<p>Co-relation between the concepts of Local governance and Human rights bears high policy relevance and is of great importance in post-totalitarian transition societies. Reform agendas of most of the states included strengthening of local governance under the broader caption of administrative reform and decentralization, driven by the need to lessen centralization and elements of totalitarian control. Despite efforts from the donor and the international community, till today, an average civil servant’s perception of local governance in the states of the former Soviet Union is limited to the territorial and administrative dimensions. Both in policy and practice it has prevailed over sustainable development or human rights-based approach, while commitments and declarations made at the national level by governments continue to be remarkably progressive. The case of Ukraine is no exception, although the level and degree of democratisation and decentralization vary ranging from Central Asia to the Baltic or the new EU members in East Europe.</p>

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