CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND PARTNERSHIP IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

Abstract

The article analyzes the theoretical and practical aspects of citizens ' participation in the public management process and presents the main ways to ensure such participation on a partnership basis in the process of developing and making managerial decisions. The main principles of interaction in the public management system are highlighted: partnership equality, equal representation, public participation, focus on the problems of local development, the urgent needs of communities, and so on. The reasons for the low activity of community members in solving local problems are highlighted. Different approaches to public participation and partnership between local authorities and society are described. Negative aspects of public partnership interaction are presented. It is emphasized that according to the functional approach, public relations is a managed process of intergroup communication, and the prospects for the formation of effective mechanisms for implementing dialogue forms of political participation in Ukraine are determined by the specifics and features of the communication process in the "power-public" system. It is noted that public institutions, state authorities, and local self-government should strive to join forces in problem areas, mutually realizing the need and inevitability of drastic changes. The article presents a specific structure of public partnership interaction between state authorities, local self-government, and civil society institutions in the process of public control and participation in the development and adoption of managerial decisions. Keywords: citizen participation, partnership, Public Management, interaction, civic development.