Reform Of Local Self-government Research Articles

Financial and Structural Prospects of Local Government Reform in Russia

The reform of local self-government (LSG), which started over 30 years ago, has not been completed at the moment, and the regulatory and legislative activities of Russian deputies to bring legislation into line with the new version of the country's Constitution are in progress. From the point of view of the impact on the state of local self-government, it is important to consider the impact of constitutional amendments regarding the exclusion of the mandatory settlement basis of the organization of local self-government on the prospective structure of the LSG; and also to assess the potential financial implications for municipal budgets and local self-government in general of the idea of embedding local self-government at the third level in the system of public authority. It is shown that the issue of the structure of the LSG and the economic feasibility of the consolidation of municipalities remains poorly developed. The paradox is that the need to assess the progress and results of the merger of municipalities not only with qualitative arguments, but also with quantitative calculations, is generally recognized, but there is currently no quantitative assessment of the effectiveness of the merger of municipalities in Russia, as in most foreign countries. The analysis of the reform transformations of the LSG and the improvement of regulatory and legislative acts regarding the regulation of the LSG of Russia has shown that local self-government, formally remaining an institution of public authority, in practice turns into “public administration within municipal borders”, known since Soviet times. The situation is complicated by the denunciation of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, implemented by the State Duma on the proposal of President Vladimir Putin in February 2023. The scientific novelty of the work consists in substantiating theoretical and practice-oriented proposals for improving the structural and financial components of the reform.

Implementation of the principle of decentralization of power in Ukraine

The article examines the history of decentralization of state power in practice in the countries of the European Union. The characteristics of local self-government as a key subject of decentralization of power are given, and the principle of subsidiarity is revealed. The problems of implementation of the decentralization of state power are outlined, in particular foreign and domestic experience. The article analyzes and systematizes the key risks and problems that arose during the implementation of local self-government reform and financial decentralization in Ukraine.
 The factors that caused the residents of local communities to resist the reform or passive attitude to the creation of united territorial communities were identified and investigated, in particular, economic (expectation of a decrease in the financial capabilities of communities as a result of unification), socio-cultural (the presence of ethnic, cultural and other differences between residents neighboring communities), psychological (distrust of the central and local authorities, fear of the reduction of social sphere facilities, etc.), geographical (deterioration of access to service centers), ecological (attempts of community residents to avoid moving harmful industries to their own territory).
 The geographical unevenness of the pace of the unification of territorial communities during decentralization has been revealed. The main reasons and forms of resistance of district councils and district state administrations to the decentralization reform have been clarified.
 Attempts to reform local self-government in Ukraine have been made since the declaration of its independence, but they have always been hindered by the lack of consensus among the political elite regarding the vision of the external and internal political vector of the state's development in general and approaches to the administrative-territorial division and organization of local authorities in particular. One of the key problems that arose from the very beginning of the reform was ineffective communication between the authorities and citizens, which caused an information vacuum on the ground. As sociological polls showed, citizens of Ukraine had rather low awareness of the features of the decentralization reform.
 Attracting highly qualified specialists to manage them turned out to be a difficult problem for the newly created united territorial communities. The low quality of personnel is usually related to the fact that most of the united communities are formed exclusively from villages, which cannot provide employees of local self-government bodies with competitive salaries and high standards of living.

Самодостатність територіальних громад в умовах реформи місцевого самоврядування: невирішені проблеми та шляхи їх вирішення

The reform of local self-government in Ukraine led to the expansion of the powers of territorial communities and an increase in their financial resources. There was a problem of correspondence of powers and financial resources. The methodology for assessing the capacity of territorial communities was not developed during the years of the decentralization reform. The article proposes a set of measures aimed at increasing the self-sufficiency of territorial communities in terms of determining their powers and size, improving the mechanism of horizontal budget equalization, redistribution of taxes between the central government and local self-government, taking into account European experience, increasing the share of non-targeted transfers, developing standards for the provision of public services.

