he theoretical basis and practical courses for sustainable development of rural territories in Ukraine

Abstract

At the present stage, the idea of sustainable development of rural territories plays a very important role, especially in the processes of globalization of the society. During the research of this issue the ideas of many scientists concerning such notion as «rural development on the sustainable basis» were analyzed. Taking into consideration the fact that Ukraine has a sufficient resource potential, the government has worked out the legislative document, which introduces the priority of aims of rural territories sustainable development. The initiated measures concerning decentralization of power of local governments are also of great importance in the strategy of local sustainable development. It was determined that local (territorial) communities are the motive power in the development of the rural economics and improvement of living conditions of people within rural territories. The statistical material was cited as an example, which shows the positive experience of introducing of the common project of the European Union and the Program of Development of the United Nations Organization – «Community Based Approach to Local Development» on the territory of Ukraine. On the basis of the above-mentioned material, a series of measures concerning providing of the sustainable development of rural territories in Ukraine, were introduced.