1. Regional self-government on the territory of former Yugoslavia Dr Vedran Đulabić, assistant professor vedran.dulabic@pravo.hr University of Zagreb Faculty of law Chair for administrative science @vdulabic

2. Regionalisation: West-East of Europe West Waves of regionalisation –Late 1960-1970 –1980-1990 From administrative to political regionalization Third wave on the horizon? –Independence referendums (Scotland, Catalonia) –Others? East 1990’s – dissolution of complex states –SSSR –Czechoslovakia –SFRY Size matters Weak regional forces on sub-federal level Administrative regionalization Nation/state building

3. Former Yugoslavia CountryNo&Size of local units Regional self-gov Special issues 1. B&H137 27.000 10 cantons 2 entities + Brčko 2. Croatia556 7.900 20+Zagre b 3. Macedonia 81 25.400 - 4. Montenegro 21 29.500 - 5. Serbia145 41.700 Vojvodina (5b) Status of Kosovo 6. Slovenia211 9.700 -Draft law on provinces 7. Kosovo (5a) 30 56.000 -Association of north municipaliti es

4. Points for reflection Again: size matters when talking about regional self- government in former YU territory! Weak democratic potential for establishment of strong regional institutions Statistical and administrative instead of political regionalization Political regionalization is still very much perceived as a threat to national sovereignty Regionalization is very much perceived as a precondition for utilisation of EU cohesion policy Regional issues are on the agenda in some countries of the region Some of the countries have significant ethnic groups on their territory and regionalization should be considered as practical solution for loosening potential political tensions

5. Comments, questions... Dr Vedran Đulabić, assistant professor vedran.dulabic@pravo.hr University of Zagreb Faculty of law Chair for administrative science @vdulabic