Transcript Inter-communal cooperation in the Czech Republic Lukáš Váňa

Inter-communal
cooperation in the Czech
Republic
Lukáš Váňa
Union of Town and Municipalities
of the Czech Republic
Inter-communal cooperation
• Population of the Czech Republic
– 10.2 million inhabitants
• Number of municipalities
– 6.258 (more than 5.000 municipalities
have less than 1.000 inhabitants)
• Number of regions
– 14
• small municipalities must cooperate
Inter-communal cooperation
Restricted cooperation by law:
• Limited partnership company
• Unlimited liability company
• Professional association of legal entities
Inter-communal cooperation
How can the municipalities
cooperate?
Inter-communal cooperation
Cooperation among municipalities
as a devolved authority:
• Public law treaty
• Principally among small municipalities
• Numerous treaties
Inter-communal cooperation
Forms of self-government
cooperation:
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Particular contracts
Association of municipalities
Establishing a legal entity by a
Commercial Code
co-operation with municipalities in other
countries
Inter-communal cooperation
Particular contract:
• Primarily a fixed term contract
• Primarily infrastructure
projects
Inter-communal cooperation
Association of municipalities
• Most utilised form of cooperation
among municipalities
• Members only municipalities
• Education, social care, tourism,
collection, removal and safe treatment,
administration of the
property of the
municipalities
• more than 400 associations
Inter-communal cooperation
Establishing legal entities by Commercial
Code
• Public limited company
• Limited liability company
• Owners only municipalities
• Shared with other legal entities or natural
persons
Inter-communal cooperation
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Very common form of cooperation
Public transport companies
Collection, removal and safe treatment
Water supply etc.
Inter-communal cooperation
Cooperation with municipalities in
other countries
• Not a very common form of cooperation
Inter-communal cooperation
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