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Local Autonomy in the European Union

June 25, 2022 LPSAManager

Local autonomy is a highly valued feature of good governance. The continuous attempts of many countries to strengthen the autonomy of local government shows the importance given to decentralization and reinforcing competences at the lowest […]

Local democracy and security in Ukraine

April 29, 2022 LPS Alliance

Conventional security discourses did not predict the magnitude and endurance of resistance efforts in Ukraine, considering the asymmetry between Russia and Ukraine in terms of military capacity. Based on our own research on local democracy […]

Fiscal Equalization of Croatia’s Local Government Finances

July 18, 2021 Tianyu Chen

Fiscal decentralization and equalization are important tools to empower local government agencies in terms of financial autonomy and capacity building. The Ministry of Finance of Croatia adopted a fiscal equalization formula in 2018 with the […]

Voluntary Amalgamation, Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Fiscal Incentives in Ukraine

May 25, 2021 LPS Alliance

Ukraine provides a unique insight into the decentralization and local government reform programs that were a centerpiece of the democratic transition from the former Soviet system. It was one of the very last countries in […]

Decentralization and fiscal performance in Central and Eastern Europe

April 11, 2021 LPS Alliance

Decentralization (or devolution) has potential advantages and disadvantages: while (fiscal) decentralization may strengthen the allocative and technical efficiency of the local public sector (as well as potentially strengthen responsiveness and accountability), the design of intergovernmental […]

(De)centralization in Central and Eastern Europe under examination

April 8, 2019 LPS Alliance

To centralize, or to decentralize, that is the question. But is it really? Do we not already know the answer? The less central government in everyday matters, the better, right? The more power is given […]

Ukrainian women embroider a map of Ukraine with the different flags of the regions in the country during a pro-Ukranian meeting in the southern coastal town of Mariupol September 13, 2014. VASILY FEDOSENKO/REUTERS

Ukraine: Lawmakers fail to pass decentralization legislation

December 11, 2016 LPS Initiative

Ukraine’s parliament rejected an important bill on government decentralization on Dec. 6, and reform-minded lawmakers then had to scramble to remove another bill on the issue from the agenda to stop it being rejected too. […]

Bulgaria Parliament Adopts Rules on Procedure for Financial Recovery of Municipalities

June 7, 2016 LPS Initiative

Bulgaria’s National Assembly passed at second reading amendments to the Public Finance Act, introducing rules on launching a procedure for financial recovery of municipalities in the form of interest-free credit granted from the state budget, […]

Administrative Reform Bill Passes First Reading in Estonian Parliament

April 26, 2016 LPS Initiative

The Estonian government’s administrative reform bill, which proposes radical changes to the country’s local government structures, has passed its first reading in Parliament (Riigikogu). The bill proposes that any local authority should cover a population […]

Constitution Making in Ukraine: Refocusing the Debate

April 15, 2016 LPS Initiative

Among the triggers and demands of Ukraine’s 2013–2014 Euromaidan antigovernment protests were fundamental concerns that go to the heart of the country’s constitutional architecture. Yet, the two main dimensions of constitutional reform pursued since 2014—judicial […]