IMPLEMENTATION OF IT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES - BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES
State and local governments in e-tools have important instruments of quality management and the creation and implementation of sectoral policies. Smart city projects provide excellent services to citizens, increase the transparency and accountability of authorities, . . .
WHO SENDS MONEY HOME? FISCAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE TERRITORIAL REPRESENTATION IN SERBIA
The practice of political representatives trying to provide benefits to voters in their local communities is not new. The phenomenon is most often operationalized through financing of public works, projects, subsidies, direct transfers or social benefits, . . .
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF YOUTH ORGANIZATION IN LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT UNITS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA – PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
The paper analyzes the institutional mechanisms of youth participation in the creation and implementation of public policies, with a focus on the local level. The paper highlights the importance of young people’s social capital for the development of a healthy . . .
INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION IN SERBIA - OPPORTUNITIES AND PRACTICAL SCOPE
European experiences indicate numerous forms of inter-municipal cooperation, ranging from simpler forms aimed at more efficient and rational management (such as joint local public enterprises or shared administrations) to integrative forms where inter-municipal . . .
THE CRISIS OF LOCAL LEADERSHIP: A PASSING TREND OR A SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM?
In this paper, the author will examine the influence of the electoral system at the local level and the party system with a hegemonic or (pre)dominant party on the development of local political leadership. The main point is that Serbia is going through a . . .
LOCAL DEMOCRACY AND FORMS OF DIRECT CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNANCE (CASE STUDY – SERBIA)
The subject of this paper is the institutions of direct democracy at the local level in Serbia, with the aim of analyzing valid solutions (de lege lata) and improving the legal framework (de lege ferenda). The author starts from the thesis that local democracy . . .
CONSTITUTIONAL AND NORMATIVE POSITION OF BELGRADE AS AN OBSTACLE IN THE EXERCISE OF LOCAL DEMOCRACY
During the last few decades, the reluctance to take significant steps in the reform of territorial organization and local self-government system in Serbia had an adverse effect on both small and underdeveloped, as well as large and economically more developed . . .