Daniel Popescu: "If Ukraine manages to finish the reform of decentralization of power for 5 years,she will do what could not be anyone"
This statement was made by the representative of the Council of Europe, special adviser to the Government of Ukraine on decentralization of power, Daniel Popescu, speaking at the forum on decentralization as the basis of forming a new system of governance and local development. In 2014, when the reform of power decentralization was launched, I and influential Ukrainian experts were against it, in fact, a voluntary Association of communities, – said Daniel Popescu. – In fact I know of only one successful experience of such enterprises, which, however, lasted for 20 years. I mean the Netherlands. However, I must admit that I was wrong. Now it is obvious that your government has the opportunity to rebuild the entire system of government is democratic, voluntary. And if Ukraine manages to finish the reform of decentralization for 5 years, she will do what could not be anyone, becoming a pioneer in unique changes and at the same time the source of experience for the world. Also Daniel Popescu shared their impressions of the support of the reform population. We conducted a number of surveys and see what gives us the inspiration, he said. – Public support for decentralization is growing every year. But in most other countries, given the state of the economy and the military conflict, the people answered negatively to all questions. That is why many European countries have failed in similar reforms. In Ukraine not so. More than 60% of the population of the United territorial communities say after the merger and their lives improved. Daniel Popescu drew attention to the disputes that are underway in Ukraine regarding the possibility of consolidation of districts. According to him, this trend is felt across Europe. France recently joined 22 of now 13, in the country there are discussions on the abolition of departments, educated even for Napoleon; Greece reduced the number of districts from fifty to a dozen; Denmark from 14 districts made 5, and now one big party lobbying for the ability to undo and five – continued Mr. Popescu. – The desire for efficiency pushes the whole of Europe to such changes. I understand that in the Ukraine the district level fixed in the Constitution, so do not expect rapid changes in this field. However, the fact that the subregional and district level need to be reformed is obvious. This was reported in the Ternopil regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
