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DECENTRALIZATION LETíS DECIDE FOR OURSELVES MUNICIPALITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Area Populated Name of Municipality Population in km2 areas 1 ARACINOVO 11,597 31.30 4 2 BEROVO 13,941 598.07 9 3 BITOLA 95,385 787.95 66 4 BOGDANCI 8,707 114.54 4 5 BOSILOVO 14,260 161.99 16 6 BRVENICA 15,855 164.30 10 7 VALANDOVO 11,890 331.40 29 8 VASILEVO 12,122 230.40 18 9 VEVCANI 2,433 22.80 1 10 VELES 55,108 427.45 29 11 VINICA 19,938 432.67 16 12 VRANESTICA 1,322 109.13 15 13 VRAPCISTE 25,399 157.98 15 14 GEVGELIJA 22,988 483.43 17 15 GOSTIVAR 81,042 513.39 35 16 GRADSKO 3,760 236.19 16 17 DEBAR 19,542 145.67 18 18 DEBARCA 5,507 425.39 30 19 DELCEVO 17,505 422.39 22 20 DEMIR KAPIJA 4,545 311.06 15 21 DEMIR HISAR 9,497 480.13 41 22 DOJRAN 3,426 129.16 13 23 DOLNENI 13,568 412.43 37 24 DRUGOVO 3,249 383.24 28 25 ZELINO 24,390 201.04 18 26 ZAJAS 11,605 161.08 13 27 ZELENIKOVO 4,077 176.95 14 28 ZRNOVCI 3,264 55.82 3 29 ILINDEN 15,894 97.02 12 30 JEGUNOVCE 10,790 176.93 17 31 KAVADARCI 38,741 992.44 40 32 BOGOVINJE 28,997 141.65 14 33 KARBINCI 4,012 229.70 29 34 KICEVO 30,138 49.14 7 35 KONCE 3,536 233.05 14 36 KOCANI 38,092 360.36 28 37 KRATOVO 10,441 375.44 31 38 KRIVA PALANKA 20,820 480.81 34 39 KRIVOGASTANI 6,150 93.57 13 40 KRUSEVO 9,684 190.68 19 41 KUMANOVO 105,484 509.48 48 42 LIPKOVO 27,058 267.82 22 43 LOZOVO 2,858 166.32 11 MAVROVO I 44 ROSTUSA 8,618 663.19 42

2 45 M. KAMENICA 8,110 190.37 9 46 MAKEDONSKI BROD 7,141 888.97 51 47 MOGILA 6,710 255.62 23 48 NEGOTINO 19,212 426.46 19 49 NOVACI 3,549 753.53 41 50 NOVO SELO 11,567 237.83 16 51 OSLOMEJ 10,420 121.09 16 52 OHRID 55,749 389.93 29 53 PETROVEC 8,255 201.93 16 54 PEHCEVO 5,517 208.20 7 55 PLASNICA 4,545 54.44 4 56 PRILEP 76,768 1194.44 59 57 PROBISTIP 16,193 325.57 36 58 RADOVIS 28,244 497.48 36 59 RANKOVCE 4,144 240.71 18 60 RESEN 16,825 550.77 44 61 ROSOMAN 4,141 132.90 10 62 SVETI NIKOLE 18,497 482.89 33 63 SOPISTE 5,656 222.10 13 64 STARO NAGORICANE 4,840 433.41 39 65 STRUGA 63,376 483.00 51 66 STRUMICA 54,676 321.49 25 67 STUDENICANI 17,246 276.16 19 68 TEARCE 22,454 136.54 13 69 TETOVO 86,580 261.89 20 70 CENTAR ZUPA 6,519 107.21 23 71 CASKA 7,673 819.45 42 CESINOVO- 72 OBLESEVO 7,490 132.20 14 73 CUCER - SANDEVO 8,493 240.78 12 74 STIP 47,796 583.24 44 75 AERODROM 72,009 21.85 1 76 BUTEL 37,371 54.79 4 77 GAZI BABA 72,617 110.86 13 78 GORCE PETROV 41,634 66.93 6 79 KARPOS 59,666 35.21 2 80 KISELA VODA 57,236 34.24 2 81 SARAJ 35,408 229.06 22 82 CENTAR 45,362 7.52 1 83 CAIR 64,823 3.52 1 84 SUTO ORIZARI 20,800 7.48 1

CITY OF SKOPJE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Population - 506 926 Population - 2 022 547

Area - 571 km2 Area - 25 713 km2

3 CITIZENS HAVE A GUARANTEED CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

THE MUNICIPALITY IS A LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT UNIT

THE LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA IS TERRITORIAL- LY ORGANISED IN 84 MUNICIPALITIES, OF WHICH 10 ARE IN THE CITY OF SKOPJE.

