PL
Działania niewładcze mają zastosowanie w realizacji zadań własnych gminy. Istotne cechy tych działań to: niemożność stosowania przymusu prawnego; nawiązanie stosunku współdziałania (a nie stosunku prawnego) organów samorządowych z określonym środowiskiem społecznym gminy; równorzędność stron współdziałania. Działania niewładcze nie są prawnie sformalizowane, choć można wyróżnić w nich dwie fazy: przygotowawczą i realizacyjną. Można te działania rozpatrywać w aspekcie pragmatycznym i politycznym (demokratyzacja życia społeczno-państwowego).
EN
Though discussed in specjalistic literature for a long time, activities of public authorities not invested with imperium have so far had to fight considerable resistance entering into the practice of administrative life. This was mainly caused by the centralized system of administration with its inherent bureaucracy. The birth of local government created the natural conditions for the use of activities not invested in imperium. The articles aims at demonstrating that beside the administrative decisions - the widely known and applied form of activity of local government, also activities not invested in imperium can be used mainly in the performance of the commune's own tasks (the commune satisfying group needs of the local community - see Art. 43 section 2 of the Constitution). From the legal viewpoint, activities not invested in imperium have the following three important features: a) impossibility of the use of compulsory execution (unless explicitly permitted by statutory provision in cases where activities not invested in imperium fail to yield the desired results); b) aim at establishing the relations of joint action (and not a legal relation) between the agencies of local government and a definite local community; that joint action results in profit for both of the parties to it; c) equivalence of the subjects of joint action. Each activity not invested in imperium proceeds in two major stages: preparation and implementation. The former is usually composed of activities such as information, enlightemcnt, incitement, preparation of joint projects etc. Such activities constitute a specific offer directed at undetermined addressees and inciting them to undertake a definite action or joint action. Also the community can make such an offer to a definite commune agency (the so-called initiative groups); the offer can concern agreement of the direction of joint action and of forms of implementation of joint projects, specification of the means to support the desired activity etc. Activities not invested in imperium should be considered not only in the practical but also in the political aspect. The participation of communities in the setting and performance of joint local tasks leads at all times to more effective achievement of not just the individual or group but also the public and state benefits.