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Our goal is for Ukraine to be represented by communities and for the principle of local self-government to be mainstreamed in the administrative and territorial structure of Ukraine Minister of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine Alona Babak said during a meeting of the Donor Council on Decentralization Reform in Ukraine.Parliament approved the Governments Agenda for Action on October 4 and set 7 goals for the Ministry of Regional Development. One of them is goal 10.3 Ukrainians have a real opportunity to influence the organization of their living space as residents of prosperous communities which is oriented towards the completion or new beginning of local self-government reform. So the first goal is to build capable communities. And we would like the Ukrainian communities to be really 70 capable. The second is that we will form a new system of sub-regional-level administrative and territorial units and we will have districts close in size to similar sub-regional units in Europe and with clear boundaries for good governance. The third objective is focused on the distribution of powers between local governments and executive authorities. We need to amend and improve legislation on the clear division of powers between local and executive authorities in socio-economic development and sectoral reforms. And the fourth is the introduction of a prefect institute that will oversee the activities of local governments. It is necessary to amend the Constitution of Ukraine for that Alona Babak said.The Minister stressed that one of the main achievements by the end of next year is to reach the territories of Ukraine with perspective plans and the ATG by 100. Parliament has approved a law that simplifies some bureaucratic procedures that have hampered the planning and coverage of prospective plans by wealthy communities in the country. Such changes in legislation will accelerate the planning process.The approach to assess the capacity of territorial communities needs to be refined. Residents in the united communities are still asking questions about what important criteria are forming capable communities and we are continuing one of those criteria - the demographic.We believe that newly formed able-bodied OTGs should be home to 250 school-age children and 100 preschool children. That is such communities are young enough and have the potential for economic development. It is also important for these communities to be united by the principle of continuity of territories and that we do not have white spots after unification. In addition you need to pay attention to community taxation indices. The area of these communities should be at least 200 square kilometers since land is one of the main resources for collecting local taxes she said.The Minister also called for the establishment of optimal networks for the provision of public services and services in ATS.By optimality we understand that these services will be accessible to people. Together with other ministries we have set certain standards such as access to education - students need to be within 30 minutes of school. The CNAP should also be accessible within 30 minutes and the arrival time of the ambulance in the village should be no more than 20 minutes.We have already mapped more than 150000 social infrastructure sites on the map of Ukraine and are now finalizing the modeling of optimal networks so that we can provide services according to the criteria we have identified with other ministries for citizens living in these communities.Next we focus on the fact that state support from the State budget will be directed to the objects that will be included in the optimal service delivery networks. We are also focused on being able to provide high quality standards for the provision of administrative services through CNAPIs in ATGs after the elimination of district level administrative units. We already have 806 CNAPs in place and we need to increase their numbers to 1400 according to the number of ATGs she said.Another objective for next year is to strengthen financial support for the development of communities and territories from the State Budget and to create the conditions for enhancing our own fiscal capacity. It also promotes citizen participation in decision-making and the development of forms of direct democracy. According to her it is necessary to amend the legislation on local elections in terms of ensuring representation of residents in community councils and in regional councils.Alyona Babak noted that the Ministry of Regional Development is grateful to the Donor Council for supporting the initiative to create a permanent Office for Support of Decentralization and Regional Development Reform which will provide expert assistance to the Ministry ondrafting legislation in line with the European Charter of Local Self-Governmentadministrative-territorial reform in particular its geo-information modeling and sectoral public service infrastructure networksfinancial and resource support for the formation of capable local self-governmentimplementation of sectoral decentralizationcommunication support for the reformcoordinating the implementation of the reform at regional level.In conclusion the Minister thanked everyone present for their consistent support a strong contribution to ensuring positive developments in our country and expressed the hope that the Donor Council would continue to be an effective and effective coordination platform.
