Local governance and citizen participation in public affairs between legal texts and obstacles

Abstract EN

Regional governance is based on a set of principles that are considered to be the basis for the realization of an effective local governance, namely the principle of accountability, the principle of transparency and, last but not least, the principle of participation.

the mechanisms for citizen participation in the management of public affairs take the form of formal mechanisms detailed in various legal texts, such as popular representation and the consultation mechanism during public enquiries, and informal mechanisms generated by field practice, such as the seats of the reasonable, such as councils of wise men and neighborhoods committees, as well as the media, which play an effective role in establishing the principle of participation.

however, there are several obstacles that stand in the way of activating the citizen participation in the management of local public affairs process.

there are obstacles at the level of the legal texts and obstacles at the practical level that are reflected in the weakness of the means of citizen participation in local governance, in addition to the impact of the crisis of administrative supervision.