ВПЛИВ ЛОКАЛЬНИХ ПОЛІТИЧНИХ ІДЕНТИЧНОСТЕЙ НА СТАЛИЙ РОЗВИТОК ТЕРИТОРІАЛЬНИХ ГРОМАД

Abstract

The article examines the influence of local political identities on the sustainable development of territorial communities. It is noted that local political identity is carried out not only in the political sphere but also in socio-economic practices. A steady increase of scientific interest in local political identities is associated with the decentralization reform and the formation of united territorial communities, the formation of regional political regimes and the regionalization of the party system. The article defines the goals, criteria, and tasks of sustainable development, which are implemented in the strategic development plans of states, urban areas and communities. It is indicated that the influence of local political identities on the capacity and sustainable development of communities is manifested, primarily, in the formation of local self-government bodies that adopt political documents regarding the implementation of current and strategic plans for the socio-economic development of the community, the principles and mechanisms of their implementation. The opportunities of carrying out the political identities of community residents in socio-economic activities depend on the development of local democracy, legal regulation, and instruments of influence of community residents on the formation of local politics (general meetings, petitions, public and electronic consultations, participation in public actions, etc.). It is shown that active public participation and self-organization of the population based on strengthening interested participation, trust and patriotism is an important component of achieving the SDGs at the local level. It is emphasized that it is the local identity that is the basis of cohesion around the SDGs, a guarantee of community members’ responsibility to future generations of the local community. The approaches to involving the public in the process of strategic planning in the community are analysed. It is emphasized that the mechanisms of implementation of public initiatives within the community and the perspective of political decisions of local authorities reflect political views and values of local political identities and peculiarities of their political identification. The factors that have a bad effect on the involvement of citizens in strategic planning are weak local identity, lack of initiative, different strategic goals of developing territorial communities, conflict and lack of compromise among local authorities, etc. Keywords: local political identity, territorial community, sustainable development.