ALL MUNICIPALITIES HAVE EQUAL COMPETENCES

THE MUNICIPALITY PERFORMS ITS TASKS THROUGH ORGANS ELECTED DIRECTLY BY THE CITIZENS

CITIZENS EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT DIRECTLY AND THROUGH THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE ORGANS OF THE MUNICIPALITY

THE CITY OF SKOPJE IS A PARTICULAR LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT UNIT WHERE CITIZENS FULFIL THEIR COMMON NEEDS AND INTERESTS ARISING FROM THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY OF SKOPJE AS THE CAPITAL OF REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

4 KEY FACTS ABOUT THE MUNICIPALITIES

• The biggest municipality in the Republic of Macedonia by population is Kumanovo, with 105,484 inhabitants. • Vranestica has the least population, with 1,322 inhabitants and Vevcani, with 2,433 inhabitants. • Prilep is the biggest municipality by territory, 1,198 square kilometres. • The smallest municipality by territory is Vevcani, 23 square kilometres. • Out of the municipalities in the city of Skopje, the biggest municipality by population is Gazi Baba, with 72,617 inhabitants, whereas the smallest one is Suto Orizari, 20,800 inhabitants. • The biggest municipality in Skopje by territory is Saraj, 229 square kilometres, the smallest being Cair, 3.5 square kilometres.

Out of 84 municipalities: • there are 16 with less than 5,000 inhabitants; • 16 municipalities, 5,000 - 10,000 inhabitants; • 21 municipalities, 10,000 - 20,000 inhabitants; • 17 municipalities, 20,000 - 50,0000 inhabitants; • 13 municipalities, 50,000 - 100,000 inhabitants; • Only one municipality, Kumanovo, has over 100,000 inhabitants.

In the Republic of Macedonia, there is a total of 1,767 populated areas. Bitola is the biggest municipality by the number of populated areas, a total of 66.

In 32 municipalities, beside the Macedonian, another official language and alphabet in use is the one of the ethnic community represented by over 20% of the population. • In 28 of these municipalities, both Macedonian and Albanian are official languages, • in 4 municipalities, Macedonian and Turkish, • in 1 municipality, Macedonian and Serbian, and • in one, Macedonian and Roma languages. In 19 of these 32 municipalities, the representatives of the non-majority communities at central level, are represented by over 50%. Those municipalities are: Aracinovo, Brvenica, Vrapciste, Gostivar, Debar, Zelino, Zajas, Bogovinje, Lipkovo, Oslomej, Plasnica, Struga, Studenicani, Tearce, Tetovo, Centar Zupa, Saraj, Cair and Suto Orizari.

