Province of Lecce, Italy
The Italian Constitution provides for the institution of the Province; article 114 states that the republic is divided into Regions, Provinces and Municipalities and article 128 confirms the independence of these local authorities within the principles established by republican general rules.
The republican constitution enhanced its role by raising the autonomous principle carried through with Law1990/142. It has regulated in a modern manner local power by granting the Province statutory autonomy as well as an intermediate position between Municipality and Region.
Its functions are to look after the interests of the provincial community and to foster the provincial growth by peculiar powers or devolved by State and Region. The peculiar administrative functions relating to huge intercity areas or the entire provincial territory, concern the following sectors:
- defence of the soil, protection and enhancement of the environment;
- enhancement of artistic heritage;
- road network and transport;
- protection of wildlife, parks and preserves;
- tasks related to secondary education, including school building, which are assigned by state and regional legislation;
- organization of waste disposal at provincial level;
- public health and preventive medicine assigned by state and regional legislation.
The Province, in association with the Municipalities, promotes and coordinates business and achieves works of significant provincial interest.
Even more important are planning tasks where the province gathers and coordinates Municipalities proposals for economic planning.
Moreover the Province draws up and implements the coordination territorial plan specifying general guidelines of territorial order.
The bureaucratic structure of the Province of Lecce which is headed by the director general, is divided up in sectors and sectors are divided up in services, and executives are in charge of them.
European Union Policies Service
The European Union Policies Service deals with:
- elaborating and realizing EC programmes;
- providing technical information about European Union initiatives and helping Local Authorities and any other institutional subject to participate in European Union Calls and to prepare project proposals;
- searching for partners and all that is necessary to the project implementation;
- promoting, through its office, the dissemination of technical information about European Union Calls for Proposals.
Over the last three years, the Province of Lecce has carried out several initiatives with the aim of promoting the economic grow in the fields of civil infrastructures, environmental quality, enterprise creation, local transport services, vocational training, equal opportunities, immigration, culture and tourism.
Contact
Carmelo Calamia
Province of Lecce
Via Umberto I, 13
73100
Lecce
Italy
Tel: +39 0832 683471
Fax: +39 0832 247034
E-mail: Ccalamia@provincia.le.it
Website: www.provincia.le.it