Seminar 3.

International standards of the local self-government (2 hrs)

1. Worldwide Declaration of Local Self-Government (1985).

2. United Nations Human Settlements Programme: goals and achievements.

3. Sustainable communities. Community development.

4. Self-organized bodies of population in Ukraine.

Keywords:

International municipal standards, UN HABITAT, implementation of the international standards, the United Nations Organization, sustainable community, community development, self-organized bodies of population.

Questions:

1. List some of the international organizations that work out municipal standards and support local self-government.

2. Explain how the UN HABITAT works and what main problems it aims to solve.

3. Work on your student’s portfolio.

Student’s Portfolio – chapter 3: Present the accurately and neat typed or written chapter in a single folder before the beginning of the seminar. 1. Define the sustainable community (max.50 words). 2. Define the community development (max.50 words). 1. Read the European Charter of Local Self-Government (1985). Write a brief description of the document to reflect it main ideas (approx. 200- 300 words).

Documents to be analysed:

1. Worldwide Declaration of Local Self-Government (1985).

2. The European Charter of Local Self-Government (1985).

3. Law of Ukraine of 21.05.1997 ‘On Local Self-Government in Ukraine’

4. Law of Ukraine of 11.07.2001 ‘On Self-organized bodies of population’. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5.

Seminar 4. European standards of the local self-government (2 hrs)

1. The Council of Europe’s Congress of local and regional authorities.

2. European standards of the local self-government and their implementation in Ukraine.

3. The European Charter of Local Self-Government (1985): an overview and implementation in Ukraine.

4. The European Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level (1992): an overview and possibilities of ratification by Ukraine.

Keywords:

European municipal standards, Council of Europe, Congress of local and regional authorities of the European Union, OSCE, implementation of the international standards.

Questions:

1. How the Congress of local and regional authorities of the European Union works? Is Ukraine represented in this body?

2. List the European municipal standards.

3. List some of the European organizations that work out municipal standards and support local self-government.

4. Work on your student’s portfolio.

Student’s Portfolio – chapter 4: Present the accurately and neat typed or written chapter in a single folder before the beginning of the seminar. 1. Give written answers to the following questions: - is the European Charter of Local Self-Government ratified in Ukraine? (Please write 1 sentence); - if no, why? (Please write 1-3 sentences); - if yes, mention what main legal acts it affects (please write 1-3 sentences). 2. The Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level (1992). Write a brief description of the document to reflect it main ideas (approx. 200- 300 words).

Documents to be analysed:

1. The European Charter of Local Self-Government (1985).

2. The Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level (1992).

3. Law of Ukraine of 21.05.1997 ‘On Local Self-Government in Ukraine’. Chapter 1.