Local self-government fundamentals
Course: Educational and professional program Local self-government
Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service
            Title
        
        
             Local self-government fundamentals
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ОК.6 
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            Second
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2024/2025
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            1 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            4
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            
Know: theoretical and methodological, constitutional, legal and organizational foundations of local self-government; conceptual principles of local self-government development management 
Be able to: forecast the consequences of the legislation development in the field of local self-government; identify the advantages and disadvantages of local self-government concepts; determine the priorities of state policy in the field of local self-government, applying modern theories and models; substantiate the feasibility of implementing certain elements of municipal governance models and assess the priorities of certain concepts of local self-government, based on the definition of their potential; study the practical aspects of the potential of the principles of local self-government autonomy.
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            External form
        
    
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            1. Know: the basic principles of territorial organization of power in Ukraine, the basics of public authorities’ regulatory and legal support. 
2. Be able to use analytical and statistical methods of processing information on social and economic development of territorial entities, performance indicators of public authorities, work with national and international databases.
3. Possess the skills of analysis, synthesis, processing and visualization of statistical, sociological and other data, work with the legal framework, design and presentation of data using Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, Power Point, etc.).
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            Topic 1. The concept and essence of local self-government. Concepts of local self-government. 
Topic 2. Principles of local self-government. 
Topic 3. Constitutional and legal principles of local self-government. 
Topic 4. The system of local self-government in Ukraine. 
Topic 5. Models of municipal government.
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            Рекомендована та необхідна література
Місцеве самоврядування [Текст] = Local Self-Government : підручник / за ред. В. М. Вакуленка, Ю. Ф. Дехтяренка, В. С. Куйбіди ; О. В. Берданова, Є. І. Бородін, Г. А. Борщ [та ін.] ; Нац. акад. держ. упр. при Президентові України. - Київ : НАДУ, 2019. - 672 с. : табл., рис. 
Колтун В. С. Закономірності та тенденції розвитку місцевого самоврядування: комплементарний підхід : монографія / В. С. Колтун. – К. : НАДУ; Фенікс, 2015. – 360 с.
Європейська хартія місцевого самоврядування. Рада Європи; Хартія, Міжнародний документ від 15.10.1985. Офіційний сайт Верховної Ради України. Електронний ресурс. Режим доступу: http://zakon0.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/994_036
Закон України «Про місцеве самоврядування в Україні» // Голос України від 12 червня 1997 року. Відомості Верховної Ради (ВВР), 1997, N 24, ст.170. Із змінами та доповненнями.
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lectures, practical classes, independent work, individual independent work
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            Knowledge control is carried out according to the ECTS system, which provides for a two-level assessment of the learned material, including theoretical training assessment – which is 25% of the total assessment for the semester and practical training assessment – which is 75% of the overall assessment for the semester.
–	semester assessment (МАХ – 80 points / MIN – 48 points)
– final assessment 
The final control is carried out in the form of a written test, which is estimated at a maximum of 20 points and is carried out at one of the last practical classes. The final grade in the discipline for the student is set based on the results of the work during the semester as the sum of the points received during the academic semester, including the points obtained when performing independent work and final test. The credit is given based on the results of the student's work throughout the semester.
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            Ukrainian
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Victoriia 
                    Semenivna 
                    Koltun
                
                
                    Department of Regional Policy  
Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service
            Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
                        Department of Regional Policy 
                    
                    
                        Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service