Abstract
The article aim is to investigate the theoretical aspect of organizational and legal foundations of the formation of united territorial communities in Ukraine, assess the small agricultural business current state and trace its relationship with the activities of united territorial communities for economic development. The article considers the theoretical aspect of organizational and legal foundations of the united territorial communities formation in Ukraine, assesses the current state of small agricultural business and reveals it’s main relationships with the united territorial communities activities for region economic development. Territorial communities are voluntary associations of residents of city, village and settlement councils, which directly receive funding from the state budget for the development of education, medicine, sports, culture, and social protection. Financial support from the state gives more opportunities to local communities to implement their own projects. The more active the territorial community, the more projects will be implemented and the territorial community profitability level will be higher, which it will spend on the development of territories. This is the main incentive to attract additional investment to improve people's living standards. In 2020, the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers adopted 24 orders on the definition of administrative centers and approval of regional community’s territories. There are 1469 territorial communities in our country. After the launch of the decentralization process in Ukraine – the transfer of powers and resources to places from which the community itself determines the direction of funding, small communities require for resource lack for rural development. The solution has been a decision to consolidate several councils by merging, which allowed communities to use common resources for territorial development
Keywords
decentralization, united territorial communities, small agribusiness, farming, state support, financing program, economic development of the region
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