Vietos savivalda ir sprendimų priėmimas
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2003 |
Lietuvos vietos savivaldos funkcionavimo bei jos galiø klausimu daug diskutuojama ávairiø lygiø valdþios institucijose, visuomeninëse organizacijose, bendruomenëse. Vieningai pritariama, jog bûtina suteikti didesnes galias paèioms bendruomenëms bei jø iðrinktoms vietos valdþios institucijoms spræsti tas problemas, kurias jos geriausiai iðmano (subsidiarumas). Deja, metai ið metø, kalbant apie vietos savivaldos galiø didinimà, nesikeièia vietos savivaldos finansinë ir fiskalinë priklausomybë nuo centrinës valdþios, lieka nepagrástai dideli savivaldybiø teritorijos dydþiai (gyventojø kiekis). Tai lemia ribotas sprendimø priëmimo galimybes, jau priimtø sprendimø ágyvendinimà. Lietuvos vietos savivaldos finansinis ir fiskalinis savarankiðkumas bei ið to sekanti sprendimø priëmimo galimybë gerokai skiriasi nuo kitø Baltijos bei Vidurio Europos ir Skandinavijos valstybiø. Ðis straipsnis skirtas mûsø valstybës vietos savivaldos fiskalinio bei finansinio savarankiðkumo bei savivaldybiø dydþiø palyginti su Skandinavijos, Vidurio Europos ir Baltijos valstybëmis nulemtai sprendimø priëmimo galiø analizei
The functions and powers of local self-governance are broadly discussed at all levels of government institutions, non-governmental organizations and communities. There is an expressed position that local communities and their local self-governing institutions should be given the power of subsidiary decision making in locally specific issues. However, year after year, the unanimous attitude is suppressed by financial and fiscal dependence upon the central government, unreasonably large territorial units with high population density. These circumstances limit down the decision-making and, moreover, the implementation of the decisions. From this point of view, the financial and fiscal powers of local self-governing institutions and, consequently, the decision-making strata are significantly different from those in other Baltic and Central European countries, as well as Scandinavian states. This article deals with the analysis of local self-governing administration in terms of its fiscal and financial empowerment, the size of the local communities and its impact on decision-making. A comparison is drawn with Scandinavian, central European and Baltic countries.