Publications
- Committee of the Regions (CoR), Regional differences in COVID-19 response: exposure and strategy (2021), https://cor.europa.eu/en/engage/studies/Documents/Regional%20differences%20in%20COVID-19%20response%20-%20exposure%20and%20strategy/regional%20response%20covid.pdf
- Committee of the Regions (CoR), The management of health systems in the EU Member States – The role of local and regional authorities (2013), https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/7e0508a6-8e7b-47b7-a09d-69db5a9b2a28 Consulted on 27 July 2021
- Committee of the Regions (CoR), The involvement of municipalities, cities and regions in the preparation of the national Recovery and Resilience Plans: Results of the CoR-CEMR targeted consultation (2021), https://webapi2016.cor.europa.eu/v1/documents/cor-2021-00131-00-00-tcd-tra-en.docx/pdf
- Council of European Regions and Municipalities (CEMR), COVID-19's impact on local and regional finances (2020), https://www.ccre.org/img/uploads/piecesjointe/filename/200629_Analysis_survey_COVID_local_finances_EN.pdf Consulted on 27 July 2021
- Council of European Regions and Municipalities (CEMR), National associations of local and regional governments in Europe – A study on the CEMR and its members (2019), https://www.ccre.org/img/uploads/piecesjointe/filename/CEMR_study_association_local_government_EN.pdf Consulted on 19 November 2021
- Council of European Regions and Municipalities (CEMR), Local and Regional Governments in Europe – Structures and competences (2016), https://www.ccre.org/img/uploads/piecesjointe/filename/CEMR_structures_and_competences_2016_EN.pdf Consulted on 19 November 2021
- Council of European Regions and Municipalities (CEMR), Decentralisation at a crossroads – Territorial reforms in Europe in times of crisis (2013), https://www.ccre.org/img/uploads/piecesjointe/filename/CCRE_broch_EN_complete_low.pdf Consulted on 19 November 2021
- Council of European Regions and Municipalities (CEMR), Local and regional structures in Europe (2005), https://www.ccre.org/img/uploads/piecesjointe/filename/local_regional_structures_2005_en.pdf Consulted on 19 November 2021
- Council of Europe, European label of Governance excellence benchmarking – Delivering Good Governance (2018), https://rm.coe.int/1680746d9f Consulted on 19 November 2021
- Council of Europe, Respecting democracy, rule of law and human rights in the framework of the COVID-19 sanitary crisis – A toolkit for member states (2020), https://rm.coe.int/sg-inf-2020-11-respecting-democracy-rule-of-law-and-human-rights-in-th/16809e1f40 Consulted on 19 November 2021
- Council of Europe, Centre of Expertise for Local Government Reform, Territorial reforms in Europe: Does size matter? – Territorial amalgamation toolkit (2017), https://rm.coe.int/territorial-reforms-in-europe-does-size-matter-territorial-amalgamatio/168076cf16 Consulted on 19 November 2021
- Council of Europe, Toolkit manual – Inter-municipal cooperation (2010), https://rm.coe.int/1680746ec3 Consulted on 19 November 2021
- Ebinger F., Kuhlmann S. and Bogumil J., Territorial reforms in Europe: effects on administrative performance and democratic participation, Local government studies, 2019, Vol 45, pp.1-23
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03003930.2018.1530660?needAccess=true, p. 2 ff. Consulted on 27 July 2021
- Eurohealth, Health systems responses to Covid-19 (2020), https://www.euro.who.int/en/about-us/partners/observatory-old/publications/eurohealth/health-system-responses-to-covid-19 Consulted on 4 August 2021
- European Committee on Democracy and Governance (CDDG), Democratic governance and Covid-19 (2020), https://rm.coe.int/cddg-2020-20e-final-reportdemocraticgovernancecovid19-for-publication-/1680a0beed Consulted on 27 July 2021
- Ladner A., Keuffer N and Baldersheim H., Measuring Local Autonomy in 39 countries (1990-2014) (2016), https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2016.1214911 Consulted on 4 August 2021
- Local Government Association (LGA), Re-thinking local (2020), https://www.local.gov.uk/about/campaigns/re-thinking-local Consulted on 4 August 2021
- Local Government Information Unit (LGIU), Power down to level up: resilient place-shaping for a post-Covid world (2020), https://lgiu.org/publication/power-down-to-level-up-resilient-place-shaping-for-a-post-covid-world/ Consulted on 27 July 2021
- Ministry of regional development and public works of Bulgaria, Decentralisation strategy (2016-2025), http://self.government.bg/decentralization_counsel/strategy/?mid=6 (select your language next to the search button) Consulted on 19 November 2021
- National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia (NALAG), PLATFORMA, Challenges on municipal management during Covid-19 pandemic (2020), https://platforma-dev.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Municipality-Management-Covid-19-Impact-Study-ENG.pdf Consulted on 27 July 2021
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Assigning responsibilities across levels of government (2018), https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/taxation/assigning-responsibilities-across-levels-of-government_f0944eae-en Consulted on 4 August 2021
