臺灣的地方自治在這幾十年來有著重大的變動,尤其六都的出現改變了地方政治的生態,但臺灣地狹人稠的環境沒有被改變,因此自治團體間的合作就變成一個重要的問題。第一種顧名思義就是中央與地方間的合作,換言之,這裡的合作不是想像中的對等,第三種類型則是在特定的功能領域中的策略夥伴,而第二種地方與地方跨域合作為通常主要討論的類型。關於地方的跨域治理的合作上,在地方制度法就有規範,其規定乃是第21條、第24條與第24條之1與第24條之2的規範。其中第21條與第24條為先,而後兩者則是在2010年修法時加入。而第24條關於合辦事業的規定其實在省縣自治法時期就有規範。不過,我國法的合作模式並沒有在行政組組織上有所開創,相對地,德國地方自治團體間的合作型態一般來說有以下幾種,分別為工作團隊(Arbeitsgemeinschaft)、公法上協議(öffentlich rechtliche vereinbarung)、目的事業公法人(Zweckverbände)與專業公法人。其中目的事業公法人就是一個新的組織建構,這樣的組織的成立,基本上是透過各自治團體的協商,協商完後應該簽署行政契約來完成這組織。個目的事業法人其成員當然主要是地方自治團體,而且可能是不同層級的地方自治團體,但私法人也可能成為裡面的成員,而理論上其他層級的政府,不管是邦或者是聯邦政府都也可能成為成員,而這樣的目的事業法人也可以成為其他目的事業法人的成員。而在我國地方行政組織在合作上可以想像的類型較少。關於我國地方性合作的組織,目前最常看到的就是私法公司的設置,例如各捷運公司,但在關於行政組織的發展上,近二十年間有個很重要的變革就是行政法人。在地方事務上,廢棄物清理與殯葬事務是適合採用新的組織形式來辦理的,藉此改善人民生活,解決地方的難題。
Taiwan's local self-governance has undergone significant changes in the past few decades, but the country is still small and densely populated, so cooperation among self-governance groups has become an important issue. There are three types of cooperation among autonomous groups, the first being central-local cooperation. The third type is strategic partnership in a specific functional area. And the second type of local-local cross-domain cooperation, which is also our focus. Cross-domain governance is governed by local Govermment Act. These provisions are Article 21, Article 24, Article 24-1 and Article 24-2. Article 24-1 provides as follows. To handle self-government matters that involve other special municipalities, counties/cities, or townships/cities, facilitate the use of resources within the region, or to improve the well-being of the residents in the region, a special municipality, county/city, or township/city may, together with other special municipalities, counties/cities, or townships/cities, establish organizations for regional collaboration, enter into agreements or other administrative agreements, or use other methods of collaboration, and report such activities to their common higher-level competent authority for recordation. However, our model of cross-domain governance has not created a new administrative organization. The German law, which has long been the object of our study, can be used here as a reference for our country.