СУЧАСНІ УМОВИ ВПРОВАДЖЕННЯ ЕЛЕКТРОННОЇ ДЕМОКРАТІЇ У ВІТЧИЗНЯНЕ ПУБЛІЧНЕ УПРАВЛІННЯ: РЕГІОНАЛЬНИЙ АСПЕКТ

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the conditions that characterize the current state of e-democracy as a tool of public administration in Ukraine. The domestic normative and legal support of the phenomenon of e-democracy, social peculiarities of regional use of e-democracy in public administration, the institutional composition of the subjects of introduction of e-democracy in the public administration have been considered. The periodization of the development of domestic e-democracy has been analyzed, which includes 4 periods: preparatory, formation of e-government mechanisms, creation of electronic information system, and implementation of information system. A thorough analysis of the legal framework of this area of research allowed establishing the spread of regulations on general issues of legitimizing the transparency of government and note that the focus of the legislator shifts to creating a legal basis for specific mechanisms of e-democracy. The existence of regional inequality in the implementation and use of e-democracy has been established. This inequality is caused by two aspects: technological, which manifests itself in the insufficient provision of certain regions with Internet coverage, and educational, which is expressed in the lack of digital literacy in certain categories of the population. It has been stated that regulatory and legal support for the implementation of the studied tool of public administration can be positively assessed: the phenomenon of e-democracy is enshrined in the legal field, regulatory algorithms for its individual mechanisms – e-services, e-petitions, e-government are provided and more. The institutional level of the implementation of e-democracy in the domestic public administration manifests itself in the interaction of government, public, business and independent non-governmental structures, including the European level. Such a diverse institutional composition, along with the adoption of various legislative and administrative measures, testifies to the positive transformational shifts of Ukrainian society, the process of its real transition to the state of information society – a knowledge society focused on meeting the needs of citizens.