Description of Project

SKL International was assigned to support the Ministry of Finance with carrying out the fiscal decentralization process, with a special focus on the legislation and effects regarding:

• Shared taxes (Decentralization of tax funds to self-governing entities)
• Local Taxes (Imposed by municipalities and regions)

The project as such contained five components:

• Development of new system and mechanisms required for effective co-ordination and co-operation of bodies of local state administration and territorial self government.
• Improvement of functionality of new information and communication system of local public administration.
• Development and implementation of new system for the financing of territorial self governments and administrations; fiscal decentralization.
• Review of the legislation and structures in place as regards to financial management and control in regional and local self governments.
• Enhancement of professional qualifications and capacity of elected representatives and civil servants of the new regional administrations and municipalities.

Description of Services provided

• Situation Analysis
• Field Support to Pilot region
• Capacity Building
• Risk Analysis
• A comparative study regarding effects of the reforms and comparing models from different countries
• Definition of training needs related to the tax reforms.
• Trainings

Select project types

• Completed Projects
• Decentralisation
• EU Integration
• Local and regional development
• Local democracy and governance
• Municipal management and service delivery
• Services to Swedish municipalities

Countries

• Albania
• Belarus
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Bulgaria
• China
• Colombia
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• Georgia
• Global
• India
• Iraq
• Kosovo
• Latvia
• Liberia
• Lithuania
• Moldavia
• Mongolia
• Namibia
• Poland
• Regional
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Serbia
• Slovak Republic
• Slovenia
• South Africa
• Sweden
• Syria
• The Philippines
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• Zimbabwe