Division of powers : multi-level governance structures in Armenia and Azerbaijan

The study provides an overview of levels of institutional and fiscal decentralisation, and of the legal bases for the various governance structures in Armenia and Azerbaijan. The distribution of competencies at each level of governance is presented in the following policy areas of mandatory consultation of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR): transport; employment; social issues; education; vocational training; youth and sports; culture; public health; Trans-European networks; economic, social and territorial cohesion; environment and the fight against climate change, and energy, as well as those in the fields of particular interest for Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs): agriculture; fisheries; immigration and asylum; tourism; and civil protection. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have cooperated with the CoR for years, notably in the framework of the Conference of Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP).