DECIDE Project experts joint the working group on delineation of powers between local governments and executive authorities based on the principle of subsidiarity

The DECIDE Project experts joined the Working Group on the delineation of powers between local governments and executive authorities based on the principle of subsidiarity.

‘The European Commission’s report acknowledges the positive results of the decentralisation reform. At the same time, however, it highlights the need for a clear delineation of powers between the various levels of public authorities. Achieving this will not only eliminate duplication of functions and ambiguity of powers, but it is also an obligation of Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility programme. This will open up the possibility of attracting an additional EUR 435 million to Ukraine’s budget,’ said Oleksii Kuleba, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine – Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine.

The issue of the delineation of powers and its legislative regulation is particularly relevant in the context of educational reforms, especially the reform of specialised secondary education. This reform involves transforming the network of institutions and therefore requires updated approaches to the management of these institutions.

The Working Group and Subgroup on Education included Larysa Zhabenko, coordinator of Component I of the DECIDE Project, as well as national experts Andrii Matsokin, Yana Brusentsova, Serhii Yatskovskyi, Nadiia Balabust, and Mariia Mishchenkova.

Furthermore, 90 per cent of education management officials believe that education legislation should be harmonised with regard to the powers of regional and local authorities. This aligns with the findings of a nationwide sociological survey on the decentralisation of education management, which was conducted by KIIS at the request of the DECIDE Project.