FOREIGN EXPERIENCE OF MODERNIZATION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PROSPECTS OF ITS APPLICATION IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The importance and necessity of the extensive research of the chosen theme is that the democratization of the social activity of Ukrainian society and the development of a modern system of public administration require the modernization of public administration, the identification of new principles, values and effective governance mechanisms. The public authorities are faced with the task of introducing into the public administration system effective forms of management, capable of ensuring the possibility of each citizen to realize and satisfy his own needs and interests. The capabilities and opportunities of public authorities to deal with citizens’ problems depend on the effectiveness of the public administration system. Ensuring communication relationship between subjects and objects of public management, free access of citizens to information at all stages of decision-making causes need of modernization of a current system of public management, for the purpose of increase in its efficiency, effectiveness and improvement of quality of provision of services to the population. The implementation of this process is considered in the provision of public control, electronic governance, the possibility of taking direct participation of civil society institutions in the work of expert and public councils, in consultative and advisory bodies for the expression and protection of the rights and freedoms of citizens. The justification of these events is preceded by scientific research on modernization of public administration in developed countries of the world and practice of implementation of principles of public management.

The use of advanced information and communication technologies in the field of public administration; increased control over the activities of state authorities; improvement of the single-window system; improving the quality of public and administrative services; development of a system of public control over budgetary expenditures; obtaining feedback in the field of public administration, decentralization of power as a tool for democratization of public administration are proved to be the main trends of modernization of public administration in foreign countries.

The possibilities of using advanced progressive foreign experience in the practice of modernization of public administration in Ukraine have been studied, ways of solving existing problems taking into account the experience of the countries of Europe and the USA have been proposed.