Decentralisation in Ukraine

Decentralisation in Ukraine is a series of reforms to give additional power and resources to local authorities.

Angela Merkel,[1] Georg Milbradt[2] and Hugues Mingarelli[3] praised the reforms.

In 1997 Ukraine ratified the European Charter of Local Self-Government, and adopted regulatory acts that established such powers.

Following Euromaidan in 2014, the new government launched a national project "Decentralisation" (Ukrainian: Національний проект "Децентралізація"), on 1 April.

In addition, per capita development expenditures in January-September 2017 increased by 225% compared to 2016 (for example: in communities without amalgamated hromada, growth was only 50%).