Local Self-Government in Slovenia

U radu se analiziraju komponente lokalne samouprave u Republici Sloveniji: teritorijalna organizacija, lokalni poslovi, neposredno sudjelovanje građana u odlučivanju o lokalnim poslovima, lokalna tijela i izborni sustav, financiranje lokalnih jedinica te centralno-lokalni odnosi. Svaka od njih prikazana je odvojeno. Kratak osvrt daje se i o pojedinim elementima sustava pokrajinske samouprave, koji još uvijek nije zaživio. Sustav lokalne samouprave u Republici Sloveniji uspostavljen je donošenjem Ustava 1991. 1.Teritorijalne, organizacijske i funkcionalne odrednice lokalne samouprave te pravni status samoupravnih lokalnih jedinica uređuje Zakon o lokalnoj samoupravi iz 1993. 2. Posebni zakoni reguliraju određene aspekte lokalne samouprave (lokalne izbore, sustav financiranja lokalne samouprave i dr.).The components of local self-government in Slovenia are analysed: territorial organisation, local affairs, direct participation of citizens in deciding about local affairs, local bodies and election system, financing of local units, and central-local relations. Each component is shown separately. Individual elements of regional self-government system, which has not become viable yet, are also briefly taken into consideration. The system of local self-government in the Republic of Slovenia was established by adopting the Constitution in 1991. Territorial, organisational, and functional characteristics of Slovenian local self-government and the legal status of local self-government units were all regulated by the Law on Local Self-Government of 1993. Special laws regulate certain aspects of local self-government (local elections, financing system, etc