National medium-term priorities of innovation activities and their budgetary support

Abstract

Determination and state support of priority areas of innovative activity is one of the ways to ensure the innovative development of the economy. In Ukraine, 7 strategic priority areas of innovative activity have been approved, according to which 41 medium-term priority areas of the national level have been established, and annual monitoring of their implementation by the main managers of budget funds has been introduced, which is ensured by the Ministry of Education and Science and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is informed about its results for the possible use of the obtained results at making relevant government decisions. The article is devoted to the results of the study of the state of implementation of medium-term priority areas of innovative activity at the national level in 2022, which was carried out by the Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Technical Expertise and Information based on the data of the main managers of budget funds. A comparative analysis of the obtained results of innovative activities of medium-term priorities of the national level was carried out according to the relevant indicators, and their dynamics were studied. Based on the results of the research, conclusions were made about the relevance of the identified medium-term priorities in the fields of transport, weapons and military equipment; agriculture and environmental protection; optimizing and increasing the effectiveness of the use in 2022 of the funds of strategic areas aimed directly at medium-term priorities while reducing the amount of funding. It is proposed to intensify the stimulation of the scientific sector to the formation of relevant topics of scientific research aimed at creating innovative developments to ensure the innovative development of the domestic economy.