They are not a Local Self-Government Organization, albeit they supervise the Administrative Regions and Municipalities within their territory.
[1] They enjoy both administrative and financial autonomy[2] and exercise devolved state powers in urban planning, environmental and energy policy, forestry, migration and citizenship.
[3] Beyond that, they are tasked with supervising the first and second-level self-governing bodies: the regions and municipalities.
They are run by a government-appointed general secretary, assisted by an advisory council drawn from the regional governors and the representatives of the municipalities.
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