<font color='#55563B' size='2'>Local and regional democracy in Georgia</font>
Local and regional democracy in Georgia
[20/03/2013]
The members of the Congress have examined a report on the situation of local and regional democracy in Georgia following a monitoring visit to the country in June 2012. The recommendation adopted on 19 March notes with satisfaction that progress has been made since the visit in 2004. The Congress also expresses concern about a number of issues such as the lack of standards to be applied to the auditing of local self-government entities, and the restricted financial autonomy of local authorities, which do not have sufficient “own resources”. However, the Rapporteurs note that the current Georgian Government shows a clear political will to incorporate the guiding principles of local self-government into domestic legislation. At the meeting’s close, Tengiz Shergelashvili, First Deputy-Minister for Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia, confirmed the Georgian authorities’ desire to strengthen regional and local powers. “We don’t want superficial local democracy, but rather an in-depth reform,” he said, indicating that his government wanted, in particular, to implement the principle of subsidiarity as laid out in the European Charter of Local Self-Government.
Démocratie locale et régionale en Géorgie
[20/03/2013]
Les membres du Congrès ont examiné un rapport sur la situation de la démocratie locale et régionale en Géorgie, suite à une visite de suivi effectuée dans ce pays en juin 2012. La recommandation adoptée le 19 mars note avec satisfaction les progrès réalisés depuis la visite de 2004. Le Congrès exprime aussi sa préoccupation sur un certain nombre de points, tels que l’absence de normes applicables au contrôle des entités territoriales et l’autonomie financière limitée des collectivités qui ne disposent pas de ''ressources propres'' suffisantes. Les rapporteurs notent cependant que l’actuel gouvernement géorgien manifeste une réelle volonté politique d’intégrer dans la législation nationale les principes directeurs de l’autonomie locale. Intervenant à l’issue du débat, Tengiz Shergelashvili, Premier Adjoint au Ministre du Développement Régional et de l’Infrastructure de Géorgie, a confirmé la volonté des autorités géorgiennes de lancer une réforme afin de consolider les pouvoirs locaux et régionaux. ''Nous ne voulons pas d’une démocratie locale superficielle, mais d’une réforme en profondeur'' a-t-il déclaré en indiquant que son gouvernement souhaitait, en particulier, parvenir à la mise en œuvre du principe de subsidiarité tel que prescrit par la Charte européenne de l’autonomie locale.
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The members of the Congress have examined a report on the situation of local and regional democracy in Georgia following a monitoring visit to the country in June 2012. The recommendation adopted on 19 March notes with satisfaction that progress has been made since the visit in 2004. The Congress also expresses concern about a number of issues such as the lack of standards to be applied to the auditing of local self-government entities, and the restricted financial autonomy of local authorities, which do not have sufficient “own resources”. However, the Rapporteurs note that the current Georgian Government shows a clear political will to incorporate the guiding principles of local self-government into domestic legislation. At the meeting’s close, Tengiz Shergelashvili, First Deputy-Minister for Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia, confirmed the Georgian authorities’ desire to strengthen regional and local powers. “We don’t want superficial local democracy, but rather an in-depth reform,” he said, indicating that his government wanted, in particular, to implement the principle of subsidiarity as laid out in the European Charter of Local Self-Government.