Zhuravel Y. Administrative and Legal Provision of Executive Agencies’ Decentralization in Ukraine

The dissertation is focused on comprehensive research of administrative and legal provision of executive agencies’ decentralization in Ukraine. The author has revealed the preconditions for the formation and development of executive agencies’ decentralization in Ukraine. The concept and essence of state administration within executive agencies’ activities have been clarified. Conceptual approaches to the relationship between state administration and public administration within executive agencies’ activities have been revealed. The main principles of state administration of executive agencies have been determined. Forms and methods of state administration within executive agencies’ activities have been characterized. The author has carried out a retrospective analysis of the formation of the executive power system in Ukraine. The main features of the system of executive agencies have been clarified. The essence of the organizational structure of the “system of executive agencies” has been revealed. The author has defined the purpose, objectives and powers of executive agencies as the basis of their legal status. The role of executive agencies in the mechanism of ensuring human and civil rights and legitimate interests has been clarified. The system and structure of executive agencies in Ukraine have been studied. The author has determined specific features of the administrative and legal status of executive agencies. It has been established that the effectiveness of the system of executive agencies is determined by the rationality of management relations between agencies with different organizational and legal status both vertically and horizontally. It has been theoretically substantiated that the current system of executive power in Ukraine remains inefficient, the level of its organizational influence does not meet the needs of dynamic development of society and the formation of a democratic and rule of law state. The author has highlighted the main problematic issues that lead to low efficiency of the executive branch of power. The influence of decentralization on the division of powers of executive agencies and local self-government has been clarified. The author has analyzed specific features of external administrative, internal organizational and tort relations within the system of executive agencies. The place and significance of relations on ensuring human and civil rights and freedoms have been clarified. Problems for the optimization of organizational, normative and legal level of the system of executive agencies in Ukraine have been determined.