Interaction of local self-government bodies with the population: domestic and foreign experience
Abstract. For local self-government bodies - the level of public authority which is the closest to the people - working with the population is the goal of their activity, therefore, the problem of interaction of local authorities with the population is relevant. The purpose of the study is to review the domestic and foreign experience of interaction of municipal authorities with the population, as well as the development of recommendations of practical importance for improving the organization of local self-government. The author notes a number of problems hindering the development of mechanisms of interaction of local self-government bodies with the population, in particular: lack of understanding by the population of their responsibility in solving problems of municipal education; insufficient access to information about the activities of local authorities; poor use of modern information resources for interaction of local authorities with the population; low level of professionalism of municipal personnel, etc. The study was conducted using the methods of systematic and comparative analysis, comparative legal method. On the basis of the analysis defines the most important mechanisms of interaction of local governments with populations: improving information transparency local authorities; the improvement of existing and development of new normative legal the acts regulating the forms of public participation in solving local issues; the creation of the subjects of the Russian Federation outreach resource for the exchange of experience in implementing practices of interaction of public authorities with the population, etc.
Keywords: local self-government bodies, population, municipal formation, issues of local significance, trust, information technologies, initiative projects, foreign experience
Highlights:
♦ the interaction problems between municipal authorities and the population are analyzed;
♦ the domestic and foreign practices of interaction of local self-government bodies with the population are considered;
♦ interaction mechanisms of local authorities with the population are proposed.
Gulmira M. Shamarova - Makhachkala, Russia