The paper defines the nature of human potential as a set of physiological, socio-psychological, intellectual-labor, social-stratification, ethno-cultural opportunities of a society, which can be used already in the near future and realized in an environment that ensures their development. The specificity of human potential reproduction reflecting one of its development phases with the consequences of the use of human resources, namely their accumulation, reproduction and improvement was disclosed. The components of human potential were identified (demographic, revealing the basic characteristics of population, including its number, birth and mortality rate, age structure; intellectual and labor, revealing the labor characteristics of the population and the possibilities of their realization, including the number of economically active, employed, self-employed residents, the number of migrants, the number of economic entities operating on the territory of the community; social and managerial, revealing community-based management practices and initiatives; socio-economic, enabling environment for business and employment). Indicators for the methodology for assessing the use of human potential in the context of isolated components were selected. The methodology of estimation on the example of united territorial communities in Ukraine with their grouping depending on the volume of own income per inhabitant and the level of subsidy was tested. United territorial communities as leaders and outsiders were identified by the calculation of the integral index of human development and its components. This made it possible to substantiate the opportunities of the united territorial communities to ensure the reproduction of human potential through the development of social infrastructure and reorientation of strategic planning towards development goals. The development goals were distributed by areas of effective use of mobilized finance, creating conditions for business and employment. 

human potential, human potential reproduction, social infrastructure, development goals, reform of decentralization, united territorial communities 

Under the current processes of consolidation of territorial communities, the policy of their social, economic and ecological stability based on efficient nature management is related to the condition and nature of the use of natural resources by people in their activity to maintain their existence. Conducting economic activity, people use various natural resources. Therefore, objective and distinct assessment of natural resources is of particular importance. The development of a territory and entities located there depend on this assessment. Natural resources capacity is considered in modern science as the most important factors of economic development of both the regions and the country in general. The paper aims to research the problems of the use of natural resources capacity of a territorial community and to define the ways of their efficient use. Scientific approaches to classification of natural resources capacity of a territorial community are systematized and its nature is outlined. The structure of natural resources capacity of territorial communities is formed. Main problems of the use of natural resources capacity of territorial communities are defined. Conceptual and structural model of natural resources capacity of a territorial community is characterized. Major aspects of forming of modern financial-economic mechanism of capitalization of a community’s natural resources are examined. The paper reveals that natural resources capacity of territorial communities provides an opportunity to improve the level of financial capacity of a community by filling local budgets through the development of relevant territories. The approaches to the improvement of the efficiency of the use of natural resources by territorial communities in conditions of authorities’ decentralization in Ukraine are suggested. 

authorities’ decentralization, natural resources capacity, territorial communities, financial-economic mechanism of capitalization, local budgets 

The article is devoted to the substantiation of theoretical and methodical principles and practical recommendations regarding the potential of territorial communities’ financial and economic formation in the context of local self-government reform. The approaches to the definition of "territorial community" focused on development of territorial community as a subject of economic development of the territory are analyzed. In order to determine the directions of activating the Ukrainian territorial communities’ financial and economic potential in the context of local self-governance reform, the development features of territorial communities in the EU countries during the period of decentralization and administrative-territorial reforms were researched. The main characteristics of local self-government were investigated. The models of local self-government organization were studied. Institutional, systemic and structural organization of local self-government was analyzed. Special attention was given to certain aspects of its development and reform. The experience of its functioning and development in the given states was summarized and the conclusion of possibility of its application in Ukraine was given. The research showed that the main directions of local government reform in the EU countries were: the change of the administrative-territorial structure in the direction of the administrative-territorial consolidation units of the base level, as well as the powers redistribution and financial resources for the local self-government benefit. It is determined that the administrative-territorial organization peculiarities of local self-government in the EU countries depend on the local level of financial resources and powers should be fulfilled by local self-government bodies. In terms of the research the crucial role of the territorial community’s endogenous financial and economic potential, which ensures its economic development, was identified. This article presents the role of local governments in supporting entrepreneurship development. The content of the article presents the factors which foster activities undertaken by local authorities to promote entrepreneurship and also shows different considerations of when the supporting instruments are in use. It indicates potential of possible changes in local policy on supporting entrepreneurship. The article sets out areas of possible improvements in policy when stimulating economic activity by local authorities. 

territorial community, financial and economic capacity, administrative-territorial reform, local economic development, decentralization