The ambassadors of the G7 countries welcomed Ukraine's success in uniting territorial communities and announced a list of changes that need to be introduced to harmonize the reform in Ukraine with the best experience of other European countries.
This is stated in the statement of a group of ambassadors of the G7 countries to support reforms in Ukraine, reports "
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According to the statement, these changes should include the determination of the scope of powers of local self-government, providing for the management of a significant part of the affairs of the community and a clear delineation of powers and responsibilities between different levels..
They should also ensure the proportionality and legality of supervision of local self-government by the central authorities, equip local self-government bodies with appropriate legislative instruments to ensure their powers, provide local self-government bodies with the legal status of a legal entity for transparency and guarantee of their activities, as well as to prevent corruption..
In addition, they must provide local governments with adequate finances and a stable foundation, avoiding unreasonable financial decisions..
Separately, the ambassadors of the G7 noted that they will continue to support the decentralization reform in Ukraine.