V. Hroisman: Local governance reform is the main ones on the way of country's economic development
The most important
reform on the way of economic development is the local governance reform. This
was started by Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development,
Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Volodymyr
Hroisman on the air of one of the Ukrainian TV
channel.
"We should to
decentralize administration system and transfer power at most to regions and also
transfer financial resources to exercise these powers by local authorities.
Some taxes should be leaved in the regions and local communities should decide on
what purposes to direct the funds. So, we will give communities a real
opportunity to develop their territories," Vice Prime Minister said.
According to him the appropriate
decisions on the reform of local governance were worked out in the country in
past history, but there had been no political will to put them into practice.
"There were only declarations.
Therefore, everything what has been happened in our country in recent years -
the result of over-centralization of power. Today we’ve resumed dialogue with
our European partners on local governance reform. We will take as an example
the experience of European countries, including