SUBJECT COMPOSITION OF THE MUNICIPAL LEGAL POLICY OF UKRAINE

The article examines the essence of municipal legal policy as a system of strategic management of self-governing activities. It is determined that the activity of voluntary associations of local self-government bodies as subjects of state municipal policy is one of the manifestations and forms of organizational independence of local self-government bodies in the implementation of the paradigm of regional interest. This independence is guaranteed by the Constitution of Ukraine, the European Charter of Local Self- Government, the laws of Ukraine "On Local Self-Government in Ukraine" and "On Associations of Local Self-Government Bodies". The essence and peculiarities of local self- government subjects, their separate categories, regularities and tendencies of development are investigated. It is emphasized that territorial communities directly or indirectly, their authorities, non-governmental organizations exercise their legal personality both within the state and abroad. It is determined that territorial communities are endowed with: the right to form relevant bodies through elections, general meetings of citizens at the place of residence; the right to hold local referendums, local initiatives, public hearings, individual and collective appeals, public examinations and discussions, other forms of local democracy not prohibited by the constitution; the right to manage local budgets, movable and immovable property of communal property; the right to conclude international agreements of profile orientation, etc. It is noted that the transition to the formation of municipal legal policy requires a radical overhaul of the entire ideology of local government, management technologies, decision-making practices and resource allocation. Prospects for the functioning and improvement of the status of local self- government entities have been identified.