Regulatory and legal enforcement of cooperation between territorial communities of Ukraine: The global dimension

The study reveals the relevance of the development of cooperation between territorial communities. The purpose of the study The purpose of the study is to generalize the legal framework for the development of cooperation of territorial communities in Ukraine and abroad. The normative-legal provision of cooperation of territorial communities, the system of which is formed by international documents (ratified, recommendatory), state normative-legal acts (constitution, profile legislation, international agreements), regional normative-legal acts (agreements of regional development, interregional cooperation, strategies), is analyzed. programs), local documents (statutes, agreements, strategies, programs, decisions). The provisions of the European Charter of Local Self-Government regarding the right of local selfgovernment bodies to freedom of association are analyzed. Given Ukraine's European integration priority, the provisions of the Association Agreement with the EU in terms of opportunities for interregional and cross-border cooperation, as well as the Eastern Partnership Program are revealed. The provisions of the Constitution of Ukraine in the context of administrative principles of development of territorial communities are highlighted. The basic laws that laid the legal foundations for the development of territorial communities in Ukraine in a certain chronology are indicated. Attention is drawn to the need to improve the legal regulation of cooperation at the regional and local levels, as the national legal dimension currently forms favorable conditions for inter-territorial cooperation. Territorial communities and their local governments face the task of using these opportunities, actively participating in decentralization processes. The applied significance of the research results is to identify ways, forms, stages and areas of cooperation of territorial communities in Ukraine. The scientific novelty of the research results lies in the further development of the tools of state policy to ensure local development by improving the mechanisms of cooperation between territorial