Problems of territorial communities’ formation in Ukraine

  • Lesia Zastavetska Volodymyr Hnatiuk Ternopil National Pedagogical University, Maxim Krivonos str., 2, Ternopil, 46027, Ukraine, zast.lesia@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9112-3983
Keywords: administrative-territorial division, local community, decentralization, subsidiarity, the area population

Abstract

The article analyzes the implementation of the first stage of administrative and territorial structure of Ukraine, which began with the formation of communities, which should be the main link of the new system of the country. A characteristic feature of this phase is to achieve decentralization of power optimizations powers between the state and local governments. Building of new local communities should be based on the widest range of transfer of powers to the grassroots level management system that is based on the principle of subsidiarity.

Forming such communities, according to scientists, should be aimed at providing citizens with the maximum number of quality services. It will be in the community pre-school education and children's education, primary health care, culture and leisure residents, domestic supply (water, electricity, heating, sanitation), land use and environmental protection, transport, etc . These and other problems can be prevented in the process of formation of prospective communities. In addition, it is necessary to pay more attention to the creation of new communities, combination of settlements in them, adhere to the principles of formation of communities. Decentralization of powers must be accompanied by budgetary decentralization. The process of formation of new territorial communities should not be delayed, as it leads to loss of public confidence in the authorities, to the so-called “privatization” of communities by the oligarchs.

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Author Biography

Lesia Zastavetska, Volodymyr Hnatiuk Ternopil National Pedagogical University, Maxim Krivonos str., 2, Ternopil, 46027, Ukraine, zast.lesia@gmail.com

Doctor of Geographic Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Methods of Teaching

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Published
2017-04-03
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How to Cite
Zastavetska, L. (2017). Problems of territorial communities’ formation in Ukraine. Human Geography Journal, 22(1), 11-15. https://doi.org/10.26565/2076-1333-2017-22-02
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