Пропозиції до законодавчого забезпечення щодо напрямів просторового розвитку територіальних громад різних видів в Україні

The reform of local self-government in Ukraine has created conditions for the effective operation of all territorial entities related to local development. Its practical implementation is aimed at the use by territorial communities of: various types of their own potential for development, search for opportunities for cooperation, development of local economy and infrastructure, creation of incentives for socioeconomic growth; instruments for long-term and short-term planning, when the general goals defined in the strategy are specified in programs and implemented through projects; conditions for obtaining high-quality services of European level; providing opportunities for the full-fledged life of citizens in their territories. At the present stage of implementation of the decentralization reform in Ukraine, the request for the formation, in accordance with European principles and values of conceptual provisions for determining the directions of spatial development, of territorial communities of various types is more relevant than ever, which, in turn, actualizes and makes promising the need to update the legislative framework regulating these issues. A wide range of developments and the urgent expediency of forming and improving the legislative framework for use in public administration of territorial development (in particular, in the context of overcoming the consequences of military aggression against Ukraine) determines the relevance of further development and implementation in Ukraine of an effective system of regulatory and legal support for the formation of directions of spatial development, its stimulation, development of strategies, solving existing socioeconomic problems, using certain management and development tools, including through the introduction of an expanded and multi-level classification of regions, territorial communities, etc.

Transformation of land and cadastral accounting of the quantity and quality of land in Ukraine in the conditions of post-war recovery

The state land cadastre has always played an important role in regulating land relations in the country. With the adoption of the current Land Code of Ukraine in 2001 and the establishment of the land market, issues related to land accounting have become particularly relevant. There is a need to provide users with accurate and reliable information about each land plot, including its area, composition of land categories, distribution of land by owners and land users, condition, quality, and evaluation of land resources, as well as the efficiency of their use. Land accounting is known to be one of the main types of economic accounting and forms a unified system. Unlike land registration, the nature of land accounting has not been extensively studied for a long time. During the Soviet period, accounting mostly had a technical nature and primarily served statistical and economic functions. However, while recognizing the unity of economic accounting, it should be noted that different types of accounting solve their own tasks, using their own specific methods and techniques [1]. This paper examines the transformation of land accounting in Ukraine, focusing on the peculiarities of the historical development of the accounting system from the beginning of Ukraine's independence in 1990 to the present period. The stages of the development of the accounting system, the roles of various institutions, and legislative changes that have influenced this process are analyzed. Emphasis is placed on the essence and functions of the state land cadastre, as well as the role of the cadastre in regulating land relations and ensuring the rational management of land resources. Special attention is given to the period of administrative-territorial reform, local self-government reform, decentralization, and post-war development of the land cadastre.

Еколого-економічне забезпечення рекреаційного лісокористування в умовах децентралізації: передумови, цілі та вимоги воєнного часу

It is defined that the factor of the presence of a large number of injured citizens of Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression requires the introduction of additional capacities in the recreational industry to ensure their recovery, in particular by means of psychological rehabilitation. It is revealed that, based on the existing natural and recreational potential of forest biogeocenoses, forestry of Ukraine has significant reserves for the development of recreational infrastructure. It is substantiated that due to the significant impact of recreational activities in forest biogeocenoses on the ecological sustainability of forest ecosystems, it is expedient to develop a system of ecological and economic provision for recreational forest management, taking into account the requirements of wartime and the consequences of deepening decentralization of power and local self-government reform. It is determined that a modern system of ecological and economic provision for recreational forest use should be based on taking into account information and digital, environmental-resource and institutional factors caused by corporatization of the forest sector of the national economy; digital transformation of the system of control over the economic development of forest resources potential; implementation of the basic provisions of international environmental conventions in the domestic practice of forestry. It is proved that an effective system of ecological and economic provision for recreational forest use in wartime conditions can be formed as a result of achieving the main, auxiliary and interim goals of forming a set of recreational and tourism products based on the development of the recreational value of forest biogeocenoses. It is found that in the spectrum of the main goals of ecological and economic provision for recreational forest management, the normalization of the tourist flow is of great importance, taking into account the maximum permissible recreational load on forest biogeocenoses to prevent manifestations of recreational digression. It is substantiated that the development of the infrastructure of recreational forest management and the expansion of the range of recreational services by permanent forest users will make it possible to ensure more efficient commercialization of protected objects that are in the use of forestry entities, thus allowing to increase the level of capitalization of forestry in different natural climatic zones.

