The Government of Ukraine is working to complete the reform of the local self-government reform system, based on the European Charter of Local Self-Government, next year, to hold local elections on a new territorial basis and create strong network of institutions in hromadas to provide accessible and quality public services, said Vyacheslav Nehoda, Deputy Minister of Development of Communities and Territories, at the 10th Session of the European Committee on Democracy and Governance, held in Strasbourg these days.

“Mentally, our country has always belonged to the European house of free nations and the values of local democracy are intrinsic to us. Therefore, the decentralisation reform should bring the system of local self-government in Ukraine in line with the European Charter of Local Self-Government, as well as shape the modern system of administrative and territorial structure of the country (…) It is the next local election on a new territorial basis that should be the logical completion of the reform and will allow to restart the whole system of local self-government in Ukraine,” said Vyacheslav Nehoda.

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