Territorial and material-financial bases оf the local self-government: еuropean experience

The bases of the local self-government constitute those objects of the reality, on which the organization and activity of the appropriate authorities and officials is based, those resources, which they have in their disposal. Legal, territorial, material-financial bases or grounds are distinguished among them. In the modern conditions in the period of the Eurointegration processes, and transformation of political-legal and economic systems of the post-Soviet states, the experience of the European countries regarding improvement of such bases is important, which, in its turn, involves increasing of efficiency of the activity of the authorities and officials of the local selfgovernment, the vital activity of the regional communities and local population.

local self-government, community, territorial basis, region, area, city, European Union, NUTS, material-financial basis, community property, financial grants, local taxation, local budget