Deputy Regional Development Minister Milena Paounova will take part in a conference of European regional development ministers on October 15 and 16 in Valencia, Spain.

The title of the conference "Good local and regional governance - the European challenge", Focus news agency reported.

In working sessions with ministers, Secretary general of the Council of Europe Terry Davis would take part.

The European Local Democracy Week” (ELDW) would be given a start during the meetings. The project was a joint initiative of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (Congress) of the Council of Europe and the European Committee on Local and Regional Democracy (CDLR).

Themes of the conference include Citizens at the heart of local democracy and European practice and recent developments in the field of regional
self-government.