On December, 13, discussion «Discussing novelties of the taxation and budget legislation in 2021-2022 was held in Lviv. The event was organized by the HOVERLA USAID Project and the Association of Ukrainian Cities.

In his welcome address Deputy Minister of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine Vyacheslav Nehoda reminded the audience that, under the recent survey results, the vast majority of the population (86%) go on considering that it is necessary to introduce checks of the validity of decisions by the local self-government bodies:

«The incumbent law on local and public administrations stipulates more opportunities for public administrations to interfere in municipality activity and to exercise such a control. We have to withdraw from such a system. Thus, bill №4298, structuring local administrations’ powers within the current Constitution, has been developed, involving local self-government representatives, having made it possible to find a consensus decision. It envisages harmonization of the system of cooperation between local administrations and self-government bodies».