Decentralization Reform in Ukraine: Assessment of the Chosen Transformation Model

Volodymyr Udovychenko; Anatoliy Melnychuk; Oleksiy Gnatiuk; Pavlo Ostapenko

doi:10.1515/esrp-2017-0002

Authors

Volodymyr Udovychenko Academy of Municipal Administration
Anatoliy Melnychuk Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4419-1446
Oleksiy Gnatiuk Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1818-2415
Pavlo Ostapenko Non-Governmental Organization ‘Ukrainian Researches Society’

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1515/esrp-2017-0002

Keywords:

decentralization reform, administrative-territorial division, territorial community, plan for territorial communities formation

Abstract

Ukraine has to reform the spatial organization of power, which involves alteration of the administrative-territorial division in very difficult socio-economic and political conditions. Despite a great interest in the Ukrainian decentralization reform in scientific publications and media, the influence of chosen voluntary consolidation mode on the newly formed territorial communities, including their spatial configuration, economic potential and institutional capability, remains uncovered. Trying to shed some light on the issue, the authors made an attempt to reveal advantages and disadvantages of the selected model of reform on the example of the Perspective Plan of Territorial Communities Formation in Kyiv Region.

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