I'm just rephrasing the Wiki article. I'm not an expert in this matter.

When I was in Bukovina in 2006, my third cousins were involved in arts councils in Chernivitsi. They seemed to have some funds from somewhere to do a few things.

You might want to check out my TDG. It is designed to be a unitary system, where the highest tier delineates the powers of the lower tiers.