The article is aimed at disclosing the role and significance of the excise tax on fuel in filling local self-government budgets in the context of the implementation of budget decentralization, also disclosing the main aspects of excise tax reform, changes in its distribution between budgets and finding ways to ensure the stimulating impact of excise taxation on the socio-economic development of territorial communities (hromadas). The article describes the steps taken to strengthen the financial capacity of local self-government (changes in the sources of filling the hromadas’ budgets) by introducing budget decentralization, steps to implement decentralization in the sphere of road infrastructure of Ukraine (distribution of functions and powers in the road sector at the subregional level of management and introduction of an updated mechanism for financing the road industry). The significance and role of excise tax on fuel in the formation of budgets of territorial communities in the context of implementation of budget decentralization and decentralization in the road sector are analyzed and disclosed. The main aspects of excise tax reform, changes in its distribution between budgets during 2014-2020 in the context of the implementation of decentralization are presented. A number of substantiated arguments are given regarding the need to preserve the crediting of the excise tax on fuel to the local self-government budgets. The issue of the need to improve the distribution of subventions to roads in order to achieve fairness and eliminate the asymmetry of the financial capacity of territorial communities to develop road infrastructure and ensure the stimulating impact of excise taxation on the socio-economic development of all territorial communities is actualized.
The article considers the theoretical foundations and problems of functioning of local self-government bodies in the implementation of budget decentralization in Ukraine. In the process of reforming local authorities, the dependence of local budgets on the State budget is determined. The development of budget decentralization for the period 2015–2021 is considered, namely: the number of amalgamated hromadas, the share of the local budgets’ own revenues, and the structure of the share of revenues of the general fund of local budgets (without transfers). The revenues to the budget of the city of Irpin, their tendencies and efficiency of use are highlighted and analyzed. The forecast of budget revenues in the city of Irpin is developed taking into account all indicators used to assess tax revenues and fees, expected indicators of socioeconomic development and expected tax revenues of taxes and fees, as well as taking into account the proposals of the bodies that control the distribution of tax revenues and fees to local budgets of the region. The role of taxes in the system of local regulation of economic processes provides an impact on society, its structure and dynamics, ensures the stability of budget revenues and self-sufficiency, which provide for the development of an effective strategy for the development of the tax system based on realistic forecasts of socioeconomic development. The methods for improving control over the financing of local authorities are proposed. Local self-government bodies are able to transform the tax base at the local level through tax revenues, which provides opportunities for the full implementation of their functions and powers influencing the financial and economic processes. For the future forecast and improvement of sustainable development, it is necessary to anticipate the threats and risks of financial stability. Thus, their negative manifestation in the future is minimized or ways to minimize losses from their impact are determined
The article is aimed at critical evaluation and comparison of the modern and the preliminary approaches to financial provision and accounting in the sphere of education to develop recommendations for eliminating gaps and shortcomings, organizing an effective information system of management for educational institutions and rationally spending budget funds in them. As a result of the research, the impact of changes in the management and financing system on the organization of accounting is proved, new conditions and requirements for such organization in educational institutions of territorial communities are allocated. Based on the analysis of indicators of revenues and directions of expenditures of local budgets, it is concluded about an optimistic forecast of the development of the education sector of territorial communities. The impact of innovations in terms of financing and administrative transformations on the education management system in villages and settlements, as well as the organization of accounting in them, is identified. The peculiarities and organizational specifics of the formation of accounting entities, the powers of education management bodies in the implementation of the task of creating an accounting system for the implementation of the budget are determined. It is substantiated that granting autonomy to educational institutions has a positive impact on the management of them and their financial resources, but significantly complicates the issue of accounting. To solve some problematic issues, a general scheme for the formation of a accounting system in the sphere of education in the conditions of decentralization and a step-by-step scheme for the implementation of this task have been built. Prospects for further research in this direction are the formation of methodology and techniques for accounting operations carried out by educational entities, in particular, accounting display of tender and other purchases; development of recommendations on the economic substantiation of the decision on the choice of accounting method by the educational institution. Further development of research on the issues of keeping and organizing accounting in the sphere of education in the context of decentralization will increase the efficiency of spending budget funds and contribute to the growth of the quality of educational services.
