FYR Macedonia : Decentralization Status Report
To institutionalize the decentralization elements of the peace settlement in Macedonia, the Framework Agreement calls for specific changes in the Constitution, and three specific items of legislation: a new law on local governments specifying the f...
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ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AUTHORITY BUDGETARY AUTONOMY BUDGETARY FUNDS CASH BENEFITS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIZENS CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS COUNCILS DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING POWER DECISION-MAKING DECREE DEFICITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXCHANGE RATE EXECUTION EXPENDITURE FISCAL FISCAL PERFORMANCE FISCAL YEAR GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES GOVERNMENT REVENUES HOUSING INCOME INSURANCE LAWS LEGAL AUTHORITY LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LEGISLATORS LEGISLATURE LOCAL AUTONOMY LOCAL FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL SELF- GOVERNMENT LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT MANDATES MINISTRY OF FINANCE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY PENALTIES PENSIONS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE PRIVATIZATION PROVISIONS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES REPRESENTATIVES RETIREMENT ROADS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STREETS SUBSIDIARY TAX TAX COLLECTIONS TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAX SHARING TAX SYSTEM TAXATION TOTAL EXPENDITURES UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT VETO WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER SUPPLY WILLINGNESS TO PAY DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAWS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW FINANCE LAW REFORM POLICY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SOCIAL SECTOR REFORM TAXATION TAX LEGISLATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURES INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FISCAL POLICY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION |
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ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AUTHORITY BUDGETARY AUTONOMY BUDGETARY FUNDS CASH BENEFITS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIZENS CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS COUNCILS DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING POWER DECISION-MAKING DECREE DEFICITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXCHANGE RATE EXECUTION EXPENDITURE FISCAL FISCAL PERFORMANCE FISCAL YEAR GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES GOVERNMENT REVENUES HOUSING INCOME INSURANCE LAWS LEGAL AUTHORITY LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LEGISLATORS LEGISLATURE LOCAL AUTONOMY LOCAL FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL SELF- GOVERNMENT LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT MANDATES MINISTRY OF FINANCE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY PENALTIES PENSIONS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE PRIVATIZATION PROVISIONS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES REPRESENTATIVES RETIREMENT ROADS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STREETS SUBSIDIARY TAX TAX COLLECTIONS TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAX SHARING TAX SYSTEM TAXATION TOTAL EXPENDITURES UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT VETO WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER SUPPLY WILLINGNESS TO PAY DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAWS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW FINANCE LAW REFORM POLICY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SOCIAL SECTOR REFORM TAXATION TAX LEGISLATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURES INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FISCAL POLICY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION World Bank FYR Macedonia : Decentralization Status Report |
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To institutionalize the decentralization
elements of the peace settlement in Macedonia, the Framework
Agreement calls for specific changes in the Constitution,
and three specific items of legislation: a new law on local
governments specifying the functions they are to assume, a
local finance law specifying how these functions are to be
financed, and, a law revising the boundaries of local
governments, on the basis of a new census. While the
Constitutional amendments have been approved, progress on
the rest of the legislative agenda has proceeded slowly. The
census on which the territorial reform was to be based has
only recently been completed. The local government law has
been approved, but requires extensive subsidiary legislation
before it can be implemented. The new finance law is only
now in the drafting process. The next local elections are
scheduled for 2004, thus a considerable amount of work will
be required to ensure that the impact of decentralization
will be perceptible to the electorate by that time. This
paper is directed at two audiences: the first is the
Government, which is now in the process of drafting detailed
legislation on territorial reform, local finance, and the
decentralization of specific sectors. For this audience, the
report lays out some of the issues that will need to be
addressed in the course of implementing the decentralization
provisions of the Framework Agreement; the second is the
World Bank, the European Union (EU) special representative,
the U.S. Ambassador, and other members of the donor
community. For this audience, the report is intended to
describe the present status of the decentralization process,
and suggest a strategy for assisting the Government in this
sequence of reforms. It reviews the existing legal
structure, the expenditure assignment, particularly on
education, social protection, and health care, and that of
public utilities, as well as the revenue assignment through
its municipal taxation, and overall fiscal performance. The
report then examines the decentralization framework
agreement, and the new legislation being, or to be adopted
regarding the local self government law, in particular on
social sectors, and proposed changes on municipal
competencies. Within the action plan, the Government's
