1. Multilevel Governance: principles and practice
Viktória Zöld-Nagy
Department for Territorial Public Administration Development
Ministry of Public Administration and Justice

2. Strengthening the principle of multilevel governance
Lisbon Treaty
The Committee of the Regions’ White paper on Multilevel Governance
EUROPE 2020
Establishment of European networks

3. Dimensions of multilevel governance
Vertical:
linkages between higher and lower levels of government, including their institutional, financial, and informational aspects.
Instruments: local capacity building, incentives for effectiveness of sub national levels of government, coordination, consultation, participatory democracy, principle of subsidiarity
Horizontal:
co-operation between regions or between municipalities
Instruments: cooperation agreements, associations, international organizations

4. Relationship – mutual dependance
Overlaps and „gaps”:
Information gap
Capacity gap
Funding gap
Administrative gap
Policy gap
co-ordination, capacity building, leadership

5. Role of local and regional authorities in the EU
- Around local and regional authorities
- Major tasks and competences in key sectors (education, environment protection, economic developemnt, social, healthcare services)
- Around 70 % of EU law is implemented by local and regional authorities
Local and regional authorities within the EU represent:
16% of GDP;
1/3 of public spending;
56% of public empolyment.

6. Objectives in Hungary - New Government from May 2010:
Government Program of National Cooperation (adopted by Parliament)
Concept of Good State:
public administration development is underway
revision of government levels, including the revision of the tasks and competences of local authorities
mutual respect of competence
Partnership and cooperation of government actors
National Cooperation Forum of Local Authorities

7. Best practice I. – culture, public services
Hódmezővásárhely
– development of basic social services and welfare of children
- ‘’Public Treasure” round table
Kecskemét
– Senior Council
Szolnok
– reorganization of the provision of social services, municipal cooperation
- „Providing City”

8. Best practice II. – crossborder cooperation projects
Sopron
– open borders project
Miskolc
- E-citizen
- Ermis
Hódmezővásárhely
- CeRamICa
- integrated development of devastated districts

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