Agrarian reform and problems of local self-government in Russia in the early twentieth century

The article deals with the problems of local self-government in rural areas during the agrarian reform in Russia after the First Russian revolution (1905-1907), as well as its impact on the development of agriculture. The positions of the government and society on this problem, the attitude of the State Duma and the State Council to it are considered.

FINANCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCE OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES: ESSENCE AND CONDITIONS OF IMPLEMENTATION

Introduction. IThe implementation of reforms of the administrative-territorial system, public administration and local self-government in Ukraine has actualized the issue of substantiating the theoretical foundations of the financial support of territorial communities as a starting condition for achieving their self-sufficiency. The application in scientific works of various conceptual constructions that relate to the organization of finances of administrative-territorial units of the basic level requires a certain arrangement of them, which is necessary for the development of a set of measures aimed at realizing the ultimate goals of the announced reforms - the creation of a full-fledged living environment, meeting the various needs of citizens and providing them high-quality public services. Therefore, determining the essence of financial self-sufficiency of territorial communities is important not only from the standpoint of the theory of local finances, but also from a practical point of view. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the definition of the essence of financial self-sufficiency of territorial communities based on the analysis of scientific approaches available in the literature, as well as to single out its most important components and conditions of provision. Results. The main approaches to determining the essence of financial capacity and financial self-sufficiency of territorial communities are considered. A proper definition of financial self-sufficiency of territorial communities is proposed. Emphasis is placed on financial resources as a material basis for ensuring financial self-sufficiency of the territorial community. The two most important signs of a financially self-sufficient community are defined: autonomy and independence in decision-making regarding the formation, distribution and use of one’s own financial resources, as well as the sufficiency of the financial resources of local self-government bodies, which is necessary for them to fulfill their own and delegated powers. The main components of financial self-sufficiency of territorial communities are highlighted - institutional, organizational, financial, information and personnel. The most important conditions for ensuring the financial self-sufficiency of territorial communities are formulated, taking into account which will contribute to the achievement of the goals of the reform of local self-government in Ukraine. Conclusions. It is justified that a territorial community can be considered financially self-sufficient, which possesses sufficient financial resources, which local self-government bodies can dispose of independently at their own discretion in order to fulfill their functions and tasks, provide the population with high-quality public services, meet various local needs and ensure the stable development of the community in short- and long-term perspective. The most important conditions for ensuring financial self-sufficiency of the territorial community are systematized in terms of institutional, organizational, financial, information and personnel components.

EXAMINING CITIZEN AWARENESS OF DECENTRALIZATION AND LOCAL FINANCES THROUGH SURVEY METHODOLOGY

The issue of decentralization is currently of great importance in Bulgaria. It is related to a number of reforms in local self-government, which require broad public consent. This consent should be derived or obtained after conducting a large-scale information campaign to acquaint the Bulgarian public with the administrative, political and financial framework of the local government. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the awareness of the local community on some key topics in the area of municipal revenue. The main method used is the survey method. The obtained results show that the local community has not reached this level of awareness, which would provide a solid basis for civil participation in the local self-government reform process. The conclusion to be drawn is that the state authority must conduct large-scale information campaigns and organize discussions on the issues of decentralization.

