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dfd7b128 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @06a436ca @731c2efc hmm that's a good question... I'm not sure this is exactly what you're looking for but it may help. KL is like a representative body for all the local authorities in Denmark. They negotiate with the national government to make sure they have resources to do their mandated tasks and also with the unions for employment rights etc for employees of local authorities. 

They have a decent English language section on their website 

https://www.kl.dk/english/kl-local-government-denmark/
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dfd7b128 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @06a436ca @731c2efc (as in the UK though, central govt has been cutting back budgets to local authorities - we were at a protest about school budget cuts just this week..)
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49cdc1e9 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @ad951bfd @731c2efc Thank you! (Wouldn't have found that link!) 
Over here, the roughly equivalent LGA only hopes "to influence" national government. So, for me, KL having status to negotiate feels quite different.
Since it's a quiet start to the day, I'm hoping to find a few more readable nuggets at 
https://decentralization.net/
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dfd7b128 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @06a436ca @731c2efc I may be wrong about many of the details!