Habersack, Sabine - Puşcaş, Vasile - Ciubotă, Viorel (szerk.): Democraţia in Europa centrală şi de Sud-Est - Aspiraţie şi realitate (Secolele XIX-XX) (Satu Mare, 2001)
Jan Wendt: Territorialization of Authority in Poland
Carrying out of Municipal Reform As the result of administrative reform in Poland , it was intend to introduce clear and distinct division of public power responsibilities and functions among 3 major components of administrative system of the county , recounted in constitution. In local self governments in the town and county communes and in the districts were to bear responsibility for public service in many spheres (education, culture, health care, social help, making technical infrastructure accessible); for the disposition of public property and basic services securing enabling community life; for public order and common safety. Regional self governing in provinces was in the first place, to create consistent policy of regional development, find a beneficial strategy and conditions for economic and civilisation growth and define major structural problems of the given region in the co-operation with the government to dispose of financial means from the budget of the county and from European resources. Self government can deal with international economic co-operation and promotion of the region, and give shape to human friendly natural environment. To some extent the province can get involved in some aspects of public life and activities of regional institutions such as national culture and heritage engaged institutions, higher education, referential activities of health service and job - market creation. Despite the right to seek international co-operation one should not be in fear of decentralising trends, which are possible thanks to relatively great autonomy given to the provinces, for Poland is the country of unitary not federation system, which is stated in the Constitution. Moreover, the voivod designated by the government has the position clearly more privileged than that of self government, as he has the right to put veto on each act of regional government which is in discord with the law and reasons of the Polish state. Government and its administrations, central and territorial, were to limit their involvement to issues of all-country character, bound with the state policy. Within the central power competence would fall: establishing maximal taxes, jurisprudence, public safety, defence, international policy, economic policy of government in respect to regions. The parliament competence would include the right to resolve status, appoint and control government. Municipal reform was to put in order organisation of public administration and the structures of territorial demarcation of Poland. It was to bring about decentralisation of tasks and competencies, as well as Territorialization of Authority in Poland 283