The regulations related to culture, use of alphabet and languages spoken by less than 20% of the citizens in the municipality, the determining and the use of the coat of arms and the flag of the municipality are adopted by majority of votes from the present Council members, with majority of votes of the present Council members from communities which are not the majority population in the municipality (so-called “Badinter majority”). The so-called “Badinter majority” is used for determining names of streets, squares, and bridges. 5 1.04 20993 20993 0.84 17018 17018 1.78 35939 35939 0.48 9695 9695 Number % Number % Number % Number % % Number % Number % Number Number 2.66 53879 53879 3.85 77959 77959 25.17 25.17 509083 509083 64.18 64.18 Macedonians Albanians Turks Romas Vlachs Serbs Bosniaks Other Total number of population of the Republic of Macedonia according to the declared ethnic affiliation, by municipality municipality by affiliation, according ethnic the declared to Macedonia of of the Republic Total number of population Number Number % Number % Number % Number % 3426 3426 77.09 2641 17 0.50 3249 11.73 85.69 402 2784 4.77 155 59 1.72 8.99 292 3 0.09 1 0.03 8.09 277 0 0.00 0.06 2 0.73 25 0.25 8 0.00 0 0.28 9 8707 8093 92.95 2 0.02 54 0.62 1 0.01 5 0.06 525 6.03 0 0.00 27 0.31 27 0.00 6.03 0 525 0.29 0.06 5 0.01 0.00 7 1 0.62 0.12 0 54 0.04 3 0.02 1 0.00 2 92.95 0 0.00 8093 8707 0 0.12 3 99.42 2419 2433 1322 78.14 1033 10 0.76 20.88 276 0 0.00 3760 77.77 2924 3.32 125 0 0.00 5507 96.68 71 1.89 5324 2.78 153 0.15 2 3.38 127 4545 87.94 3997 2 0.04 0.00 0 0 0.00 23 0.51 0.08 0.61 7.57 23 344 0 0.00 1 12.37 465 16 0.35 0.66 1 0.02 25 0 0.00 0.15 8 2.90 132 0.00 0 0.02 1 0.35 19 0.70 32 9497 9497 96.65 9179 2.44 232 35 0.37 11 0.12 7 0.07 4077 61.86 29.58 2522 1206 0.14 13 1 0.02 0.02 2 92 2.26 0.19 18 1 0.02 1.10 45 4.68 191 0.47 19 19938 18261 91.59 91.59 19938 18261 0 0.00 25399 83.08 1.36 272 4.10 1041 12.34 21101 3134 6.17 1230 66.68 19.59 81042 0.61 121 54038 9.86 7991 15877 0 0.00 2.76 2237 0.16 32 19542 0 0.00 15 0.02 20.01 3911 0.00 0 0.20 160 58.07 11348 0.02 4 95.04 17505 0.11 16637 22 0.05 39 13.73 2684 0.85 685 1080 0.03 8 7 0.04 5.53 0.44 111 0.70 122 3.72 651 2 0.01 4 0.02 22 0.11 0.20 35 0.00 0 3 0.02 0.28 49 2.52 492 15855 5949 37.52 9770 61.62 2 0.01 0 0.00 0 0.00 78 0.49 1 0.01 55 0.35 55 0.01 0.49 1 78 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.01 2 61.62 11597 9770 93.81 95.65 13941 5.14 596 10879 13335 37.52 88.71 95385 84616 4.37 4164 0 0.00 0 0.00 1.69 1610 2.74 2613 95.72 14260 91 0.65 5949 1.33 1270 0 0.00 13649 3.29 459 15855 0.57 541 0 0.00 11890 1 0.01 82.67 0.02 21 3.47 495 6 0.04 9830 0.58 0.09 10 550 24 0.17 0.14 20 0 0.00 11.21 1333 0.56 65 32 0.27 0 0.00 0.40 0.02 3 46 0.19 27 1 0.01 0.06 8 5.37 639 0.00 0 0.01 1 0.59 84 0.45 54 13568 35.90 4871 24390 26.65 3616 19.14 2597 11605 99.20 71 0.29 24195 97.44 1.82 211 11308 13 2 0.01 0.10 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 16 0.12 0.00 1 17.54 2380 0.05 6 0.02 5 0.55 75 0.48 0.00 0 116 0.69 80 12122 9958 82.15 0 0.00 2095 17.28 5 0.04 1 0.01 4 0.03 1 0.01 58 0.48 58 0.01 0.03 1 0.01 4 1 0.04 5 17.28 2095 0.00 0 82.15 9958 12122 84.86 55108 46767 4.17 2299 3.13 1724 1.45 800 0.62 343 0.98 96.82 540 22988 22258 4.37 2406 0.42 229 8 0.03 31 0.13 13 0.06 0.93 214 1.60 367 0.02 5 0.40 92 Total Total Name of municipality municipality BEROVO BITOLA BOGDANCI BOSILOVO BRVENICA VALANDOVO VASILEVO VEVCANI DRUGOVO ZAJAS VELES VINICA VRANESTICA VRAPCISTE GEVGELIJA GOSTIVAR GRADSKO DEBAR DEBARCA DELCEVO DEMIR KAPIJA DEMIR HISAR ARACINOVO DOJRAN DOLNENI ZELINO ZELENIKOVO R. MACEDONIA 2022547 1297981 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 25 27 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 No.

