PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE PRODUCE OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES IN UKRAINE

INTRODUCTION Public participation is the important process in strategic management on local level. According to Miroslav Olchak involvement of the public in the process of strategic management organized properly is obvious need. It cannot plan goals and activities for many years for the local community without this community. Now in Ukraine there is not fully implemented the principle of good governance. To improve the participation of citizens in the formation of strategic directions of territorial development in Ukraine has been approved The Concept of Reforming Local Self-Government and Territorial Organization of Power in Ukraine. The Concept of Reforming Local Self-Government and Territorial Organization of Power in Ukraine (April 1, 2014) 1 , the development of participatory democracy and its legislative framework are foreseen. One of the principles is the principle proclaimed “openness, transparency and public participation”. The expected results of the reform: creation “favorable legal conditions for maximally involving the population in making managerial decisions, and the development of forms of direct democracy”. Reform tasks: – Maximum involvement of the population; – promoting the development of forms of direct democracy; – introduction of effective participatory mechanisms; introduction of effective mechanisms of public participation in the development of important management decisions by local government bodies, in particular on the definition of the strategy of the development of the territorial community;