LibGuides: POLITICAL GUIDE: Governance & Power Sharing

Introduction

This negotiation chapter covers governance and power-sharing issues relating to the Federal and Constituent State powers, competencies & structures and considers issues of composition, decision making and deadlock resolving mechanisms as well as the relationship, hierarchy and cooperation between the federal and constituent states. All issues are negotiated based on the agreed framework for a federal solution underpinned by the principles of bi-zonality, bi-communality, political equality, single sovereignty, single international personality and single citizenship.

Main Issues on Governance & Power Sharing

'Governance & Power Sharing: Separation of Powers.' Cyprus Dialogue Forum Factsheets
The factsheet displays how the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary powers have been negotiated and evolved in successive negotiation periods. The factsheet captures the relevant provisions in the 1992 Ghali Set of Ideas, the 2004 Annan Plan and the 2008-2012 Convergences Document. Data from the 2014-2017 negotiations on this matter is not publicly available. The factsheet forms part of the Shared Knowledge Resources of the Cyprus Dialogue Forum.

'Governance & Power Sharing: Competencies' Cyprus Dialogue Forum Factsheets
The factsheet displays how the Federal and Constituent State competencies have been negotiated and evolved in successive negotiation periods. The factsheet captures the relevant provisions in the 1992 Ghali Set of Ideas, the 2004 Annan Plan and the 2008-2012 Convergences. Data from the 2014-2017 negotiations on this matter is not publicly available. The factsheet forms part of the Shared Knowledge Resources of the Cyprus Dialogue Forum.

'Decision Making & Effective Participation' Cyprus Dialogue Forum Factsheets
The infographic displays how effective participation was structured in federal bodies and instruments as well as independent committees and institutions in successive negotiation periods. It covers relevant provisions from the 2004 Annan Plan and the 2008-2012 Convergences. Data from the 2014-2017 negotiations on this matter is not publicly available. The infographic forms part of the Shared Knowledge Resources of the Cyprus Dialogue Forum.

Governance & Power Sharing in the 2014-2017 Negotiations & in the Guterres Framework

The below section covers (a) governance as one of the elements of strategic agreement within the Guterres Framework based on various documents and statements available to the public, and (b) the progress on the chapter of governance achieved in the period of 2014-2017 including the issues of agreement and disagreement at the end of the conference in Crans-Montana.

Guterres Framework
2014-2017 Negotiation Progress