Administrative-territorial Reform Research Articles

State of strategic planning of regional and local development in the Lviv region

State of strategic planning of regional and local development in the Lviv region

EVOLUTION OF FACTORS AFFECTING PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN THE MUNICIPAL WORK ENVIRONMENT

Employees’ wellbeing and health are very broad concepts, but different kinds of stressors are influencing them. The aim of this research is to identify the risk factors in the municipal work environment of Latgale region and to find solutions for risk reduction. The need for such research is justified by recent research in various countries, which shows that the psychosocial problems adversely affect wellbeing, productivity and health. In addition, forthcoming administrative-territorial reform in 2021 may intensify tensions. 123 employees were surveyed and surveys data were analyzed. It has been found that tension at work is caused by uncertainty about the future career prospects, overload and competition. Sometimes there is a lack of emotional intelligence, insufficient effective communication skills with colleagues and clients, and reassessment of one's affective abilities.

STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND INVESTMENT DOMINANTS OF BUDGET POLICY DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY

The research consists in substantiation and development of conceptual bases and recommendations on strategy of budgetary policy activization of Ukraine on the basis of investment. Investment analysis is a method of systematic analytical and research work to optimize investment decisions. Its indicators and methods of evaluation and interpretation are used in determining the effectiveness of alternative investment projects when it is necessary to make a choice. The main information and analytical tools for project evaluation: financial indicators of the project; indicators of economic efficiency; sensitivity analysis; break-even analysis; probability estimation. Their use is effective when using the discount method. Revision of the former regulatory system in accordance with the new priorities of economic policy provides assistance to the state in forming the infrastructure of the resource market, developing a network of non-bank financial institutions capable of mobilizing long-term financial resources, restructuring the banking system to implement investment functions of banks in the economy, insurance and investment incentives. The search for a new domestic model of investment development and the current mechanism of the state presence should be carried out taking into account the experience of state regulation of investment processes gained by foreign countries, using its positive aspects in Ukraine. state and administrative-territorial units. The purpose of the work is to study the systematization of the tool base for modelling the mechanism of budget management in the financial and economic system of the state and the development of conceptual approaches to the development of local budgets in the context of financial decentralization in Ukraine. Applied aspects are based on determining the main directions and effectiveness of budget policy in Ukraine for the period 2018-2020 pp. The authors study the structure of the budget mechanism and components of the budget management system as an instrumental basis for the conceptualization of local budgets in the economic system of the state. The practical part of the work is the monitoring of the investment sector of the Odessa region, the study of the dynamics of the main macroeconomic indicators of the region. In general, the implementation of administrative-territorial reform and the introduction of changes in the territorial organization of power in Ukraine have provided an update of the system of revenue generation of local budgets. The analysis of the selected research issues provides a conceptual basis for the formation of an effective mechanism of fiscal policy in Ukraine; forms a platform for developing macroeconomic stabilization policy. Prospects for further research are to improve the mechanism of effective functioning of the budget sphere and the implementation of integrated management analysis.

Modeling of infrastructure development indicators of amalgamated territorial communities’ natural and economic systems

