The total resource of local budgets in 2019 will make up UAH 573.1 billion, of which own revenues of local budgets amount UAH 292.3 billion, which is by UAH 41.8 billion more as compared to the approved local budgets for 2018, or +16. 7%. Vice Prime Minister/ Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Hennadii Zubko commented on the approved State Budget-2019.

The Vice Prime Minister said that in 2019, the amount of state financial support for the implementation of investment programs and regional development projects was planned at UAH 30.8 billion (in 2018, similar expenditures were planned in the amount of UAH 25.4 billion).

In particular, they include:

• EU Support Program for Sector Policy of Ukraine - UAH 0.5 billion;
• State Regional Development Fund (SRDF) – the sum worth UAH 7.7 billion (in 2018 - UAH 6.0 billion), in particular ensuring the implementation of the projects-winners of the All-Ukrainian Public Budget to the tune of UAH 0.5 billion;
• Subvention for the formation of the infrastructure of the amalgamated territorial communities - UAH 2.1 billion (in 2018 - UAH 1.9 billion);
• Subvention for the implementation of measures aimed at developing the health care system in the rural areas - UAH 1.0 billion (in 2018 - UAH 1.0 billion);
• Subvention for the financial support of construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of public roads of local importance, streets and roads of communal property in settlements - UAH 14.7 billion, which makes up 35% of the State Road Fund (in 2018 - 11.5 billion UAH);
• Subvention for the social and economic development of certain territories - UAH 4.8 billion (in 2018 - UAH 5 billion).

And this is not taking into account transfers from the state budget in the amount of UAH 288.3 billion.

Moreover, in 2019 State Budget there are stipulated for direct intergovernmental relations with CCs, in which first elections took place in 2018, including those in which first elections will be held on December 23, 2018.