Strasbourg, 5 October 2009                                                                LR-IC(2009)10

                                                                          

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEMOCRACY

(CDLR)

COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND CO-OPERATION

(LR-IC)

“FROM SUBSIDIARITY TO SUCCESS:
THE IMPACT OF DECENTRALISATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH”:

STUDY COMMISSIONED BY THE AER

TO BAK BASEL ECONOMICS

Secretariat Memorandum

prepared by the Directorate General of

Democracy and Political Affairs

Directorate of Democratic Institutions

This document is public. It will not be distributed at the meeting. Please bring this copy.

Ce document est public. Il ne sera pas distribué en réunion. Prière de vous munir de cet exemplaire.

Introduction

The study (see in the separate document in PDF format the summary and the conclusions) “From Subsidiarity to Success: The Impact of Decentralisation on Economic Growth”, commissioned by the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and produced by BAK Basel Economics, is to seek links between the degree of autonomy of a region, or the degree of decentralisation within a country, and economic development.

The study will be presented to the LR-IC members on Monday 12 October 2009 at 14h30 by Mr. Urs Müller from BAK Basel Economics. The Secretary General of the AER, Mr. Klaus Klipp and Mrs Agnès Ciccarone, senior policy coordinator will be also present.  

Action required

The LR-IC members are invited to take note of the information contained and to prepare for a discussion.