The City Assembly of Belgrade (Serbian Cyrillic: Скупштина града Београда, romanized: Skupština grada Beograda) is the legislature of the City of Belgrade, capital of Serbia. It is a representative body that executes the essential functions of the local government stipulated by the legislation and the City Charter.[1]
The City Assembly consists of 110 councilors elected at the local election for the four years’ term. The City Assembly gets together according to circumstances, and at least once in three months.[1]
Leadership
President
The President of the City Assembly, summons sessions, suggests the agenda and presides over the City Assembly sessions, looks after implementing of the transparency of work of the City Assembly, signs bylaws adopted by the City Assembly and performs any other operations entrusted by the City Assembly. The City Assembly elects the President and Deputy President from the complement of the councilors for the four years’ term.[1]
The current President of the City Assembly is Nikola Nikodijević, while Andrea Radulović is the Deputy President of the City Assembly.
Secretary
The Secretary of the City Assembly looks after the performance of professional operations in connection with convening and holding of sessions of the City Assembly and its working bodies, and manages administrative affairs related to their work. The City Assembly appoints the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the City Assembly at the proposal of the President of the City Assembly, for four years.[1] The current Secretary of the City Assembly is Biiljana Živković, while Vukica Lončar is the Deputy Secretary of the City Assembly.
Authorities (competences)
Adoption of the City Charter and deciding on its amendments;
Bringing of decisions and other bylaws and providing authentic interpretation of those decisions and bylaws;
Adopting of the program of the City development and certain activities, as well as the regional physical plan and urban development plans;
Adopting of the City budget and annual financial report;
Founding of public enterprises, public services, and participating in the foundation of enterprises of interest to the City;
Deciding on construction, maintenance, and use of streets, squares, and other public buildings/facilities of importance to the City;
Deciding on taking loans for the City and on flotation of a City bond issue of the City, as well as on investments of the City funds;
Calling of the City referendum, deciding on the proposals contained by public initiatives, and specifying a draft decision on voluntary local taxes;
Adopting of the ground rules of protection, use, and melioration of the agricultural land and looking after their implementation;
Adopting of the annual program of acquiring real estates necessary to meet the needs of the City bodies and City Administration, further to the approval of the Government of the Republic of Serbia;
Consisting of the City Administration, services, and other organizations of interest to the City;
Electing and relieving of the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Assembly, chairpersons and members of working bodies of the Assembly;
Appointing and relieving of the Secretary of the Assembly and his/her deputy;
Electing and relieving of members of the City Council further to the Mayor’s proposal;
Nominating and relieving of the Steering and the Auditing Committees, appointing and relieving of the directors of the organizations it is the founder of, and issuing of approvals on their bylaws, in compliance with the legislation;
Deciding on awarding the title of the honorary citizen of Belgrade, the Plaque of the City of Belgrade, and other public awards;
Appointing and relieving of the Head of the City Administration and his/her deputy, further to a proposal of the Mayor;
Giving of the opinion on the legislation that stipulate issues of the interests to the local self-government;
Bringing about the procedure for protecting of rights of the local self-government before the Constitutional Court;
Issuing of the approval on using names, coat of arms and/or other symbols of the City;
Deciding on the membership in the national and international organizations of cities/towns;
Adopting of the rules of procedure on its work, and
Carrying out of other operations in accordance with the legislation and City Charter.
Working bodies
The members of the working bodies (councils and commissions) are elected by the Assembly from the complement of the councilors, at the proposal of councilors’ groups and proportionally to the number of councilors they have in the City Assembly.
