Local government reforming in Lithuania

The experience of local government reforming in Lithuania in the process of joining to the EU is considered. In this context, the main stages of reforming the territorial organization of power in Lithuania are described. The focus is made on the analysis of the powers of local self-government bodies, competences of institutes of self-government (the council of self-government, the director of the administration of self-government, the inspector of self-government). The organization of control and auditing of self-government bodies, the problem of representation of communities of settlements, etc. is considered. The experience of submunicipal units – syanyuniyas is stressed. It is concluded that the effective system of local self-government was established in the process of reforming the territorial organization of the public authorities in Lithuania and the experience of implementing the service control and auditing self-government bodies, creation of submunicipal units – syanyuniyas, and the legislative fixing of rights of associations of local self-government can be used in Ukraine