Науковий вісник Національної академії внутрішніх справ

The article is devoted to clarifying the concept of the competence of local public authorities and its characteristics. The author identifies the problem regulatory support implementation of the competence of local public authorities. He notes that to date, both local state administration and local governments that implement local public authority, make it standardized and defined by the order of the state and there is no real autonomy to decide the affairs of local importance in regional communities by them and their local governments. The author suggests ways to overcome the problems.