The decentralization policy facilitates favourable conditions for the urgent reform of funeral and ceremonial services realization in Ukraine. However, no transformations in the sphere occur and they are not represented on the agenda.

At the same time a key issue of the national funeral sphere is that too much role is played by the communal services at the local ceremonial services markets and their complete monopoly for the burial places maintenance. All that triggers numerous cases of abuse, corruption and many challenges, faced by people, having to bury the dead. A priority for burial sphere and ceremonial services reform must be to overcome the monopoly. The issue is how and to what extent this can be done.