Local and Regional Governments in Europe

The capital city of Belgrade and 25
other local authorities have city status
and therefore have an additional
competence: the communal police.
The city of Belgrade, as a capital city,
has additional competences e.g. in
the field of water, fire protection, and
construction.
Regional level 2 autonomous provinces (Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina and
Autonomna Pokrajina Kosovo-Metohija)
The assembly of the autonomous
province of Vojvodina (skupstina
autonomne pokrajine) is composed
of deputies elected by direct
universal suffrage and is chaired by
the president, who represents the
assembly at the national level and
abroad. It also appoints one or more
vice-presidents. This deliberative
body enacts programmes relative
to economic, regional and social
development and adopts the
provincial budget.
The provincial government of
Vojvodina (pokrajinska vlada) is
the province's executive body. It
is composed of a president, vicepresidents
and members, responsible
before the autonomous province’s
assembly.
The autonomous province of
Vojvodina generates its own revenue
and thus provides its municipalities
with the financial resources usually
allocated by the national government.
Note from the Standing
Conference of Towns and
Municipalities of Serbia
Kosovo-Metohija is an autonomous
province within the Republic of
Serbia and, in line with the United
Nations Security Council Resolution
1244, adopted on 10 June 1999, it is
under the interim civilian and military
administration of the UN. Serbia’s
state policy determines that Republic
of Serbia will never recognise the
unilaterally proclaimed independence
of Kosovo and asserts that the future
status of the southern Serbian
province can only be defined within
the framework of adequate principles
and norms of the United Nations and
other international organisations, with
the respect of the constitutional order
of the Republic of Serbia. Given this
specific situation, further data on the
Autonomous Province of Kosovo and
Metohija cannot be provided.
Competences
• Spatial planning, regional
development and construction
of facilities
• Agriculture, forestry, hunting
and fisheries, veterinary
• Environment
• Water
• Tourism, hotels and restaurants,
spas and health resorts
• Industry and handcraft
• Road, water and railway
transport maintenance
• Social welfare
• Health care
• Education
• Employment
• Science and technology
• Economy and privatisation
• Mining and Energy
• Culture
• Human and minority rights,
support to religious communities
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