The Peculiarities of the Reform of Local Self-Government: Examples of Ukraine, Latvia, and Poland

• Authors: Svitlana Karvatska , Yevheniya Yuriychuk , Olha Chepel

Abstracts

EN

The article considers the peculiarities of local government reform based on the examples of Ukraine, Poland, and Latvia. It is substantiated that the Ukrainian vector of European integration requires the implementation of the principles of deconcentration, decentralisation, and subsidiarity in the local governance systems. It is indicated that regional disproportions in the development of the territory of Ukraine, the inability to implement the reform on the ground in specific administrative-territorial units, the spread of corruption schemes – all these are the consequences of an ineffective model of local self-government and public administration of regional development, inherited from the Soviet system, which requires fundamental changes. Broad powers for sub-regional units characterise the Polish model of the administrative-territorial structure. However, this model is underpinned by a high level of political activity and community self-awareness. The Latvian experience of decentralisation of power emphasises the basic principle of success: the volunteer approach to the reform’s implementation. In conclusion, it is proved that for the successful implementation of the Ukrainian local self-government reform, the following factors are necessary: firstly, the victory of Ukrainian armed forces against the military aggression of Russia; secondly, the elaboration of a legal framework for the development of local self-government and the support of society; thirdly, qualified personnel capable of continuing the implementation of the local self-government reform.

Keywords

EN

public administration; local self-government; decentralisation of power; territorial community; European integration

• Publisher: University of Warsaw - Centre for European Regional and Local Studies (EUROREG) and Regional Studies Association - Polish Section
• Journal: Studia Regionalne i Lokalne
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 92
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 7-22

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Svitlana Karvatska

• Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Department of Еuropean Law and Comparative Law Studies; Kotsyubynsky 2, Chernivtsi 58012, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000000199484866

author

Yevheniya Yuriychuk

• Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Department of Department of Political Science and Public Administration; Kotsyubynsky 2, Chernivtsi 58012, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000000252884827

author

Olha Chepel

• Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Department of Еuropean Law and Comparative Law Studies; Kotsyubynsky 2, Chernivtsi 58012, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000000159957569

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7366/1509499529201

Biblioteka Nauki

8749511