ANALYSIS OF THE WORK OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE FUNCTIONING OF PUBLIC STRUCTURES IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to carry out a comprehensive study of practical aspects of local self-government in the context of the functioning of territorial communities in Ukraine. The purpose of the analysis of regulatory legal acts in the field of local self-government of Ukraine is determining the impact of international standards of local self-government on local self-government of Ukraine, reviewing recent reforms in the field of local self-government. The article emphasizes that territorial communities, as subjects of local self-government and units of public administration, play a vital role in the decentralization policy. The concept of the territorial community reflects the principles of democracy within the state. Therefore, the study analyzes the practical aspects of local self-government in the context of the functioning of territorial communities in Ukraine. The study uses the methods of analysis and synthesis, comparative analysis, system analysis, description, generalization. The use of these methods allows us to establish what impact modern reforms have on local self-government in Ukraine and how the European experience of local self-government helps in the development of territorial communities in Ukraine. The obtained results of the study allow us to state that local self-government in Ukraine has undergone significant changes after the adoption of regulatory legal acts on decentralization and territorial communities. Foreign experience demonstrates that issues of local self-government have an impact on the functioning of settlements, the well-being of the population, and the development of economic conditions for the recovery of depressed regions. At the same time, local self-government in Ukraine requires further improvement, which will allow creation of an effective system where each member of the territorial community feels their direct influence on the development of a successful region. The obtained results are effective for establishing the practical aspect of the impact of local self-government reform in Ukraine on the real situation of territorial communities and their economic indicators. The value of the study lies in the comparison of indicators of the development of settlements before and after decentralization, which allows us to conclude about the effectiveness of the functioning of territorial communities as subjects of local self-government.