МУНІЦИПАЛЬНІ ПОСЛУГИ В ІНФОРМАЦІЙНОМУ СЕРЕДОВИЩІ

The article examines the areas of cooperation between the state and society. Two problems of the integration of computer technologies into life are highlighted, namely: communication component – accessibility and adaptability of digital products to all segments of the population; and improvement of the obtained results in order to achieve the maximum quality in the field of administrative services. The introduction of computer technologies into the life of society appears as a global social process. The complex involvement of information as a public resource ensures the sustainable development of the economy, innovative processes and fast communication between people. Thanks to this, new models of interactions appear in the chain of digitalization of the state. It should be noted that the focus of local self-government reform is on people. One of the important components of its comfort and life is obtaining high-quality administrative and communal services. At the moment, more and more Ukrainians choose CNAS to receive public services, because they receive the necessary information as quickly and qualitatively as possible. A review of innovative processes in the area of speeding up communication between people and the state indicates the possibility of scientific and technical progress to meet the needs of the population in obtaining municipal and administrative services. There is also the use of the term «services of general interest», under which it is accepted that the public authorities of other countries can provide their services expressing their interest through the network of national CNAS. It has been proven that in modern conditions of digital awareness of society, there is a need to improve the quality system of providing administrative services, to improve the information environment under conditions of low awareness of communities regarding remote receipt of administrative and municipal services. One of the important components of its comfort and life is receiving high-quality administrative and communal services. At the moment, more and more Ukrainians choose CNAS to receive public services, because they receive the necessary information as quickly and qualitatively as possible. The Ministry of Digital Affairs is working hard to ensure that almost all administrative services can be obtained in one place, but in order to improve such a sector of public work, it is necessary to make timely changes to the legislation, help CNAS to implement modern electronic technologies and train administrators to work well. Therefore, the system of providing administrative services in the dynamics of its development still has room to develop and reveal its potential.

Fiscal Decentralisation and Local Government Reform: Adaptation in Ukraine Experience of Poland and Lithuania

An effective local government system is one of the basic platforms for the functioning of the country in crisis conditions and the key to a successful post-war recovery of the economy at all levels. Studying the experience of European countries, primarily neighboring countries, greatly facilitates the construction of an optimal model of such a model. The article analyzes the fiscal innovations of Poland in detail, taking into account the identity of the administrative-territorial system and the identity of the formation of local self-government bodies. The indisputable advantage of the introduction of innovative fiscal regimes (Estonian СIT) for the economy of Poland has been established. The conclusions are convincingly illustrated by the dynamics of Poland's GDP growth and the rankings of Poland and the Baltic countries in the world rankings of tax capacity. The study of the experience of Lithuania in the field of reforming the territorial organization of power, carried out in the article, led to the ascertainment of revolutionary phenomena introduced by the neighboring country during both stages of administrative reform. Namely: the presence of a financial self-control mechanism implemented at the sub-regional level and an exceptional example of the delegation of powers from local self-government to a territorial unit managed by a civil servant (and not vice versa). Effective recommendations on borrowing Polish and Lithuanian experience and adapting it to modern conditions of Ukraine's development have been provided. It was established that dialogue with local civil society is the driving force behind the effectiveness of local self-government reform measures. This feature should be used by Ukraine during the completion of the process of reforming local self-government.

