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20 Eur. Pub. L. 263 (2014)
A Overview of the Current Situation of Regional Democracy in the Slovak Republic

handle is hein.kluwer/epl0020 and id is 291 raw text is: A Overview of the Current Situation of Regional Democracy in the Slovak Republic Fabio RATro TRABucco* 1 INTRODUCTION Regional democracy in the Slovak Republic has experienced a radical change in the last years. From the stage of a strong unitary country, it has evolved to a decentralized one. The reform has been conducted on a comprehensive basis, developing at the same time the local and the regional layers of government. During this period, the Slovak Republic has carried out a comprehensive project of global reform of public administration, on which decentralization is a key element. The government then in power made explicit its intention in a strategic political document, called the 'Concept for decentralization and modernization of public administration', supported by all the parties in the cabinet and approved by Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Slovakia (n° 230, of 11 April 2000). Most of the developments that took place afterwards have been anchored in that strategy. The final target was to have a streamlined government, territorially divided in three layers: State administration, with a central organization and a deconcentrated one; the regional layer; the local authorities. Although the creation of Regions (or 'Higher Territorial Units', 'HTU' or 'Upper Territorial Unit') has been foreseen in the Slovak Constitution since 1992, the Magna Charta was amended in 2001 with the purpose, among others to help introduce regional democracy in the country. The Constitution of the Slovak Republic contains basic provisions, setting up a level of regional self-government in Articles 64, 65 and 69 (which deal at the same time with local and regional self-government). Namely, the Constitution foresees the future creation of 'a higher territorial unit', the details of which will be laid down by a law (Article 64a). Furthermore, Article 65 depicts the Higher Territorial Units (Regions) as legal persons 'which manage their own property and their financial means independently, under the conditions laid down by a law'. They will 'finance their needs primarily from their own revenues and also from Contract Professor in Public Law, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Management. Ratto Trabucco, Fabio. 'A Overview of the Current Situation of Regional Democracy in the Slovak Republic'. European Public Latv 20, no. 2 (2014): 263-274. © 2014 Kluwer Law International BV, The Netherlands

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