Abstract
The article is devoted to the peculiarities of a new administrative-territorial system formation as well as to the current state and directions of local self-government and decentralization of power reform in Ukraine. The authors explored the processes of finding the optimal format to provide local self-government functions. The regularities of the management levels strengthening according to different schemes are determined. The key aspects of practical experience of unification and the local management level strengthening in the amalgamated territorial communities are discovered. The prospects of realization of a wide range of powers by local self-government bodies are determined. The peculiarities of local and regional administrative-territorial transformations led to the different levels of management strengthening characterised. The authors underlined that local self-government reform is to be carried out on the basis of the Constitution of Ukraine and regulatory acts, the provisions of the European Charter of Local Self-Government. The following principles are to be adhered: the rule of law; openness, transparency and civic participation; subsidiarity; availability of public services.
Highlights
The formation of Ukraine as a democratic state is impossible without a developed system of local self-government (LSG) and amalgamated territorial communities (ATCs)
The change of the paradigm of state governance, the consistent implementation of the LSG reform and the decentralization of power in Ukraine, the improvement of the existing system of local governance, the expansion of powers of LSG will facilitate the construction of local authorities on the basis of democracy (Danylyshyn, 2015; Harnets et al, 2013)
There is a number of systemic problems in the area of LSG that have been successfully solved in the EU countries
Summary
The formation of Ukraine as a democratic state is impossible without a developed system of local self-government (LSG) and amalgamated territorial communities (ATCs). Today under the decentralisation reform, the reform of LSG is implemented in Ukraine. The LSG system still does not meet the needs of the Ukrainian society in terms of the provision of high quality services for people and proper protection of them and their territories
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