6 8618 8618 8110 50.46 4349 99.32 8055 17.21 1483 7141 97.00 31.10 2680 0 0.00 6927 0 0.00 10 0 0.00 0.12 2.53 181 14 0.17 0 3 0.04 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.30 24 8255 6 51.44 22.86 0.07 4246 0.31 22 1887 5517 85.86 0.10 8 4737 75 0.91 4545 31 0.01 1 0.36 0.11 1.62 134 0 0.00 9 34 0.75 0.10 6.47 357 7 0.68 59 0 0.00 20 0.44 7.07 390 97.82 4446 5.03 415 17.47 1442 0.68 2 0.04 0 0.00 56 0.22 12 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.34 19 0.00 0 0.99 45 3264 3247 99.48 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 13 0.40 2 0.06 0 0.00 2 0.06 0.00 2 0.06 0 0.40 2 0.08 13 0.00 0.00 3 0 0.00 0.08 0 0 0.00 0.16 0.00 3 0 99.48 0 0.00 10 0.00 3247 0 14.73 0.10 0 3264 521 0.00 6 0.00 0 0.13 0 85.10 8 0.00 4012 79.76 3200 3009 0 0.00 3536 0 0.00 18.15 728 0 99.61 2 0.05 6126 54 1.35 6150 0.30 12 9684 62.79 21.31 6081 2064 0.00 0 3.25 315 0.40 16 2858 0 0.00 86.46 10.53 2471 1020 35 1.22 0.39 38 5.49 157 1.41 137 0.30 29 0 0.00 4.27 122 0.94 27 1.19 34 0.42 12 6710 6710 95.86 6432 34 0.51 3549 98.34 3.41 229 3490 21 0.59 6 0.09 27 0.76 0 0.00 0 0.00 0.03 2 1 0.03 0.00 0 0.20 7 0.10 7 0.00 0 0.08 3 30138 16140 53.55 9202 30.53 2430 8.06 1630 5.41 5.41 0.25 1.88 0.29 1630 8.06 76 0.02 86 2430 30.53 567 28997 7 9202 53.55 95.23 37 0.13 27614 16140 4.08 1183 30138 5 0.02 93.12 38092 35472 0 0.00 1 0.00 0.83 315 0.00 1 5.12 1951 0.51 194 0.03 9 0.51 0.18 67 148 27058 0.01 2 97.42 0.62 169 26360 0.24 90 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.00 1.37 370 0.02 6 0.56 152 15894 13959 87.83 352 2.21 17 0.11 428 2.69 1 0.01 912 5.74 0 0.00 225 1.42 0.00 225 5.74 0 0.01 912 2.69 1 428 0.11 2.21 17 352 87.83 13959 15894 10790 55.26 43.02 5963 4642 4 0.04 41 0.38 0.24 0 0.00 1.01 109 28 0.02 0.01 1 96.05 20820 19998 0.22 2 0.28 30 0 0.00 25 0.00 2 0.01 0 0.03 3.21 668 3 0.00 3 0.01 0.49 103 0 0.00 0.01 2 0 99.50 0.21 44 92.48 19212 17768 11509 30 0.16 11567 1.26 243 10420 2.36 453 98.39 84.92 55749 1.06 110 10252 47344 14 0.07 5.31 2962 4.07 2268 3.26 627 0 0.00 69 0.12 0.01 1 0 0.00 0.58 323 92.33 76768 0.40 0.66 70878 366 76 98.67 16193 0 0.00 22 0.03 15977 0.05 29 4.28 1.19 917 2388 0 0.00 0.00 0 5.77 4433 17 0.02 6 0.04 0.01 1 0.22 172 0.55 37 0.23 57 0.11 86 0.32 37 0.23 243 0.55 89 0.01 1 0.28 46 38741 37499 96.79 96.79 38741 37499 2 0.01 0.43 167 1.75 679 27 0.07 0.56 218 97.99 10441 10231 0.01 4 0 0.00 0.37 145 8 0.08 1.45 151 1 0.01 0.32 33 0.00 0 0.16 17 105484 63746 60.43 27290 25.87 25.87 60.43 105484 27290 63746 0.28 292 4.03 4256 0.14 147 8.59 9062 0.02 20 0.64 671 ZRNOVCI ILINDEN JEGUNOVCE KAVADARCI BOGOVINJE KRIVOGASTANI KRUSEVO KUMANOVO LIPKOVO NOVO SELO OHRID PEHCHEVO PRILEP KARBINCI KICEVO KONCE KOCANI KRATOVO KRIVA LOZOVO MAVROVO I MAKEDONSKI BROD PALANKA ROSTUSA M. KAMENICA MOGILA NEGOTINO NOVACI OSLOMEJ PETROVEC PLASNICA PROBISTIP 28 29 30 38 39 40 44 45 51 53 55 57 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 41 42 43 46 47 48 49 50 52 54 56

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58 RADOVIS 28244 23752 84.10 8 0.03 4061 14.38 271 0.96 26 0.09 71 0.25 1 0.00 54 0.19 59 RANKOVCE 4144 4058 97.92 0 0.00 0 0.00 57 1.38 0 0.00 18 0.43 0 0.00 11 0.27 60 RESEN 16825 12798 76.07 1536 9.13 1797 10.68 184 1.09 26 0.15 74 0.44 1 0.01 409 2.43 61 ROSOMAN 4141 3694 89.21 0 0.00 0 0.00 6 0.14 0 0.00 409 9.88 0 0.00 32 0.77 62 SVETI NIKOLE 18497 18005 97.34 0 0.00 81 0.44 72 0.39 238 1.29 71 0.38 1 0.01 29 0.16 63 SOPISTE 5656 3404 60.18 1942 34.34 243 4.30 0 0.00 4 0.07 32 0.57 0 0.00 31 0.55 STARO 64 NAGORICANE 4840 3906 80.70 1 0.02 0 0.00 1 0.02 0 0.00 926 19.13 0 0.00 6 0.12 65 STRUGA 63376 20336 32.09 36029 56.85 3628 5.72 116 0.18 656 1.04 106 0.17 103 0.16 2402 3.79 66 STRUMICA 54676 50258 91.92 3 0.01 3754 6.87 147 0.27 3 0.01 185 0.34 6 0.01 320 0.59 67 STUDENICANI 17246 309 1.79 11793 68.38 3285 19.05 73 0.42 0 0.00 14 0.08 1662 9.64 110 0.64 68 TEARCE 22454 2739 12.20 18950 84.39 516 2.30 67 0.30 0 0.00 14 0.06 1 0.00 167 0.74 69 TETOVO 86580 20053 23.16 60886 70.32 1882 2.17 2357 2.72 15 0.02 604 0.70 156 0.18 627 0.72 70 CENTAR ZUPA* 6519 814 12.49 454 6.96 5226 80.17 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 25 0.38 71 CHASKA 7673 4395 57.28 2703 35.23 391 5.10 0 0.00 1 0.01 55 0.72 67 0.87 61 0.79 72 CHESINOVO 7490 7455 99.53 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 30 0.40 4 0.05 0 0.00 1 0.01 CHUCER - 73 SANDEVO 8493 4019 47.32 1943 22.88 0 0.00 23 0.27 16 0.19 2426 28.56 1 0.01 65 0.77 74 STIP 47796 41670 87.18 12 0.03 1272 2.66 2195 4.59 2074 4.34 297 0.62 11 0.02 265 0.55 75 AERODROM 72009 64391 89.42 1014 1.41 430 0.60 580 0.81 501 0.70 3085 4.28 538 0.75 1470 2.04 76 BUTEL 37371 22553 60.35 10266 27.47 1304 3.49 561 1.50 120 0.32 1041 2.79 970 2.60 556 1.49 77 GAZI BABA 72617 53497 73.67 12502 17.22 606 0.83 2082 2.87 236 0.32 2097 2.89 710 0.98 887 1.22 GJORCE 78 PETROV 41634 35455 85.16 1597 3.84 368 0.88 1249 3.00 109 0.26 1730 4.16 489 1.17 637 1.53 79 KARPOS 59666 52810 88.51 1952 3.27 334 0.56 615 1.03 407 0.68 2184 3.66 98 0.16 1266 2.12 80 KISELA VODA 57236 52478 91.69 250 0.44 460 0.80 716 1.25 647 1.13 1426 2.49 425 0.74 834 1.46 81 SARAJ 35408 1377 3.89 32408 91.53 45 0.13 273 0.77 0 0.00 18 0.05 1120 3.16 167 0.47 82 CENTAR 45362 38778 85.49 1415 3.12 492 1.08 974 2.15 459 1.01 2037 4.49 108 0.24 1099 2.42 83 CAIR 64823 15628 24.11 36971 57.03 4500 6.94 3083 4.76 78 0.12 621 0.96 2950 4.55 992 1.53 84 SUTO ORIZARI 20800 1391 6.69 5516 26.52 56 0.27 13342 64.14 0 0.00 59 0.28 177 0.85 259 1.25

