Vitaliy Deneha, Chornyi Yevhen, Shevchuk Oksana, Mentukh Nataliia
The article addresses the topical scientific issue of deepening the theoretical and methodological foundations and conceptual approaches to improving the mechanisms of state regulation of public-private partnership development in Ukraine with a view to enhancing the competitiveness of the State, improving the quality of infrastructure services and the efficiency of budgetary funds use, and proposes relevant scientific provisions, approaches and recommendations for their practical implementation in the activities of Ukrainian public authorities. The author investigates the essence, socio-economic and legal nature of public-private partnership in the context of modern social relations, and summarizes its basic principles and models based on the analysis of international experience. The public-private partnership proves to be a promising tool for transforming investments of various forms of ownership into socially important objects, services and qualitative changes, achieving a positive impact on the growth of the State's competitiveness as a result of the implementation of relevant projects, strengthening the functions of the State aimed at regulating security, education, health care, environmental protection, logistics, etc. The purpose of the research is to comprehensively study the competence of public authorities and local governments in the field of public-private partnership regulation, as well as to develop scientifically sound proposals in the field of their research.
Methodology: The general methodological basis of the study of public-private partnership is a combination of general scientific and special methods of cognition of objective reality. The theoretical and methodological framework was based on the methods of analysis and synthesis, generalization and abstraction. Categorical analysis was used to study the definitions in the system of state regulation of public-private partnerships. An integrated approach and an institutional approach made it possible to determine the peculiarities of forming a policy for the development of public-private partnerships, to clarify the essence of the processes, to identify the similarities of their elements and contradictions between them, and to identify trends in the implementation of public-private partnerships. The system analysis was used to determine the characteristics and classify the forms of partnerships. Statistical analysis was used to analyze the national status of implementation of publicprivate partnership projects.
Conclusions: For the successful development of public-private partnerships, we consider it necessary to comply with the following recommendations: 1. It is necessary to improve the legislative framework and expand law enforcement practice. Development of the regional legislative framework. 2. Create a single state body for public-private partnership and develop a unified concept of public-private partnership development in Ukraine. 3. Create an organizational structure for initiating and managing public-private partnership projects -"center - competence". 4. Conduct information and educational work to promote municipalprivate partnerships. Solve personnel problems.