Public Participation: International Standards аnd Perspectives for Ukraine Cover Image

Участь громадян у публічному управлінні: міжнародні стандарти та перспективи для України
Public Participation: International Standards аnd Perspectives for Ukraine

Author(s): Daria І. Yaitska
Subject(s): Public Administration, Public Law, Government/Political systems
Published by: Національний юридичний університет імені Ярослава Мудрого
Keywords: public administration; citizens’ participation; participatory democracy; international standards of public participation;

Summary/Abstract: In Ukraine, there are currently no scientific works devoted to the basic principles of citizen participation in public administration, its legislative support and adjustment of the work of its mechanisms, as well as the tools of such participation. Even less researched is the area related to the online participation of citizens in the management of state affairs. In the conditions of martial law and post-war reconstruction of the country, the study of international standards and foreign experience in ensuring the effectiveness of public participation in public administration, borrowing proven successful experience, taking into account the specifics of the legal system of our country and the peculiarities of the field of public administration, which in the long term should ensure the development of democracy in our country. With this in mind, the purpose of the article is primarily to analyze the experience of experts from the world’s leading countries in ensuring citizen participation in public administration, to determine the advantages and disadvantages of various models of setting up government-public communications, as well as to outline the prospects for the development of public participation in administration in Ukraine. The work uses general scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge. The purpose and tasks of the research include analysis and synthesis of information, comparison of foreign approaches to understanding public participation and its mechanisms, description of international standards in this area, as well as formulation of author’s conclusions and recommendations for theoretical and practical use. The theoretical and practical aspects of ensuring the effectiveness of citizen participation in public administration, existing international standards in this area, foreign approaches and practices, and promising directions for the development of participatory democracy in Ukraine are analyzed. The obtained results can be applied to improve the national legislation on the participation of citizens in the management of state affairs and the implementation of legal provisions on effective public influence on public administration.

  • Issue Year: 1/2023
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 32-49
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Ukrainian