European Integration Processes In Ukraine Research Articles

New Approaches to Providing of Environmental Management in Ukraine on the Way to Euro Integration

The article is devoted to the research of the latest approaches to providing of environmental management in Ukraine on the way to European integration. Based on the research, the necessity of introducing new approaches to providing of environmental management in Ukraine as one of the most important directions of European integration processes in Ukraine as a whole has been substantiated. The ways of improvement of separate directions of ecological management are offered, which are considered in the article through the prism of separate functions of ecological management and are considered innovative, in particular, for Ukraine. The European aspirations of Ukraine in the environmental sphere have been argued by the norms of the recently adopted Association Agreement between Ukraine, on the one hand, and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their member states, on the other. The prospective directions of introduction of the mentioned approaches in the modern practice of public administration of Ukraine, given the high environmental risks and threats faced by the entire world community, are indicated. Keywords: environmental management, public management of the environmental sphere, new approaches to providing of environmental management, eurointegration, European integration processes in the environmental sphere.

Specificity of the coverage of European integration processes in Ukraine

The publications of the Ukrainian quality national socio-political newspapers “The Day” and “Dzerkalo Tyzhnya” for the period from 2013 till 2018 are analyzed. The main trends and peculiarities of the coverage of the European Integration Processes in Ukraine are outlined, their thematic areas and methods of the audience attention-focusing techniques are presented in the chronological order. Focusing on the specificity of the reader’s preferences in the analyzed newspapers, considering the peculiarities of the presentation of the material, the author’s preferences, the nuances of the editorial policy of each media, the monitoring of publications has been conducted over the five-year period, being based on the methods of the comparative and quantitative content analysis, which allowed for identification of certain trends and principles of the presentation of topics related to the European Integration processes of Ukraine. Thus, the change in the approaches to information and analytical support of the European Integration Processes depends on the socio-political situation. The fact that the content of the chosen quality media has been selected for the research is indicative hereof. The change in rhetoric, excessive emphasis on certain nuances, the selection of individual facts – all of these print and broadcasting media methods are permanent. The quality resources should avoid the application of such approaches. On the contrary, this study focuses on the significant drawbacks of the current media practice. The obtained results show that there is a further need in deep analysis of the current trends and situation, related to the information and analytical support of the European integration processes in Ukraine and the necessity for further search of the optimal approaches towards this thematic area.

КОНКУРЕНТОСПРОМОЖНІСТЬ РИНКУ БАНКІВСЬКИХ ПОСЛУГ УКРАЇНИ: ФАКТОР МАСШТАБУ (закінчення)

The need for effective development of Ukraine’s banking services market under conditions of expansion of foreign capital and international business rules requires the presence of competitive advantages of the national suppliers of banking services. In this context and from the point of view of the European integration processes in Ukraine’s economy, the development of modern tools of prudential supervision by the authorized bodies is becoming relevant. The authors for the first time define the concept of competitiveness of the banking services market and analyze this competitiveness from the standpoint of estimation and comparison of the market indicators set of one country over aggregate indicators of corresponding markets of other countries. A new unified methodology of complex estimation of the competitiveness of the banking services market based on the system of quantitative assessments and criteria is developed. The presented research covers the following points of the analysis of the market: territorial borders, capacity and scales; density and compactness of banks and branches; openness of the market; capacity and importance of services; density of income and services; entry and exit barriers; capitalization limits of banks; level of development of innovative services. The approach with regard to the scale factor analysis of Ukraine’s banking services market for 2007–2017 is approved. The comparison of data and quantitative indices of Ukraine’s banking services market with the corresponding indices of other commensurate countries of euro-zone and world countries is performed. The place of Ukraine’s banking services market at the international level is determined. Such a comparison is provided in the context of markets in the countries with developed and transition economies. It is found that at the world level and within the euro-zone, Ukraine’s banking services market corresponds to a small scale; the heterogeneity and disproportionality of services within the country are present; there exist approximately equal influences of residents and foreign owners of banks; the market has high entry barriers for new players and is at the beginning stage of the digital revolution. Bankruptcy of the largest bank will be tangible for the banking sector of Ukraine, but not destructive for the financial system of the country.

