Local self-government is a form of citizen participation in the management of local affairs. The local committee is established by the statute of the local self-government unit as a form of direct participation of citizens in decision-making on local affairs of direct and daily influence on the life and work of citizens. Local committees are one of the forms of organization of local self-government (with city districts and city districts as special forms) and thus a model of distribution of political power at the local level. The local board is a legal entity. The bodies of the city district are the city district council and the president of the city district council. In everyday life, the terms local and local self-government are often equated, which is a mistake. Local and local self-government differ most clearly in the size of their territory and population, and the degree of close connection between their needs and activities. The unit of local self-government (municipality, city) is, in relation to the form of local self-government, a larger (in terms of area and number of inhabitants) and more complex form of organizing citizens to independently perform local tasks that meet their needs.