LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AS AN INSTITUTIONAL FACTOR IN THE RESILIENCE OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN WARTIMES
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Summary The article examines local self-government as an institutional factor in the resilience of territorial communities under wartime conditions. The study emphasizes that, during the fullscale Russian-Ukrainian war, territorial communities have become a basic level for ensuring public safety, access to essential services, social support, and the continuity of everyday life. The role of local self-government bodies is considered through their practical capacity to maintain municipal infrastructure, support healthcare, education and social protection institutions, organize assistance for internally displaced persons, and interact with military administrations, civil protection services, volunteer organizations, businesses, and international partners. The article identifies the main areas in which local self-government contributes to community resilience. These include ensuring the functioning of critical and municipal infrastructure, organizing basic services for the population, responding to security challenges and emergencies, restoring damaged facilities, mobilizing financial and humanitarian resources, developing international cooperation, and maintaining effective communication with residents. Particular attention is paid to the budgetary and financial dimension of local governance, the importance of humanitarian assistance, and the role of partnerships with the civil society sector and local businesses. It is concluded that the resilience of territorial communities depends not only on material and financial resources, but also on the quality of local coordination, the level of trust in local authorities, the availability of reliable communication channels, and the ability to unite residents around common tasks. Local self-government is therefore presented not merely as an administrative mechanism, but as a practical governance system that supports community functionality, social cohesion, crisis adaptation, and the foundations for post-war recovery
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local self-government, territorial communities, community resilience, martial law, war, critical infrastructure, basic services, internally displaced persons, crisis management, post-war recovery
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