КОНКУРЕНТОСПРОМОЖНІСТЬ РИНКУ БАНКІВСЬКИХ ПОСЛУГ УКРАЇНИ: ФАКТОР МАСШТАБУ

The need for effective development of Ukraine’s banking services market under conditions of expansion of foreign capital and international business rules requires the presence of competitive advantages of the national suppliers of banking services. In this context and from the point of view of the European integration processes in Ukraine’s economy, the development of modern tools of prudential supervision by the authorized bodies is becoming relevant. The authors for the first time define the concept of competitiveness of the banking services market and analyze this competitiveness from the standpoint of estimation and comparison of the market indicators set of one country over aggregate indicators of corresponding markets of other countries. A new unified methodology of complex estimation of the competitiveness of the banking services market based on the system of quantitative assessments and criteria is developed. The presented research covers the following points of the analysis of the market: territorial borders, capacity and scales; density and compactness of banks and branches; openness of the market; capacity and importance of services; density of income and services; entry and exit barriers; capitalization limits of banks; level of development of innovative services. The approach with regard to the scale factor analysis of Ukraine’s banking services market for 2007–2017 is approved. The comparison of data and quantitative indices of Ukraine’s banking services market with the corresponding indices of other commensurate countries of euro-zone and world countries is performed. The place of Ukraine’s banking services market at the international level is determined. Such a comparison is provided in the context of markets in the countries with developed and transition economies. It is found that at the world level and within the euro-zone, Ukraine’s banking services market corresponds to a small scale; the heterogeneity and disproportionality of services within the country are present; there exist approximately equal influences of residents and foreign owners of banks; the market has high entry barriers for new players and is at the beginning stage of the digital revolution. Bankruptcy of the largest bank will be tangible for the banking sector of Ukraine, but not destructive for the financial system of the country.

Legal aspects of civil society’s influence on European integration processes in Ukraine

Legal aspects of civil society’s influence on European integration processes in Ukraine

ТРАНСФОРМАЦІЯ ВИРОБНИЧИХ ВІДНОСИН В АГРАРНОМУ СЕКТОРІ ЕКОНОМІКИ БОЛГАРІЇ В ЄВРОІНТЕГРАЦІЙНИХ УМОВАХ

On the basis of archival sources and studies of Bulgarian historians, the peculiarities of changes in production relations and productivity of the agrarian sector of the Bulgarian economy in the context of European integration are revealed. It is analyzed which sectors of agriculture developed, and which, on the contrary, were in a state of stagnation. In the process of Bulgaria’s accession to the European Union, the agrarian sector of the economy needed modernization of the management system and the reform of production relations.In the Bulgarian countryside, during the period of 1990-2007, a process of reforming agricultural production relations was taking place, accompanied by the conditions of European integration, which, in turn, led to the need for transformation of all spheres of agriculture in the country. One of the most important was the agrarian sphere. During the period of 1944 – 1989, the transformation in the agrarian sector of agricultural commodity production was rather controversial: the imperfection of land reform, namely land privatization, intensive process of agricultural co-operation, led to the creation of gaps in the development of all spheres of the agrarian sector. With the integration of Bulgaria into the European Union, the issue of harmonization of the agricultural production sector with the requirements of the European Union in the field of intensification of agricultural development and promotion of trade with the European Union with agrarian products became important. Given the current state of European integration processes in Ukraine, a comprehensive study of the historical conditions of the agricultural reforms in agriculture, which will allow us to analyze the problems and determine the prospects for its development on the path of integration into the European economic space, is relevant.

Manipulation of Gender Equality Issue as a Current Trend of Cognitive Warfare

In February 2019 in Ukraine, the fateful Law «On Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine (regarding the strategic course of the state to acquire the full membership of Ukraine in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)» was adopted. This legislative act enshrines changes to the Constitution of Ukraine, which confirm the European identity of the Ukrainian people and the irreversibility of the European and Euro-Atlantic course of Ukraine. Ensuring equal rights and opportunities for men and women, the fight against discrimination is one of the main directions of state policy in Ukraine in the context of the course on European and Euro-Atlantic integration. This approach causes the mobilization of Russian «doctrinal thinkers» to develop a new wave of semantic war, which, according to their plan, should affect the value reference points of the Ukrainian society by manipulating the meanings of European values. The purpose of the article is to analyze the current manifestations of the use of the gender issue in the manipulation of the public Ukrainian consciousness, to review the ways of creating state stability in the context of a hybrid war, during which cognitive weapons are used. The author analyzes the latest research on the topic of gender equality manipulation; determines the roots, sources and content of the manipulations; describes the subjects, channels of influence through which the manipulations of the gender equality issue and the level of threat to European integration processes in Ukraine are used; determines the ways of forming the stability of the Ukrainian state and society under the conditions of a hybrid war in the context of the prospects to implement the course set in the Constitution of Ukraine for the European and Euro-Atlantic integration. The effectiveness of countering gender-based manipulation is ensured by legal, informational, communicative measures, as well as the publication of the content of manipulative technologies used by the Russian Federation to discredit the development of gender equality policies in Ukraine. Among such technologies, the author highlights the use of social stereotypes as universal tools for the recognition and transmission of socially significant information; the introduction of anti-gender content; the counteraction to gender education. The author comes to the conclusion that it is vitally important in Ukraine to introduce the effective mechanisms for informing various target audiences that gender equality is the equality of women and men in rights and freedoms; the equality of women and men in duties; the equality of women and men in responsibility; the equality of women and men in opportunities and chances of their realization. Key words: gender equality, cognitive war, manipulation of gender meanings, gender education.

