CIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENT IN UKRAINIAN CITIES (FOR EXAMPLE, OF THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET)

Abstract

The article stated that, in Ukrainian cities has increased activity of citizens in recent years, wishing to join the process of solving urban problems. The activity of the society demands from local authorities create effective instruments of cooperation with the community. The first is an open process of discussion and adoption of joint solutions. It is indicated that every resident of the village can provide your own project and after the vote to decide in what way to spend part of the local budget. The article gives the introduction of the practice of an effective system of interaction between local authorities and the public in the budget process to meet the needs of the residents of a particular city. It was noted that the budget for the participation of a wonderful teaching tool with the issues of local self-government: the people are studying the mechanisms of formation and use of the local budget, learn to make decisions regarding the choice of budget spending priorities, taking into account the prospects of development of the area. Participatory Budget performs the service of the local government function. The article noted that the participation of the budget contributes to the transparency and accessibility of the basic budget information, the performance of the authorities at the local level, when any user ceases to understand how local government accumulates, distributes and uses a budget. Participatory budget aimed at creating an effective mechanism of interaction of structural subdivisions of the City Council and citizens in the budget process. The author believes that this practice is useful not only for cities, but also for integrated rural territorial communities. The involvement of territorial communities to participate in decisions about budget allocation and identify areas of the city; formation of public confidence in local government; increase transparency of local government; increased transparency of decision-making by providing residents of the possibility of direct impact on fiscal policy of the city; solving the problems that most concern people.