Editing Marquesas Islands (section)

===Community of communes of the Marquesas Islands (CODIM)===
The Marquesas Islands do not have a provincial or regional assembly, but since 2010 the six [[Communes of France|communes]] (municipalities) into which the Marquesas Islands are divided have gathered to form an [[Communes of France#Intercommunality|intercommunality]], the [[communauté de communes|community of communes]] of the Marquesas Islands (in French: ''communauté de communes des îles Marquises'', or CODIM).<ref name=CTR>{{cite web|url=https://www.ccomptes.fr/sites/default/files/EzPublish/PFR2017-001.pdf |date=2016-09-14|access-date=2022-03-20|title=Rapport d'observations définitives. Communauté de communes des Iles Marquises (CODIM) |author=Chambre territoriale des comptes de la Polynésie française}}</ref> As all communities of communes in France, the CODIM is not a full-fledged [[territorial collectivity]], but only a federation of communes (in French Polynesia, only the overseas collectivity of French Polynesia and the 48 communes are territorial collectivities). The CODIM is governed by a president and by a community council (''conseil communautaire'') which is made up of 15 delegates elected by the municipal councils of the six communes among their members, with each commune having a number of delegates proportional to the size of its population. The president of the CODIM and the community council have their offices in [[Atuona]], on the island of [[Hiva Oa]]. The current president is [[Benoît Kautai]], mayor of [[Nuku Hiva]], who was elected president by the community council in July 2020 after the [[2020 French municipal elections]] and is due to serve for six years until the next municipal elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.codim.pf/le-maire-de-nuku-hiva-benoit-kautai-est-elu-president-de-la-codim-a-lunanimite/ |date=2020-07-24 |access-date=2022-03-20|title=Le maire de Nuku Hiva, Benoît KAUTAI est élu président de la CODIM à l'unanimité|author=CODIM}}</ref>

The community of communes of the Marquesas Islands was created in 2010 with the aim of delegating powers both from the six communes and from the overseas collectivity of French Polynesia to this new intercommunal structure, due to the isolation of the Marquesas Islands and distance from the seat of the French Polynesian government in Tahiti.<ref name=CTR /> The government of French Polynesia transferred to the CODIM the power to oversee economic development. As a result, the CODIM is now in charge of drafting a blueprint for local economic development. The French Polynesian government also transferred to the CODIM the power to grant subsidies in favor of cultural and sports activities. Transfers of powers from the six communes to the CODIM have been extremely limited.<ref name=CTR /> Besides drafting a blueprint for economic development and granting subsidies for cultural and sports activities, the CODIM is currently in charge only of creating hiking trails, drafting studies for waste collection (but not actually managing waste collection, which the communes kept for themselves), drafting a blueprint for transports between the islands of the archipelago, acquiring computers and office equipment for the six communes of the archipelago, and offering legal and technical support to the six communes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.codim.pf/competences/ |access-date=2022-03-20|title=Les compétences |author=CODIM}}</ref>

The French Polynesian public auditor (''chambre territoriale des comptes'') has pointed out that the actions of the CODIM have been very limited and fallen short of its theoretical powers due to a very small budget (less than 100 million Pacific Francs, i.e. less than US$1 million).<ref name=CTR /> For example, the CODIM has not exercised its power to acquire computers and office equipment for the six communes of the archipelago, and more generally its creation has not led to a pooling of resources and expenses by the six communes.<ref name=CTR /> Most of the CODIM's budget has been spent on drafting a blueprint for local economic development, but the CODIM has neither the power nor the financial means to implement the blueprint and build the required infrastructure. The public auditor has called for an expansion of the powers and financial resources of the CODIM.<ref name=CTR />