Introduction. The decentralization reform, which began in 2014, aims not only to change the administrative structure of Ukraine, but also to change the budget system, which leads to an increase in potential risks of inefficient use of budget funds. To minimize the negative consequences of such risks, the public that is most interested in achieving the goals set by the local community budget should be used. The purpose of the article is to identify the features of the implementation of public control over the use of resources of local budgets in the territorial communities of Ukraine. Methods. The study used methods of analysis and synthesis to study the tools of public scrutiny and surveys to identify the views of civil society activists and experts on public scrutiny during decentralization reform. Results. The levels and tools of public control over the implementation of local budgets of amalgamated communities were identified in this work. There are four levels: information, consultation, dialogue, partnership. Emphasis is placed on the main instruments of public scrutiny, which include: public hearings, elements of e-democracy, advisory bodies, public councils and local elections. The results of a sociological survey (by conducting a survey) of public activists and specialists in the field of local finance in Lviv and Kharkiv regions are presented. According to most respondents, NGOs have more opportunities to control the spending of local budgets. The expediency of public control over local budgets was supported by the majority of respondents. Discussion of the use of budget funds, according to most respondents, is the most effective tool for public participation. The main problems, according to the survey, in the process of using budget funds are the low level of transparency of budget planning and implementation, as well as low efficiency of filling and spending budget funds. According to the results of the study, a number of obstacles to public control over the effective use of budget funds were identified. Descussion. Further research on public control over the observance of the budgets of territorial communities should focus on the legal features of such measures, as well as the prospects for the use of the tools defined in the article in the future.
The authors prove that decentralization of power and local governance reform have necessitated the reconsideration of the priorities in the rational environmental management, including resource conservation and energy efficiency at the level of amalhamated territorial communities (ATCs). Thus, it becomes necessary to transform the existing control system over the economic development of natural resource potential and environmental protection. It is substantiated that in the situation when new energy indicators are being implemented, numerous problems become mainstream, e.g. increase in the energy production output from renewable sources, e.g. solid and gaseous fuel on the basis of waste disposal. It is proved that the effective implementation of waste disposal projects is possible provided that the economic mechanism of resource conservation and energy efficiency is institutionalized at the level of ATC, which will provide budgetary, fiscal and credit prerequisites to increase financial support for modern waste management industry. The research carries out shows that in 2007–2021, the dynamics of the real volume of local budget expenditures on waste disposal has been declining, due to the lack of interest among local authorities in financing resource conservation and energy efficiency projects. It is established that the achievement of positive results in the financing of waste disposal directly depends on pooling part of the rent for the special use of natural resources and environmental tax in special funds within local budgets. It is substantiated that targeting natural resources and environmental payments accumulated in local government budgets will increase funding for waste disposal, thus increasing the use of the material substance of household waste and waste from agricultural and forestry production to produce solid and gaseous fuel. It is proved that the state should provide incentives for local governments to enhance resource conservation and energy efficiency based on waste disposal due to participation in financing and indirect promotion of such projects.
Vasyl A. Holian, Nataliia Medynska, Yu.B. Zastavnyy
It is determined that the economic mechanism of economic management of the nature is a set of methods, means, instruments and forms of budget-tax and financial-credit regulation of economic development and use in the reproduction process of the natural component of national wealth, as well as the implementation of activities aimed at the reproduction of natural resource potential and environmental protection. It is substantiated that in the current socioeconomic and political-legal conditions, the economic mechanism of economic management of the nature operates with an overly narrowed specification of methods and instruments, which makes it impossible to fully ensure a sufficient level of financing for the implementation of environmental projects and priorities for expanded reproduction and enhance of the natural resource potential. It is proved that in the unfavorable conditions of the European natural gas market for the national economy and crisis phenomena caused by the curtailment of business activity due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, budgetary opportunities for financing environmental expenditures are limited. Researches have shown that in the dynamics of the real value of environmental expenditures of both the State and local budgets in 2002-2020 in general, there is a downward trend, which indicates a real decrease in the volume of public financing of environmental protection. It is substantiated that due to the deregulation of land relations, that is, the transfer of the State-owned agricultural land outside settlements to communal ownership, additional resource opportunities have been formed to increase the efficiency of the use of instruments of the economic mechanism of economic management of the nature at the local level. It is determined that in the conditions of an overly unified system of budget and tax regulation of economic management of the nature and limited opportunities for financing environmental activities, ensuring a high level of efficiency of functioning of the economic mechanism of economic management of the nature at the local level requires the installation of a complex of incentives into the range of its instruments and methods. Such incentives will orient the entities of agrarian entrepreneurship to the introduction of additional capacities of organic farming, organic cattle breeding and organic feed production. It is substantiated that such incentives are represented by tax and budget preferences.
