Modern trends in shaping, implementation, and development of regional social policy in Ukraine

Abstract

The аtricle presents the analysis of modern trends in shaping, implementation, and development of regional social policy in Ukraine. It breaks into stages shaping the regional social policy in the period of independent Ukranian state: the stage of post-Soviet reconstruction and the Eurointegration stage. Social priorities are ranged on the basis of empirical research in regional strategies of Ukrainian regions. Among top priorities in social development of the regions, in particular, social protection of population is recognized as the regional priority in half of the regions of Ukraine. On these grounds, the article justifies the special role of the department of social protection of population in the regional state administration as a key management subject in the field of regional social policy implementation. It is proved that the functional content load in the activities of executive authorities in the regions is based on the functions of social and service contents and functions of social development (goal-setting, forecasting, monitoring, and outsourcing). The article provides suggestions on the improvement of methodological tools for active implementation of social development function in the conditions of decentralization in the social sphere. It is proved that regional social policy in its development is perspective-oriented, which ensures gradual European integration progression of the Ukrainian state.