Inter-communal cooperation in the Czech Republic

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• Inter-communal cooperation in the Czech Republic
• Lukáš Vána
• Union of Town and Municipalities
• of the Czech Republic

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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

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Inter-communal cooperation

• Restricted cooperation by law
• Limited partnership company
• Unlimited liability company
• Professional association of legal entities

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Inter-communal cooperation

• How can the municipalities
• cooperate?

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Inter-communal cooperation

• Cooperation among municipalities as a devolved
  authority
• Public law treaty
• Principally among small municipalities
• Numerous treaties

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Inter-communal cooperation

• Forms of self-government cooperation
• Particular contracts
• Association of municipalities
• Establishing a legal entity by a Commercial Code
• co-operation with municipalities in other
  countries

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Inter-communal cooperation

• Particular contract
• Primarily a fixed term contract
• Primarily infrastructure projects

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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

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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

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Inter-communal cooperation

• Very common form of cooperation
• Public transport companies
• Collection, removal and safe treatment
• Water supply etc.

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Inter-communal cooperation

• Cooperation with municipalities in other
  countries
• Not a very common form of cooperation

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Inter-communal cooperation

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