The article examines the theoretical and applied aspects of developing a digital financial ecosystem for inclusive territorial development amid digitalization, decentralization, and Ukraine’s post-war recovery. It is substantiated that growing socio-economic challenges, the expanding role of local self-government, and the need to support the social and economic reintegration of war veterans require modernizing approaches to financing territorial development. The study finds that the financial capacity of territorial communities provides the basis for implementing inclusive development policies and delivering quality public services. Despite the adverse effects of the full-scale war, Ukraine’s local finance system has maintained financial resilience, while local budget revenue and expenditure dynamics indicate a strengthening social orientation of fiscal policy. Particular attention is given to expenditures classified as “Social Protection of War and Labor Veterans,” which demonstrate a substantial increase in resources allocated to veterans’ policy and highlight the growing role of communities in veterans’ reintegration. It is argued that expanding financial support requires digital technology, integrated information systems, and performanceoriented public financial management. The role of Open Budget, eData, Prozorro, DREAM, and the Diia ecosystem in enhancing transparency, accountability, efficiency, and citizen participation is substantiated. The integration of financial resources, digital platforms, institutional mechanisms, and analytical tools into a unified digital environment creates conditions for more efficient public spending, stronger financial inclusion, and evidence-based local decision-making. Conceptual approaches to a digital financial ecosystem for inclusive territorial development are proposed based on inclusiveness, digital accessibility, transparency, accountability, adaptability, effectiveness, and participatory governance. Their implementation is expected to strengthen community financial capacity, improve local public financial management, enhance the targeting of social support, facilitate veterans’ reintegration, and support sustainable and inclusive territorial development during Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction.
The investigation deals with covering stages of decentralization reform in Novokalynivska United Territorial Community (UTC) and indicating strengths and weaknesses after the first stage of the policy implementation. The history of the formation of the city of Novy Kalyniv in the Sambir region from the first information to the present is covered. The influence of decentralization policy on local self–government bodies has been studied. Studies of individual settlements are relevant and necessary since the history of each country begins with the formation and development of the smallest villages, towns, from which began their journey historians, politicians, writers, artists, etc. Such studies provide a deeper insight into the historical past of Ukraine, to understand the essence of the process of state formation, and to cover in minute detail the life of the Ukrainian people in different historical periods and in different aspects: social, economic, cultural and religious. The Ukrainian vision of local problems through the prism of global ones attaches special value to this type of research. Historical local lore is one of the most important branches in the history of Ukraine, as differences in traditions, dialects, attitudes to new challenges (decentralization policy) become the foundation for understanding Ukrainian history. A priori, the implementation of decentralization policy will strengthen the legal, organizational, and material capacity of the newly formed territorial communities in compliance with the principles and provisions of the European Charter of Local Self–Government, accessibility of public services, creating favorable conditions for education. However, in practice, based on Novokalynivska UTC, the implementation of these mechanisms by local authorities is half done. It is all connected with the old methods of making important decisions for the community, ignorance of local authorities, ignoring the requests of the UTC population, poor communication between local authorities and residents of Novokalynivska UTC. The priority task for the implementation of all concepts of decentralization policy is to communicate between the government and the population, to understand the main tasks of decentralization, and to finance problematic areas of local importance.