Bìznes Inform (Jun 2019)
Analyzing the Legislation of the State Support for Development of Science and the Scientific-Technical Activities in Ukraine
Abstract
The article is aimed at analyzing the legislation of the State support for development of science and the scientific-technical activities in Ukraine. The retrospective of the legislative support for scientific-technical activities in Ukraine is considered, allowing to define the following stages of its development: the initial (preparatory) stage, the stage of formation of the State policy of development of science, the (bureaucratic) stage of innovation and investment support, the stage of stagnation of the national science, the stage of reform of scientific activity. The advantages and disadvantages of the legislative support for development of science in Ukraine within the terms of the allocated stages are defined. An analysis of the regulatory support for the scientific sphere showed its non-systemicity, inefficiency of declared principles and models, inability to contribute to the improvement of the situation in the scientific sphere and to increase of the scientific potential. The need for structural reforms to create prerequisites for the sustainable scientific-technological development and economic growth is substantiated. It is defined that the main emphasis of the transformational reforms should be on the innovative and technological modernization of infrastructure and industrial complex, and this modernization should be based on an active innovative policy of the State, implemented through promoting scientific development and creating a national network of the innovative growth poles. Analysis of the strategic documents of development of Ukraine’s economy in various spheres demonstrated the high importance of development of the scientific-technical potential. Prospects for further research in this direction is substantiation and elaboration of a long term strategy for development of science.
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