1. CITIZENS RIGHTS

CITIZENS HAVE A RIGHT TO DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN THE DECISION-MAKING ON ISSUES OF LOCAL COMPETENCE

Citizens’ Initiative

Applying this form, citizens’ initiative, citizens have a right to propose to the Municipal Council adoption of a certain act or decide upon a certain issue of its jurisdiction. The citizens’ initiative can not refer to issues related to staff and finances. The Council is obliged to debate on the initiative within 90 days if it is supported by 10% of the electorate of the municipality, or the neighbourhood government the issue relates to and consequently inform the citizens about the decision made.

Citizens’ Gathering

Citizens’ Gathering can be summoned for the territory of the whole municipality or for the area of the neighbourhood government, on Mayor’s initiative, on Council’s request, or upon request of at least 10% of the municipal electorate, or the electorate of the neighbourhood government the issue relates to. The municipal organs are due to review the con- clusions of the Citizens’ Gathering within 90 days, take them into consideration and then inform the citizens about their decision.

Referendum

The citizens can decide on issues of local jurisdiction as well as on other issues of local interest by referendum. There can be local referendum on adoption of a regulation, on issues to be regulated in the municipality, the City of Skopje and the municipalities in the City of Skopje (previous referendum), or for assessing a regulation previously adopted (additional referendum). The Council can organise a referendum upon request of at least 20% of the municipal electorate. The Council can also organise a referendum upon its initiative on issues of its jurisdiction. The decision made on the referendum is obligatory for the Council. Local referendum can not be organised on issues related to budget and final account of the budget of the municipality, the City of Skopje and on municipal administration organ- isation. Local referendum can not be organised on issues for which the Council decides on with majority votes of the present Council members, the majority of which are majority votes of the ethnic representatives who are not the majority population in the municipality, the City of Skopje and the municipalities in the City of Skopje.

9 Complaints and Proposals

Citizens have a right to submit complaints and proposals on the work of the municipal organs and the municipal administration individually or as a group.

Public Hearings

When developing certain regulations in the municipality, citizens have a right to express their opinion at public hearings and debates organised and conducted by the Municipal Council or the Mayor.

CITIZENS HAVE A RIGHT TO BE INFORMED ABOUT THE WORK OF THE MUNICIPAL ORGANS

The municipal organs, the Municipal Committees and public services established by the municipality have a duty to inform the citizens, free of charge, about their work, the plans and programmes important for the development of the municipality. The Municipal Council sessions are public, except for cases when there are justified reasons determined by statute. The sessions on which there is a debate on the municipal budget, the annual budget account and urban plans must not be closed for the public.

CITIZENS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW HOW THE MUNICIPALITY SPENDS THEIR MONEY

After the end of the fiscal year, the Municipal Council adopts the annual municipal budget account. The annual account contains all the planned and actual revenues and expenditures of all municipal budget users. After the adoption of the annual account, the Mayor informs the public on its contents.

CITIZENS HAVE A RIGHT TO NEIGHBOURHOOD GOVERNMENT

The municipality can establish forms of neighbourhood government, i.e. urban communities in towns and rural communities in the other populated areas. On the citizens’ gatherings, the inhabitants of the urban, i.e. rural community: - review issues, take positions, and make proposals on issues of direct and every- day importance for the life and work of the inhabitants of their community. - can select a council of the urban, i.e. the rural community, in a procedure determined by the municipal statute.

