In order to contribute to the implementation of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in BiH, as well as to increase the efficiency of work and accountability of local authorities towards citizens, CCI researched the issue of the relationship between municipal mayors and assemblies/councils in 2009, and created proposals for improving existing policies in this area. The approach included an analysis of cases of successful and failed recall of mayors in both entities of BiH with the aim of identifying the causes of these processes and their future systemic prevention.

This research was carried out as part of the project “The Function of the Mayor in the System of Local Self-Government in BiH” which is being implemented by the Centers of Civil Initiatives with the support of the Open Society Fund BiH and the Municipal Development Program in BiH, and whose goal is to increase the level of efficiency of the functioning of local self-governments by reducing the grounds for non-cooperation between councilors and mayors – directly elected by citizens.


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Odnos načelnika i skupština u BiH

U namjeri da doprinese realizaciji Evropske povelje o lokalnoj samoupravi u BiH, kao i povećanju efikasnosti rada i odgovornosti lokalnih vlasti prema građanima, CCI je tokom 2009.godine istraživao problematiku odnosa opštinskih načelnika i skupština/vijeća, te kreirao prijedloge za poboljšanje postojećih politika u ovoj oblasti. Pristup je podrazumijevao analizu slučajeva uspjelih i propalih opoziva načelnika u oba entiteta BiH s ciljem identifikacije uzroka tih procesa i njihove buduće sistemske prevencije.

Ovo je istraživanje realizovano u sklopu projekta „Funkcija načelnika opštine u sistemu lokalne samouprave u BiH“ koji Centri civilnih inicijativa realizuju uz podršku Fonda otvoreno društvo BiH i Programa razvoja opština u BiH, a čiji je cilj podizanje nivoa efikasnosti funkcionisanja lokalnih samouprava redukovanjem osnova za nesaradnju odbornika i načelnika – direktno biranih od strane građana.