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The article is devoted to topical issues of motivation of local government officials. The study of motivation is carried out in the context of reflecting the processes that have taken in the field as a result of decentralization reform. They are associated with a change in approaches to governance, the shift of the traditional vector of relations with public authorities, awareness of the independent role of local self-government, expanding the range of powers aimed at community development. The study analyzes the main trends and challenges in increasing the motivation of officials, encouraging them to effectively perform their duties. Motivation is seen as the process of involving staff in activities to achieve the goals of the organization (in this case – village, town, city councils, their executive bodies). It determines the intensification of professional activity of officials, stimulates the implementation of tasks. It is noted that modern heads of local governments do not pay due attention to issues of motivation, encouragement of employees, identifying their needs. Practical examples of evaluation by both managers and subordinates of their motivation to work are given. Motivational factors of officials, including material, spiritual, social, industrial and household, etc. are analyzed. The connection of motivation with human needs and actions is investigated. It is emphasized that the needs of higher levels do not motivate the official until the needs of the lower level are at least partially met. The analysis of the Ukrainian legislation and normative-legal acts of local self-government bodies concerning the regulation of the sphere of motivation and incentives of officials is given. The directions and means which can be applied in modern conditions for increase of motivation of local government officials are shown.

The article is devoted to topical issues of development of project activity in local self-government bodies, amalgamated territorial communities, analysis of real practices and the current situation. The study analyzed the legal basis for attracting extra-budgetary funds for the development of local communities, the procedure for preparing project applications, interaction with donor organizations and partners, as well as challenges and opportunities in the field. In particular, attention is focused on such aspects as the selection of the competition, the presence of a team and the role of the project manager in preparing a quality project application, opportunities for cooperation with NGOs and cooperation of amalgamated territorial communities in preparing and implementing of joint projects. The analysis of the current situation, dynamics and the main trends in the development of project activities in local self-governments is carried out. The experience of cities and small rural communities is compared. Emphasis is placed on the prospects of development, potential areas of project activities in the amalgamated territorial communities. One of the main obstacles to successful project activities in local governments is the lack of human resources and lack of experienced professionals. Emphasis is placed on the need for continuous practical work and the assistance of external experts who can provide advice, help in improving the skills of project management specialists in communities. The motivational component, stimulation of local government employees to develop work in the direction should not be left out either.

The monograph is devoted to the actual problems of functioning and development of this poorly understood phenomenon today of local government in Ukraine as communicative potential. The essence of the communicative potential analyzes the features of the communicative process in local government determined by law communicative potential normalized forms of direct citizen participation. Theoretical presentation illustrated with examples from periodicals, scientific literature and practices of local communities. Based on recent political and economic trends in the ways of the communicative potential of local government in Ukraine.

The relevance of the research topic is the need to systematize the theoretical basis of public debt and credit, which underlies the study of practical aspects and is the initial stage of the study of this issue. Separation of macroeconomic effects will allow to reveal the main negative consequences, which brings an excessive increase in the size of public debt. Formulation of the problem. Income and expenditure discrepancies often accompany the budget process. At the same time, smaller amounts are usually revenues, especially when it comes to the budget of a certain country. The theoretical component, which is to study the basic essential characteristics of public debt, the systematization of scientists' views on various aspects of the emergence of public debt, the effects of public debt in the economy – the basis that serves as the basis for scientific research in the area of optimization of state coverage. The purpose of the article is to systematize the theoretical aspects of public debt and credit in terms of distinguishing features of macroeconomic effects. Research methods. A number of general scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge were used, among which: generalization, systematization, induction, deduction, abstraction. The results of this study allowed us to define the concept of public debt, which is based on the study of the features of credit relations in which the state acts as a borrower. The main macroeconomic effects arising from excessive debt growth were distinguished. The results of the study can be used as a theoretical basis for further scientific developments in this field. The conclusions of this study are to prove the continuity of the concept of public debt with the concept of public credit, with the hierarchy of interdependence of concepts has the form of the following sequence: 1) the disproportion between the revenue and expenditure; 2) deficit of the state budget; 3) state credit; 4) public debt. The effects of the national debt on the economy and the peculiarities of ...

The article is dedicated to analyzing features of formation, principles of functioning and stability of minority cabinets in European systems of positive and negative parliamentarism. The author identified the role of cabinets in systems of inter-institutional relations in European parliamentary democracies, specified the nature of parliamentary democracies' distribution onto the systems of positive and negative parliamentarism, outlined minority cabinets' role and variations in systems of positive and negative parliamentarism. Key words: minority cabinet, parliamentary democracy, positive and negative parliamentarism, vote of confidence/vote of investiture, single-party and coalition minority cabinets, cabinet stability.

The article is focused on the analysis of problems of implementation e-government into Ukrainian legislation. In the modern world, Internet technologies play an important role in the life of every person. Political authorities also understand how the Internet makes life easier for society. The authors analyze the interpretation of Ukraine and the European Union, the concept of «e-government». While solving the tasks of the research the authors define the own definition of e-government, where they offer to understand e-government as an integrated system of all state registries, open source data portals and administrative services that make the interaction of public administration bodies with society as easy as possible. Special attention is paid to analysis of problems of implementation e-government into Ukrainian legislation. The authors identify three main problems. The first is the insecurity of personal data. According to the authors, Ukrainian legislation is not ready for the implementation of legal acts of e-government. The second problem is the lack of knowledge and skills in using the e-government system. The absence of an appropriate authority regulating relations in this area. The third problem is the socio-informational inequality. Not all people have access to the Internet and not all people want to move into information age. The authors also analyze the achievements of Ukrainian society in the development of e-government. According to the results of the conducted studying we can concluded that implementation system of e-government has a lot of advantages. E-government is one of the keys of democracy. It is the key to get rid of bureaucracy and corruption that will lead to public confidence in government.