ТЕОРЕТИЧНА МОДЕЛЬ СОЦІАЛЬНО-ПСИХОЛОГІЧНОГО КЛІМАТУ В ОРГАНІЗАЦІЇ В ПРОЦЕСІ ВПРОВАДЖЕННЯ ДЕЦЕНТРАЛІЗАЦІЇ В УКРАЇНІ

The article examines the concept of the socio-psychological climate of the organization, its meaningful characteristics and factors that influence the phenomenon under study. Approaches to determining the components of the socio-psychological climate of the organization are summarized. The main factors of the socio-psychological climate of state authorities and local self-government bodies are summarized as phenomena that represent complex dynamic systems, the elements of which, in connection with a significant number of special specific tasks, are endowed with certain features and traits that reflect their specificity. The special features of state administration are presented, which lead to special approaches for analyzing the state of the social and psychological climate in the collectives of state authorities and local governments, with the aim of making it possible to further evaluate its components and form an integral indicator for calculating a favorable SPK to achieve the goals set for the participants of these institution. The substantive, characterological features of the organization as a phenomenon, state authorities, and local self-government bodies, which reflect the collective of organization members, including management, job relationships, rules, duties, decision-making methods, technologies, capital, strategies for achieving goals, are substantiated. The refined concept of "social-psychological climate of the state authority, local self-government body" is presented as a set of multifaceted elements that are based on the personal characteristics of the members of the institution's team, the peculiarities of their mutual relations, working conditions that determine the productivity of management activities in the affairs of the state and society. The first developed theoretical model of the socio-psychological climate of organizations, namely state authorities and local self-government bodies in the process of implementing the reform of local self-government and territorial organization of power in Ukraine, is presented.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM IN POLAND AS A LESSON FOR UKRAINE FOR THE POST-WAR PERIOD

The war has reduced the intensity of the discourse on decentralization reform in Ukraine, but recent events and statements suggest that this reform will continue, particularly in the political context.
 The purpose of the article is to analyze the local self-government reform in Poland in order to highlight those aspects that were not resolved in Ukraine at the time and will accordingly appear on the agenda in the post-war period.
 The analysis of decentralization in Poland shows that the reform is not limited to a change in the administrative and territorial structure, but is a complex process. In addition, it is a long-term process and involves the implementation of certain measures in other spheres of public administration, in particular with the aim of overcoming shortcomings that were inherent or were not taken into account during the administrative-territorial reform. First of all, this concerns the financial and budgetary sphere, the democratization of local government, the sphere of education, etc.
 Extracting the lessons of the Polish reform for Ukraine, it is possible to hypothesize that in the post-war period, during the resuscitation of the decentralization policy, the following areas of reform will be relevant: the financial and budgetary sphere, the introduction of a system of local taxes based on the principle of "one tax – one level of management"; the administrative-territorial system, namely the presence of state administration bodies at the district level and consolidation of the regional division of the country; political governance at the local, district, and regional levels, namely, the activation of civil society, the introduction of new democratic institutions, and the strengthening of transparency and accountability of local authorities; education etc.
 At the same time, the implementation of these and other directions is impossible without the creation of a political prerequisite – a "unified political headquarter" of the reform, namely the achievement of a consensus of the most influential political forces regarding the principles and directions of the reform. This also follows from the experience of decentralization in Poland.

ЗАГАЛЬНА ОЦІНКА УСПІШНОСТІ РЕФОРМУВАННЯ МІСЦЕВОГО САМОВРЯДУВАННЯ В УКРАЇНІ

The reform of local self-government in Ukraine was called decentralization. Community residents directly consuming medical, educational, administrative and other services received a real opportunity to influence these services. The processes of decentralization as a way of transferring powers to local self-government bodies in Ukraine have been studied for a long time and remain relevant today. The goal is to find and evaluate the success of local self-government reform in Ukraine at this stage of its implementation. Decentralization reform is called for by the need to bring the provision of most primary public services (security, medicine, education, infrastructure, etc.) closer to citizens as consumers of these services. Thus, the quality and efficiency of these services is formed. After all, in the conditions of the ongoing centralization of state power (in the period until 2014), these characteristics significantly worsened. Decentralization reform has become a tool to overcome these trends at the basic level. The strategy for the implementation of the decentralization reform was defined in 5 clear steps, which were completed with varying degrees of success in the period from 2014 to 2022. There is a clear understanding among practitioners that the reforms have given local officials more responsibility and resources, contributed to increasing the capacity, and especially the resilience and resistance of communities in the difficult circumstances of the martial law period, as well as the continuation of the provision of basic services to the people in communities that have been severely affected by the conflict. The effectiveness of the decentralization reform is confirmed by the fact that the vast majority of local self-government bodies continue to function, including being on the front lines and even under occupation. The application of the assessment of the overall success of local self-government reform makes it possible to evaluate the effectiveness of the reform in general, to see the directions of detailing the criteria for the success of the reform, and to create a basis for the development of a multi-criteria model for evaluating the effectiveness of the reform. Further research is aimed at finding and justifying a specific list of criteria for the success of local self- government reform, which could determine both internal efficiency (from the point of view of an individual community) and external efficiency (from the point of view of central authorities).

