THE ROLE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN THE SOCIAL SERVICE SPHERE OF THE POPULATION

Abstract

The creation of an effective system of social protection of the population in Ukraine is one of the priority tasks of the social policy of the state, provides for the modernization of the system of social services for the population in accordance with new socio-economic challenges, the dominant needs of the population, the development of an information society, requires the introduction of innovative technologies for the provision of social services, based on dissemination and application of the project management methodology. The features of the mechanism of social order in the implementation of projects in the field of social services are identified. The purpose of the article is to identify potential opportunities for the implementation of project management in the provision of social services in Ukraine. The methodological basis of the research is formed by general scientific methods of cognition of social phenomena and processes (analysis, synthesis, generalization, classification). The article analyzes the creation of an effective system of the population social protection in Ukraine, which provides for the modernization of the social services system for the population in accordance with new socio-economic challenges, the dominant needs of the population, the development of the information society and requires the introduction of innovative technologies for the provision of social services based on the dissemination and application of the methodology project management. The presented material allows us to draw the following conclusions. Project management as a direction of management in the sphere of social policy implementation will contribute to: 1) institutionalization of program-targeted management of regional social policy; 2) formation of a unified regional information base on social problems of the region and organizations; 3) coordination and pooling of efforts and resources of all sectors of society to achieve the goals of sustainable development of the region.