The Current Trends of the Donor Assistance in Ukraine in the Context of the Development of United Territorial Communities

Abstract

The article is aimed at displaying the current trends of the donor assistance to Ukraine in the context of the development of United Territorial Communities (UTC), after three years of begin of the global reform of local self-government and territorial organization of authorities according to the principles of decentralization. This process has been joined by the international community, which actively supports the reform and commits substantial funds for its implementation throughout the country. In this regard, there is an urgent need for regular monitoring and generalization of the results of this assistance, which includes a sequence of actions by donors, recipients, specially authorized bodies on implementation of structural reforms and programs of socio-economic development of Ukraine in both qualitative and quantitative terms. The generalized information on trends in the international donor assistance to the development of United Territorial Communities allows to draw solid conclusions on the nature of the dynamics (success or failure) of the reform, building on this basis forecasts as to further development of UTC.

Keywords

• international donors
• international technical assistance
• united territorial communities
• decentralization