ІСТОРИКО-ПРАВОВІ АСПЕКТИ ПРОВЕДЕННЯ АДМІНІСТРАТИВНОЇ РЕФОРМИ, СУТНІСТЬ ТА КЛАСИФІКАЦІЯ АДМІНІСТРАТИВНИХ ПОСЛУГ, ЩО НАДАЮТЬСЯ В ОБ'ЄДНАНИХ ТЕРИТОРІАЛЬНИХ ГРОМАДАХ
The market orientation of the Ukrainian economy requires radical institutional changes in order to assert the decentralization of power, balancing relations in its structure between the subjects of the central, regional and local levels. One of the areas of such radical changes is the formation of special and new subjects of local self-government bodies – united territorial communities capable of autonomous and efficient functioning within the state structure. Under such conditions, in the formed united territorial communities there is a completely new legal relationship, often not regulated by existing legal acts. Among such relations at the level of the united territorial communities the largest share is occupied by relations in the area of providing them with administrative services. In a process of decentralization, empowered communities have wider powers, resources and responsibilities. The list of services that can be provided locally is constantly expanding. This paper examines the existing scientific approaches to the definition and features of administrative services, investigates the historical and legal aspects of administrative reform in Ukraine and reforms of local self-government bodies. The author classification criteria and features for administrative services provided by the United Territorial Communities. The activities of united territorial communities to provide administrative services to individuals and legal entities are important in the process of ensuring the reform of the public administration system. The process of consolidation in the national legislation of the norms governing the institute of administrative services is complex and still holds. Taking into account the above, the study of the historical and legal aspects of administrative reform, local self-government reform, the task of identifying the features and classification of administrative services provided in the united territorial communities will further help to establish a clear legal mechanism for the legal regulation of ...