The municipal statute in details regulates the relations with the municipal organs, the activities the Mayor is responsible for whose performance may be delegated to a president of the neighbourhood government council, and the manner of providing funds for delegated activities. 10 2. COMPETENCES OF THE MUNICIPALITY

THE MUNICIPALITY HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO PERFORM TASKS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

• Urban Planning • Health Care • Environment Protection • Protection and Rescue of Citizens and • Local Economic Development Material Goods • Communal activities • Fire Protection • Culture • Supervision over the performance of • Sport and Recreation its tasks • Social Protection and Child Care • Other activities determined by law • Education

URBAN PLANNING

• The Municipality has the following responsibilities: • Adopts the urban plans, • Issues building permits for construction facilities of local interest, • Develops the area and the construction land, • Performs inspection supervision.

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION

• The municipality takes measures for protection and prevention from water pollution, air pollution, land pollution, protection of nature, noise pollution protection, and non-ionising radiance.

LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• The municipality plans the local economic development, determines priorities, creates local economic policy, supports the development of small and medium- sized businesses as well as the entrepreneurship at local level, participates in the establishment and development of local network of institutions, promotes partnership.

COMMUNAL ACTIVITIES

• The municipality is responsible for: • Supply of drinking water, • Delivery of industrial water, • Outflow and purification of waste waters, • Maintenance of public hygiene, 11 • Public lighting, • Local public transport, • Street traffic signalization, • Parking, • Construction and maintenance of open markets, • Supply of natural gas and heating energy, • Construction, reconstruction and maintenance of local roads and streets, • Determining names of streets, squares, bridges, according to law.

CULTURE

• The municipality is founder of local cultural institutions, • It fosters the folklore, customs, old crafts, • Organizes cultural events, • Encourages various forms of artistic creation.

SPORT AND RECREATION

• The municipality is founder of local sport facilities, • Takes care of the develoipment of mass sport and recreation, • Organizes sport shows and events, • Supports sport unions.

SOCIAL PROTECTION AND CHILD CARE

• The municipality is founder of kindergartens and homes for the elderly, • cares for the disabled, for parentless children, children with special needs, people abused by drugs and alcohol, education of pre-school children, in compliance with the National Programme on Social Protection Development.

EDUCATION

• The municipality is founder of primary and secondary schools, • It is responsible for its funding and administration in co-operation with the central government, • Organizes transport and meals for students and their accomodation in boarding homes.

HEALTH CARE

• The municipality participates in managing public health organisations in primary health care by appointing members of the Managing Boards, • cares for improvement of health, health education, preventive activities, assistance to patients with special needs, etc. 12 PROTECTION AND RESCUE

The municipality conducts preparation and undertakes measures for protection and rescue of citizens and the material goods from: • war destructions, • natural disasters, and • other accidents and consequences resulting thereof.

FIRE PROTECTION

Fire protection is carried out by 30 territorial fire protection units located in: • Skopje, Kratovo, Probistip, Sveti Nikole, Vinica, Valandovo, Kavadarci, Makedonski Brod, Resen, Debar, Struga, Kriva Palanka, Delcevo, Berovo, Radovis, Negotino, Krusevo, Demir Hisar, Kicevo, Gostivar, Veles, Kumanovo, Stip, Kocani, Strumica, Gevgelija, Prilep, Bitola, Ohrid and Tetovo.

3. POWERS OF THE ORGANS OF THE MUNICIPALITY

The Mayor: • Represents and advocates for the municipality • Controls the legality of the council’s regulations • Publishes the council’s regulations in official newsletter • Provides for implementation of the Council’s decisions • Initiates and proposes adoption of regulations • Proposes the annual budget and the annual account of the municipal budget • Executes the municipal budget • Selects managers of the public services established by the municipality, based on public announcement • Regularly informs the Council about the performance of the Mayor’s responsibilities • Makes decisions on administrative issues, on rights, obligations and interests of legal and physical entities, in compliance with law • Manages the municipal administration • Provides for appropriate and lawful utilization, maintenance and protection of the municipal property.

The Council: • Adopts the statute of the municipality and other regulations • Adopts the budget and the annual account • Determines the amount of own funding sources, according to law • Establishes public services and supervises their performance • Appoints members of managing boards of the public services • Adopts programmes on the activities of the public services 13 • Adopts reports on budget execution and the municipal annual account • Adopts reports and final accounts of the public services • Decides upon the manner of availability of the municipal property • Decides upon the manner of conducting financial control over the municipal budget, according to law • Selects the head of the local office of the Ministry of Interior in the municipality, according to law • Reviews and adopts the annual report on public safety, submitted to the Minister of Interior and the Ombudsman.

