2010 Local and Regional Governance
Content
- Contemporary legal understanding of subsidiarity and multi-level governance
- Concepts of the role of local and regional authorities
- Models and legal framework of local and regional government
- The competences, organization and performance of local and regional authorities
- Contemporary forms of governance and public participation at local and regional level
- Legal aspects of inter-municipal, cross-border and inter-territorial cooperation
- Judicial review and the legal protection of local and regional self-government
- Role and position of cities
- Contemporary challenges of local and regional authorities
Objectives and competences
Objectives:
- Understand the role of local and regional authorities in the EU and Council of Europe context
- To become familiar with the challenges and trends in the development of local and regional governance
- Critically evaluate the state of local and regional democracy
Competences:
- Ability for a critical assessment of the current situation and development
- Ability of conducting comparative analysis
- Ability of independent research