DIGITALIZATION IN UKRAINE: CONCEPT, PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS AND TASKS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Abstract

The article analyzes the implementation of e-democracy and the digital economy and the corresponding changes in the terminology of public administration in Ukraine.

The aim of the study is to find out the reasons for the active expansion of the terminology of modern Ukrainian and to link this process with the progress of reforms; to identify the essence of certain concepts, expediency of their use in official materials; to define the perspectives of digitization, its peculiarities in Ukraine and the tasks in terms of public administration.

The research hypothesis is based on the perception of e-democracy and e- government not as technological solutions but as a modern concept that requires significant changes in public administration and should become a chance for the successful development of Ukraine. The use of the new terminology has objective reasons, but there must be justification and some limits.

The author’s conclusions are grounded on the analysis of regulatory and legal base of informatization, scientific researches and Internet resources. The stages of informatization in Ukraine are identified. It is noted that in Ukraine, individual users and small businesses are far ahead of the state, pushing it to reform. Therefore, the author argues for a certain conditionality of the reforms, which is caused by the objective laws of social development.

It is emphasized that the active use of the terms “digitization”, “reloading”, “restart” is an objective process, which reflects primarily the instability of Ukrainian reforms, the lack of their consistency and continuity, and at the same time has the task of encouraging, explaining, simplification, being a manifestation of a certain terminological equilibrium. This conclusion is supported by a comparison with the practice of reforms in Bulgaria and Poland, where the terminology of reforms is much more restrained.

The problems of digitization in Ukraine are related not only to the technological backwardness, but also to the imperfection of public administration, which is heavily influenced by the oligarchs and is externally influenced. Therefore, e-democracy and the digital economy can develop effectively only if the internal contradictions will be overcome and the national unity based on national values will be achieved.