Archive for January 28th, 2007
New Regional Divisions for Sweden – Maybe
An important part of the conclusions of the Committee on Public Sector Responsibilities (!) was revealed on Friday – sorry for the delay – when it was announced that the committee would recommend the merger of the State County Administrative Boards with the County Councils and a reduction of the number of regional units from 21 to 6-9.
The final conclusions will not be published until the end of February but the implication is that Sweden unlike Denmark (and to a certain degree Norway) will keep a strong regional level of administration and perhaps even strengthen the role of the regions.