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Introduction
Regions are the bricks of administrative organisation, according
to the Italian constitutional system. They are entitled of several
important functions, some of them coming from the Constitutional
Chart of 1948, the other ones attributed by national laws voted
by the Parliament.
Currently, Italy is divided in 20 Regions. Among the different
bodies in which our State is organised, there are other two administrative
structures, called respectively “Provincia” (Province)
and “Comune” (Commune; municipality, in Britain),
below the level represented by the “Regione”.
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Province usually takes its name from the bigger and most important
city/town we can find on its own area (there are, for example, the
Province of Milan, Pisa, Brescia, Padova etc.); we have around 100
Provinces, on the Italian territory. The Province is governed by
the President, who heads the Local Government called “Giunta”,
whose members are called “Assessori” (Councillors, in
Britain).
The “Consiglio” is the general assembly where all the
political parties are represented and local decisions are taken,
through an organisation based on commissions where all the matters
concerning a specific sector of activity (agriculture, transports
etc.) are discussed.
The Province has a staff of 1.105 people (January 2003) and a budget
(for the year 2003) of 496.920.000, 00 Euro (the volume of global
expenses is around 170.000.000 Euro per year and investments reach
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