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Inter-municipal Cooperation in Planning and Service Delivery: Analysis and Recommendations Daniel Serban - Local Develop

Inter-municipal Cooperation in Planning and Service Delivery: Analysis and Recommendations Daniel Serban - Local Development Group. Paper commissioned by UNDP. Inter-municipal cooperation - why?. delivering public service at local level - the value of cooperation

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  1. Inter-municipal Cooperation in Planning and Service Delivery: Analysis and RecommendationsDaniel Serban - Local Development Group Paper commissioned by UNDP

  2. Inter-municipal cooperation - why? • delivering public service at local level - the value of cooperation • concept and benefits of IMC in the framework of local governance and decentralization • main factors influencing IMC • degree of decentralization; • tiers and size of the government • legal framework/incentives; • EU funds - donor orientation, • history, tradition, trust

  3. Overview on IMC in Finland(OECD country) - high degree of autonomy • 250 joint authorities (regional councils, hospital districts, district for care of disabled and joint authorities to perform functions in public health and education.>specific task on permanent basics = are independent legal public entities governed by municipal legislation. • Municip. can purchase services from other municip = service agreement. • Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities runs a project on service competition • Sub-regional cooperation: economic development policy and lobbying, traditionally. In the future: land use pollicy and planning, municipal engineering, communication networks, envirnmental care. • Sub-regions intiative the project, the MOI and Association of Local and Regional Authorities support the project.

  4. Finland - Inter-municipal organization in Oulu region (business environment policy) • 2002 - SEUTU (county) national government program county council = strategic manager of co-operation • No of cooperating municipalities: 10 • Type of public service: planning and coordinating • Service:business environment policy Achivement:“the organization is based on activities, not administration.” Challenge:planning and coordination add high costs.

  5. Romania – Oradea metropolitan area (public utilities and planning&coordination) • No of cooperating municipalities: 8 (260,000 inh.) (out of which 3 Hungarian majority) • Service: public utilities provisions, infrastructure investments, planning and coordination Political decision: The Council of Mayors Operational framework:project based and/or OMA administration office Achievement:impressive CIP and bussiness Challenge: to re-organize the body of authority

  6. Policy Recommendations • in response to territorial fragmentation of service delivery • designing an appropriate legal framework for inter-municipal cooperation on service delivery • increasing municipal capacity • improving public service management IMC IS A NOT A MEAN IN ITSELF, BUT A TOOL FOR BETTER PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY!!!

  7. In the afternoon: • Who needs IMC? Why? Factors/pre-conditions influencing IMC in your countries. • To what extend the municipalities need legal incentives and in what context? • What challenges would you face while assisting municipalities on IMC? How do you plan to meet them? • Recommendations/suggestions for manual improvement

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