Qark
A Qark ([ caɾk ] Albanian Qark respectively. Qarku , plural qarqe [ caɾce ]; in official English translation as region called) is a the communities ( bashkia ) overriding administrative unit in Albania . The twelve Qarqe were divided into two to four circles each until 2015 , of which there were a total of 36.
The Qark councils are composed of the mayors of all municipalities in the respective Qark and other municipal councils. They constitute themselves and elect a chairman from among their number.
The decentralization in Albania is an ongoing and unfinished process. The twelve qarqe were created in 2000 through legal reforms based on the 1998 constitution . They replaced the previous twelve prefectures .
The regional authorities of the Qarqe are assigned certain tasks of the local administration by law in the areas of public supply (water supply, disposal, local traffic, cemeteries, town planning), culture (cultural events, cultural institutions), social institutions (orphanages, daycare centers, old people's homes), economic development , Spatial planning and local police. So-called shared tasks in the areas of education, health, social support and environmental protection can be carried out by the Qarqe in addition to or jointly with the central government. In some cases they also perform regional tasks that the municipalities delegate to them. The Qarqe authorities support the communities and coordinate between them. The qarqe, who are legal entities in their own right, are financed through local taxes, shares of national taxes and funds they receive from the government. The influence and financial independence of the Qarqe between the powerful central government and the municipalities, which also provide the Qarqe representatives, are still weak.
The central government appoints a prefect (Prefekti i Qarkut) for each qark, who oversees the qark councils and carries out the local government of the state, which has not been assigned to the local authorities. The prefects are thus the extended arm of the government in the regions. A Qark is therefore often referred to as a prefecture .
List of qarqe
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ornela Shapo: Overview of Albanian Local Government Borrowing for Purposes . Ed .: US Agency for International Development. Tirana May 2008 ( online version of the document (PDF; 264 kB) [accessed December 20, 2015]).
- ↑ Article 108 of the Constitution
- ↑ a b Erika Schläppi, Zdenek Vyborny, Silvana Simaku, Dritan Shutina: Supporting regional development in Northern Albania - Feasibility study . Ed .: Swiss Cooperation and Austrian Development Cooperation. February 23, 2009 ( online version of the document (Word; 980 kB) ). Online version of the document (Word; 980 kB) ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b Rudina Toto: Decentralization and Analysis of Government Functions: National, Regional and Local - Draft Report . October 20, 2009 ( online version of the document (PDF) ). Online version of the document (PDF) ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Instat (Ed.): Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave / Population and Housing Census 2011 . Results Kryesore / Main Results. Pjesa / Part 1. Tirana December 2011 ( online version (PDF; 6.0 MB) [accessed on May 15, 2015]). Online version ( Memento of the original dated November 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Instat (Ed.): Population and Housing Census in Albania 2011: Preliminary Results . Tirana December 2011, p. 17 ( online version (PDF; 6.0 MB)). Online version ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
