Guest Lecture on “Local Self-Government in Foreign Countries”

On November 6, 2024, as part of the study of the academic discipline “Constitutional Law of Foreign Countries” (lecturer – Alla M. IVANOVSKA, Professor of the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law, Doctor of Law, Professor), a guest lecture on “Local Self-Government in Foreign Countries” was held for second-year Bachelor’s degree students majoring in 081 Law. The lecture was delivered by Natalia Viktorivna MISHYNA, a researcher at the SAGE Laboratory of the University of Strasbourg (France), Doctor of Law, Professor. During the lecture, the speaker addressed the legal nature of local self-government, including an analysis of the concepts of “local self-government” and “local government,” “state power” and “local self-government,” and their interrelationship. The lecture also covered the factors that significantly influence the functioning of local self-government bodies; types of local self-government bodies; types and characteristics of different systems of local self-government; and the specific features of local self-government organization in individual countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Professor N. V. MISHYNA paid particular attention to international standards of local self-government and the prospects for their implementation in Ukraine.
The participants had the opportunity to ask questions and engage in a lively discussion. We sincerely thank the lecturer for the informative and engaging lecture and look forward to further cooperation!