The paper analyzed the theoretical and methodological principles of the concept of competence in the theory of public administration and finds that the competence approach provides a competitive response to today's challenges regarding the modernization of the public administration system, the rational allocation of powers in the field of public administration, and the dynamics of changes in the competences of public administration actors.
The author defined the influence of managerial functions on the formation of the competences of public administration bodies. Competence can be considered an instrument for the realization of state functions. If the functions of the state, the functions of public institutions and certain subjects of public administration are manifested through a set of all components of competence and aimed at achieving social results, then the competences of bodies of public authority determine the completeness of their activities, form a holistic understanding of their social purpose, subjects public administration
The paper clarified that the basic features that characterize an official from the position of performing functions in the public service are: the performance of the functions of a representative of the government; performance of organizational and administrative functions; performance of advisory and advisory functions.
The author substantiated a theoretically oriented approach to the implementation of the competences of public administration bodies. Territorial criteria are partly determined in the formation of the functional and organizational structure of executive bodies and local self-government bodies; require comprehensive study and analysis, in particular regarding the delimitation of the competences of public authorities, the definition of issues of local importance, the formation of public policy at the local and regional levels.
The work substantiated that the subject of competence in the competence is considered as the main direction of activity, which manifests itself in the functions and functional load of public authorities. The subjects of the authority of the public authorities often overlap, which is completely acceptable and logical, but their powers should be exclusively individual, even when one function of several of them is simultaneously common to all. For example, environmental protection is at the same time the subject of many bodies (ministries, subjects of self-government, public entities, state enterprises, etc.), but the powers, legal responsibility and their status are individual, clearly fixed for each in particular.
The subject of local self-government is the spheres of local life, within which the law provides for the law, and, consequently, the body legally competent in them. Each local self-government body must have its own field of activity. Therefore, the legal regulation of the competence of this body represents, first of all, the definition of the sphere of local life in which this body of self-government acts. Thus, the subject matter as a structural element of the category of competence is a way of legal indication of those spheres of local life, which are defined as a subject of own actions of the local self-government body.
The paper proposed to use the method of formal-logical analysis of regulatory and legal bases for the following stages to determine the competence limits of public administration entities:
1) Implementation of a systematic analysis of the competences and functions of public administration actors. To do this, it is necessary to analyze the competences of the subjects of public administration: subjects of authority, powers, responsibilities of subjects of public administration.
2) To formulate a comparison of the functions and competences of public administration entities for the further formation of a tree of objectives by types of activities and subjects of their implementation.
3) To systematize the legal and regulatory framework that regulates the activities of entities in accordance with the subjects of jurisdiction.
4) Form a hierarchy of normative legal acts for their legal force.
5) Design the existing hierarchy of normative legal acts for their legal force for the purpose of the tree.
The author substantiated the delineation of the functions of the state-legal partnership on the subjects of implementation:
- functions of the civil service and their officials;
- functions of local self-government and its officials;
- functions of state enterprises, institutions and organizations and their officials;
- functions of other institutions, organizations, enterprises authorized to perform functions of the public service and their officials.
Key words: public administration, subjects of public administration, official of public authorities, official of local self-government bodies, competence, division of competencies, public legal disputes, public-private partnership.