Introduction. The new financial support mechanism defined by the relevant laws of Ukraine, the introduction of national accounting standards and a chart of accounts for the public sector, decentralization and other transformation processes have significantly influenced both the education financing system and the organization and methodology of accounting. But the desire to improve these systems currently does not fully correspond to the existing realities and requirements, including modern management. The purpose of the article is to study the mechanism for the formation and use of financial support for educational institutions - colleges in the context of organizational and accounting aspects, as well as the development of proposals for their clarification and improvement (including accounting policy). Methods (technique). The study uses general scientific methods, including theoretical generalization and analysis - to identify the specifics of financing educational institutions in the context of transformational changes, modeling - in order to form an effective financing mechanism and develop accounting policies to regulate alternatives that exist in the financial provision of educational institutions. Results. According to the results of the study of the current legislation, it was established that financial support of state institutions of professional higher education is carried out at the expense of the state (or local) budget on the basis of a state (or regional) order for payment for training services. There is also the possibility of financing from other sources not prohibited by law, with the obligatory observance of the principles of targeted and effective use of funds, publicity and transparency of decision-making. Based on the results of the research, a model of financial support for educational institutions was built, taking into account additional sources of funding, which are divided into external and internal, and also justified recommendations for the development of accounting policies for their reflection in accounting.
Ukraine has a high navigable potential of rivers. At the same time, in Ukraine only about 0.5 % of goods are transported by river transport. The current situation of research in the scientific field in most cases is based on the study of the statistical basis for the use of ports in transportation, transshipment volumes, but scientists do not pay attention to the place of ports as a center of river transport infrastructure and transport development in general. An important step for Ukraine for the development of river ports should be the entry into force of the Law of Ukraine "On Inland Water Transport". This law will address a significant number of issues that have accumulated in the field of river transport and encourages the industry to actively develop soon. In our opinion, the state's efforts to obtain direct revenues from water transport operations, rather than indirect revenues through savings from reducing the load on road infrastructure, accelerating the flow of funds from businesses, payment of wages to river workers, indicates an underestimation of economic industry potential. In the context of decentralization, the transfer of the method of generating revenues to the indirect ones allowed to significantly support the united territorial communities in their search for opportunities to attract investors in their territory and the development of existing ports. International experience in port management shows that among the many sources of financing, modernization and renovation of port infrastructure, the concession is the most attractive tool for raising funds. There is another negative point of distorted statistics: the lack of accurate data contributes to the development of the shadow business on the river. The most striking example here is illegal sand mining, which significantly reduces tax payments, and not only state but also local budgets suffer from this. Shadow "developers", in particular, do not pay rent, VAT, income tax, single social contribution. They also "manage" without paying land rent and the cost of environmental measures, including not compensating for losses to fisheries. If in Ukraine the accounting and control of cargo handling in river terminals was carried out, it would always be possible to stop such activity. However, the adopted law is a lesson for our Ukrainian realities. Only equal relations between business and the state will stimulate both the growth of transshipment in ports, the development of new areas of logistics, and, in general, the development of the country's economy.
Олена Тодорівна Прокопчук, Y.V. Ulyanych, S. Ptashnyk
Reform of local autonomy and local organizational power has been fully initiated in Ukraine since 2015. Decentralization is one of the biggest changes in the process of European integration, aimed at forming a real local autonomous government, starting from the basic level — united communities. The newly formed community of the united territories must be able to provide the existing government and provide public services at the appropriate level. The main level of socio-economic stability in the administrative region largely depends on the correspondence and balance between the received financial resources and powers. It is expected that the introduction of the agricultural land market may lead to significant changes in the tax structure of integrated communities. The status and trends of formation and development of local budgets are influenced by certain provisions of the regulatory framework. Currently, the revenue side of the local government budget relies too much on government programs and grants, which complicates the work of local communities in the process of self-stimulating their economic development. At the same time, it is proved that special attention should be paid to the search for additional revenues to local budgets, which would compensate for the expected losses from the personal income tax on shares. It is also necessary to take measures to improve the administration process and ensure the proper implementation of the fiscal function of local taxes and fees. In particular, there is an objective need to study the possibility of transferring the administration of certain local taxes and providing access to relevant registers (in the case of property tax) to local governments, which will ensure adequate local tax revenues to relevant budgets and partially address the tax debt.
