ASSESSMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMUNITIES AS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TERRITORIAL STRUCTURE OF THE DONETSK AND LUHANSK REGIONS AFTER DE-OCCUPATION

Abstract

The article emphasizes that the capacity of communities is a generalizing indicator of the performance and efficiency of their functioning. Assessment of communities' capacity can be carried out using many methods and indicators, including the government, which takes five indicators (criteria). In general, experts distinguish the following types of capacity of territorial communities: potential or estimated capacity; capacity in accordance with government decisions; real capacity. The conditions for the de-occupation of the Ukrainian Donbas to the borders of 1991 and the requirements of the state standards of social services, which ensure the implementation of social standards of quality of life, are determined. The results of the preliminary assessment of the capacity of the communities of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the transition period after de-occupation are highlighted with the help of the proposed indicators: the number of people permanently residing on the territory of a capable territorial community, the number of students receiving education in general secondary education institutions located on the territory of the community and the share of the ablebodied population permanently residing on the territory of a capable territorial community. The age composition of the population in the East of Ukraine is taken into account. An optimistic, real and pessimistic scenario of reconfiguration and administrative-territorial structure of Donetsk and Luhansk regions at the level of communities and districts after de-occupation has been identified. The optimistic scenario is when more than 70 % of the population returns, most of which are of working age (over 70 %), the most realistic scenario is the return of about 50 % of the population (the share of the working-age population is from 70 to 30 %), and the pessimistic scenario is when less than 30 % of the population returns, among which less than 30 % are of working age. It is noted that after de-occupation during the transition period, it is expedient to join insolvent communities to neighbouring capable communities, and rayons with a small population should be enlarged or divided between neighbouring rayons. The pessimistic scenario envisages the implementation of a fundamentally new administrative-territorial division of territories at the level of communities and districts through depopulation.