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Cities Policy Responses (2020), https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/view/?ref=126_126769-yen45847kf&title=Coronavirus-COVID-19-Cities-Policy-Responses Consulted on 27 July 2021
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Federalism and Public Health Decentralisation in the Time of COVID-19 (2021), OECD iLibrary | Federalism and public health decentralisation in the time of COVID-19 (oecd-ilibrary.org) Consulted on 4 August 2021
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Government at a Glance (2021), https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/government-at-a-glance-2021_1c258f55-en;jsessionid=5om4FQaSQdx7tDywMDkoHjkF.ip-10-240-5-45 Consulted on 19 November 2021
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Making decentralization work – A handbook for policy-makers (2019), https://www.oecd.org/regional/making-decentralisation-work-g2g9faa7-en.htm Consulted on 27 July 2021
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Multi-level governance reforms – Overview of OECD country experiences (2017), https://www.oecd.org/publications/multi-level-governance-reforms-9789264272866-en.htm Consulted on 4 August 2021
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), The territorial impact of COVID-19: Managing the crisis across levels of government (2021),
https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/the-territorial-impact-of-covid-19-managing-the-crisis-and-recovery-across-levels-of-government-a2c6abaf/
Consulted on 8 November 2021
- Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR), Economy Report, October 2020, https://webbutik.skr.se/sv/artiklar/ekonomirapporten-oktober-2020.html Consulted on 27 July 2021
- United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Decalogue for the post COVID-19 era – An opportunity to take responsibility towards future generations (2020), https://issuu.com/uclgcglu/docs/decalogue_for_the_post_covid-19_era Consulted on 27 July 2021
- World Health Organisation (WHO), Strengthening the health system response to Covid-19 –Recommendations for the WHO European Region (2020), https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/333072 Consulted on 4 August 2021
Websites
- Committee of the Regions, EU Annual Regional and Local Barometer, https://cor.europa.eu/en/our-work/Pages/EURegionalBarometer-2020.aspx Consulted on 27 July 2021
- Council of European Municipalities and Regions, Members map https://www.ccre.org/en/pays/map Consulted on 19 November 2021
- Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, A Charter for local democracy, https://www.coe.int/en/web/congress/european-charter-of-local-self-government?desktop=true Consulted on 27 July 2021
- Council of Europe, Centre of Expertise for Good Governance https://www.coe.int/en/web/good-governance/centre-of-expertise
- Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias (FEMP), Red Española de Ciudades Saludables http://recs.es/
- European Commission, EU4Health 2021-2027 – A vision for a healthier European Union European Commission, https://ec.europa.eu/health/funding/eu4health_en Consulted on 10 August 2021
- European Commission, The Recovery and Resilience Facility, https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/recovery-coronavirus/recovery-and-resilience-facility_en Consulted on 10 August 2021
- Eurostat, GDP Main tables, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/national-accounts/data/main-tables Consulted on 27 July 2021
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Regional Recovery Platform: https://www.oecd.org/regional/recovery-platform.htm
- OECD-UCLG World Observatory on Subnational Finance and Investment: http://www.sng-wofi.orgConsulted on 27 July 2021
- Sote-uudistus, Government proposal for health and social services reform and related legislation proceeds to Parliament, https://soteuudistus.fi/en/-/1271139/government-proposal-for-health-and-social-services-reform-and-related-legislation-proceeds-to-parliament Consulted on 27 July 2021
- Verfassungsblog on matters constitutional, Belgium’s Accordion Response to COVID-19 – A Year in Review, https://verfassungsblog.de/belgiums-accordion-response-to-Covid-19/ Consulted on 27 July 2021
- United Nations, Methodology – Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49), https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/ Consulted on 4 October 2021
Articles
- Council of the EU, Press release ‘Statement of EU ministers of finance on the Stability and Growth Pact in light of the COVID-19 crisis’, 23 March 2020 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/03/23/statement-of-eu-ministers-of-finance-on-the-stability-and-growth-pact-in-light-of-the-covid-19-crisis/pdf Consulted on 19 November 2021
- European Convention on Human Rights https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Convention_ENG.pdf Consulted on 19 November 2021
- Forum of Federations, ‘COVID-19 crisis challenging Austria’s cooperative federalism,’ http://www.forumfed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/AustriaCOVID.pdf Consulted on 27 July 2021
- Platforma, ‘Decentralisation and local public administration reform in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine’, https://platforma-dev.eu/fr/new-publications-decentralisation-and-local-public-administration-reform-in-georgia-moldova-and-ukraine/ Consulted on 27 July 2021