Zagadnienia kooperacji organów terenowych na przykładzie aglomeracji warszawskiej

Abstract

A city in a modern state, especially a large city, goes far beyond its administrative

boundaries in terms of its functions and leaves a deep imprint on the development and formation of areas adjacent to it.

The city relationship with the surrounding areas is so multifaceted and close in many ways that these urban agglomerations constitute entire social and economic system requiring the creation of a single concept for the agglomeration development and ensuring uniformity in the implementation of this concept.

The unity of concepts for the development of an urban agglomeration can be ensured, first of all, by proper spatial planning. These concepts should form part of the regional spatial development plans and then be more precisely formulated in local plans. The local representative bodies should significantly participate in the development of these concepts and in their subsequent approval.

Uniformity in the implementation of these concepts can be achieved in a varietyof ways.

However, it seems that the best solution in the context of the socialist state system is to create appropriate forms of the local government cooperation. The formation of such cooperation will open up an opportunity for local authorities to implement common plans and tasks.

Our current laws do not contain any general solution to the issue of the local government cooperation.

Only a few laws contain provisions specifying the forms of the local government cooperation. Special attention is drawn to the following laws: the Law on the Community (Communal) Fund dated 17 March 1958, which provides for the interaction of the community people’s councils concerning the use of the Community fund for common purposes; Decree on State Enterprises dated 26 October 1958, which grants the right to establish common enterprises by various local authorities; the Law on People’s Councils dated 25 January 1958, which allows some people’s councils to create general departments; the Law on Disposal of Land Plots in Cities and Towns dated 14 July 1961, which establishes the principles for the interaction of local administrations in the management of state plots located outside cities.

The forms of the local government cooperation provided for by the above laws are insufficient in relation to the needs arising from the need for a unified management of the development of urban agglomerations. In this respect, a certain step forward has been made by the Capital People’s Council and the Warsaw Voivodship People’s Council. One of the general decrees contains the main provisions for permanent cooperation in the matter of spatial planning and the implementation of spatial development plans.

According to the author, the local authorities should constantly work to find such forms of cooperation that would allow them to solve common problems and perform common tasks. The local government cooperation is based on the voluntary agreements of these authorities (in those cases where the provisions of the law do not provide for certain forms of cooperation). However, they must be institutionalized by law to strengthen the role and effectiveness of such cooperation agreements.