Local self-government (ID:941120)

Introduction Local self-government in Ukraine is the right guaranteed by the state and the real ability of a territorial community - residents of a village or a voluntary association of residents of several villages, towns, or cities - to resolve issues of local importance independently or under the responsibility of local self- government bodies and officials within the framework of the Constitution and laws of Ukraine. The organisational forms of local self-government bodies are implemented through sessions as the main organisational and legal form of city councils. Local self-government in Ukraine is based on the following principles: - democracy; - legality; - publicity; - collegiality; - combining local and state interests; - election; - legal, organisational, material and financial independence within the powers defined by the laws; - accountability and responsibility to territorial communities of their bodies and officials; - state support and guarantees for local self-government; - judicial protection of the rights of local self-government. The Law of Ukraine "On Local Self-Government in Ukraine", adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 12 June 1997, is the legislative framework for the next stage of the reform of local government in Ukraine, which began after the adoption of the new