Relevance of the research topic. The urgency of the study is due to the fact that the implementation of sustainable development goals adapted to national conditions, ensuring the practical transition of the country and its regions to the model of sustainable development requires the use of all opportunities and resources, improving the natural resource and socio-economic potential public policy. Such tasks are at the present stage of reforming the administrative-territorial structure of the country. Formulation of the problem. One of the main tasks of administrative-territorial reform is to reformat the relations and powers between administrative-territorial units, create amalgamated territorial communities (ATC) and give them expanded rights to manage their own sustainable development. Therefore, there is a need for methodological justification of the process and conditions for the most effective use of natural resources and socio-economic potential of the territories as a basis for their balanced development. Analysis of recent research and publications. Modern aspects of solving the problems of decentralization and reforming the administrative-territorial system in the country are such scientists as Pavlyuk A.P., Oliynyk D.I., Batalov O.A., Datsko O.I., Murkovych L.L., Molodozhen Yu.B. etc. [1-4]. The results of our own research on the problem are given in [5-11]. Selection of unexplored parts of the general problem. As there is inequality in the provision of basic conditions, which include the availability of natural resources, demographic situation, socio-economic potential, the problem of developing systemic mechanisms to promote the creation of financially viable and self-sufficient communities and their infrastructure as a basis for sustainable development of the territory and the country as a whole. Problem statement, research goals. The above circumstances determine the feasibility of determining the levers and mechanisms for sustainable infrastructure development of the amalgamated territorial communities. Method and methodology of research. In the process of conducting research, general scientific (analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, analytical grouping) and special (abstraction, modeling, etc.) methods of studying economic phenomena and processes were used. Presentation of the main material. The study of the dynamics of state support for infrastructural development of OTG, development expenditures (capital expenditures) and the effectiveness of the current mechanism for calculating the infrastructure subvention on the example of Zaporizhzhya region was conducted. There is a relationship between the volume of infrastructure subvention and development expenditures (capital expenditures). It is established that the current mechanism for determining the size of the infrastructure subvention, when it is determined depending on the size of the rural population and the area of UTC is ineffective. It is proved that it is necessary to assess the parameters of sustainable development of UTC not only by traditional components, which are economic, environmental and social, but also by the infrastructural component. For this purpose, an integrated indicator of sustainable infrastructural development of each individual UTC, district or region is proposed, which would allow comparing UTC indicators not only within the district or region, but also between regions of Ukraine. The integrated indicator for assessing the level of infrastructural sustainable development takes into account two components: external influence in the form of infrastructure subvention and internal opportunities of UTC in the form of development expenditures. In turn, the size of the state infrastructure subvention in accordance with the current procedure is determined by the area of UTC and the rural population, but in the proposed model it is advisable to recalculate not the rural population (as it is provided), but the total population of UTC in accordance with actual spending. The apparatus of fuzzy set theory was used to estimate the integrated indicator of the sustainability of infrastructural development. A comparison of indicators of infrastructural development of UTC of Zaporizhzhya region during 2016 - 2018 (unclear values of indicators which showed that by increasing the level of self-sufficiency and break-even OTG can increase the level of sustainability of infrastructural development. The use of own funds in the form of capital expenditures increases efficiency).

ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ ТА ВИМІРЮВАННЯ КРИТЕРІЇВ ЯКОСТІ ПОСЛУГ ГРОМАДСЬКОГО ПАСАЖИРСЬКОГО ТРАНСПОРТУ З УРАХУВАННЯМ ДОСВІДУ ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКОГО СОЮЗУ

The article outlines possible ways to solve the scientific and applied problem of defining and measuring the quality criteria of public passenger transport services, taking into account the European Union experience. The main method of achievment this goal is the development and implementation national standards for defining quality criteria for passenger transport services and their measurement systems. They are based on identical translations two European standards: EN 15140:2006 and EN 13816:2002. Standarts provide the definition eight main criterias of service quality and three main methods of measuring these criterias. The paper presents examples of measuring certain criterias. These standards are intended for using by all modes of land transport (road, rail, urban electric and subway). The relevant parts of these standards have be used during designing appropriate systems for a particular mode of transport, The basic scheme of actions concerning management of quality of services of public passenger transport is developed. Extended examples of methods for measuring the quality of public passenger transport services are provided. The practical significance of the results are: national quality standards will be allowed; clear rules of framework agreements the public procurement procedure for transport services are established; the quality of transport services will improved. This is especially important in the context of the administrative-territorial reform Ukraine, when the bus route network changes. Keywords: measurement of service quality, public passenger transport, satisfaction of consumer needs, standarts, passenger transport services.

Digitalization Of The Management System Of Administrative-Territorial Units Of Ukraine

The article is devoted to the theoretical and methodological aspects of the digitalization of the management system of the administrative-territorial units of Ukraine. The authors studied the main problems of the modern administrative-territorial structure of Ukraine and their consequences, the definition and criteria for assigning settlements to the corresponding categories of administrative-territorial units and clearly presented their classification. Analyzed the administrative-territorial reform in Ukraine and assessed its practical implementation. Based on the study, they proposed a mechanism for the digitalization of the management system of administrative-territorial units of Ukraine. They showed, using an example, an assessment of the current state of readiness for digitalization of the system of administrative-territorial units of Ukraine. Further aspects of improvement, the authors highlighted the creation of a roadmap for the digitalization of the management system of administrative-territorial units of Ukraine.

