Inter-administrative coordination
Introduction
The General Directorate of Autonomous and Local Cooperation (DGCAL) is the governing body of the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, attached to the General Secretariat of Territorial Coordination, in charge of relations between the General Administration of the State and the rest of the public administrations of Spain.
History
The General Directorate of Autonomous and Local Cooperation was created in 2018 as a result of the separation of the powers of the General Directorate of Relations with Autonomous Communities and Local Entities.[1].
Although the body was created briefly, its history dates back to 1979 with the creation of the Ministry of Territorial Administration. At that time, the functions were divided into two management bodies, the General Directorate of Cooperation with Autonomous Regimes and the General Directorate of Local Administration.[2].
As the creation of the State of the Autonomies progressed, the issues to be dealt with became more complex, having to be expanded to four general directorates in 1980 with the new general directorates of Autonomous Development and Local Cooperation. In 1996, these last two general directorates had been merged.
In 2000, there were two again as in 1979[5] and it remained that way until 2008 when the General Directorate of Autonomous Development was recovered, especially for new transfers of powers.[6] In 2012, all powers were grouped under the General Directorate of Coordination of Powers with the Autonomous Communities and Local Entities, which depended on the new General Secretariat of Autonomous and Local Coordination (which was in charge mainly financial issues) and in 2017 under the General Directorate of Relations with the Autonomous Communities and Local Entities under the General Secretariat of Territorial Coordination.
Structure and functions
The following management bodies depend on the General Directorate:[7].
• - The General Subdirectorate of Autonomous Cooperation, to which corresponds:
- The analysis, promotion and monitoring of multilateral cooperation relations between the General Administration of the State and the Autonomous Communities and the multilateral cooperation bodies between them, especially the Sectoral Conferences; and, in particular, the support and assistance provided to the ministerial departments for this purpose, as well as the monitoring of the decisions adopted in them.