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7.3 PARTECIPATORY INSTRUMENTS
- What is a consiglio comunale
- Added consigliere comunale
- Foreigners invited to the consigli comunali
- Foreigners council
- National fund for immigration politics
7.3.1 WHAT IS A CONSIGLIO COMUNALE
The Comune is an autonomous territory board, whose autonomy is realised through co-ordination and control of police, housing, hygiene, office organisation and it also has the power to give itself a political address through the Giunta Comunale (Comune Junta) and the Consiglio Comunale (Municipal Council).
The Consiglio Comunale is a collegial organ elected by citizens. Number of members vary from 15 to 80, in proportion with number of inhabitants. The Consiglio Comunale has deliberative functions and elects a more restricted organ within its members that have executive functions (Giunta Comunale).
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7.3.2 ADDED CONSIGLIERE COMUNALE
It is the counsellor elected by foreigners who reside in the Comune through specific elections.
He/She participates to the works of the Consiglio Comunale in order to realise initiatives or to discuss problems relative to immigration, but has no right to vote. To institute the added consigliere comunale it is necessary to apply for a modification of status of Comune, in which aim of foreign integration into civil and political life must be specified and election forms of member must be established and modality of election execution.
To vote it is necessary:
- to be 18 years old;
- reside in the Comune in which person wants to vote.
One or more consiglieri may be elected and their institution must be deliberated by the Consiglio Comunale with actuation rules. During the consigli comunali the added consigliere has no right to vote, but only the faculty to participate to discussions as representative of foreigners residing in the Comune. The added consigliere has also right of speech in the preliminaries of discussion of subjects to be discussed, in ways approved by the other consiglieri.
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7.3.3 FOREIGNERS INVITED TO THE CONSIGLI COMUNALI
They are particular guests of consigli comunali in which questions linked to immigration are discussed; it may be a foreigner chosen within the field of immigrant associations, among experts on determinate sectors or committed in voluntary works.
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7.3.4 FOREIGNERS COUNCIL
It's a consultative organ of foreigners by territorial different communities chosen by immigrants living in the town. To institute the foreigners council it is necessary to apply for a modification of status of Comune. A foreigners council has its own specific rules.
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7.3.5 NATIONAL FUND FOR IMMIGRATION POLITICS
The Social Solidarity Ministery issued a fund to finance activities for recognition and the application of immigrants basic rights. The fund also promotes foreigners integration, prevents and removes every discrimination and tries to reinsert foreigners in the original country.
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