Valsts civilās aizsardzības jomu reglamentējošo normatīvo aktu izmaiņas laika posmā no 2014.–2018. gadam

Civil protection is an essential part of the national security system. One of the main conditions for successful functioning of any system is a properly organized regulatory framework - laws, Cabinet of Minister’s regulations that clearly define the civil protection structure and the responsibilities and rights of legal and natural persons involved in the processes. This study identifies the current situation and concludes that the norms of the Civil Defence and Disaster Management Law adopted by the Saeima in 2016 eliminate the discrepancies of the Civil Protection Law of 2006 and administrative-territorial reform of 2009, and specifically determine the areas of responsibility and activities of the state and municipal institutions, but the changes in the regulations governing the training of students and employees ensure compulsory civil protection courses for higher education institutions.

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ УПРАВЛІННЯ СФЕРОЮ ТУРИЗМУ В УКРАЇНІВ УМОВАХ АДМІНІСТРАТИВНО-ТЕРИТОРІАЛЬНОЇ РЕФОРМИ

The article examines the features of the management of the tourism sector in Ukraine in the historical period from the time of its independence to the present day. Tourism as a sphere of the economic complex of Ukraine began to develop only in 1991. Until 1991, tourism was not included in either the production or non-production sphere of activity, but was defined as a type of activity that provides the consumer with intangible benefits. Since 1991, the role and place of tourism in the structure of the economic complex has changed more than once.On the basis of the generally accepted world models of tourism management and the countries most characteristic of these models, it was revealed that the most characteristic and effective model for Ukraine at the present stage is a model similar to the French, when a profile ministry is involved in state regulation, which includes a profile Agency, and management at the regional level is included in the competence of tourism departments established by local authorities and tourism departments at the OTG level.Most tourism and hospitality associations and agencies are ineffective and should be reformed to improve the effectiveness of managerial influence.In the context of the administrative-territorial reform that is taking place in Ukraine, the positive and negative components of its influence on the development of the tourism sector at the level of the united territorial communities have been identified. Most of the OTGs do not understand their role and the possibility of effectively influencing tourism management, thereby preventing the development of either individual tourist sites or the sphere in general. Recommendations are given to improve the efficiency of tourism management as a sphere of the economic complex of Ukraine, taking into account the existing administrative-territorial reform, which can radically affect the development of tourism and provoke very high risks.The ways of effective tourism management at the level of united territorial communities are proposed.A model for managing the tourism sector has been developed, which includes state bodies of direct and indirect influence, as well as non-state bodies of influence, as well as a new non-existing structural management unit, united territorial communities. The model includes state and local authorities, tourism enterprises and public organizations of all forms of ownership of direct and indirect influence, uniting all components into a single whole.Keywords: tourism, tourism management, management model, administrative-territorial reform, UTG, tourist magnet.

МОНІТОРИНГ ПЕРСПЕКТИВ ТА ІНВЕСТИЦІЙНІ ІНСТРУМЕНТИ РОЗВИТКУ ТЕРИТОРІАЛЬНИХ ГРОМАД

The article considers the trends of development of territorial communities, substantiates the need to intensify investment processes, which in the context of reform of the administrative and territorial structure of the country will provide communities with greater opportunities for socio-economic development of territories. The administrative-territorial reform is becoming a significant instrument for the spatial regulation of the socio-economic development of the country, which implies a balanced and sustainable development of the regions and the growth of the economic level of the territory by creating the favorable conditions for the development of all regions, as well as territorial communities. The main advantages of territorial reform are proved and determined, the prospects of development of territorial communities in Ukraine are analyzed. The stages of territorial communities creation are considered and prospects of their development in Ukraine are analyzed. The final-term action plan of the government until 2021 of the reform of local self-government is analyzed. It is established that the reform of the administrative and territorial structure of the country is a complex, multi-level and large-scale process, which is closely related to the efficiency of all systems and components of social development. Consequently, this reform should take place in the context of a systemic reform of the administrative and territorial structure at all levels, based on the approved conceptual framework of the reform and a clear understanding of its implementation strategy. It is established that the investment development of the country is a complex, multilevel and large-scale process, which is closely related to the efficiency of all systems and components of social development on the state level, regional level and territorial community level. It is noted that the increase of human resources, qualified development of investment proposals, full use of marketing tools, public consultation, cooperation of communities are important tools to promote their development.