4. FINANCING OF THE MUNICIPALITY AND ITS TASKS

The municipality is financed from: • Own revenues; • Revenues from Personal Income Tax; • Grants from the Budget of the Republic of Macedonia and the budgets of the Funds.

THE MUNICIPALITY HAS THE FOLLOWING REVENUES FROM OWN FINANCING SOURCES AVAILABLE:

1. Local taxes determined by law: • Property tax; • Tax on inheritance and gift, determined by law • Property sales tax, and • Other local taxes determined by law.

2. Local fees determined by law: • communal fees; • administrative fees; • other local fees determined by law.

3. Local charges determined by law: • Charges for construction land development; • Charges from communal activity • Charges for physical and urban plans • Other local charges determined by law.

4. Revenues from ownership: • Revenues from lease; • Revenues form interests • Revenues from property sales, but sales that do not disrupt the public functions and competences of municipalities. 14 5. Revenues from donations; 6. Revenues from fines determined by law; 7. Revenues from self-contribution; 8. Other revenues determined by law.

THE AMOUNT OF LOCAL TAXES, LOCAL FEES AND LOCAL CHARGES IS DETERMINED BY THE MUNICIPALITY, ACCORDING TO LAW

Revenues from personal Income Tax: • 3% of the personal income tax from the salaries of physical entities collected in the municipality of their residence • 100% of the personal income tax from physical entities in handicrafts.

Grants from the Budget of the Republic of Macedonia and from the budgets of the Funds

The grants from the Budget of the Republic of Macedonia and from the budgets of the Funds provide additional revenues to the municipal budget to fund the municipal competences determined by law. The following types of grants are transferred from these budgets: • revenues from VAT; • earmarked grants; • capital grants; • block grants; • grants for delegated competence.

Revenues from VAT

Revenues from VAT are provided in the amount of 3% of the total collected VAT in the previous fiscal year. The revenues from VAT are allocated by municipality based on determined methodol- ogy for allocation of VAT revenues by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia.

THE MUNICIPALITY MAKES A DECISION ON THE MANNER OF USING THE VAT AND PERSONAL INCOME TAX REVENUES

Earmarked Grants

Earmarked grants are used for funding of certain activities. The line ministries propose the allocation of the earmarked grants by municipality, by project, and by institution to the Ministry of Finance.

15 Capital Grants

Capital grants based on a programme determined by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia are used for funding of investment projects.

Block Grants

Block grants are used for funding of competences determined by the Law on Local Self-Government in the fields of culture, social protection and child care, education, and health care. The funding by block grants will start in the second stage of the decentralisation process. Block grants will be transferred to the municipalities when the responsible Committee will confirm that the municipality has the necessary capac- ity for financial management, has shown good results in financial performance in the previous 24 months, and has no debts exceeding the usual payment conditions.

Grants for Delegated Competence

The grant for delegated competence is used for funding a delegated competence from the state administrative body to the Mayor of the municipality.

5. YOUR QUESTIONS

Do all mayors have equal salaries? The Mayor’s salary depends on the number of inhabitants in the municipality. According to the law that regulates this matter, different coefficient, depending on the number of population in the municipality, is used for mayor’s salary calculation. - For mayor of municipality with up to 10,000 inhabitants, the coefficient is 2.7 - For mayor of municipality with up to 25,000 inhabitants, the coefficient is 2.9 - For mayor of municipality with up to 50,000 inhabitants, the coefficient is 3.2 - For mayor of municipality with over 50,000 inhabitants, the coefficient is 3.4 - The coefficient for determining the salary of the Mayor of Skopje is 3.7. The coefficient is determined on the basis of the average net salary in the Republic of Macedonia paid in the last three months.

What is the fee of the council members for attending municipal council sessions? For the work during the Council sessions, the Council members, including the President, have a right to a fee for attending the session, at most to 30% of the average net salary paid in the last three months. This is a fee for one session, regardless of its duration. The Council may determine different fee for the Council members and the President, however, the highest fee must not exceed the legally determined limit of 30% of the average net salary in the Republic of Macedonia paid in the last three months.

Which body is responsible for issuing a building permit? According to the Law on Construction, the constructions of third, fourth, and fifth categories are buildings of local importance. This implies that the Mayor of the municipality issues a building permit for these constructions, i.e. the mayors of the municipalities in Skopje. The third category of constructions refers to facilities for primary and secondary education, sport activities, culture, religious facilities, primary and secondary health care, social protection, economic and industrial construc-

16 tions, catering constructions, business, housing and business, and housing constructions, with over three levels of height, etc. Housing constructions up to three levels are constructions of fourth category. The Mayor also issues a building permit for these, as well as for construction for the need of small businesses up to two levels of height. Fifth category structures are family house, monument and commemoration plaque, ground floor commer- cial structure in economy yard, booth and other prefabricated structures, sport flat field surface (football play- ground, tennis court etc.) etc.

