At the Third European Congress of Local Authorities, one of the international conferences in Europe dedicated to local and regional policy issues where the Institute of Public and Private Policies (IP3) was invited to attend the panel on "Increasing Financial Independence of Local Governments. Is it necessary?"

The theme of this year's meeting was: Local governments in the face of the challenges of the twenty-first century. This Congress is one of the international conferences in Europe devoted to the issues of regional politics, cooperation between local governments, representatives of state administration, science and business.

Nearly 1800 guests – regional leaders, representatives from state administration, scientific and business institutions, cultural and non-governmental organisations from over 40 countries participated in the 3rd European Congress of Local Governments that took place in Krakow, Poland.