No, they will not. This is one of the important features of local self-government. Bodies of every level have their own powers (tasks to fulfill). They do not overlap. Those who are responsible for repairing roads of oblast significance should not govern those who are engaged in local roads issue...

Federalisation means the transfer of significant powers to the level of regions (oblast), and local self-government reform relies on communities (people). It is risky to transfer resources and powers only to the regional level as it is possible to reproduce a centralised and corrupt system of ...

In the old system of power many issues in the region depended on the head of the oblast state administration – the "governor". He was the absolute authority in the region. Just as practically all the power in Ukraine was concentrated in the hands of the President. Some believe that if such a head...

The core of the transformations offered by the decentralisation reform is as follows: executive bodies and local self-government bodies will finally begin to deal with their appropriate affairs, and people will have the opportunity to form (through elections) local self-government bodies in the h...

It is possible through decentralisation of power. The local self-government reform implies: the right to decide – that is, the transfer of authorities, and capacity – that is, the transfer of funds to hromadas. It will be enshrined both in the Constitution of Ukraine and in many laws, and will de...

It was, though very restricted one. Local authorities need to have money in order to do something useful for their town. Though local authorities hardly ever had personal funds. The taxes paid by the enterprises and people who worked there were almost in full amount transferred to the state treas...

Local self-government means that residents in towns, villages and rural settlements are the hosts in their own home. People elect local councils and their heads authorising them to solve the most important issues. Local self-government bodies are responsible for school and pre-school education...

Decentralisation is the transfer of significant powers and budgets from state bodies to local self-government bodies so that the authorities closer to people have as much powers as possible, where such powers can be exercised most successfully.