Prospects of financing the development of agglomerations of the Carpathian region in the conditions of European integration

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The article examines the state and prospects of financial support for the development of agglomerations in the Carpathian region. Based on the study of the incomes and expenditures of the budgets of local communities, the internal potential for financing the development of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Uzhhorod and Chernivtsi agglomerations was assessed. As a result of the study, it was determined that the agglomerations of the Carpathian region do not have the opportunity to form a special fund of the local budget in the amount sufficient for the implementation of projects on construction, development of transport, road infrastructure and housing and communal services. In view of the deficit of the state budget in the conditions of the war in Ukraine and the limited capacity of the state to finance local development, attracting funds from European Union programmes has been identified as a promising direction for improving the financial capacity of agglomerations. The application of a complex financing mechanism for the development of agglomerations of the Carpathian region in the conditions of European integration is proposed, which combines internal (state budget subsidies, the Regional Development Fund, local budgets) and external (EU programmes in the field of cross-border cooperation, Twinning, URBACT, Interreg Europe, Horizon Europe, Digital Europe Programme, Environment and Climate Action Programme (LIFE)) sources. The expediency of creating community associations as a form of institutionalization of local community relations within Ivano-Frankivsk, Uzhhorod, and Chernivtsi agglomerations based on the example of the Lviv agglomeration is substantiated. In order to intensify the work of local communities regarding participation in EU programmes and obtaining funding for the implementation of development projects, it is proposed to create a community association fund in each agglomeration, from which the activities of the project office will be financed. The following criteria for determining the size of community contributions to the Association Fund are defined: (1) the amount of the contribution is calculated in proportion to the existing population; (2) the contribution amount is calculated as a percentage of budget revenues; (3) the amount of the contribution is calculated as a percentage of the planned expenditure from the budget.

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