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regional and local authorities [ regional subdivision | subnational governments | Regional government(STW) ]

European Local Authorities Interactive Network on Ethnic Minorities Policies | ELAINE [Abbr.]

collaborate with local authorities | liaise with regional authorities | liaise with local authorities | work with local councils

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government administrative officer | local authority administrator | civil service administrative officer | public administrative officer

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28. Welcomes the functioning of the democratically elected national minority councils, which represent national minorities in the fields of education, culture, media and official language use; notes, however, the importance of the full implementation of the competencies of these minority self-governing bodies and the necessity of adequate budgetary subsidies guaranteed by the Law on National Minority Councils; notes with concern the complaints about the irregularities in the preparation process and the legal requirements for the establishment of the councils, as well as the complaints about the violation of the guaranteed competencies ...[+++]of national councils by some ministries and local municipalities, and calls on the authorities to respond to them; welcomes those decisions of the Serbian Administrative Court which have upheld the cases brought by the National Council of the Hungarian National Minority arising from the violation of the competencies of the National Council by local authorities;

28. Welcomes the functioning of the democratically elected national minority councils, which represent national minorities in the fields of education, culture, media and official language use; notes, however, the importance of the full implementation of the competencies of these minority self-governing bodies and the necessity of adequate budgetary subsidies guaranteed by the Law on National Minority Councils; notes with concern the complaints about the irregularities in the preparation process and the legal requirements for the establishment of the councils, as well as the complaints about the violation of the guaranteed competencies ...[+++]of national councils by some ministries and local municipalities, and calls on the authorities to respond to them; welcomes those decisions of the Serbian Administrative Court which have upheld the cases brought by the National Council of the Hungarian National Minority arising from the violation of the competencies of the National Council by local authorities;

26. Welcomes the functioning of the democratically elected national minority councils, which represent national minorities in the fields of education, culture, media and official language use; notes, however, the importance of the full implementation of the competencies of these minority self-governing bodies and the necessity of adequate budgetary subsidies guaranteed by the Law on National Minority Councils; notes the complaints about the irregularities in the preparation process and the legal requirements for the establishment of the councils, as well as the complaints about the violation of the guaranteed competencies of national c ...[+++]ouncils by some ministries and local municipalities, and calls on the authorities to respond to them; welcomes those decisions of the Serbian Administrative Court which have upheld the cases brought by the National Council of the Hungarian National Minority arising from the violation of the competencies of the National Council by local authorities;

21. Welcomes the generally good situation as regards inter-ethnic relations, including the management of sensitive issues like ethnicity and language in the population census; notes with satisfaction that the legislative framework concerning anti-discrimination policies and the protection of minorities is largely in place, including the Adviser to the Prime Minister on Human Rights and Protection from Discrimination; stresses that further efforts are still needed for its implementation; calls on the Montenegrin authorities to take additional ...[+++]measures to ensure better representation of minorities in public institutions at national and local level, given that persons belonging to minorities remain under-represented in public institutions; calls on the authorities to combat discrimination against the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities and improve their living conditions, access to social security, health, education, housing and employment services; furthermore urges the government and local authorities to sign up to the European Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies by launching and submitting a 10-year national inclusion strategy after the expiry of the current 2008-2012 strategy to improve the status of the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian population;