AMERICANS PRESENT LOCAL SELF-GOVT REFORM PROJECT IN OBROVAC

OBROVAC, Feb 19 (Hina) - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Urban Institute in Obrovac on Wednesday presented a project of local self-government reform to some two dozen local communities' representatives. #L# USAID representative Tom Rogers said the presentation of the project was part of a bilateral agreement between the Croatian and American governments aimed at assisting local self-governments in improving models of government. The U.S. government has engaged experts fro the Urban Institute, a non-profit organisation, to implement the reform, Rogers said. The presentation was attended by representatives of local communities from Obrovac, Ervenik, Kistanje, Lisani Ostrovicki, Novigrad, Polaca, Skabrnja, Skradin and other towns in areas of special government concern. They were presented models of citizens' participation in local self-government, property management, information management and a finance management model. (hina) lml sb