ІСТОРІЯ ФОРМУВАННЯ НОТАРІАЛЬНИХ ОКРУГІВ У НЕЗАЛЕЖНІЙ УКРАЇНІ

The article covers the history of the notarial districts formation in Ukraine. The subject matter of the study is the retrospective of notarial districts formation in Ukraine as well as the development of the grounded proposals for respective legislation improvement. The methodological basis of the study were general scientific (analysis, comparison and modelling) and special (formal and logical) methods of cognition. The notary territorial competence influence on the formation of notarial districts is considered. The author has proved that the notary territorial competence in the context of national legislation is understood as the basis for the notary districts formation. The research suggests the analysis of 4 stages of notary formation and development in Ukraine: early years of independence, establishment of the maximum number of notaries, the years of uncertainty and the current stage, characterized by changes due to administrative-territorial and digital reforms. As a result of the analysis, it was concluded that during the early years of independence the legislation, considering the notary territorial competence, was poor, while state intervention into the process of notarial districts allocation was really high. The regulation of the maximum number of notaries and notarial quotas as the legal problem that does not meet today's challenges is revealed. Legislative drafts aiming at regulating the number of notaries and restricting such state intervention in notarial activity have been analysed. The present regulation of the notary territorial competence, as well as legislative updates, considering the administrative-territorial reforms in Ukraine, are studied. The attention is also paid to the administrative-territorial structure as a basis for the allocation of the notary territorial competence. The main concepts of forming the list of notarial districts by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine are outlined; moreover, their pros and cons are highlighted. The governmental plans to digitalize the state services in terms of launching electronic notaries for remote notarial acts are mentioned. The offer to improve the principles of notary districts system in order to increase the availability of notarial acts to the population is given (driven by the examples of regional notary districts in Kyiv and Sevastopol aiming at providing remote notarial acts). Taking into account the Constitutional provisions, the need to consolidate the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine authorities is justified in context of approving the list of notarial districts in the Law of Ukraine "On Notaries". Keywords: territorial competence of a notary, maximum number of notaries, administrative-territorial structure, administrative-territorial unit, quotas of notaries, availability of notarial acts

Managing territorial communities based on territorial marketing: theoretical-methodological aspects

After local elections were held in Ukraine in October 2020 based on the new territorial ground of communities and districts, all communities received equal competencies and basic opportunities to generate their capacity and development foundations (namely, the use of single terminology – rural, town, and municipal territorial communities). Nowadays, the authorities of territorial communities should continuously improve the management foundations and methods to create conditions for the dynamic development of the territory, since the competition among the territories is growing. The paper aims to examine and research the available approaches to marketing of territorial communities’ territories and develop recommendations on modeling the management of territorial communities based on territorial marketing as the most efficient way to manage communities to secure their competitiveness and sustainable development. The conditions to improve new approaches in the management of territorial communities, in particular based on the advantages of territorial marketing, strengthen the role of marketing tools in the development of communities, and improve their competitive ability and attractiveness were created in the context of finalization of the process of authorities and finance decentralization in Ukraine, local governance reform, and administrative-territorial reform. On this ground, the need to use the marketing approach to the development of territorial management foundations using the marketing complex (goods, prices, promotion, distribution) and supplementing it with the features of qualitative and quantitative characteristics peculiar to territorial communities in current conditions is emphasized. The conceptual scheme of managing the communities based on territorial marketing using well-known elements of complex management like analysis, planning, organization, motivation, and control is suggested and substantiated.

Decentralization of local self-government under the conditions of administrative-territorial reform in Ukraine

The essence of administrative and territorial reform and decentralization reform in Ukraine is to move away from a centralized model of government in the state, ensure the ability of local self-government and build an effective system of territorial power organization in Ukraine based on the principles of subsidiarity, omnipresence and financial self-sufficiency of local self-government. The purpose of the article is to identify areas for improving the effectiveness of the administrative-territorial reform in Ukraine based on assessing the results of its financial decentralization component. Peculiarities of changing the territorial basis of local self-government in Ukraine investigate the necessity of moving from a voluntary amalgamation of territorial communities to the stage of their formation according to clearly defined criteria and providing opportunities for the development of such communities in the future. It focuses on the need to consolidate areas and change the system of interaction of the subregional level with the amalgamated territorial communities at a basic level.

