DEFINING THE TASKS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN UKRAINE: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES IN THE CONTEXT OF DECENTRALIZATION REFORM

The article examines the essence and peculiarities of regionalism, both a general phenomenon and a process that takes place on the territory of Ukraine. It is noted that for the further development and effectiveness of regionalism, it is necessary to transform the public into one of the subjects of the implementation of regionalism along with regional and local elites. The importance of local self-government as the basis for building any democratic state is clarified. The basic conceptual and categorical apparatus of the decentralization process is analyzed. Generalization and systematization of the theoretical aspects of the formation of local self-government was carried out. The circle of problems that arose in the process of decentralization reform in Ukraine during 2015-2023 is outlined, and the complex consequences of local self-government reform in Ukraine are determined. The article summarizes and systematizes the theoretical aspects of the formation of local self-government in the context of research and study of the phenomenon of decentralization as a factor that guarantees political security and stability in Ukraine, preservation of its sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence. The main applied approaches to the analysis of the process of power decentralization and local self-government reform are listed. The formulated pair-linked nature of the categories "decentralization" and "centralization", which have as their purpose certain actions to increase or decrease the number of powers and responsibilities of authorities, structural units or officials located at different hierarchical levels of one or another management system. The goals and objectives of the decentralization reform in Ukraine are formulated through the prism of conceptual approaches.