STAGES OF REFORMING THE INSTITUTION OF LOCAL SELFGOVERNMENT ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND

Abstract

The article examines the evolution of the institution of governance and local self-government in the Republic of Poland. On the example of experience, an analysis of effective mechanisms for implementing reforms in local selfgovernment of the Republic of Poland, and highlights the positive aspects of such reforms. In this regard, the study of the institution of self-government in those countries where the basic conditions of state-building are closest to the Ukrainian ones are of special interest for domestic political science. It is the Republic of Poland, where a multi-stage administrative and political reform has been carried out, which contributes to the "new birth" and further reform of the institution of local self-government. Formulation of the problem. The idea of self-government in Poland is not to manage local affairs in general and to represent the interests of the state, but to represent the interests of a society that chooses its own government. At the same time, local governments operate under the supervision of state bodies that monitor the implementation of laws. Structurally, the system of local selfgovernment in Poland is three-tiered, namely: voivodship, county, gmina. It is the study of foreign experience of close countries that have shown effective policies in local government reform, and analysis to use the most effective experience for use in modern Ukraine.