Annotation. Introduction. Decentralization of power requires the creation of united territorial communities, which should develop strategies for their own development, with the main directions of society development, tasks, prospects for improving the quality of life of the residents of community. In conditions of fierce competition for investment resources, territorial communities, are united, while developing strategies, they must show the peculiarity of their community – local identity, which is the basis for positioning each community. Purpose. The purpose of the article is, monitoring strategies for the development of united territorial communities in the context of the use of identification tools on the example of Kharkiv region. Results. To assess the impact of strategy results on life communities should constantly monitor the effectiveness of implemented programs and projects. The article monitors the development strategy of the united territorial communities of Kharkiv region and identifies the features of each community that must be taken into account in conditions of fierce competition for investment resources, as well as identifies tools to form a positive image of united territorial communities Conclusions. The region has a fairly good education rating of the united territorial communities, which was influenced by the high rates of their population. All the communities of the Kharkiv region, which have been functioning for more than one year, have a stable growth of the resource base, and the vast majority of them do not receive subsidies, on the contrary, they pay a significant reverse subsidy. At the same time, they are also characterized by an increase in the share of expenditures for the maintenance of the management staff in financial resources and a sharp dynamics of capital expenditures, which does not correlate with the growth of budget revenues. At the same time, they are also characterized by an increase in the share of expenditures on the maintenance of the management staff in financial resources and abrupt dynamics of capital expenditures, which does not correlate with the growth of budget revenues. Based on the results, the main identification tools are identified, namely area, population (including demographic structure), income and expenditure level, financing structure, structure of business entities by type of activity and income level, number of social infrastructure facilities, the level of employment and unemployment in the community, the share of agricultural land in the region; the number of enterprises in the region by type of activity; unique name; minerals; the share of certain industries in the region; favorable conditions for tourism development (green, medical, hunting, etc.). The definition of these instruments is the basis for assessing the socio-economic development of society, investment attractiveness. Keywords: united territorial community; strategy, monitoring; tools; identification.
Innovative activity determines sustainable development and increases competitiveness of business entities. At the same time, high levels of risk of innovative activities, huge costs and the challenge of choosing sources of financing for the innovations are the main factors that hinder the formation of an innovative model of economic development. The purpose of the article is to generalize, systematize and develop methodological approaches to the formation of high-quality, complete and reliable information for investors, owners and managers of companies, which would ensure transparency of cash flows, control over efficiency of invested funds use, and minimization of business risks. In innovatively oriented companies, development of the necessary information base is carried out within the framework of internal management accounting systems. An important tool for collecting information about innovations is performance-oriented budgeting models, in which, on the one hand, spending of targeted funds is carried out in accordance with the principle of centralization, and, on the other hand, the set goals are achieved in accordance with the principle of decentralization, ensuring planning, execution and control of budget expenditures in direct connection with the specified and achieved results. The authors have developed a model taking into account companies' specifics (industry, scale of business) and information needs of its users (heads of organizations, investors, owners and the state) and which is oriented on determining the cost limit of the products being developed at the stage of research and design. The article proposes, as an important aspect in organizing a management accounting system for innovative activities, the use of flexible budgeting, which stands out by providing a hierarchical structure of indicators considering the lifecycle stages of an innovation, variability, and formation of an integral indicator that allows for monitoring and evaluation of efficiency of the general budget that characterizes the development strategy.
