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The article is devoted to coverage of the scientific and practical aspects of decentralization as a rational alternative to the federalization and the mechanism of Ukraine’s rapprochement with the European standards development. It is established Ukraine during the last ten months of consistent decentralization as part of the modernized regional policy, enshrined in the basic normative legal acts of the constituent and programmatic character. In particular, in the Concepts and Action Plan of reform of local self-government and territorial organization of government in Ukraine, the Coalition Agreement of the current parliamentary coalition, “Sustainable Development Strategy “Ukraine – 2020”, the Programme of activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine etc. The risks of decentralization, namely the limited funds of local budgets, weak capacity of local communities to attract financial resources, low efficiency of use of financial resources are analyzed. The necessity of solving the tasks of economic strengthening of small regional communities, as well as reducing their dependence on budgetary support is emphasized in the article. Towards solving this problem should be considered as implementation of administrative-territorial reform and the Acts “On Cooperation between Territorial Communities” and “On a voluntary association of territorial communities”. The basic directions of reformation of administrative services in Ukraine is proposed: regulatory optimization for obtaining payment of administrative services; unification of administrative procedures and the improvement of administrative services; the gradual transfer to the competence of local authorities a wider range of services. Maintaining balanced approach to decentralization, the impossibility of the appearance of “preferred” regions, ensuring equal conditions for regional development, the formation of viable and competitive territorial entities that can implemented an active economic policy are noted on. The prerequisites of self-development and growth of local entities is revealed. A wide implementation at the local level mechanisms and instruments of rational use of internal capacity development, which is based on decentralization, is proposed.

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decentralization, local government, regional policy, fiscal decentralization, administrative services