Subnational Government 5.1 Decentralised State Administration 5.2 Regional Governmen t 5.3 Local Government 5.1 Decentralised State Administration S tate administration is decentralised. There is no integrated regional state administration in the form of general-purpose central offices at the subnational level. Instead, most ministries have their own regional units that are legally part of the respective ministry. Their legal basis is contained in the Law on Administrative Organs.
Regional units work under the supervision of the corresponding ministry.
The respective minister appoints the heads of the regional units, and they are obliged to act in accordance with the ministry's policy. There is no regional government in the Republic of Macedonia. The constitution guarantees the citizens' right to local self-government. In May 1997, the Republic of Macedonia ratified the European Charter for Local Self-government. This right is exercised in the municipalities as units of local self-government.