ІННОВАЦІЙНИЙ РОЗВИТОК ПІДПРИЄМСТВ В УКРАЇНІ: ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ТА ПРОБЛЕМНІ АСПЕКТИ ЗА УМОВ ІНДУСТРІЇ 4.0

Introduction. The innovative development of domestic enterprises is a topical issue, attracting the attention of scientists and specialists. Among its many aspects, a separate analysis deserves the features of ensuring innovative development in Ukraine, the problems that prevent domestic enterprises from developing. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to elaborate the theoretical basis for managing the innovative development of enterprises in Ukraine, taking into account the trends inherent in Industry 4.0. Results. It is noted that the development of enterprises is directly related to their potential, which is its foundation. The main features of the economic model of Ukraine, which influence and determine the possibility of development of domestic enterprises, are systematized. It is noted that given the European integration processes in Ukraine, among the factors affecting the development of Ukrainian enterprises, it is important to consider the goals of sustainable development. A number of technologies that enterprises use taking into account Industry 4.0 are presented. The concept of the formation of the innovative system of the enterprise is formed taking into account the influence of Industry 4.0 and the paradigm of sustainable development. Originality. The concept of formation of an innovative enterprise system with the influence of Industry 4.0 and Sustainable Development has been developed. In such a case, the innovation system must take into account the need to harmonize components such as economic, social and environmental. Given the impact of Industry 4.0, it is important to take into account modern technologies, including Internet of Things and Services, cyber physical systems, industrial automation, continuous connectivity and information, cybersecurity, intelligent robotics, product lifecycle management, semantic technologies, industrial big data and computational vision. Conclusion. Domestic enterprises in particular need investment in human capital for its first, preservation, and secondly, development. Investments in human capital and its development are the key to the success of the enterprise. Professional management of human capital will provide opportunities for ensuring its economic security, efficient implementation of economic activity, increase of financial capital, etc. Human capital is the main driving force behind Ukraine's innovative development, which is able to provide it with a flexible transition and development in the rapid changes that characterize Industry 4.0. The critical changes at the state level, which are to de-oligarchize the country, to ensure the proper conditions for carrying out educational activity by higher education institutions, in particular, to minimize the procedures governing business conduct, to determine the priority of solving the problems of industrialization, to increase the social standard etc. should be considered separately.

Аналіз перешкод у збереженні та розвитку трудового потенціалу підприємств в контексті поглиблення євроінтеграційних процесів в Україні

Аналіз перешкод у збереженні та розвитку трудового потенціалу підприємств в контексті поглиблення євроінтеграційних процесів в Україні

General-theoretical analysis of legal consciousness as a catalyst for the development of Ukraine's legal system