ІНСТИТУЦІОНАЛЬНІ ЗАСАДИ РЕГУЛЮВАННЯ ЗЕМЕЛЬНИХ ВІДНОСИН В КОНТЕКСТІ ДЕЦЕНТРАЛІЗАЦІЇ ВЛАДИ

The article is devoted to the institutional basis of land relations regulation in the context of authority decentralization. The purpose of the article is development and substantiation of the institutional component of theoretical-methodological and scientific-practical bases of land relations regulation in the conditions of authority decentralization. The object of research was the legal processes of land relations regulation in the conditions of land market opening and increasing the role of territorial communities in land resources management. The importance of the regulatory base development for ensuring the functioning of the agricultural land market, which allows owners to alienate land shares (units) through electronic auctions, has been substantiated. The basic requirements for participants in land auctions for the land sale in the electronic trading system of state property in real time and the Internet have been considered in the article. The area and prices of sold land plots in distribution of agricultural land 12 July 2021 have been analyzed. The features of creation the complex plans of territory development of the united territorial community have been studied. The influence of the State Agrarian Register on the state aid receiving to agricultural producers has been considered. It has substantiated that one of the main tasks for today is to develop the mechanism for regulating the behavior of landowners, land users, government agencies, stakeholders and local governments; relations with the state and society on the involvement of land in a particular type of economic activity; acquisition of their status, capacity and profitability according to legal, economic and environmental norms on the basis of supply and demand in the land market. Thus, today completion of the administrative-territorial reform, the end result of which was the consolidation of administrative-territorial units at the initial levels of the hierarchical structure of the territorial division of the country, there was a transfer of authority to manage land resources to territorial communities. One of the key areas to regulation of land relations should be: an adoption of a number of new bills, which regulate the main issues of land relations in the context of authority decentralization; as well as further creation of the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Fund and development of the procedure for ensuring the right of employees of state agricultural enterprises, institutions, organizations to receive a land share (units).

Greening the economic activity of the mountainous territorial communities of Transcarpathia

A conceptual model of the ecological and economic development of the mountainous territorial communities of the Transcarpathian region in the context of the implementation of the administrative-territorial reform and decentralization has been proposed, it makes it possible to effectively use their natural resource, production and human potential, to increase the competitiveness of local economic systems due to the greening of economic activities. The main reasons that determine the deep differentiation in the level of social and economic development of mountain communities in comparison with the communities of the foothills and lowlands of the natural and economic zones of the region have been analyzed. Taking into account the creative factors – the presence of unique natural resources, mineral waters, landscape and climatic zones, forests, significant reserves of groundwater and surface water, historical traditions and features of their ethnic group – a model of ecological and economic development of mountain territorial communities has been proposed. The essence, stages of formation have been revealed and the range of tasks to be solved at each of these stages has been determined. Perspective directions of development of mountain communities, which brings them closer to the smart community, have been substantiated.

ПОЛЬСЬКИЙ ЗРАЗОК ПРОЦЕСУ ОБ'ЄДНАННЯ ТА ФУНКЦІОНУВАННЯ ТЕРИТОРІАЛЬНИХ ГРОМАД

From the very beginning of its existence, the process of local self-government bodies’ formation in post-socialist countries is characterized by total control by central authorities. It is common that citizens in political-power relations are forced to play a secondary role in such systems, therefore they naturally tend to the European model of policy on the community level. Each of the post-socialist countries has chosen its own path of reforming the local self-government system. This article deals with the analysis of the Polish model of administrative-territorial reform, as Poland was one of the first countries in the socialist bloc that began reforming process radically denying the communist model of governance imposed by the Soviet Union. In addition, we analyze the Polish experience as Ukraine and Poland share common history and these countries have much common features in terms of economy and culture. Poland had the opportunity to critically analyze the experience of leading European countries while preparing their own administrative and territorial reform and, eventually, applied the best European practices in Poland. On the one hand, the main goal of the Polish government in this area was to establish effective work of local governments, which would consider the need of having a controlled vertical of executive power typical for a unitary state and, on the other hand, maximize the rights of local governments. It is a known fact that the Republic of Poland began with the reform of local government, particularly, abolished the two-steps system of territorial units (gminas and voivodships) and introduced a three-steps one instead (gmina – county – voivodship). The establishment of the Republic prepared a detailed set of legal documents for each level of the self-government hierarchy, which clearly regulated the scope of competence for each level. This model proved its effectiveness and has been used until now. The aim of this article is to identify mechanisms for reforming local governments in post-socialist countries based on the experience of Poland.

