On March 3 Verkhovne Rada approved the changes to be introduced into the Budget Code. Among other problems, the changes are meant to ensure adequate financial support of responsibilities, delegated to local self-government bodies.

The changes provide that these new responsibilities shall be supported by respective financial transfers. They are targeted not only at maintenance of kindergartens, leisure centres etc., but at council employees as well. Transfer volumes cannot be lower than they were in 2014.

According to the expert Yuriy Ganushchak, the key task is to ensure that budget infrastructure gets the funding volumes, which are at least as high as last-year’s levels. This is the essence of the adopted changes.