Dimitri Gagliardi, Foteini Psarra, René Wintjes, Kevin Trendafili · 10 authors
[EN] The study “New technologies and digitisation: opportunities and challenges for the social economy and social enterprises” sets out to explore how the rising importance of the social economy in Europe is facing the challenges of digital transformation. It focuses on whether, why, how, and to what extent the integration of digital platforms and advanced technologies (i.e. Open-Source, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Big Data, Distributed Ledger Technologies) may affect the design and delivery of new/better social and societal impact by the social economy. This study shows that digital platforms and advanced technologies’ capabilities of automating and simplifying operations are opening up opportunities for the social economy in terms of increased reach and enhanced effectiveness. Digitalisation also underpins the creation of new and innovative social services and working conditions helping to tackle existing and emerging social and societal problems. Whilst these trends are set to continue in the near future, European Institutions, Member States policymakers and social entrepreneurs should commit to promote and support the digital transformation of the social economy and encourage the uptake, scale-up/scale-out and duplication of innovative digitally-enabled initiatives. Areas of intervention have been identified. Resources for Research and Innovation as well as traditional sources of revenues play an important role for the development and take-up of digital technologies for and by the social economy. Likewise, the development of entrepreneurial and digital skills of social economy actors are needed to foster the vision of the European digital social economy. Collaborations between various stakeholders in nurturing environments (social clusters, creative spaces or incubators) may effectively promote the modernisation of the social economy by strengthening and growing digital native cohorts of social economy organisations. Finally, in order to promote cross-Member State growth of the social economy, it is advisable to harmonise the legal forms and statutes regulating the various actors of the social economy. This way, digital platforms and advanced technologies may truly contribute to the establishment of the European digital social economy fit for the societal challenges of the 21st century.
Relevance of the research topic. In the current conditions of economic transformations, the issues of increasing the validity of the fiscal policy, strengthening the effectiveness of public and municipal finance management systems are relevant. An important task is to restore the budget balance, coordinate the actions of public authorities and local governments in the process of formation and implementation of fiscal policy. Formulation of the problem. Based on the transformation processes in the domestic system of public finance, the important tasks are to substantiate the directions of development of public and municipal finance systems, their components. At the same time, the choice of fiscal policy tools should be made taking into account the cyclical and dynamic economic processes. Analysis of recent research and publications. The issue of formation and implementation of fiscal policy for the development of public and municipal finance systems is quite common in research. These are the works of well-known domestic and foreign scientists: J. Keynes, P. Samuelson, V. Nordhaus, J. Stiglitz, V. Tanzi, T. Bogolib, I. Zapatrina, L. Lysyak, V. Oparin, M. Pasichnyy, V. Fedosov, I. Chugunov, and others. Highlighting unexplored parts of a common problem. These issues are relevant in connection with the intensification of globalization processes, unfavorable external and internal economic environment, which requires several specific tasks related to the fiscal policy development. Goal setting, research goals. The research goals are to reveal the essence and role of state and municipal finances in financial and economic regulation; to determine the priority tasks of fiscal policy in the conditions of economic transformations. The purpose of the study is to reveal the institutional principles and directions of development of public and municipal finance management systems. Research method or methodology. The set of methods of scientific research is applied in the article: a systematic approach, statistical analysis, structuring, analysis, synthesis, etc. Basic material presentation (results of work). The essence and role of state and municipal finances in financial and economic regulation of the administrative-territorial units development and the country are revealed. The priority tasks of fiscal policy in the conditions of economic transformations are defined. The analysis and assessment of budget indicators is carried out. Area of application of results. The results of the study can be used in the process of the formation and implementation of the fiscal policy of Ukraine, reforming the public finance system. Conclusions according to article. Measures for further improvement of state and municipal finance should aim at optimizing the functions of state and local governments and their efficient allocation among them. Strengthening decentralized processes in Ukraine aimed at creating a modern system of local governments, municipal finance development based on European values. Achieving concrete results, identified under the priorities of fiscal policy at the local level, implies clear coordination and increasing the level of responsibility of all participants in the budget process.
The article deals with the social and economic development of rural areas as an important component of social and regional policy. It is noted that in the terms of a transformational economy, it should be based on new principles of organizational support and financing, support for integrated rural development, attracting investment resources, based on the needs of the rural population. It is determined that one of the main causes of the crisis in the Ukrainian countryside is the loss of state control over the processes of socio-economic development of rural areas. It is investigated that the most important precondition for overcoming the crisis is the creation of an effective system of state regulation in the rural sector of Ukraine. The formation of self-sufficient (in particular in financial terms) territorial communities of rural areas is proposed is one of the ways of socio-economic development of rural areas. It is analyzed that the state policy of Ukraine in the field of local self-government is based on the interests of residents of territorial communities and provides for decentralization of power, i.e. transfer of large amounts of power, resources and responsibilities from local governments to local authorities. This policy is based on the provisions of the European Charter of Local Self-Government and the best world standards of public relations. The focus of research is state regulation of rural development processes – the main priority of public policy in the vector of European integration of Ukraine's foreign policy. Increasing the importance of solving the problems of rural areas requires a change of state orientation in the direction of increasing the investment attractiveness of rural areas, introduction of structural adjustment of rural economic infrastructure to balanced multifunctional development, formation of organizational and economic tool for risk management and safety of rural development. It is established that one of the main conditions for the effective functioning of local budgets is to ensure the formation of sufficient financial resources for their independence and autonomy in order to meet the needs of the rural population.
