Its members are 60 national associations of towns, municipalities and regions from 41 countries that are part of the Council of Europe.

He is notably succeeding: CEMR's task is to promote a united Europe, based on locally and regionally autonomous government and democracy.

CEMR is active in a number of political fields, including regional policy, transport, the environment, equal opportunities and governance.

This process is improved through CEMR's close cooperation with the DG Education and Culture of the European Commission.

CEMR represents European local and regional governments (LRG) as employers in the EU social dialogue committee of LRGs, where it sits and discusses with EPSU, the sectorial trade union.

In order to monitor the implementation of the Charter by signatories, CEMR, in partnership with the Swedish government and the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, launched an Observatory of the European Charter for equality of women and men in Local Life[4] in March 2012.

According to CEMR town twinning has always been a vital way to bring Europe closer to its citizens beyond national boundaries.