DRAFT CONCEPT OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINE IN THE PART CONCERNING THE TERRITORIAL POWER STRUCTURE AND LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

1. DRAFT CONCEPT OF AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINE IN
THE PART CONCERNING THE
TERRITORIAL POWER STRUCTURE AND
LOCAL SELF -GOVERNMENT
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF INTRODUCING THE AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINE

2. INTRODUCTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINE
КОНСТИТУЦІЯ
УКРАЇНИ
1
WILL ENSURE THE IRREVERSIBILITY OF
THE POWER DECENTRALIZATION
PROCESS AND LOCAL SELF -
GOVERNMENT REFORM
2
WILL FACILITATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
QUALITATIVELY NEW FOUNDATIONS OF
LOCAL SELF -GOVERNMENT BASED ON
THE PRINCIPLES OF SUBSIDIARITY,
UBIQUITOUSNESS AND FINANCIAL
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
3
WILL GUARANTEE CONSISTENCY, FULLNESS AND NON
CONTRADICTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL REGULATION OF
SOCIAL RELATIONS IN THE FIELD OF LOCAL SELF -
GOVERNMENT AND TERRITORIAL POWER STRUCTURE
4
W I L L E N S U R E F U L L I M P L E M E N TAT I O N O F T H E
E U R O P E A N C H A R T E R O F LO C A L S E L F - G OV E R N M E N T

3. KEY GROUPS OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
1
CAPTURING A CLEAR ADMINISTRATIVE -
TERRITORIAL STRUC TURE
2
CAPTURING AN EFFICIENT LOCAL SELF -
GOVERNMENT SYSTEM
3
I N T RO D U C T I O N O F T H E I N S T I T U T E O F A
P R E F EC T I N T H E E X EC U T I V E P OW E R SY S T E M
4
GUARANTEEING RESOURCE AND FINANCIAL
FOUNDATIONS OF LOCAL SELF -GOVERNMENT
КОНСТИТУЦІЯ
УКРАЇНИ

4. CAPTURING A CLEAR ADMINISTRATIVE -
TERRITORIAL STRUCTURE
COMMUNITY
PR IMA RY L IN E OF T HE
A D M IN IST R AT IV E -
T E R R ITOR IA L
ST R U C T U R E OF
U KR A IN E
D ISTRIC T
SUB-REGIONAL
LEVEL OF THE ATS
REGION
OBLASTS AND THE
AUTONOMOUS
REPUBLIC OF
CRIMEA
!
FORMING THE ADMINISTRATIVE -TERRITORIAL STRUCTURE LIES
WITHIN THE VRU AUTHORITY, ON THE SUBMISSION OF THE
CMU

5. CAPTURING AN EFFICIENT LOCAL
SELF-GOVERNMENT SYSTEM
COMMUNITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY HEAD + COUNCIL EXECUTIVE BODIES
OBLAST COUNCILS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN EXECUTIVE BODIES ,
ESTA B L I S H E D TO R E P R ES E N T J O I N T, D E F I N E D BY T H E L AW, I N T E R ESTS O F T H E
T E R R I TO R I A L CO M M U N I T I ES O F T H E O B L A ST
LO C AL S E LF - G OVE RN M E N T BO D IES O F D IST RIC T
LE VE L ARE N OT FO RM E D D U E TO ABS E N C E O F
AU T H O RIT Y

6. GUARANTEEING RESOURCE AND FINANCIAL
FOUNDATIONS OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
E N S U R I N G T H E
U B I Q U I TO U S N E S S O F LO C A L
S E L F - G OV E R N M E N T
GUARANTEEING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE
FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND THE SCOPE OF LOCAL
SELF -GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY
CHANGES IN THE SCOPE OF LOCAL SELF -GOVERNMENT
AUTHORITY IS SIMULTANEOUS WITH THE
CORRESPONDING CHANGES IN DISTRIBUTION OF
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
T H E S TAT E C O M P E N S AT E S T H E E X P E N S E S O F LO C A L
S E L F - G O V E R N M E N T C AU S E D BY T H E D E C I S I O N S O F
S TAT E AU T H O R I T I ES

7. I N T R O D U C T I O N O F T H E I N T S I T U T E O F A P R E F E C T
HE/SHE IS THE HEAD OF THE PREFECTURE,
REPRESENTS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF POWER
ON A CORRESPONDING TERRITORY
A PREFECT IS APPOINTED AND DISMISSED BY THE
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE ON SUBMISSION OF THE CABINET
OF MINISTERS OF UKRAINE AS PRESCRIBED BY LAW
THE TERM OF SERVICE IN ONE
ADMINISTRATIVE-TERRITORIAL UNIT CAN BE NO
MORE THAN THREE YEARS
A PR E F E C T I S A C C O UNTAB LE , S UB O R D I NAT E A ND A NS WE R A BLE
T O T HE C A B I NE T O F M I NI S T E RS O F UK R A INE , A C C O UNTAB LE
A ND A NS WE R ABLE T O T HE PR E S I D E NT O F UK R A I NE

8. PREFECT FUNCTIONS
ENSURING INTERACTION BETWEEN TERRITORIAL BODIES OF
CENTRAL EXECUTIVE BODIES OF POWER AND SUPERVISING,
WHETHER THEY ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION
AND LAWS OF UKRAINE
COORDINATION OF STATE PROGRAMS’ IMPLEMENTATION
DIRECTING AND ORGANIZING THE WORK OF TERRITORIAL BODIES
OF CENTRAL EXECUTIVE BODIES OF POWER AND ENSURING THEIR
COOPERATION WITH LSG IN CONDITIONS OF MARTIAL LAW, STATE
OF EMERGENCY OR AN ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY
SUPERVISING THE ADHERENCE OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT BODIES
TO THE CONSTITUTION, THE LAWS OF UKRAINE AS PRESCRIBED BY
LAW
(WITH FIXED GAURANTEES FOR LSG)
OTHER FUNCTIONS, DEFINED BY THE CONSTITUTION
AND LAWS OF UKRAINE