Rural areas occupy the major part of the territory of Ukraine, but they are characterized by low levels of socio-economic development, limitations in the amount and quality of public services, negative demographic trends. The purpose of the article is to systematize modern means of financing rural development in Ukraine and to identify problems of their application by local governments. The authors proposed to improve the mechanism for financing rural development by active use its budgetary, credit and investment instruments. The prevalence of budgetary funding, whose limitation constrained rural development, was proven. Modern approaches to financing rural development were stated based on broadening community involvement in local budgeting, as well as in attracting investment resources.
It has been found out that government subventions are the most powerful support instrument for rural development in the spheres of infrastructure, education, health care, etc. The possibilities of financing rural development through the development budgets under financial decentralization have been investigated. It was noted that the use of participatory budgeting and other forms of project finance most clearly demonstrated real democratic transformations in local finance in Ukraine. The proposals for the use of PPP agreements, crowdfunding, and international funds’ grant programs for financing rural development were provided.
An article is devoted to the complex problem of the programming budgeting legislation aspects implementation in Ukraine and in the economically developed countries also. In Ukraine during the last two decades special legal documents were accepted in order to use the program-target method in the budgetary process regulation. Some of these documents are mentioned in this article. Taking into account the necessity of the legislation norms in the field of programming budgeting in Ukraine improvement, an international experience in the respective financial law sphere is important as a source of new ideas for the legislation norms in Ukraine further development and harmonization with legislation norms accepted in the economically developed countries also. That is why in this article programming budgeting international practice achievements and faults are analyzed. An attempt to concentrate attention on the respective problematic questions in the budgetary law sphere is undertaken. The characters of the administrative, centralized, model of the programming budgeting, which occur in the countries with the presidential form of govern, and also the contractive, decentralized, model of the programming budgeting, which occur in the countries with the considerable power of the parliament, are described. Attention is focused on the analysis of the accepted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development programming budgeting classification, what includes the performance-oriented budgeting model, and also the performance budgeting models, namely: the presentational performance budgeting; the performance-informed budgeting; the direct performance budgeting. Comparative analysis of these models implementation shows that in order to reach positive result the financial law special acts were accepted in different countries. Taking into account the necessity of the public finance sphere organization improvement, it is reasonable for this purpose to concentrate attention on the performance-informed budgeting legislation development in Ukraine.
Introduction. The paradigm of the modern development of economic intelligent systems is associated with the introduction of information technology, technology platforms, protocols, and IoT. Understanding the essence of technological breakthroughs and finding ways to implement technological innovations to digitize economic processes should help solve a number of problematic areas of doing business that focus on improving competitiveness. Methods. The methodological basis of the article was the current principles of the theory of innovation, methods of cognition, which are formed in the main works on the theoretical direction of the theory of organization, theory of organizational behaviour, theory of competition and theory of system analysis. Results. The essence is examined and the feasibility of using blockchain technology to increase the competitiveness of the business and reduce the risks of its business is proved. An idea of the functioning of the blockchain technology has been formed and the advantages based on the principles of invariability and accessibility of the tool have been highlighted, therefore they should work on the safety and efficiency of doing business. The experience of introducing blockchain technology by foreign countries is analyzed, possible applications are identified. The modern vitality of economic intellectual systems requires specialized technical knowledge and skills, understanding of the essence of technological processes and access to databases that allow to combine economic and technological pools of knowledge to achieve business goals. Discussion. Prospects for further research will be concentrated in the field of potential applications of blockchain technology on the Ethereum platform through smart contracts with promising use of artificial intelligence. Keywords: economic intelligent systems, digitalization, blockchain technology, Ethereum platform, smart contract, competitiveness.
