Decentralization in Ukraine and Bottom-Up European Integration

Pintsch, Anne

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-41765-9_12

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“…Obydenkova (2005), for instance, has documented how transnational cooperation between European and Russian regions has solidified processes of sub-national democratisation in the latter. Pintsch (2020) has explored the increasing connections between the EU and newly decentralised Ukraine via community twinnings and transnational municipal networks as vehicles for the societal Europeanisation of Ukraine and, more generally, the increasing legitimacy of the country's European agenda. In this respect, sub-national authority organisations can reproduce, on a larger scale, one of the historical functions of town twinning: to promote linkages and engagement beyond international rivalries.…”

Section: Multi-level Differentiationmentioning

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Differentiation from Below: Sub-national Authority Networks as a Form of Differentiated Cooperation

Tortola

Couperus

2020

SSRN Journal

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Transnational networks of local authorities are an established and growing phenomenon in Europe, where they perform a number of (soft) governance functions for their membership, often in direct connection with EU institions. This paper examines networks from the angle of institutional differentiation-an inherent trait of these organisationsin order to expand the analysis of this concept beyond its state-centric confines. The paper also adds to the study of (differentiated) integration more traditionally defined, both by analogy and insofar as networks are part and parcel of the Union's system of multi-level governance. Building on original empirical data, we identify three dimensions of differentiation generated by networks-insider-outsider, compound and multi-level differentiation-and discuss their implications for the efficiency, effectiveness and legitimacy of networks' actions. Based on our analysis, we formulate three broad recommendations for policy-makers involved in networks: first, strive for inclusion, especially of smaller and less administratively capable sub-national governments; second, improve available information on networks in order to make their landscape more efficient; third, exploit the paradiplomatic advantages of networks both outside and inside the European Union.

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Section: Multi-level Differentiationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Differentiation from Below: Sub-national Authority Networks as a Form of Differentiated Cooperation

Tortola

Couperus

2020

SSRN Journal

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Class or regional cleavage? The Russian invasion and Ukraine’s ‘East/West’ divide

Ishchenko

2023

European Societies

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Stronger together? EU Support for Ukrainian Local Authorities Facing Cyber Attacks (2022-2023)

Fyshchuk

2024

Applied Cybersecurity & Internet Governance

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This study attempts to explore the extent to which EU support during the decentralisation process in Ukraine facilitates local authorities’ digitalisation and strengthens their resilience against cyber attacks. The Ukrainian cyber attack cases are becoming more frequent in 2022 and 2023 in terms of war, especially on the websites of local authorities. The article demonstrates that decentralisation with the support of the EU-funded U-LEAD assistance programme provides an opportunity to bring state services closer to citizens and, accordingly, increase the efficiency of their provision. Decentralisation and digitalisation go hand in hand in the process of implementation in Ukraine. The digitalisation in this direction of local administrations becomes a tool for achieving this goal because it allows local administrations to offer more of their services in a digital format, which ensures the resilience of the development of local authorities. At the same time, the local authorities are less protected against cyber attacks, especially during the war. The article employs a semi-structured interview method to analyse data, revealing that representatives from local authorities participate in various training courses to enhance cybersecurity skills. However, the challenges vary and include issues such as lack of personnel, lack of funding, complex application procedures, lack of coordination, and technical capacity limitations. Indeed, Ukraine is still in the process of improving its own model of cyber defence for local authorities and the country as a whole in terms of countering Russian aggression, using among others practices of NATO and EU countries in the specified field.

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Decentralization in Ukraine and Bottom-Up European Integration

Cited by 3 publications

References 16 publications

Differentiation from Below: Sub-national Authority Networks as a Form of Differentiated Cooperation

Differentiation from Below: Sub-national Authority Networks as a Form of Differentiated Cooperation

Class or regional cleavage? The Russian invasion and Ukraine’s ‘East/West’ divide

Stronger together? EU Support for Ukrainian Local Authorities Facing Cyber Attacks (2022-2023)

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