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Program Overview |
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Thursday, May 24, 2012 11:30 - 13:00
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| I. Working Group on Local Government |
| Session 1: Comparisons and theories |
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SAMOIL Hotel Metropol |
| Related to |
Local Government |
| WG Programme Coordinators: |
Gabor Soos, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Arto Haveri, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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The Working
Group on Local Government invites researchers and practitioners to explore the
reforms of, and at, the local government level in Central and Eastern Europe
(CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). By using the term
"local government” we prefer the broader context of governance to the
internal machinery of local administration.
The general aim of the
workshops in 2012 is to explore the state and development of local government
autonomy in the context of public administration reforms. Have the reforms and
decisions of upper level governments contributed to the increased central
control of local policy making or have local authorities been given more
resources, power and autonomy in deciding on local affairs? Autonomy is
approached from theoretical as well as practical perspectives, and as a
question of design and resource allocation.
Introductory talk by Arto Haveri and
Gabor Soos
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Paper: Local autonomy in the V4 countries: Myth or reality?
Author/Presenter:
Daniel Klimovsky, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Paper: Towards new focus and mechanisms of local autonomy: Needs of change and choices done during Estonia’s transition
Author(s):
Georg Sootla, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
Sulev Laane, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
Presenter(s):
Georg Sootla, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
Paper: The evaluation of local government reform in Latvia from current perspective
Author(s):
Inga Vilka, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Lilita Seimuskane
Presenter(s):
Inga Vilka, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
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