Agrarian Economy 2022 Т. 15 № 1-2: 61-69

Application of the experience of the public administration reform of the Central European states for the decentralization process development in Ukraine

R. Khirivskyi, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7299-429X
Lviv National Environmental University
A. Lyndiuk, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9940-8991
Lviv National Environmental University
R. Sodoma, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5020-6440
Lviv State University of Life Safety
O. Brukh, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1117-0454
Lviv National Environmental University

https://doi.org/10.31734/agrarecon2022.01-02.061

ANNOTATION

The development of social transformations in Ukraine has resulted in the growth of decentralization of public administration, which has been implemented in the decentralization reform. However, the lack of experience of state-building processes and institutional framework has led to a certain chaos in the formation of territorial communities and uneven level of their capacity. In this context, the experience of reforming public administration in Europe, which focused on our state in implementing decentralization reform is analyze. A particular attention is paid to the study of the algorithm for the reform of public administration in Central and Eastern Europe, which has the experience of transition from totalitarian to democracy similar to our country. In the course of our research, the views of leading European scholars on the concept of local self-government are acquainted and structured. There are differences in the approaches to unification of territorial communities and organization of self-government in the northern European and southern European schemes. A comprehensive analysis of the number of grassroots local governments in the most developed countries in Europe is made. The competence that belongs to the subjects of power of the basic link of the administrative-territorial structure of European states – local self-government bodies of the community is analyzed.

The experience of public administration reform in the Republic of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which have significant experience in the transition from a state of maximally centralized management to the development of local self-government, is studies. The structure of public administration in those states is considered in detail and the work discloses how they formed a modern decentralized democratic state, providing its citizens with real opportunities to participate in governance processes.

KEY WORDS

decentralization reform, local self-government, territorial communities, municipalities

FULL TEXT

LINK

  1. Bahl, R., 2006. Martinez-Vazquez J. Sequencing Fiscal Decentralization The World Bank. Policy Research Working Paper Series, 3914.
  2. Boryslavska, O., Zaverukha, I., Zakharchenko, E. et al., 2012. Decentralization of Public Power: the Experience of European Countries and Prospects of Ukraine. Swiss-Ukrainian project “Support to Decentralization in Ukraine – DESPRO. Kyiv: LLC “Sofiia”.
  3. Khymynets, V. and Tsimbolynets, H., 2018. Experience of Public Administration Reforms in the Slovak Republic (1990–2006) for the Decentralization Process in Ukraine [online] Available at: http://www.visnyk-econom.uzhnu.uz.ua/archive/22_3_2018ua/25.pdf [Accessed 03 March 2022].
  4. Kohalyk, K., 2010. Organization and Functioning of Communal Self-Government System on the example of the Cities of Germany and Ukraine: a Comparative Analysis. Efficiency of Public Administration: a Collection of Scientific Papers, 25. р. 331–339.
  5. Kosek-Wojnar, M., Surowka, K., 2007. Podstawy finansow samorzqdu terytorialnego. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN 2007.
  6. Krat, M. and Sofii, O., 2017. Comparative Analysis of the Decentralization Process of Ukraine and Poland. Analytical Note [online] Available at: http://dialog.lviv.ua/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Porivnyalniy-analiz-protsesu-detsentralizatsiyi-Ukrayini-ta-Polshhi.pdf/ [Accessed 03 March 2022].
  7. Kripak, A. International Practices of the Organizational and Economic Mechanism Management of Stimulation of Capable Territorial Community Development: Experience for Ukraine [online] Available at: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjd777qpIL4AhUiSPEDHSU7BywQFnoECAYQAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dy.nayka.com.ua%2F%3Fop%3D1%26z%3D1644&usg=AOvVaw2pWmYsg5HTCVuoACf0L_SH [Accessed 03 March 2022].
  8. Kuts, Yu., Mamonova, V., Chaplyhin, O. et al., 2008. Sustainable Development of the Territorial Community: Management Aspect / edited by Yu. Kuts, V. Mamonova. Kharkiv: Master.
  9. Kymlicka, W., 2007. Multicultural Odysseys. Ethnopolitics, 6 (4), p. 585–597.
  10. Methodical Materials “Implementation of Foreign Experience of Decentralization of Management” [online] Available at: https://obljust.gov.ua/uploads/Метод_рекомендации_23_12.doc [Accessed 03 March 2022].
  11. Petrenko, O. and Antonova, O. Formation of the System of Public Administration Bodies in the Czech Republic: Experience for Ukraine [online] Available at: http://www.dridu.dp.ua/vidavnictvo/2011/2011_03(10)/11posrdu.pdf [Accessed 03 March 2022].
  12. Proceedings of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union (Devolution process in the European Union and the candidate countries), 2003. European Union. Committee of the Regions. Brussels.
  13. Robbins, S. P. and DeCenzo, D. A., 2002. Podstawy zarzqdzania. Warszawa: Polskie Wydawnictwo Ekonomiczne.
  14. Ruśkowski, E. and Ruskowski, E. (red.), 2006. Finanse publiczne a prawo finansowe. Warszawa: Dom wydawniczy ABC.
  15. Saliuta, V., 2019. Introduction of the Best European Practices of Formation and Development of Territorial Communities in Ukraine. Agricultural world, 7, рр. 65–70.
  16. Shportiuk, N., 2011. Administrative and Territorial Reform in Poland: Experience for Ukraine. Public Administration and Local Self-Government, 2, рр. 48–52.
  17. Zelenevych, V. Foreign Experience in Health Care Financing [online] Available at: http://intkonf.org/zelenevich-vo-ktn-kuzmin-ai-zarubizhniy-dosvidflnansuvannya-ohoroni/ [Accessed 08 April 2022].