Ivzhenko I. Interaction of local self-government and volunteer activity in the process of social work implementation

Scientific study of the problem of interaction between local self-government and volunteer activity in social work in Ukraine and foreign countries is analyzed with the aim of determining the problem field of the dissertation research. The categorical conceptual apparatus of public administration theory and administration has been improved in the context of clarifying a number of concepts, among them: “interaction of local self-government and subjects of volunteer activity”, “a volunteer group formed on a diffuse basis with a collegial function”. The concept of social work is specified, namely, it is determined that, unlike social protection, whose activities are aimed at supporting social security through material support of each member of society, the essence of social work is to assist in self-help in the organization, support of vulnerable population, identifying social initiatives, developing their own resources that are naturally inherent in an individual or group of people. The international experience of local governments interaction and volunteer activities is generalized, which prompts borrowing of best foreign practices and is determined by the active realization of Ukraine’s European integration aspirations. Further development of the adaptation direction in Ukraine of foreign experience of interaction between local self-government and volunteers, through the introduction of the organizational and legal form of social agreements between local government and the public.