The content of the concept of legal consciousness from the point of view of modern scientific developments on this issue is considered. The article is devoted to the analysis of the interrelations of the legal consciousness and the legal system in the context of the European integration processes in Ukraine. The conclusion is argued: the processes that occur in society inevitably affect the legal consciousness and the development of new branches of law. Further development of the legal system of Ukraine and its acquisition of qualitatively new properties that would contribute to the development of civil society in the state and the establishment of the rule of law are possible only in the context of the development of legal consciousness. The development of the legal system of Ukraine has traditionally been a priority area of modern science research in the theory of state and law. The system of law is the regulatory core of the emerging legal system, based on the legal ideology of a particular state and at the same time serving as the normative basis of behavior in the field of law. The dialectic of the components of legal reality is due to their reflection in human consciousness and the embodiment of this process in other legal phenomena. But at the same time, one should not abstract from the generative role of legal consciousness. A significant factor that raises the theoretical relevance of this topic is that the emphasis on the theoretical level was mostly given to the normative component of the legal system, which somewhat artificially pushed issues related to the development of justice into the background. However, the practice of law-making processes in Ukraine proved the need for special legal research on the relationship between the dynamics of legal consciousness and the development of the legal system as a whole. Realization of legal norms and increase of efficiency of legal regulation necessitate study of all factors that promote normal development of legal life of society and legal relations. One of them is the legal consciousness, since just as the functioning of the legal system is impossible without the subjects of law, and the existence of the subjects themselves can’t be presented separately from the legal consciousness. Quite often, ineffectiveness and ineffectiveness of legal regulation are explained not only by the low level of legal acts in force, but also by the factor in rejecting the legal consciousness of the society of these legal norms or entire legal institutions. Legal consciousness is directly formed in the person himself and in fact with the person himself. She goes along with her path of development; in this context one can draw an analogy with the formation of the individual. And moreover, the person as the basis of the natural and social world, its development, forms the ideas of the legal field, that is, reflects through its legal consciousness the foundations of legal reality around them.

The state of investment activity of Ukraine in the conditions of globalization.

The article discusses the essence of investment activity and the current state of the investment climate in Ukraine. The advantages and disadvantages of attracting foreign investments into the national economy are highlighted. It is determined that the economy of Ukraine has a deformed sectoral and spatial structure of distribution of foreign investments, according to which special attention should be paid to the value of local territorial advantages of the country. The socio-economic development of the regions and the further increase in the gap in their functioning are due not to the even distribution of capital and foreign direct investment. Taking into account local preferences at the regional level, six aggregated groups have been formed that influence the investor's decision to invest in one or another region or country as a whole. The promotion and attraction of foreign investment must be carried out in a definite sequence, on pre-substantiated and well-established stages, taking into account the experience of developed countries. It is determined that the main focus on the way of European integration of Ukraine should be devoted to the development and implementation of the strategy of ensuring the competitiveness of the national economy in the EU market with the corresponding conditions and stages of preparation of the internal economic environment to European requirements, namely: achievement of the European level of labor productivity, profitability of production, wages. At the present stage of development of Ukraine, strategic development is important, which promotes a favorable investment climate in the country, which in the future influences the dynamics of socio-economic development of the regions and provides the opportunity for globalization of the national economy of the country. The study of the current state of investment activity in Ukraine has made it possible to determine that state-directed investments are needed in the development of human capital, the growth of the level and quality of life of the population and the environment for its effective functioning, that is, the industrial sector of the economy, while additional investments (foreign) are needed to accelerate European integration processes in Ukraine, updating the technological level of the country and creating and developing a modern industrial sector of the country.

FORMATION OF MODERN INCENTIVE SYSTEM FOR MANAGERS IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESSES

The article is devoted to the research of issues of the formation of the modern system of evaluation of effectiveness and motivation of managers and workers of an enterprise in the context of European integration processes in Ukraine. The object is theoretical and practical foundations of creating an efficient motivational profile of an organization with the help of formation of the modern system of employee efficiency analysis and formation of an individual system of employee motivation at the enterprise based on research of incentive systems of developed countries and EU countries. The main research objectives are established: determination of key priorities for the formation of the system of valuation and motivation; formation of an algorithm and economic and mathematical model of the system of evaluation and motivation of personnel efficiency, zoning of boundary priorities and formation of a matrix of opportunities, formation of an effective system for improving the system of personnel motivation and evaluation, and a model of the system of improvement of personnel motivation means. Methodology. The conducted comparative analysis of various motivation systems existing in the EU countries and the most developed countries allowed developing a hypothesis about the necessity to form a more effective system of personnel evaluation and motivation that would correspond to general European values and criteria. A model of motivation is proposed that is developed on the basis of the Management Functional Assessment Model (MFAM), which is elaborated by researchers of Sheffield Hallam University (Great Britain) and the company “IVA Consulting Group”. MFAM is based on six main management functions: Forecasting/Planning, Organization, Motivation, Control, Coordination, and Communication. Its main advantages are the evaluation by three parameters: personnel loyalty; personnel performance; company’s attractiveness in the labour market, information about which is available in free and convenient access. Evaluation of the enterprise management system based on the functional model (MFAM) is carried out by questionnaire method. Questions of the express evaluation questionnaire are divided into five groups according to model criteria. By an obtained mathematical model, analytical indicators, and grading scale, we define zones of effectiveness where enterprise management is taking place and build a matrix of opportunities for development of enterprise efficiency. Result. The research conducted confirms the methodology’s efficiency, its uniqueness, and instrumental suitability. Based on experimental calculations, the algorithm of formation of performance evaluation system is determined, gradients and limits of the enterprise development are identified, the matrix of opportunities is formed, directions to improve the system of personnel motivation and evaluation are formed, and the model of the system for improving personnel motivation means is developed. Results of the enterprise personnel performance evaluation according to the developed system of indicators gave a possibility for managers of the company: to make a separate generalized profile of the appropriate group of the most successful co-workers; to form profiles of ideal co-workers, which are built given the idea of the leadership about the optimal combination of motivating factors, and to form effective directions for improving the motivation system.

