The report summarizes the new developments of the EU acquis communautaire which concern the local level. It also gives an overview of the current developments of local related EU policies and programmes. A set of recommendations - guidelines for local governments on the way to the European Union - is also contributed in the report.

The principal task of the AACT is to represent the interests of local government in negotiations over the sharing of budgetary funds and taxing rights between the federal government, the provinces and local authorities (revenue sharing). The share of the local authorities in the total public revenue including Vienna, which is both a province and a city in its own right is 11,8%, without Vienna 6,1% of the gross domestic product.

LOGON organises conferences concerning topics relevant to local govnernance, also, LOGON summarises the new developments of the EU regulations and directives which concern the local level in a comprehensive report.

LOGON started as a Interreg IIIc project. Nowadays it has evolved into a network on its own, funded by a number of Austrian organisations. LOGON resides in the buiilding of the Austrian Center for Public Administration Research (KDZ).

Center for Public Administration Research (KDZ)
Guglgasse 13
A-1010 Vienna
Ms. Alexandra Schantl, tel. +43 1 8923492-37

08/01/2009

research

Urban Policy