Optimization of communes’ services by network cooperation with private companies

The main purpose of the article is to determine possibilities and conditions of optimizing the process of providing services by communes by initiating and developing network cooperation with private companies operating in the region. At the beginning the author described the stages of the process of achieving network maturity in network cooperation. Next, the identified stages have been related to possible forms of network relations between communes and companies. As a consequence, the practical aspect of this network cooperation potential has been shown. Finally, the author answered the question to what degree the cooperation between communes and private companies operating in the region shows typical features of a network organization.