Participation in Slovenian Urban
Municipalities – Theory and Practice
Więcej
Ukryj
1
Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana
Data publikacji: 31-12-2016
JoMS 2016;31(4):297-310
SŁOWA KLUCZOWE
STRESZCZENIE
The paper presents a theoretical overview of local participation and the results of
empirical research conducted on a population of Slovenian urban municipalities. The
authors tried to learn how Slovenian urban municipalities assess the implementation
of activities that effect the principle of participation at the local level as defined by the
Council of Europe’s Strategy for Innovation and Good Governance at Local Level.
Most municipalities believe they actively invite citizens to participate in decision
making and citizens are consulted in the early stages of the decision-making process.
Taken together with the findings of a survey conducted in 2014 on a population of all
Slovenian municipalities, the results show that there is still room for improvement in
participation, particularly with regard to the proactive behaviour of municipalities.