current operational program for decentralization of power
2003-04 is presented, outlining the territorial reform which
specifies that new municipal boundaries will be defined on
the basis of a new census. Regarding finance, under the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) report's strategy,
municipalities would later assume responsibility for some
assets, and related maintenance costs during the subsequent
phase of decentralization. |
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Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note |
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FYR Macedonia : Decentralization Status Report |
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FYR Macedonia : Decentralization Status Report |
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FYR Macedonia : Decentralization Status Report |
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FYR Macedonia : Decentralization Status Report |
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FYR Macedonia : Decentralization Status Report |
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fyr macedonia : decentralization status report |
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Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/09/2624078/macedonia-decentralization-status-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14642 |
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okr-10986-146422021-04-23T14:03:17Z FYR Macedonia : Decentralization Status Report World Bank ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AUTHORITY BUDGETARY AUTONOMY BUDGETARY FUNDS CASH BENEFITS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIZENS CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS COUNCILS DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING POWER DECISION-MAKING DECREE DEFICITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXCHANGE RATE EXECUTION EXPENDITURE FISCAL FISCAL PERFORMANCE FISCAL YEAR GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES GOVERNMENT REVENUES HOUSING INCOME INSURANCE LAWS LEGAL AUTHORITY LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LEGISLATORS LEGISLATURE LOCAL AUTONOMY LOCAL FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL SELF- GOVERNMENT LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT MANDATES MINISTRY OF FINANCE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY PENALTIES PENSIONS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE PRIVATIZATION PROVISIONS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES REPRESENTATIVES RETIREMENT ROADS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STREETS SUBSIDIARY TAX TAX COLLECTIONS TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAX SHARING TAX SYSTEM TAXATION TOTAL EXPENDITURES UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT VETO WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER SUPPLY WILLINGNESS TO PAY DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAWS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW FINANCE LAW REFORM POLICY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SOCIAL SECTOR REFORM TAXATION TAX LEGISLATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURES INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FISCAL POLICY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION To institutionalize the decentralization elements of the peace settlement in Macedonia, the Framework Agreement calls for specific changes in the Constitution, and three specific items of legislation: a new law on local governments specifying the functions they are to assume, a local finance law specifying how these functions are to be financed, and, a law revising the boundaries of local governments, on the basis of a new census. While the Constitutional amendments have been approved, progress on the rest of the legislative agenda has proceeded slowly. The census on which the territorial reform was to be based has only recently been completed. The local government law has been approved, but requires extensive subsidiary legislation before it can be implemented. The new finance law is only now in the drafting process. The next local elections are scheduled for 2004, thus a considerable amount of work will be required to ensure that the impact of decentralization will be perceptible to the electorate by that time. This paper is directed at two audiences: the first is the Government, which is now in the process of drafting detailed legislation on territorial reform, local finance, and the decentralization of specific sectors. For this audience, the report lays out some of the issues that will need to be addressed in the course of implementing the decentralization provisions of the Framework Agreement; the second is the World Bank, the European Union (EU) special representative, the U.S. Ambassador, and other members of the donor community. For this audience, the report is intended to describe the present status of the decentralization process, and suggest a strategy for assisting the Government in this sequence of reforms. It reviews the existing legal structure, the expenditure assignment, particularly on education, social protection, and health care, and that of public utilities, as well as the revenue assignment through its municipal taxation, and overall fiscal performance. The report then examines the decentralization framework agreement, and the new legislation being, or to be adopted regarding the local self government law, in particular on social sectors, and proposed changes on municipal competencies. Within the action plan, the Government's current operational program for decentralization of power 2003-04 is presented, outlining the territorial reform which specifies that new municipal boundaries will be defined on the basis of a new census. Regarding finance, under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) report's strategy, municipalities would later assume responsibility for some assets, and related maintenance costs during the subsequent phase of decentralization. 2013-07-29T19:57:07Z 2013-07-29T19:57:07Z 2003-09-22 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/09/2624078/macedonia-decentralization-status-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14642 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of North Macedonia (Formerly the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) |