Institutional Minimalism as a Trend in the Development of Local Self-Government in Modern Russia

The article is devoted to the analysis of the upcoming reform of local self-government initiated by amend­ments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation (2020) and the Draft Federal Law No. 40361-8 «On general principles of the organization of local self-government in a unified system of public author­ity», submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation in December 2021. The purpose of the study is to identify and analyze trends in the development of the institutional organization of local self-govern­ment, manifested in the context of the development of the new Draft Federal Law. It is shown that a special type of institutional organization is emerging in the sphere of domestic local self-government, which can be defined as institutional minimalism. Its main features are highlighted. It is concluded that the manifes­tations of institutional minimalism are possible only in the conditions of continuation of such trends as the strengthening state control and unification of local self-government, which previously existed, but were further strengthened in connection with the building of a unified system of public power.

Застосування в Україні успішого досвіду країн Європейського Союзу в реформуванні адміністративно-територіального устрою та кар’єрної служби

Проаналізовано шляхи проведення реформ адміністративно-територіального устрою в країнах ЄС (Німеччині, Румунії, Данії, Австрії, Естонії, Грузії, Латвії) у площині застосування в Україні успішного досвіду. Досліджено аспекти співпраці з проектами міжнародної технічної допомоги і міжнародними організаціями. Проаналізовано кар’єрну службу в органах місцевого самоврядування у ФРН.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE METHOD OF INTEGRAL ASSESSMENT OF LAND USE OF UNITED TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES

It has been proven that modern conditions are characterized by instability, which is due to the impact of the consequences of military operations, the COVID-19 pandemic, the growth of socio-economic disparities, and the disruption of intra-economic ties. The implementation of the local self-government reform is aimed at the development of united territorial communities (UTH), as an important direction of decentralization implemented in Ukraine. The functioning of the OTG is characterized by the formation of new relations between the state and local communities, where the latter have significant powers for the formation and use of land. The purpose of the study is to form a quantitative basis for the development and implementation of monitoring of the use of land of the OTG by applying the integral method. To achieve the set goal, the following tasks were completed: – development of directions for the development of an integral method for determining the level of land use of united territorial communities; – assessment of the level of land use of the OTG based on the integral method. Thus, as a result of the study, it was determined that different aspects are observed in the context of the use of the lands of the OTG in the regions of Ukraine. In particular, in the Zhytomyr, Mykolaiv, Sumy, and Kherson regions, a high level of land use of united territorial communities is observed. The following regions are defined at a sufficient level: Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Lviv, Poltava, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi, Chernihiv. Along with this, in some regions there is an insufficient or weak level of use of the lands of the OTG (Transcarpathian, Cherkasy). In general, we note that in recent years there have been positive changes in the use of land of united territorial communities by region in terms of comprehensive consideration of spatial, urban planning, socio-economic and ecological support. However, it should be noted that at the regional level there is a need to implement measures to increase the level of land use based on the development and implementation of scientifically based recommendations regarding the implementation of monitoring procedures. The method of integral assessment of land use of united territorial communities was developed as the main element of the technology of forming and implementing monitoring, based on analytical and expert methods, which made it possible to form a systematic monitoring environment at the regional level. Keywords: the method of integral assessment, land use, spatial, urban planning, socio-economic, ecological factors, united territorial communities.

