SEMINAR 4.

European standards of the local self-government (2 hrs)

1. The Council of Europe’s Congress of local and regional authorities.

2. European standards of the local self-government and their implementation in Ukraine.

3. The European Charter of Local Self-Government (1985): an overview and implementation in Ukraine.

4. The European Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level (1992): an overview and possibilities of ratification by Ukraine.

Keywords:

European municipal standards, Council of Europe, Congress of local and regional authorities of the European Union, OSCE, implementation of the international standards.

Questions:

1. How the Congress of local and regional authorities of the European Union works? Is Ukraine represented in this body?

2. List the European municipal standards.

3. List some of the European organizations that work out municipal standards and support local self-government.

4. Work on your student’s portfolio.

Student’s Portfolio – chapter 4: Present the accurately and neat typed or written chapter in a single folder before the beginning of the seminar. 1. Give written answers to the following questions: - is theEuropean Charter of Local Self-Government ratified in Ukraine? (Please write 1 sentence); - if no, why? (Please write 1-3 sentences); - if yes, mention what main legal acts it affects (please write 1-3 sentences). 2. The Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level (1992). Write a brief description of the document to reflect it main ideas (approx. 200- 300 words).

Documents to be analysed:

1. The European Charter of Local Self-Government (1985).

2. The Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level (1992).

3. Law of Ukraine of 21.05.1997 ‘On Local Self-Government in Ukraine’. Chapter 1.

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