Administrative-Territorial Reform: The Experience of the Countries of Western Europe

Yuriy Harust; Yevhen Durnov; Andrii Boichuk; Olena Chernezhenko; Ivan Holosnichenko

Yuriy Harust Sumy State University
Yevhen Durnov National Academy of Internal Affairs
Andrii Boichuk National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine
Olena Chernezhenko National Academy of Internal Affairs.
Ivan Holosnichenko National University Odessa Law Academy

Abstract

The relevance of this article is conditioned by the decentralization of the reform of political power in Ukraine, which presents the State with the permanent challenge of finding new ways to solve the problems of governance and governability at the district and regional level. The objective of the article was to carry out a scientific investigation on the mechanism of introduction of institutes of prefects in Ukraine, based on the experience of the main western European countries. The main research methods are general and specific, including the methods of logic, analysis and comparison of the sources consulted. The results of this study are to identify ways to introduce an institute of prefects in Ukraine. By way of conclusion, it highlights the importance of the results obtained, which is reflected in the fact that this study can serve as a basis to delineate future changes to the current legislation of Ukraine on issues of state administration, at the district and regional level, by introducing the institute of prefects.

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Author Biographies

Yuriy Harust, Sumy State University

Associate Professor, Doctor of Sciences in Law, Associate Professor at the Department of Administrative, Economic Law and Financial and Economic Security, Sumy State University.

Yevhen Durnov, National Academy of Internal Affairs

Associate Professor, Doctor of Sciences in Law, Associate Professor at the Department of History of State and Law, National Academy of Internal Affairs

Andrii Boichuk, National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine

Professor, Doctor of Sciences in Law, Professor at the Odessa Regional Institute for Public Administration, National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine.

Olena Chernezhenko, National Academy of Internal Affairs.

Doctor of Sciences in Law, Senior Researcher at the Scientific Laboratory for Counteracting Crime Problems, National Academy of Internal Affairs.

Ivan Holosnichenko, National University Odessa Law Academy

Professor, Doctor of Sciences in Law, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Professor at the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and International Law, National University “Odessa Law Academy”.

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