31/03/2022 (Agence Europe) – A platform for linking local authorities in Ukraine with those in the rest of Europe was launched on Wednesday 30 March. It has the support of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. Called “Cities4Cities”, it aims “to match the demands/needs of Ukrainian cities with the capacity, know-how and supply of other European cities”, said Bernd Vöhringer, President of the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Congress and Mayor of the city of Sindelfingen, who initiated the project. Designed as a free online exchange tool, the platform was welcomed by the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe, who stressed that it complements the political support and solidarity expressed by the Congress and the Council of Europe as a whole after the armed invasion of Russia. (VL)