Regional & Local Government

Grenada does not have a system of local government, which makes all local affairs the responsibility of the central Ministry of Housing, Lands and Community Development. There have been discussions regarding the development of a system of elected councils in order to achieve better local representation. Grenada has two dependencies which have their own council and the new system would be followed by a widening of the constitutional provisions of local government on Carriacou and Petite Martinique to all of Grenada.  The dependencies are governed by national government functions and local administrators are appointed by central government. The national government is currently developing several seminar and discussion forums, with the aid of international donors and expert organisations on local government.