Reengineering in managerial system of competitiveness of enterprise on international level

In connection with European integration processes in Ukraine, the operational activity of the enterprise is considered as a complex of measures for the coordination of its production and sales activities with the requirements of world markets. There is an actual need for forecasting the development of economic ties, the analysis of operational activities, the study of foreign markets and the adoption of operational management decisions to enhance their own competitiveness domestic enterprises. The latter point predetermines the need to study, justify and apply the concept of reengineering in the management system of domestic enterprises and use its results to gain competitive advantages, increase the efficiency of functioning and consolidation of positions in the markets. As a result, most enterprises are increasingly using reengineering as a tool for improving the competitiveness of enterprises. Thus, the purpose of this work is to analyze the concept of reengineering of business processes in the system of management of international competitiveness of the enterprise and to identify ways to increase the efficiency of its work. The author substantiates the essence of the theoretical aspects of the formation of the concept of reengineering in the managerial system of the international competitiveness of the enterprise; the conducted analysis has shown that the effective application of these aspects can lead to an increase of productivity of the enterprise. The main requirements of successful operation of the enterprise on foreign markets are determined, which allows the top management of the airline to take measures regarding the formation and implementation of an effective strategy for the development of the competitiveness of the enterprise at international level. The business processes of strategic management are schematically reflected by an international competitiveness of enterprises, that correspond to each of the given constituents, envisaging realization of cardinal changes of structure and functionality of subdivisions of enterprises. The main projects and directions of economic activity of PJSC «Ukraine International Airlines» (UIA) are analysed, which allows top managements to take measures regarding the construction of an effective organizational structure of the enterprise management. The above-mentioned approach to the study of the concept of reengineering in the system of managing the international competitiveness of an enterprise is possible to consider as one of the examples of searching for alternative ways of solving a problem, and which can be used to create objective prerequisites and methodological basis of research on this issue.

Contradictions of the national legal and regulatory framework in the field of socio-economic diagnosing in conditions of european integration

The article analyzes the national legal and regulatory framework in the field of socio-economic diagnosing of the major parameters and operation directions of the objects being diagnosed such as financial conditions, the threat of bankruptcy, solvency (credit status), and investment attractiveness. Based on the results obtained there are singled out, generalized and justified the key contradictions of national regulations governing principles of assessing the priority sectors of these objects operation. The importance of further development of the national legal and regulatory support of socio-economic diagnosing towards its unification in modern conditions of European integration is proved. In terms of revitalization of European integration processes in Ukraine and globalization processes in the world the importance of socio-economic diagnosing at all levels of national and international economies is increasing. In fact, successful establishment and further development of relationships between domestic and foreign partners at different levels (state authorities, financial, credit and insurance institutions, rating agencies, securities market participants, investors, intermediaries, contractors, businesses) require accurate, representative and objective database obtained through target diagnosing. Recently stakeholders have been primarily interested in socio-economic diagnosing of such aspects of particular entities as financial conditions, threat of bankruptcy, solvency, investment attractiveness etc. Target diagnosing is based on various techniques developed by the legislative authorities of Ukraine that are still being used to form special methodological guidelines for evaluating priority operation areas of the diagnosed objects. Obviously, the methodological provisions reflected in the current national legal and regulatory framework should be standardized and unified for all users in both domestic and international environment to ensure exclusive regulation of key principles of socio-economic diagnosing and unified interpretation of the diagnostic results. Unfortunately, at present in the national legal and regulatory framework there are many problems associated with discrepancies, inconsistencies and contradictions of certain diagnostic methods. Considering all the above, there arises the necessity to study current national legislation and regulatory materials to identify existing conflicts in the area of socio-economic diagnosing.