The Korea Local Administration Review

In France, the cooperation among local governments is based on historical and practical aspects. In other words, after the revolution of 1789, tens of thousands of local governments based on the living grounds of the time were maintained and developed in the reorganization of the local administrative structure. It is also developing the cooperation as a means to realistically solve such excessive number of local governments. After all, France is developing partnerships to solve its problems, but the policy implications we can analyze in their experience are as follows. First of all, Despite the change of governments, consistent policies and legal support are continuing. Second, the central government is promoting diversification of cooperation and suggesting various models of cooperation. Third, from the standpoint of local governments, it is possible to decide whether or not to participate in the partnership based on autonomy. Fourth, the operation of cooperation among local governments is based on consultation and cooperation. Fifth, in cooperation among basic local governments, the strength of cooperation and intrinsic resources are guaranteed to achieve a wide spectrum from the exercise of basic authority to the exercise of important authority to achieve practical results.