A delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, composed of rapporteurs Alexander Boomgaars, Netherlands and Tanja Joona, Finland, will conduct a monitoring visit to the Republic of San Marino from 17 to 18 September 2024 to assess the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in the country since the last monitoring report adopted by the Congress in 2018. They will be accompanied by Prof. Eva Marín Hlynsdottir, member of the group of independent experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government.
During the visit, the Congress delegation will focus on the implementation of Congress recommendation 418(2018) "Local democracy in the Republic of San Marino". In particular attention will be given to the legal recognition of the principle of local self-government and its practical implementation, the allocation of competences to townships, the administrative, organisational and financial autonomy at the local level, and the consultation procedures in San Marino.
The rapporteurs will meet with the Minister of Internal Affairs, Public Sector, Institutional Affairs, Relations with the Township Councils and Regulatory Simplification, the Minister for Territory, Environment, Agriculture, Civil Protection and Relations with the State Company for Public Works, the Vice-President of the Guarantors' Panel on the Constitutionality of Rules (Collegio Garante Della costituzionalità delle norme) and the President of the Public Finance Control Commission of San Marino.
Discussions are also scheduled with members of the national delegation of San Marino to the Congress, as well as the mayors (Capitani di Castello) of the townships of San Marino (Città di San Marino), Domagnano and Serravalle.
The Republic of San Marino ratified the European Charter of Local Self-Government in 2013. Countries that have ratified the Charter are bound by its provisions. The Charter requires compliance with a minimum number of rights, which form the European foundation of local self-government. The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities ensures that these principles are respected.
