Problems of Public Administration in the United Territorial Communities in Ukraine

An analysis of the existing united territorial communities (OTG) and the process of completion of their creation shows the presence of serious problems arising inside the OTG as a result of unequal initial conditions for their creation, and because of the unwillingness of their leadership to the new conditions of public administration within communities. It is shown that the traditional relations “society-personality”, “leadership-population” within the OTG are not correspond to the requirements that form the very nature of OTG as self-governing administrative units. The traditional manifestations of the people who are members of OTG related to their departure, work, shopping and using services in other OTGs lead to a decrease in the incomes of the OTGs in which they live, which determines the appearance of OTG-donors and OTG-recipients. This makes it urgent to create a modern public administration system within communities that is able to recognize the causes of emerging problems, respond to them in a timely manner, prevent negative trends and encourage community members to work for the common good, including by allocating special budget funds for farming development and others types of entrepreneurship in OTG.