Digital Transformation and Ambidexterity of Municipal Government: International Trends and National Characteristics
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Abstract. The rapid development of innovative information and communication technologies, including broadband Internet, 5G and future generations of communication, cloud computing, Big Data, AI, IoT, blockchain and neurochips, etc., represents a modern global digital revolution that is fundamentally changing the way of life, production and communication, making modern existence without these technologies practically impossible. It is obvious that municipal authorities in Ukraine and foreign countries cannot remain outside this global digital transformation. After all, evolutionary progress is constantly integrating digital technologies into all spheres of public life, defining new standards of efficiency and interaction, to which local governments and their officials must adapt to ensure high-quality service provision and sustainable development of territorial communities. Accordingly, the study of digital transformation and ambidexterity of municipal authorities is determined by the need for local authorities to simultaneously optimize current activities and implement innovative digital solutions for effective functioning in the context of global technological changes and national developments. The purpose of the publication is to study the digital transformation and ambidexterity of municipal authorities, the interconnection and synergy of these two processes, to highlight the international legal foundations of digitalization of the organization and activities of local self-government bodies and national features of implementation in Ukraine. The research methodology is a system of theoretical principles (historicism, objectivity, pluralism, etc.), logical techniques (analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, analogy, hypothesis, etc.) and specific research tools that made it possible to fully disclose the topic of the publication. Scientific novelty. The publication improves the scientific and theoretical understanding of current trends and prospects of digital modernization and ambidexterity of municipal authorities. Research results. The international legal standards (universal, supranational, regional) of digital transformation and ambidexterity of municipal authorities are analyzed. It is stated that the level of digital transformation of municipal authorities in Ukraine remains insufficient, especially given the need to adapt to the EU legal system (acquis communautaire) in terms of regulation and use of modern information and communication technologies. Practical significance. It has been demonstrated that digital transformation provides municipal authorities with new tools and opportunities, and ambidexterity determines the ability to fruitfully use these tools to simultaneously increase efficiency and stimulate innovation in the interests of the territorial community and its sustainable development.
Keywords: municipal authorities; digital transformation; digital ambidexterity; municipal law; European municipal law; international legal standards; adaptation to the acquis communautaire.
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