What is the procedure for issuing a building permit? In order to obtain a building permit, the constructor submits a written request to the responsible body. In addition to the request, the constructor needs to submit a decision on location, project idea, complete basic project, approved evaluation study on the impact of the project on the environment, and approved evaluation study on the quality of the seismic protection of the facility. The building permit is issued within 7 days after the receipt of the complete documentation. The building permit is not valid if the constructor does not begin construction works within two years after the date the building permit has been issued.

Who the applicant of the building permit can address if his/her request is denied by the Mayor? The constructor may file a complaint, within 15 days after the receipt of the decision, to the Minister in charge of the state administrative body responsible for physical development, i.e. the Minister of Transport and Communications, against the decision, of the Mayor, that denies issuance of a building permit.

Who is responsible and what is procedure for election of principal of primary school? According to the Law on Primary Education, the principal of primary school is elected and dismissed by the Mayor, according to a procedure determined in this Law. Three months after the end of the mandate of the current principal, the Mayor brings a decision on pub- lishing a public announcement on election of principal by the School Board. The School Board and the representative from the Education Bureau interview the candidates that meet the requirements. The School Board propose one candidate to the Mayor, within 7 days after the interviews conducted. The Mayor elects the principal within 15 days after the receipt of the proposal. If the Mayor does not appoint the principal within this prescribed timeline, the School Board proposes another candidate whom the Mayor is obliged to appoint a principal within 5 days.

Who are the members of the School Board and what are its responsibilities? The School Board is a managing body of the primary school. • The School Board in smaller schools, up to 24 classes, consists of seven members: two representatives from the teachers, technical associates and educators, two representatives from the parents, one representative from the Ministry of Education and two representatives from the founder (the municipality). • In schools with more than 24 classes, the School Board consists of 9 members: there is one more representative from each party or three representatives from the teachers and parents each.

The School Board: - Adopts the statute of the primary school - Proposes annual programme of the school and makes a report on its work submitted to the Municipal Council - Proposes financial plan and submits it to the founder - Proposes its final account

17 - Publishes public announcement on election of principal - Interviews the candidates for principal - Proposes a candidate for principal to the Mayor - Gives opinion on the selection of teachers to the principal - Decides on complaints by the school employees - Decides on complaints by parents and pupils - Revies other issues determined by the statute of the primary school

Who is responsible for determining the names of streets? According to the Law on determining names of streets, squares, bridges and other infrastructure facilities, the names on the territory of the municipality are determined by a decision of the Municipal Council, whereas for the territory of the City of Skopje, the Council of the City of Skopje is responsible in this regard. The decision is adopted by majority of votes of the present Council members, with majority of votes of communities which are not majority population in the municipality, i.e. the City of Skopje. The Law also envisages a procedure for determining the names. Firstly, the Councils make up a list of names that could be determined of geographic, ethnographic, historical and other significance, or give name of an outstanding figure in history, science and culture, other suitable names, as well as names of important events and dates. The Council determines the list after previously given consent by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia. When determining the list of names by the Council of the City of Skopje, the municipalities in the City of Skopje give their opinion about the list. A street can not be given a name that is disrespectful to the Republic of Macedonia, or offends national feelings of citizens of our and other countries, or disrupts the relations between communities, traditions and public moral. The names of the streets can also be determined by a number only. The determining of street names is not obligatory for populated areas with up to 100 housing facilities. The street name, according to the Law, can not have more than four words. The street names are written in Macedonian and its cyrillic alphabet. In municipalities where at least 20% of the citizens use another language, different from the Macedonian, the street names are written both in Macedonian and the language used by at least 20% of the citizens in the municipality.

Who can erect memorial monuments and memorial landmarks and who is responsible for issuing permits for construction thereof? Pursuant to Art. 5 of the Law on Memorial Monuments and Memorial Landmarks, the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia can erect a monument. Initiatives for erecting a memorial monument can be proposed by the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia and the state administrative bodies, the local self-government units, institutions, citizen associations, foundations and other interested legal entities and citizens. Art. 3 of this Law clearly defines what is a memorial monument. Memorial monuments are individual or a set of objects or monumental pieces of work in architecture, sculpture, painting and fine arts with historical and artistic contents and values, erected for permanent cherish of the mem- ory of events and figures of Art. 2 of this Law, of exceptional importance for the Republic of Macedonia. Memorial landmark can be built by municipalities, the City of Skopje and municipalities in the City of Skopje. Initiatives can also be submitted by legal and physical entities to the municipal councils, to the City of Skopje and the municipal councils in Skopje, and invest funds for building the memorial landmark. Art. 4 of this Law defines what is a memorial landmark. Memorial landmark implies statues, sculptures, plaques, fountains and other artistic and architectural pieces of work and creations whose contents and marks present events and figures of Art. 2 of this Law or from the folk tradition, of local interest. Accoridng to the Law on Construction, memorial monuments and memorial landmarks are constructions of fifth category. Accoridng to Art. 51, paragraph 2 of this Law, these constructions are of local importance and building permit is issued by the mayor of the municipality, i.e. the mayor of municipalities in the City of Skopje.

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MUNICIPALITY MAYOR TEL WEB SITE

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