^ abcd"City of Belgrade – City Assembly". 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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The City Assembly of Belgrade Serbian Cyrillic Skupshtina grada Beograda romanized Skupstina grada Beograda is the legislature of the City of Belgrade capital of Serbia It is a representative body that executes the essential functions of the local government stipulated by the legislation and the City Charter 1 City Assembly of Belgrade Skupshtina grada BeogradaSkupstina grada BeogradaLogo of City Assembly of BelgradeTypeTypeUnicameralLeadershipPresidentNikola Nikodijevic SPS since 23 April 2014Deputy PresidentIgor Jovanovic SDPS since 11 June 2022SecretaryBiljana Zivkovic SNS since 8 September 2016StructureSeats110Political groupsGovernment 59 SNS coalition 51 SNS 39 PUPS 3 SDPS 2 PSS BK 2 SPO 1 SNP 1 PS 1 VMSZ SVM 1 SSS 1 SPS JS 8 SPS 7 JS 1 Opposition 51 We Must 13 NDB 10 Together 3 Ujedinjeni 11 SSP 6 PSG 3 PZP 1 USS Sloga 1 DS 10 NADA 6 NDSS 4 POKS 2 Narodna 5 Dveri PB 4 Dveri 2 NFS 1 Independent 1 SSZ 2 Length of termFour yearsElectionsVoting systemProportional representationLast election3 April 2022Next electionTBDMeeting placeOld Palace Belgrade SerbiaWebsitebeograd rsConstitutionCity Charter Contents 1 Composition and conveying 2 Leadership 2 1 President 2 2 Secretary 3 Authorities competences 4 Working bodies 5 Latest election results 6 See also 7 FootnotesComposition and conveying EditThe City Assembly consists of 110 councilors elected at the local election for the four years term The City Assembly gets together according to circumstances and at least once in three months 1 Leadership EditPresident Edit The President of the City Assembly summons sessions suggests the agenda and presides over the City Assembly sessions looks after implementing of the transparency of work of the City Assembly signs bylaws adopted by the City Assembly and performs any other operations entrusted by the City Assembly The City Assembly elects the President and Deputy President from the complement of the councilors for the four years term 1 The current President of the City Assembly is Nikola Nikodijevic while Andrea Radulovic is the Deputy President of the City Assembly Secretary Edit The Secretary of the City Assembly looks after the performance of professional operations in connection with convening and holding of sessions of the City Assembly and its working bodies and manages administrative affairs related to their work The City Assembly appoints the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the City Assembly at the proposal of the President of the City Assembly for four years 1 The current Secretary of the City Assembly is Biiljana Zivkovic while Vukica Loncar is the Deputy Secretary of the City Assembly Authorities competences EditAdoption of the City Charter and deciding on its amendments Bringing of decisions and other bylaws and providing authentic interpretation of those decisions and bylaws Adopting of the program of the City development and certain activities as well as the regional physical plan and urban development plans Adopting of the City budget and annual financial report Founding of public enterprises public services and participating in the foundation of enterprises of interest to the City Deciding on construction maintenance and use of streets squares and other public buildings facilities of importance to the City Deciding on taking loans for the City and on flotation of a City bond issue of the City as well as on investments of the City funds Calling of the City referendum deciding on the proposals contained by public initiatives and specifying a draft decision on voluntary local taxes Adopting of the ground rules of protection use and melioration of the agricultural land and looking after their implementation Adopting of the annual program of acquiring real estates necessary to meet the needs of the City bodies and City Administration further to the approval of the Government of the Republic of Serbia Consisting of the City Administration services and other organizations of interest to the City Electing and relieving of the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Assembly chairpersons and members of working bodies of the Assembly Appointing and relieving of the Secretary of the Assembly and his her deputy Electing and relieving of members of the City Council further to the Mayor s proposal Nominating and relieving of the Steering and the Auditing Committees appointing and relieving of the directors of the organizations it is the founder of and issuing of approvals on their bylaws in compliance with the legislation Deciding on awarding the title of the honorary citizen of Belgrade the Plaque of the City of Belgrade and other public awards Appointing and relieving of the Head of the City Administration and his her deputy further to a proposal of the Mayor Giving of the opinion on the legislation that stipulate issues of the interests to the local self government Bringing about the procedure for protecting of rights of the local self government before the Constitutional Court Issuing of the approval on using names coat of arms and or other symbols of the City Deciding on the membership in the national and international organizations of cities towns Adopting of the rules of procedure on its work and Carrying out of other operations in accordance with the legislation and City Charter Working bodies EditThe members of the working bodies councils and commissions are elected by the Assembly from the complement of the councilors at the proposal of councilors groups and proportionally to the number of councilors they have in the City Assembly Latest election results EditThe following are results of the 2022 election PartyVotes Seats Together We Can Do Everything348 34538 8348 28United for the Victory of Belgrade195 33521 78260We Must99 07811 0413 13SPS JS ZS64 0507 1480National Democratic Alternative57 7606 447 7Serbian Party Oathkeepers32 0293 574 4Dveri POKS30 8983 444 4SDS Nova26 2192 9200Sovereignists19 5442 1800Serbian Radical Party14 6741 6400Nemanja Sarovic For the Whole Normal World5 2390 5800Russian Minority Alliance3 8790 4300Total897 050100 00110 Valid votes897 05097 91Invalid blank votes19 1552 09Total votes916 205100 00Registered voters turnout1 600 46257 85Source GIKPrevious election was held in 2018 See also EditMayor of BelgradeFootnotes Edit a b c d City of Belgrade City Assembly 10 March 2018 Retrieved 10 March 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title City Assembly of Belgrade amp oldid 1141115115, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
