terms ;

Believes that Resolution 33 perfectly defines the duties and chief task devolving upon local authorities in this field, in any democratic society respectful of human rights;

Expresses its satisfaction at the prominent place given to civic and European education in Resolution 33 ;

Hopes that the competent education and youth authorities at European level, such as the Council for Cultural Co-operation, will become more and more conscious of the paramount importance of co-operation with local authorities in finding an audience for their ideas and carrying out their programmes ;

Hopes that the recommendations of the Conference will have the desired effect upon local groups and invites the Standing Committee to take all necessary steps to encourage the organisations of local authorities with which they work to put these ideas into effect ;

Warmly approves the Conference's intention to include in the agenda for its next Session a study of the role which local authorities can play in the campaign against juvenile delinquency ;

Expresses its satisfaction at the substantial contribution to the work of the Council of Europe which the European Conference of Local Authorities is making in this field.

[1]. Assembly debate on 22nd September 1962 (13th Sitting) (see Doc. 1483, Report of the Committee on Local Authorities).

Text adopted by the Assembly on 22nd September 1962 (13th Sitting).