Current trends in regional endogenous development in the context of influence of the globalization factors

The administrative-territorial reform, which is being carried out in Ukraine, has updated the search for new ways of endogenous development of its regions. Now, the real decentralization of power is one of the main priorities of the initiated changes. This should increase the institutional and managerial capacity of local governments in both individual communities and regions. At the same time, achieving this goal will be difficult if we ignore the current trends of globalization and the impact of globalization factors on the endogenous development of regions. However, recent practices show that globalization factors can have not only stimulating but also limiting effects. These factors can also reduce the efficiency of regional development potential. The case of the spread of quarantine restrictions in many countries caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic can serve as an example. As a result, the government institutions of different states and their regional local governments face a number of serious challenges of socio-economic nature. The negative factors of globalization impact on the endogenous development of regions in modern conditions include: non-tariff restrictions generated by environmental, security or socio-psychological motives; opportunistic behavior of residents or businesses; corruption and the shadow economy; insufficient quality of human and social capital. It results in restrictions on the free movement of people, goods and capital under the pretext of protecting citizens from viral threats or from potentially harmful consumer goods. Another argument is the ban on using dishonestly acquired financial resources. As opposed, the main positive aspects of globalization’s impact on endogenous development of regions include: activation of interregional and cross-border cooperation, improvement of regional institutional and information infrastructure, local governments’ openness to cooperate with foreign investors and international donor organizations, cultural integration and implementation of democratic practices of public administration in regions, including instruments of participatory governance.

Обґрунтування напрямків розвитку сільських та селищних територіальних громад Луганської області

In connection with the completion of the administrative-territorial reform and the creation of 1469 territorial communities (TGs) in Ukraine, which function on the basis of direct relations with the central budget of the country, the issue of summarizing the results of the activities of previously created communities to generalize the directions of their development is being updated. An analysis of the activities of previously created TGs, which have worked on the terms of direct relationships with the state budget for 1 to 3 years, shows a very different level of their effectiveness. Therefore, the issue of economic efficiency of TG activities should become an object of thorough research in order to determine the factors and substantiate the directions of development of territorial communities. Based on a study of the performance indicators of 17 rural communities in the Luhansk region, results were obtained that show certain patterns of variability in the specific indicators of income, capital and current costs per capita, depending on the general indicators of TG, such as the number of inhabitants and the area of TG territory. As a result, for the rural territorial communities of the Luhansk region, functioning in the same climatic and industrial conditions, ideas about relevant areas of community development, in particular, through more efficient use of land resources, assistance to the development of entrepreneurship, limiting the costs of maintaining the community management apparatus, taking into account objective trends in the change in indicators depending on the size and area of the territory of communities.

Administrative-Territorial Structure of Khmelnytskyi Region according to Administrative-Territorial Reform in Ukraine in 2020

The philosophical basis of this research is the author’s perception of the state as a holistic social phenomenon in its systemic relationships. Considering the dimensional component of the state’s category, which is its territory, as one of mandatory sign of the state, the author considers the administrative-territorial structure as an external expression of the territorial organization of power. Substantiating the relevance of research, the author emphasizes that it takes place in real time during the election process and a short post-election period on the basis of the new administrative-territorial structure, which in itself proves the relevance of this work. In the absence of such scientific works to reflect the current realization of reform of the territorial organization of power, the author determines the purpose of the research as the need to obtain holistic and systematized initial information regarding reformed administrative-territorial structure and local government of Khmelnytskyi region. Reforming administrative-territorial structure of the region is considered in close connection with the administrative-territorial reform in Ukraine as a whole. The research is based on the norms of the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, acts of the Verkhovna Rada, the Cabinet of Ministers, and the Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Such data are analytically generalized: created and liquidated regions; formed territorial communities with the determined administrative centres and the disbanded territorial communities; the affiliation of the disbanded territorial communities to the formed territorial communities with the determination of the districts and cities, to which the disbanded communities according to the old administrative system belonged; number of regional councils at all levels in 2020 and number and status of councils elected in 2020; number of deputies elected in 2020 to regional councils at all levels; composition of city, town and village mayors elected for the first time, re-elected, number of men and women elected to these positions. The article is illustrated by the administrative map of Khmelnytskyi region according to the new administrative-territorial structure and seven tables that benefit better perception of its content.