Introduction. The issue of institutional legal support of formation and implementation of the budget policy of territorial development is extremely important at the present stage of the state development and decentralization processes that are taking place. The purpose is to study the institutional and legal support for the formation and implementation of budget policy for the development of the territories of Ukraine and to develop proposals for reforming the system of inter-budgetary relations and changes to the basics of budget regulation. Results. It was determined that subsidiarity is one of the key principles of organization of functions in the sphere of public administration, which is one of the main principles of organization of power institutions. The main directions of reforming the administrative and territorial structure of the country are outlined. The basic legislative acts which today form the legal basis for forming the budgetary policy of territorial development in Ukraine in the context of decentralization and reform of public finances are analyzed, namely the laws on amendments to the Budget and Tax Codes of Ukraine. The main priorities of the state regional policy were investigated according to the Law of Ukraine "On the Principles of State Regional Policy". Definition of powers of subjects of the state regional policy, directions of coordination of activities of the governing bodies of different levels and mechanism of their financing are considered. The reform of the system of intergovernmental relations is analyzed in detail. Conclusions. Creation of a decentralized territorial development policy requires usage of a systematic approach that targets directly all participants in the process with institutional compliance and mandatory state-level delegation of mandate.
The article is devoted to a comprehensive study of the formation of financial resources of enterprises in the united territorial communities of Ukraine. The purpose of the research is to reveal the essence of financial resources of enterprises and analyze their formation. To achieve this goal, theoretical and practical aspects of the formation of financial resources of enterprises operating in united territorial communities were studied. The research used an empirical method (for a comprehensive assessment of the formation of financial resources of enterprises that belong to United territorial communities), an analysis method (identified the main problems of ensuring proper financing of enterprises from the budget of United territorial communities), and an abstract-logical method (theoretically generalized and provided conclusions on the integration of agricultural enterprises with United territorial communities). The reasoning of the conclusions was based on a systematic approach, which provided a generalization of the theoretical provisions of the concept of rural development and the basic principles of decentralization, as well as an assessment of the interim results of the formation of united territorial communities in Ukraine. The advantages and potential risks of the impact of decentralization on the development of production enterprises in the united territorial communities of Ukraine are presented, which can be used to justify proposals for making adjustments to national plans for the formation of united territorial communities in order to further minimize the risks to the development of production enterprises. It is proved that the competitiveness of the agricultural sector depends directly on the management of financial resources. In turn, the availability of financial resources is a necessary condition for ensuring a continuous production process. The problems of formation and use of financial resources of agricultural enterprises in modern conditions are clarified. The indicators of economic development and investment attractiveness of the united territorial communities of Zhytomyr region in 2019 were analyzed and it was found that the communities have become able to Finance the resources of enterprises. The conclusion is made about the lack of proper state support for enterprises in the region. The main provisions set out in the article contain certain methodological and practical recommendations for the decentralization of power and its impact on the functioning and development of agricultural enterprises. In further research, attention should be paid to foreign experience in managing rural territories, united territorial communities for the implementation of public projects based on partnership between local authorities and businesses.
It has been proved that budget decentralization is becoming an effective system of local finances and an instrument of state regulation of regional development. It encourages regions to become financially independent and entrepreneurial, seeking additional resources for the needs and capabilities of the regions. To date, the main development of a democratic state is to ensure the welfare of every individual. According to the experience of developed European countries, the achievement of this goal is possible only under the conditions of high-quality public administration, which strengthens democratic institutions, eliminates inequities of access to public goods, improves the quality of public services, and improves the standard of living of the population. A priority direction for the development of a democratic state is to ensure the welfare of each individual citizen. In the context of the reform of the public finance system, the tendency towards decentralization in public administration, which results in the transfer of a number of powers to the local level, is relevant. Implementation of budget reform measures in the context of decentralization will contribute to ensuring a stable income base of local budgets, as well as enhancing their financial capacity, transparency, and efficiency of use of budget funds, and effective resolution of issues of socio-economic development of territories. Thus, financial decentralization makes it possible to balance the mechanisms of public service delivery with the needs and preferences of local residents. Population income is a traditional subject of research by scientists, which is related to the direct impact of population income on the socio-economic and political situation in society. This determines the priority direction of the formation of a system of methods and mechanisms of regulation of income of the population of any country
Recently, blockchain technology has been used in various sectors of the economy. Mainly, it is actively implemented in the financial sector of the state. But, now more and more we are talking about its use in the agro-industrial complex. Agriculture provides over 14% of Ukraine’s GDP, making it one of the most important industries in the world. The agricultural sector brings every third dollar that Ukraine receives. Since a huge number of jobs depend on the sustainable success of Ukraine’s agro-industrial complex, big stakes are placed on ensuring that agriculture remains a viable and competitive market for all. Negotiating changes in international trade policy and supporting affordable labor on the extent of potential border strengthening present two new challenges for agriculture in the future. However, older, more persistent threats to the agribusiness sector are also present, as they involve decisions about what technology should be used and when it is appropriate to invest in innovation.