Інституційні аспекти залучення сільських спільнот до інклюзивного розвитку територіальних громад

The post-war reconstruction of Ukraine should include not only the reconstruction of infrastructure destroyed and damaged during hostilities, material objects of the industrial and social spheres, and all other aspects of the return of the population to a full life in peaceful conditions but also the improvement of social relations, particularly, relations between authorities and self-government and the population. In this context, the continuation of the decentralisation reform should lead to the completion of the formation of conditions under which residents of all settlements, which are part of territorial communities, could influence the resolution of issues of their life activities. The article aims to highlight the institutional limitations for the inclusive development of rural communities related to the representation and implementation of their interests in territorial communities and to justify proposals for overcoming them. Research methods were used: logical-historical (when highlighting the controversy of the process of establishing the institute of starosty (local leader), dialectical and abstract-logical (when analysing the institutional limitations for realising the interests of rural communities as part of territorial communities and substantiating the direction of their overcoming), monographic (when analysing the composition starosty districts). The author reveals the manifestations of the centralisation of local self-government functions at the level of territorial communities, which resulted in narrowing the rights of residents of rural settlements, especially small and remote ones, to representation and participation in solving their problems. The paper establishes the presence of starosty districts with many villages and, accordingly, limited conditions for developing rural communities. The manuscript describes the Polish experience of organising inclusive local self-government at the lower level of the administrative-territorial system and substantiates the expediency of its fuller use in Ukraine: the central place here should belong to the endowment of starosty districts, disaggregated to the level of settlement (in particular, rural) communities, with certain powers to solve their livelihoods problems and the right to use local resources. The study results can be used to improve local self-government reform in the post-war period.

Transformation of the network of public libraries under the influence of decentralization

The purpose of the article is to investigate the changes that have taken place in the network of public libraries as a result of the reform of local self-government and decentralization of local communities. The methodology was based on the use of a set of special research methods (statistical, comparative, retrospective) and general scientific (analysis, synthesis, generalization and analytical-synthetic processing of information). The scientific novelty of the work lies in the expansion of ideas about the transformations in the network of public libraries of Ukraine under the influence of administrative reform Conclusions. He stated that the strategically important direction of the state regional policy of Ukraine is the reform of the library system. After all, libraries are one of the elements of quality development of human capital. It is determined that the functioning of a modern public library as an open institution depends on several factors - internal factors of organization (premises, fund, technical equipment, staff, etc.) and the external environment. It was found that information resources are an important potential and component of the strategy to improve many areas of human life, which is why keeping the community on the balance of a modern competitive library, thereby improving the spiritual, intellectual and material development of civil society. It is proved that the reform, influencing the internal structure of libraries, the organization of library and information services in OTG, at the same time provides all opportunities for creating collections for the urgent needs of the community, because the development of service infrastructure affects the cultural and educational level. Keywords: community, decentralization, Yaroslav the Wise National Library of Ukraine, united territorial community, services, public library, reform.

Public-and-Private Partnership Institutionalization of Ukrainian Natural Resource Potential Capitalization in Decentralization

The paper studies the process of using natural resource potential in a new decentralized environment considering its variability and problems of national economy and rural areas, exacerbation of exogenous threats to economic self-sufficiency and economic security of the country as well as local self-government reforms on the sample of Ukraine. The necessity of forming a perfect institutional environment that improves the investment climate of rural areas, opens opportunities for accelerated capitalization of natural resource potential of newly created communities and the development of private-public partnership between the state and business structures. The formation of a new institutional environment for the development of public-private partnership and management decentralization will contribute to the capitalization of natural and economic assets owned by state and rural communities. The necessity of normative-legal expansion of the list of spheres of application of public-private partnership agreements is substantiated and the expediency of clear identification of all possible forms of relations between state and private partners based on the implementation of positive foreign experience is emphasized. The necessity of public-private partnership agreements as a factor of strengthening economic and financial self-sufficiency of newly created territorial communities in the conditions of decentralization of power strengthening and local self-government reformation is proved.