Local Governance in the Kyrgyz Republic. Dinara Rakhmanova, Program Manager Political and Administrative Central Governance Programme Kyrgyzstan

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1 Local Governance in the Kyrgyz Republic Dinara Rakhmanova, Program Manager Political and Administrative Central Governance Programme Kyrgyzstan 1

2 General Information on Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan is a democratic country oriented to market economy. Total territory is 199,9 thousand km 2 Population is 5 millions of people (2002). Governance system Republic Administrative and territorial division 7 oblasts divided into 40 rayons (districts), 22 cities, 29 urban-type settlements and 470 ayil keneshes (village councils). 2

3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BODIES LA PRA President Executive Power -Oblast State Administrations -Oblast depts. of ministries and government agencies -RAYON STATE ADMINISTRATIONS -Rayon depts. of ministries and gov. agencies Judicial Power RAYON KENESHS Congress Of Local Communities OBLAST KENESHES (Councils) Delegated competence Ayil keneshes Village Keneshs City Keneshs А/О А/О А/О Local Self Governance 3

4 Current Situation on Governance State Governance: President and Three Branches of Power President Legislative branch of power Executive branch of power Judicial branch of power 4

5 Three Levels of Executive Power Republican level - ministries, state committees and administrative agencies Oblast level oblast departments of ministries and agencies, oblast state administrations Rayon level - rayon departments of ministries and agencies, rayon state administrations 5

6 Local Self Governance (a) Representative Bodies Local Keneshes (councils) are representative bodies of local self governance: At oblast level the local self governance is represented by Oblast Keneshes At rayon level by Rayon Keneshes At local level by Ayil (Village) and City Keneshs 6

7 Local Self Governance (b) Executive Bodies In village settlements (villages and ayils) Ayil Okmotu; In cities of republican and oblast significance City Administrations (city hall); In cities of rayon significance Town Councils 7

8 Administrative Reform National Strategy on Decentralization consisting of two parallel processes: (i)-decentralization of public administration; (ii)-delegation (devolution) of part of the state responsibilities to local self governance bodies. 8

9 (i) Decentralization of Public Administration Functions Institutional Arrangements: Commission under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on Administrative Reform. Legal Basis: Government Decrees on Administrative Reform. 9

10 (i) Decentralization of Public Administration Functions Administration Functions Problems: Lack of independent experts for conduction of functional reviews Lack of motivation for structural reforms and lack of activity from the side of territorial public administration bodies Perspectives: Extension and dissemination of experience and outcomes of training seminars for pilot ministries and agencies at oblast and rayon levels Conduction of FR in certain ministries and agencies at oblast/rayon levels, as well as in oblast/rayon state administrations 10

11 (ii) Delegation of Power to Local Self-Governance Bodies Institutional Arrangements: Ministry of Local Self-Governance Development, Congress of Local Communities. Legal basis: -Law On local self-governance and local state administration, -Law On communal property 11

12 (ii) Delegation of Power to Local Self-Governance Bodies Problems Incomplete and imperfect legislative base Not clear distribution of responsibilities Ineffective mechanism of financial regulation Low level of managerial skills Low level of administrative skills 12

13 (ii) Delegation of Power to Local Self-Governance Bodies Perspectives: New version of the Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic; National Strategy on Decentralization of State Government and Development of Local Self-Governance in the Kyrgyz Republic until 2010 ; Action Plan of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on implementation of the President s Decree On National Poverty Reduction Strategy Drafting legislation related to the local government finance 13

14 Levels Example. Administrative Structure of Education Sector: Title of offices Objectives 1. Republican 2. Oblast Ministry of Education and Culture of the Kyrgyz Republic Oblast Department of Education - Development of unified state policy in education area directed to ensuring of better, free of charge secondary education (constitutional guarantee of the State in the education field) - Coordination of rayon education departments performance on implementation of the unified state policy in education area - Coordination of rayon education departments performance on ensuring accessibility and quality of education provided 3. Rayon Rayon Department of Education - Control over implementation of the unified state policy in the education field; -Ensuring of accessibility and quality of education. 4. Ayil okmotu Commission on Social Issues of Ayil Okmotu - addressing social and everyday problems of teachers; - repairing of schools and kindergartens - electrical and energy supply for educational institutions, etc 14

15 Thank You! 15