Author: Vitalii Bezghin, People’s Deputy, 
Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on 
Administrative Organization of 
the Verkhovna Rada Committee on State Building, 
Local Governance, Regional and 
Urban Development, 
specifically for "Ukrainska Pravda"

A full-scale start-up of decentralisation in Ukraine requires amendments to the Constitution. Reform of decentralisation has been lasting in Ukraine since 2014. It may be said without exaggeration that it is one of the crucial reforms in the country, as long as a new map of the administrative organization, format of relationship between hromadas and the centre, quality and quantity of services, provided to the Ukrainians almost every day, will depend on this reform.

It is not for nothing that both the former government and the current authorities have actively worked on decentralisation at all levels. As the result, above 11.7 million of citizens have already amalgamated into 1029 AHs throughout Ukraine.