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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 40
United Cities and Local Governments
UCLG Euro-Asia Regional Policy Recommendation These recommendations were developed by the participants in the Eurasia GOLDII workshop, held in Moscow, February 2010. •
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Administrative-territorial division and the status of local government should be clarified: local executive bodies should be accountable to the local representative bodies and thus to the citizens; Clear assignment of expenditure responsibilities should be established;
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Unfunded mandates should be eliminated not only on paper but in the everyday practice, delegated functions must be supported with adequate financial resources;
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Local governments should have autonomy over local budgets: expenditure autonomy should be supported by revenue autonomy with sufficient revenue sources;
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Local government responsibilities at the lowest level (that closest to citizens) should be increased and matched with adequate funds;
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Transfer allocations should be transparent and should not contain negative incentives;
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The administration and collection of local taxes should be transferred to the local level;
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Inter-municipal cooperation should be developed: local governments should work together for better services provision;
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Inter-municipal short-term loans can be recommended as a good system of mutual assistance;
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Evaluation of the quality of local services and sufficiency of funding should be provided by external non-partisan entity;
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Access to capital markets should be provided for local governments.