Federalism and Local Administration
[SPRI2630]
[30h] 5 credits
This course is taught in the 2d semester.
Teacher(s): Pascale Blondiau, Damien Jans
Language: French
Level: Second
Aims
Giving the student a specific knowledge of the work of local institutions within the Belgian federal system,
Bring students to reflect on the principles of local autonomy, its basic principals, its implications and its ef-fectiveness,
Bring students to reflect on the way local communities contribute to establishing public policies at the fed-eral or federate level.
Main themes
- Legislation regulating local political institutions
- The application of the legislation
- The local competences and services taking place in various fields of Public Action
Content and teaching methods
The course approaches, with a strong legal connotation:
- The division of competences relating to Belgian local communities
- Local Political Institutions (désignation des collèges et du bourgmestre, consultation populaire, ) and their management (supervision, financing, staff, )
- competences of the "Provinces" and "Communes", in particular regarding the police
- organizations depending on the local authorities,
- Public policy implying local actors (waste, water, housing policy, )
Method:
Lecture, during which the active participation of the students is encouraged. Use of printed material (press arti-cle) as material of illustration and analysis.
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Written or oral open-book exam
Syllabus or book referred to ; collection of documents