title: THE DECENTRALIZATION REFORM IN UKRAINE AS A FACTOR AND INSTITUTIONAL COMPONENT OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES
abstract: The decentralization reform in ukraine as a factor and institutional component of the sustainable development of territorial communitiesDuring the time of the imperial power, the system of public power in Ukraine was built on the principles of centralization -the concentration of management functions in the center.After gaining independence, Ukraine took a course towards the decentralization of power -the transfer of power functions, according to the principle of subsidiarity, to the level (regi