Jelena Erić Nielsen, Verica Babić, Vesna Stojanović-Aleksić, Јеlena Nikolić
Research Question: The purpose of this paper is to explore how leadership style and organizational structure characteristics influence employees’ intentions to start their own entrepreneurial ventures, ideas or projects, within an organizational setting. Motivation: The main goal is to learn how to prevent innovativeness declining in a traditional organization and make internal environment friendly for entrepreneurial initiatives and for employees with propensity to develop new ideas, aiming to create sustainable competitive position. Idea: The paper explores how identified leadership variables, initiative, pioneer, proactive behaviour and ability to communicate vision affect employees’ entrepreneurial intentions. We also analyze the organizational structure impact, testing organic design, level of centralization and formalization. For measuring employees’ entrepreneurial intentions, we use a previously validated scale and measurements, innovation, risk propensity and autonomy. Data: The data are collected using a questionnaire on a random sample of 208 respondents employed in nineteen Serbian companies. Tools: A quantitative study methodology was designed and implemented, appropriate statistical methods performed, including correlation and linear regression analyses. Findings: We have found evidence that appropriate leadership style has a positive influence on employees' entrepreneurial intentions. More specifically, there is a positive correlation between the leader’s initiative, pioneer and proactive behaviour, and the employees’ intentions to start innovative entrepreneurial ventures. The employees’ willingness to act autonomously is affected by leader’s initiative and proactive attitude, but also by ability to clearly communicate the vision. The study also reveals that organic organizational structure, decentralization and low formalization have a positive influence on employees' entrepreneurial intentions. Contribution: The study contributes to a significant degree by filling gaps in knowledge base, revealing new perspectives about relevance of both leadership style and organizational structure for encouraging organizational entrepreneurship. The analysis also provides a more fine-grained perspective about characteristics of organizational design and improves understanding of the employees’ actions depending on authority delegation, procedures and overall flexibility of organizational structure. Practical implications represent guidelines for practitioners as to how to set up structure and adjust leadership style in order to foster entrepreneurship among employees.
In the digital economy, the strengthening of the role of socially oriented non-profit organisations (NPOs) in addressing issues related to the harmonization of the social and economic aspects of society development, cannot be achieved without refocusing accounting on the solution of strategic tasks. An important tool of strategic planning and accounting in order to attract and monitor the use of earmarked funds — is budgeting, which had not been adequately reflected in the accounting activities of socially oriented NPOs. The organization of budgeting system in socially oriented non-profit organizations is based on the following characteristics: the problem of selection of calculation units; a high level of uncertainty of a profitable part of the budget, which is financed by revenues from basic and associate activities; the social orientation of the non-profit organizations, which defines the enhanced responsibility for performance and requires the clarification of the concept of operations results in itself. In the socially oriented NPO, the use of the result-oriented budgeting model, in which the expenditure of trust funds is administered in accordance with the principle of centralization on the one hand, and on the other hand, the objectives are achieved on the basis of the principles of decentralization, ensures planning, execution and monitoring of budget expenditures in direct connection with the specified, and achievable results. Under this model, the mobile annual budgets with a step equal to one month’s budgeting are used. Budget performance analysis aims to assess the quality of socially oriented non-profit organizations’ performance, which have a double-sided nature: on the one hand, the Organization’s efforts are evaluated, and on the other hand, the task force is evaluated. The effect of earmarked funds’ use becomes visible in subsequent reporting periods and is determined with regard to socially oriented NPOs within the society.