Spatial disproportions in development of territorial community under conditions of administrative and financial decentralization

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to identify the spatial features of the social-economic development of territorial communities in the context of administrative and financial decentralization.
 Methodology /approach. The method of system analysis is used in the work – to research the spheres of central-peripheral interactions at the level of territorial communities; method of comparative analysis – to identify trends in the formation and development of interactions between the center and the periphery in communities and the factors that determine them; abstract-logical method – for the formation of theoretical generalizations and formulation of conclusions from the research; method of graphic visualization, which allows providing a clear presentation of the results of the analysis; sociological survey of chairmen of local councils of territorial communities of Lviv region – to determine the state of development of central-peripheral interactions in their communities. The key role of territorial and systemic approaches to the analysis of core-peripheral interactions in territorial communities is emphasized, which made it expedient to form a research method based on taking into account the conditions for the development of a particular environment and existing spatial restrictions.
 Results. The article identifies the features of the formation of core-peripheral interactions in the territorial communities of rural areas. It is focused on the formation of derivative core-peripheral interactions that arise in the territorial communities created during the implementation of administrative-territorial reform. On the basis of a systematic and comprehensive analysis, the existing and hidden core-peripheral dependencies were identified and the features of the mutual influence of the centers of the united territorial communities of the rural areas of the Lviv region on the socio-economic development of the community territory were revealed. The problems and risks of the development of the territory of the community are substantiated in the context of the mutual influence of a derivative nature.
 Originality / scientific novelty. A scientific approach to the identification of central-peripheral interactions in territorial communities was developed, which allows identifying the spatial effects of social, economic, managerial interactions of the center and the periphery within the community. A scientific-and-methodological approach to the assessment of central-peripheral interactions was developed, which provides for the selection of community groups according to certain criteria (community type (urban / rural / urban), community composition, location in the region) and their diagnosis in areas: analysis of strategic documents of local council on the development of central-peripheral interactions in a community; analysis of the management structure of the local council, representation of peripheral communities, compliance of the composition and structure of the governing body with the goals of community development; analysis of budget support for infrastructure development; research of employment opportunities in the community. The application of the approach will reveal the patterns of formation of central-peripheral interactions at the level of territorial communities.
 Practical value / implications. The results of the study make it possible to have a more comprehensive assessment of the state of the formation of central-peripheral interactions in territorial communities, contribute to the identification of risks of social conflict between different groups in the community and to form recommendations for their activation. The results are recommended for consideration by local governments when preparing proposals for socio-economic development and ensuring the financial capacity of local communities.

Rozwój przestrzenny byłych miast wojewódzkich w Polsce. Studium przypadku Krosna, Przemyśla i Tarnobrzega

Decentralizacja ustroju terytorialnego państwa wywarła ogromny wpływ na rozwój miast na przełomie XX i XXI w. Dotyczy to zwłaszcza byłych stolic województw „zdegradowanych” do funkcji miast na prawie powiatu, przed którymi stanęło wiele wyzwań natury społeczno-gospodarczej, co znalazło odzwierciedlenie m.in. w ich rozwoju przestrzennym. Celem opracowania jest zidentyfikowanie uwarunkowań, cech wspólnych i różnic, a także wskazanie kierunków zmian w procesie rozwoju przestrzennego byłych miast wojewódzkich w Polsce. W pracy odniesiono się do takich zagadnień, jak: 1) wpływ rozszerzenia granic administracyjnych na zmiany struktury funkcjonalno-przestrzennej; 2) stymulanty i destymulanty rozwoju przestrzennego; 3) kształtowanie struktury przestrzennej w nawiązaniu do historycznego rozwoju miast oraz zapisów dokumentów strategiczno-planistycznych; 4) miejskie obszary funkcjonalne; 5) kierunki rozwoju przestrzennego analizowanych miast w przyszłości. Odpowiadają one układowi celów szczegółowych. Efekty niniejszej pracy są dwojakie. W aspekcie implementacyjnym ukazano wpływ transformacji ustrojowej, reform administracyjno-terytorialnych oraz prowadzonej polityki przestrzennej na rozwój miast będących do 1998 r. stolicami województw, tj. Krosna, Przemyśla i Tarnobrzega, położonych obecnie w województwie podkarpackim. W aspekcie poznawczym opracowano modele rozwoju przestrzennego tych miast.