If a society does not have a goal, then it is an ordinary society that lives by the same rules or has certain common features – the same society as a herd of sheep.
Civil society has been talked about for a long time. For the average citizen, if he has heard about civil society, it is something that some experts and some scientists have for their expert-scientific work, and it has no relation to real life.
What is civil society? This is a society that has a common goal and actively wants to achieve it. This is a society of non-state influence. It can either support the government or oppose it.
A developed civil society is a necessary element of democracy and a sign of statehood. A developed civil society is able to realize public interests and influence the formation of power.
The development of civil society in Ukraine is a practical way to European integration.
It is not surprising that European countries take care of the development of civil society in Ukraine.
The level of development of civil society is determined by the level of the goal, set tasks, formed methods, mechanisms and tools for achieving the goal.
Civil society is a collection of associations of citizens. Therefore, the association of citizens is the primary component of civil society.
The artificial creation of associations of citizens who do not have a common permanent goal or the creation of artificial associations became the reason for the lack of feeling or perception by Ukrainians of civil society as something important in the formation and development of social processes.
The development of civil society requires real associations of citizens that have a socially important and useful goal, set tasks, formed methods, developed mechanisms and effective tools for achieving the goal.
The community of owners of agricultural land is a potential association of citizens – a society that meets all the criteria and requirements set forth by the development of civil society.
It is easy for the community of land owners to define a goal, according to which to set tasks, form methods, develop mechanisms and implement them into possible means (tools).
The goal for any land owner is to increase the income from the land and ensure that the land is cared for – that is, the income from the land must be optimally efficient.
Among the tasks of the association of land owners is the transition to public organized independent land management, which ensures that any land owner, regardless of age, financial, material or organizational capabilities, can carry out independent management and receive the maximum possible profit from the use of land.
To date, the implementation of self-management and its development can take place without the participation and assistance of the state.
The association of land owners for the development of independent land management is the most powerful step towards the development of civil society in Ukraine.
In order to speed up the process of transition to independent land management, legislative changes are needed, which will consist in stopping the violation of the rights of land owners, creating favorable opportunities for land owners for independent management, including giving land owners the right to terminate the land lease agreement at their own will. This acceleration is also the task of unifying land owners.
Considering that there are more than 5 million owners of agricultural land in Ukraine, the association of land owners is the most powerful community in Ukraine.
At the same time, it is surprising that the authorities look into the mouths of several hundred tenants and appease their interests and whims, and do it as zealously as the Russian occupiers.
Perhaps at least the representatives of the European community will stop making mistakes of the authorities and turn their face to millions of landowners and their family members.
Roman Golovin, head of the All-Ukrainian Association of Land Owners
